The league was one of the most popular U.S. cultural exports to the country until 2019 when Daryl Morey, then general manager of the Houston Rockets team, sent a tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – LeBron James has become the first NBA player to author a piece in China’s state-run People’s Daily newspaper, an unusual move suggesting the top-flight North American basketball league’s years-long row with Beijing could b… [2234 chars]
Source: Reuters | Published: 2025-09-08T12:22:23Z
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