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December 11, 2024 4:06 PM
The NBA has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to organize preseason games in Macau next October, returning American pro basketball to China after a five-year political hiatus.
In 2019, Beijing banned NBA games after a player supported Hong Kong’s' pro-democracy demonstrations against the Chinese government. VOA Mandarin reports on the economic and political angles related to the return of the popular sport to Chinese stadiums.
[Click here for the full story in Mandarin.](https://www.voachinese.com/a/nba-to-return-to-china-for-the-first-time-since-2019-fallout-20241210/7896519.html)
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