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This photo taken on July 30, 2023 children playing with basketballs at an empty store in Taipan village where a CunBA grassroots basketball competition is held, in Taijiang county, southwestern China's Guizhou province. Athletes in the “CunBA” – with “cun” meaning village in Chinese – are all amateurs, and the prizes are simple platters of roast meat. But it's the pure electricity of the games that keeps fans and players hooked, rising in recent years from a humble local tradition into a viral hit and staple of Beijing's propaganda machine. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)
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