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FILE - Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash coaches against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half of an NBA basketball game on March 31, 2022, in New York. The East Asia Super League has started production on a reality TV series covering the inaugural season of the pan-regional basketball competition. Korean film director John H. Lee will lead the project and work with executive producers Ezra Holland, a director of CTRL Media owned by NBA great Nash. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)

Reality check: filming starts ahead of Asian league’s launch

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Steve Nash will get a behind-the-scenes look at the talent in Season 1 of the East Asia Super League long before the competition starts or a spin-off reality TV series hits the screens.

FILE - Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green reacts after making a 3-point basket during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 3, 2022, in Houston. Green will become an ambassador for the East Asia Super League in a bid to promote basketball in the region. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File)

Rockets guard Jalen Green partners with new Asian league

In this July 8, 2021, file photo, people wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus after the COVID-19 alert raise to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. Two Taiwanese high-tech companies announced a donation Monday of 10 million doses of the anti-coronavirus vaccine developed by Germany’s BioNTech to the island’s government. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Taiwanese tech companies announce vaccine donation

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013, file photo, a man works on a new Marriott sign in front of the former Peabody Hotel in Little Rock, Ark. Marriott says its business is steadily improving, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, with 91% of its hotels now reopen and business travel reemerging in China. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

China business travel returns for Marriott, revenue tumbles

A woman wearing mask walks past the Apple store in an empty mall district in Beijing, China on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. The tech giant Apple has reopened some of its stores in China but says the viral outbreak is starting to disrupt its supplies. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Apple temporarily shuts stores worldwide to fight virus

Big Liu among first 10 recruits for Bay Area Dragons in EASL

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Liu Chuanxing has signed on as a foundation player with the Bay Area Dragons in the East Asia Super League after leaving his mark in Australia, where he was known as Big Liu.

Head of Chinese government expert team confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus, state media says

BEIJING (AP) — Head of Chinese government expert team confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus, state media says.

China factory activity falls contracts in May amid dispute

BEIJING (AP) — China’s factory activity fell into contraction territory in May amid an ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. that has seen higher tariffs slapped on Chinese exports.