Feature: Small Chinese city reaps big rewards from hosting national basketball tournament
by sportswriter Yue Wenwan
WUHAN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- On an ordinary Saturday night in central China's Zigui County, long lines stretched outside the Qu Yuan Hometown Cultural Tourism Area at sunset. Usually, visitors come to honor the ancient poet Qu Yuan - but this time, they came for basketball.
On Sept. 6, under a temporary white dome at the scenic spot's south gate, some of China's top players faced