Macau, Oct 8, 2025 (AFP) - NBA back in China after six-year absence sparked by democracy tweet

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2025-10-08

The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play sell-out games on Friday and Sunday in Macau, a special administrative region of China close to Hong Kong. China, the world's second-biggest economy, effectively cut ties with the league in 2019 after NBA e......

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