The Chinese Basketball Association formally decided to drop the ban-hammer on the possibility of Kobe, Dwight Howard and a slew of other locked-out NBA players playing in China during the upcoming CBA season beginning in November. The CBA concluded after meeting in Shenzhen that only free agents currently not under contract with any NBA team can participate in the upcoming season. more ›

With the recent NBA lockout still happening, there have been some pretty loud noises from key players across the league about playing overseas if the lockout persists. This time it’s not Europe they are talking about, but China. more ›

• Shanghai is going to be the next stop for A Nice Set, a traveling exhibition of customized slipmats designed by leading artsts from around the world. The exhibition will open at 7:30pm on September 12 at SOURCE. [Neocha Edge]
• The Wall Street Journal has a great piece on Zhaohang village, which contains land that would've been razed to build Shanghai Disneyland. As is the way in China, many villagers didn't get the compensation they were hoping for. [WSJ]
• Bad news for all those trying to make a quick buck on their foreign faces, apparently Shanghai is cracking down on foreign people modeling firms. [Shanghai Daily]