NBA FANS IN CHINA MAY NOT STILL LOVE THIS GAME ANYMORE

          Government censors have banned TV broadcasts of the NBA
     playoffs in China, "apparently anxious to limit American
     images on Chinese airwaves" following the NATO's bombing of
     the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, according to Matt Forney of
     the WALL STREET JOURNAL.  The decision was made the same day
     "the long-awaited" playoffs tipped off on May 8. Chinese fan
     Lang Peng: "War and sports should be separate."  China's
     nat'l station CCTV replaced the NBA playoffs with Chinese
     college games.  CCTV exec Ren Jiangzhou: "Our market share
     has dropped considerably" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 5/21).