Hype for the hoops: Village basketball gains traction in rural China
[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 02/28/2025
China is estimated to have some 500 million basketball fans, more than 1 million basketball courts and 43 million NBA followers on the social media platform Weibo. But increasingly, grassroots basketball is gaining popularity in rural China. Amateur leagues from small towns have become viral (…)
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