The US National Basketball Association (NBA) will return to China this week for the first time since 2019.
Two pre-season games are scheduled for Friday and Sunday between the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns at an arena in Macau's Venetian casino and hotel.
China effectively froze the NBA out six years ago when one of the organisation's managers wrote in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, a former British colony that has seen a clampdown on civil liberties.
The games come as part of a multi-year partnership between the NBA and Chinese technology giant Alibaba announced at the end of last year. The Brooklyn Nets are owned by the company's chair, Joseph Tsai.
It is the first time an NBA fixture has been played in Macau - a special administrative region like Hong Kong, known for its casinos - since 2007.
