China Plays Down Basketball Melee (Updated)
After the bench-clearing brawl at a goodwill basketball game between the Georgetown Hoyas and the Bayi Rockets, team officials and players sought to downplay the incident. From the Wall Street Journal:
The Thursday match, which occurred during a visit to China by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and had ...
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[...] the State Council Information Office: All media outlets are not to report the fight between the Bayi Rockets and the Georgetown Hoyas. Control needs to be strengthened over all online sports channels, military channels, and websites. [...]