How Chinese Basketball Became More Than a Dumping Ground for Washed-up American Stars
Less than two decades ago the CBA couldn’t get an American to come over to play basketball. Now, it can’t keep them out. The People’s Republic of China was undergoing rapid economic transformation by the mid-1990s. Peasants were pouring into coastal manufacturing centers, ritzy housing developments and commercial skyscrapers were popping up in Beijing and […]