Feature: Basketball fervor empowers rural revitalization in NW China
YINCHUAN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- With no big screens or superstars, an outdoor basketball court in a remote village in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has nevertheless attracted tens of thousands to its matches.
The event, known as the Village Basketball Competition or "CunBA", kicked off on Sunday morning in Xiji County in Xihaigu region, long deemed "uninhabitable" until the last decade or so.