Well, ever so briefly in Beijing, anyway. Regardless, this slick little piece of corporate advertising made our pre-Halloween Party afternoon. more ›

There really isn't much of a story here, but this twitpic of the New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony doing his best punk-ass tourist sneer with his panda homey is definitely worth your attention (though Shaq seems to have already claimed the same panda-throne two years ago!). Anthony, along with his potential future teammate Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, is currently in Chengdu as part of the annual pilgrimage of NBA stars to the succulent milkable cow that is the Chinese market Jordan Brand Flight Tour, a four-city brand promotion do that includes store appearances and training camps for the Jordan shoe imprint owned by Nike. more ›

The NBA is touching down in China this weekend, with the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets playing a preseason game in Beijing. Ahead of the game, the league issued a press release that it decided to call "Bryant's jersey remains top seller in China." more ›

Shanghaiist was going to post on news relating to the two million people in southwestern China without drinking water or Orville Schell’s review of John Pomfret’s new book, which asks ponderous questions relating to the ”basic blockage at the moral heart of China’s spectacular rise”. But we thought we’d concentrate on something different and more important today -- the possibility, remote yes, but a possibility nonetheless -- that the NBA could host regular season games in China. NBA Commissioner David Stern was in Guangzhou on Sunday and let everyone know how important the China market is to the NBA; and while he's no doubt right about that, we wonder how, logistically, they are going to have regular season games in China. Will it be the first games of the season? Or the last few games? more ›

The Chinese may stuff the All-Star ballot box for Yao Ming, but they would rather wear his teammate's jersey. When asked about his popularity in China, Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady said he wasn't surprised at all. "I've got a lot of love over there in China," he said. More love than the most famous Chinese player ever. Yao's jersey ranks No. 3. Here is the Top Ten: more ›