Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power.
625 million: The number of basketball fans in China.
It is no secret that China loves basketball. But just how big of a deal the sport is in the country? 625 million people call themselves fans of the sport, according to a 2018 industry report by China’s tech giant Tencent.
Of that number, 143 million people in China, or slightly less than the entire population of Russia, consider themselves to be “hardcore” fans, meaning they regularly watch and play basketball.
The rest of the fans, about 482 million, are considered general fans, who enjoy basketball but play it
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Sep 10, 2020