Excited Chinese Fans Cheer NBA Game Despite Row Over Hong Kong Tweet

Excited Chinese Fans Cheer NBA Game Despite Row Over Hong Kong Tweet
NBA fans wait outside a Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China on Oct. 9, 2019. Aly Song/Reuters
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SHANGHAI/BEIJING–Thousands of Chinese fans cheered and clapped through an NBA exhibition game in Shanghai on Oct. 10 after days of controversy over a huge backlash against a tweet backing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

The crowd waved Chinese flags in the arena before the game started, but the packed stands gave the players a huge welcome on court and shouted enthusiastically throughout the game.