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NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet
The NBA will hold two sold-out preseason games in Macau, marking its return after a 2019 boycott that cost the league hundreds of millions of dollars, officials said.
- The NBA returns to China after a six-year absence sparked by a Houston Rockets employee's tweet supporting Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, angering Beijing.
- Fans in China pay hundreds of dollars for preseason game tickets, eager to see NBA stars in person again.
- Before the fallout, the NBA had a huge fanbase and business interests in China valued at around $5 billion.
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The NBA's Return To China Undermines Its Entire Social Justice Movement
The NBA is the most politically active professional sports league in the United States. From painting "Black Lives Matter" on courts to organizing player walkouts after police shootings, the league has presented itself as a moral authority on issues of justice and discrimination. Yet this week, the same league will return to China to play two preseason games in Macau — its first in the country since 2019.The NBA’s absence from China began after …
Mar Sánchez-Cascado Hong Kong, Oct 10 (EFE).- The American basketball league returns this Friday to China with the beginning of the NBA China Games 2025 in Macau, a reconciliation after six years of controversy unleashed by a tweet supporting pro-democratic protests in Hong Kong that cooled its relations with the Asian giant. The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns will play at the Venetian Arena, a 14,000-seat coliseum owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp.…
The NBA has returned to China after a six-year ban over Hong Kong, with the first two preseason games set to begin this week.
NBA, China kiss and make up 6 years after Hong Kong democracy post put relationship on rocks
The NBA and China are canoodling this week in Macao, the communist nation's take on Las Vegas, ahead of a pair of preseason exhibition games featuring the Phoenix Suns and the Brooklyn Nets.
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