https://www.scmp.com/rss/325787/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3126162/stopasianhate-asian-americans-rally-after-atlanta-shootings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3126162/stopasianhate-asian-americans-rally-after-atlanta-shootings?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:32:42 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 625 million: The number of basketball fans in China. It is no secret that China loves basketball. But just how big of a deal the sport is in the country? 625 million people call themselves fans of the sport, according to a 2018 industry report by China’s tech giant Tencent. Of that number, 143 million people in China, or slightly less than the entire population of... https://www.scmp.com/sports/inkstone-index-incredible-popularity-basketball-china/article/3100836?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/inkstone-index-incredible-popularity-basketball-china/article/3100836?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:51:05 +0000 A 13-year-old Chinese basketball player with one arm captured the attention of NBA star Stephen Curry thanks to his skills and determination. Zhang Jiacheng lost his right arm in an accident when he was five, but that didn't stop him from becoming a fantastic hooper. https://www.scmp.com/china/one-armed-basketballing-teen-china-stuns-nba-star-his-skills/article/3087968?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/one-armed-basketballing-teen-china-stuns-nba-star-his-skills/article/3087968?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:24:56 +0000 As Jeremy Lin tears up the Chinese Basketball Association this season for the Beijing Ducks, he’s returned to form in many ways. One of the most notable – aesthetically speaking – is his haircut. With shaved sides and a short, straight top, his Beijing styling looks somewhat similar to his hair during the “Linsanity” craze, when the Taiwanese-American first shot to fame in the NBA in 2011. Lin has long been a style icon off the court, setting trends with his fashion sense and his eclectic,... https://www.scmp.com/sports/linsanity-beijing-wild-weird-and-wacky-hairdos-jeremy-lin/article/3044431?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/linsanity-beijing-wild-weird-and-wacky-hairdos-jeremy-lin/article/3044431?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jan 2020 09:43:39 +0000 It is an image that is easy to find across China. A martial artist, wearing a yellow jumpsuit, is holding up his arms ready to attack or defend. You could be forgiven if you drove by and thought it was a picture of the kung fu star Bruce Lee. But technically, it is not. It is the logo of a famous Chinese fast-food chain called Real Kungfu.  The company has been using the logo for 15 years, but now it is facing a lawsuit from Bruce Lee’s family.  The lawsuit is the latest example in a series of... https://www.scmp.com/business/bruce-lees-daughter-shannon-sues-chinese-restaurant-over-kung-fu-trademark/article/3043672?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/bruce-lees-daughter-shannon-sues-chinese-restaurant-over-kung-fu-trademark/article/3043672?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:30:29 +0000 Luo Xiangjian lost his right leg when he was five-years-old after he stepped on a bomb left over from the Sino-Vietnam war. But that did not stop him from chasing his dream of playing basketball. https://www.scmp.com/china/chinese-one-legged-basketball-player-inspires-others-enjoy-sports-fullest/article/3040698?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinese-one-legged-basketball-player-inspires-others-enjoy-sports-fullest/article/3040698?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:39:51 +0000 Streetball is the raw and raucous—some say purest—form of basketball. Taking a relaxed approach to the sport’s rules and regulations, streetball prioritizes style and entertainment value. Games run short and sharp, players sub in and out from the crowd, and trash-talking is endorsed. Generally, there’s no money involved, and players sweat it out for street cred and bragging rights. It’s loud, rough, and physical. In China, this freestyle form of basketball has taken hold among the country’s... https://www.scmp.com/videos/wu-you-china-street-basketball/article/3039235?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/wu-you-china-street-basketball/article/3039235?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:10:30 +0000 Basketball star Jeremy Lin is relishing the chance to lead a team in China, now that he is joining the Beijing Ducks. Coming off of an NBA championship season with the Toronto Raptors, he is playing this season in the Chinese Basketball Association. It’s the first time he is playing basketball professionally in China, where he will reportedly earn $3 million for one year of playing in the Chinese league. https://www.scmp.com/sports/jeremy-lin-leads-beijing-ducks-china/article/3033830?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/jeremy-lin-leads-beijing-ducks-china/article/3033830?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:08:15 +0000 After the general manager of the Houston Rockets drew a backlash in China with a tweet in support of anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong, the NBA swung into damage-control mode. The remarks of Daryl Morey had “deeply offended” fans, the league said in a statement on Monday morning, “which is regrettable.” But in an illustration of the political tightrope that foreign companies are forced to walk to secure access to the world’s second-biggest economy, the NBA’s statement in Chinese went... https://www.scmp.com/sports/nba-executives-tweet-hong-kong-stirs-fury-china/article/3031855?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/nba-executives-tweet-hong-kong-stirs-fury-china/article/3031855?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:10:11 +0000 Jeremy Lin, currently an unrestricted free agent, says he’s considering playing in the Chinese Basketball Association. “Of course I am thinking about the CBA,” Lin told reporters in the Chinese megacity of Guangzhou on Friday. “I don’t know where I will be next year, so I don’t have expectations. I know what level I can play at, so if I don’t get that I won’t settle.” Lin, who left the Toronto Raptors this summer after winning the NBA championship with them, was speaking at a press conference to... https://www.scmp.com/sports/jeremy-lin-says-hes-open-moving-china/article/3022163?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/jeremy-lin-says-hes-open-moving-china/article/3022163?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:41:24 +0000 Jeremy Lin is the first Asian-American winner of the NBA. But he’s not the first player of Chinese heritage to do so. Sun Yue wasn’t the first either. That honor belongs to Mengke Bateer of the San Antonio Spurs, who rode the bench all the way to his ring in 2003. But this is the winding, bizarre story of how Sun, the “Chinese Magic Johnson,” won a ring in 2009 with Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers without playing a minute. His tale starts in 2007, when Sun entered the draft – something that... https://www.scmp.com/sports/sun-yue-dubbed-chinas-magic-johnson-worst-player-ever-win-nba-title/article/3015344?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/sun-yue-dubbed-chinas-magic-johnson-worst-player-ever-win-nba-title/article/3015344?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:43:17 +0000 China is crazy about basketball, and if there’s any way to gauge just how basketball-crazy China is, look no further than the NBA’s account on Weibo, China’s Twitter. The account has over 33 million followers, six million more than the NBA’s account on actual Twitter. And last June, when the NBA playoffs were streamed on Weibo, the account had more than two billion views. “Basketball has never been more popular in China,” NBA China chief David Shoemaker said during a 2017 announcement to open... https://www.scmp.com/videos/nba-basketball-chinas-favorite-sport/article/3007773?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/nba-basketball-chinas-favorite-sport/article/3007773?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:39:43 +0000