Reuters
August 19, 2011, 1:41 pm
•Keeping it ‘friendly’
A basketball match aimed to strengthen ties between US and China has turned into a full-blown brawl.
As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden built trust with China in Beijing's corridors of power, goodwill between the two nations unravelled on a nearby basketball court, where players beat each other up and even a chair was thrown.
A 'friendship' game between Washington's Georgetown Hoyas and Chinese professional side the Bayi Military Rockets erupted into a brawl as the match wound down at Beijing's Olympic Stadium. It was unclear what triggered the fighting.
Players traded blows, someone in the crowd flung a chair, and fans tossed full water bottles at the Hoyas players and coaches as they headed to the locker room, writing off the rest of the game.
In China, state media did not report on the incident and microblogs were mostly silent as censors worked quickly to delete any references to the fight.
"Even the news about the fight between the Chinese and U.S. basketball teams needs to be cut," said a microblogger named Yinnu.
The brawl broke out one night after Biden, who is in Beijing on a four-day visit to discuss U.S.-Chinese economic relations, attended a Georgetown game against another Chinese club. That game, which Georgetown won, passed without a fist fight.
The games are part of a "China-U.S. Basketball Friendship Match" in Beijing, according to the Washington Post. The Hoyas intended to continue with the rest of their 10-day trip in China, including other scheduled matches in Shanghai.
GOODWILL "GONE"
Just as many of China's Asian neighbours say its increasing aggression is to blame for trouble in the South China Sea, some Hoyas fans took to Twitter to accuse the Chinese team of starting the tussle.
"All that goodwill Yao Ming garnered for Chinese people in USA, GONE," tweeted a person with the username of JAIMECITOU, referring to the recently retired Chinese basketball star. "Not first time Chinese Team fought on court ... Disgrace."
Another user called cgallaher3 said: "All out brawl at a basketball game in China. This is why the NBA won't expand there."
After an estimated half-dozen individual altercations on the court, some Chinese onlookers joined the fracas, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday.
As the brawl spilled beyond the court, an unidentified Bayi player pushed Georgetown's Aaron Bowen to the ground before repeatedly punching the sophomore guard while sitting on his chest, the paper said.
"Tonight, two great teams played a very competitive game that unfortunately ended after heated exchanges with both teams," coach John Thompson III said in a statement on Georgetown's website. "We sincerely regret that this situation occurred."
"We remain grateful for the opportunity our student-athletes are having to engage in a sport they love here in China, while strengthening their understanding of a nation we respect and admire at Georgetown University."
Biden's office declined to comment and calls to the China Basketball Association went unanswered.
A staff member from the news office from China's General Administration of Sports told Reuters: "I personally heard about it this morning when I surfed the Internet, but our office leaders are on a business trip, so we have no comments and any information to publish so far."
The American team will visit cultural sites, participate in basketball clinics with Chinese students and play four exhibition matches against teams from the Chinese National Basketball Association. The players will also participate in the Nike Festival of Sport in Shanghai.
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19 Comments
2Thumbs UpThumbs Down1Owen03:22pm Friday 19th August 2011 ESTReport Abuse
chop suey versus kfc - result : no taste in basketball.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Aussie44 minutes agoReport Abuse
So who won the fight ? .
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down2Captain Bligh42 minutes agoReport Abuse
Coach John Thompson III.....now why the need to be the thurd, just a show of arrogence I guess, the team perhaps had also some of him, perhaps "lets just beat these g...ks off" was the chorus. And the Chinese team said you disrespective little ba...ard and clocked him, would not have happened 5 years ago, but then we always forgive our selves for our poor history as well.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0hung40 minutes agoReport Abuse
china started it.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down3Anthony37 minutes agoReport Abuse
YESSSSSS!!!!! GOOD to see China standing up to america, even if it is only in basketball :-))
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Julian36 minutes agoReport Abuse
Cowards.... Kick a man when he is down, maybe the saying that the chinese are the "little weak men" is right???? Im wondering can we expect this sort of treatment by the Chinese communist regime when they slowly become richer....?? will they become the bullies of Asia Pacific??? Do we need to Build our own Air craft carriers and sit them off the taiwan coast with the USA...? A real man stops friendly childish punch ups.... and promotes peace.... because he can. Bullies go in groups...
2Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Scott Te paa35 minutes agoReport Abuse
The whole Chinese censorship thing disturbs me. The things we are hearing about are probably only the tip of the Iceberg and I thing we need to start cutting ties with Countries who think little of human rights and democracy!
1Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Campbell33 minutes agoReport Abuse
It is a tender metaphor for U.S. China relations.
1Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Steve H32 minutes agoReport Abuse
Careful !!! Some of those Chinese guy's may know Shaolin Whu Shu !!!!
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Steve H27 minutes agoReport Abuse
Friendly - like american friendly fire !!
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Jason A38 minutes agoReport Abuse
Don't fret. They later settled the issue,out of court.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Nicole and Shane K38 minutes agoReport Abuse
Never trust slanty eyes is all i can say
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Reaper34 minutes agoReport Abuse
I aint no fan of asians but woohoo!!!! Go China!!!! Beat those yanks. lets see America take on a country that isn't a small middle eastern development one for a change.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Sammy31 minutes agoReport Abuse
I say just declare war on the Chinese and forget the debt we own then let them try to pull the junk they just did in there homeland. Cowards they are I say!! brouhaha.. I will go eat some egg rolls now.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0veritas29 minutes agoReport Abuse
The Chinese are very nervous about their $US1.3 trillion US bonds and are, understandably, easily wound up at the minute.
1Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Two_studio27 minutes agoReport Abuse
Well I live in China and I can tell you that they are terrible losers and great at cheating. I dont like the Yanks but as far as sportsmanship goes the Chinese have no understanding. In fact the Chinese have never one a war so dont worry as the world is awake up to the cunning slimy foxes.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0antal21 minutes agoReport Abuse
funny to see yellow pages vs. USA
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0antal20 minutes agoReport Abuse
USA vs. yellow pages!
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0Hugh20 minutes agoReport Abuse
The Chinese players started the fight. If they want to get along with the US, they have a lot of catching up to do in terms of acting civilised.
0Thumbs UpThumbs Down0patnik11 minutes agoReport Abuse
China communist is the bullier country by nature. Long ago, they got conquered by UK and Japan, they crawled into the shell to hide. Now, they are getting richer from corruption and doing illegal business, they started to look around to conquer Taiwan and now Vietnam. Send them to hell !
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