US-born basketball player Kyle Anderson will represent China at next month’s FIBA World Cup after obtaining Chinese nationality
, the Chinese Basketball Association announced on Monday. The Minnesota Timberwolves forward, 29, whose Chinese name is Li Kaier, was eligible for Chinese citizenship through his maternal great-grandfather. “Welcome Anderson! Li Kaier obtained Chinese nationality this morning and met with Yao Ming, chairman of the ,” the country’s basketball governing body posted on social media platform Weibo, alongside a photo of Anderson with NBA legend Yao.
Her mother is a first-generation Chinese immigrant. Gu announced her “incredibly tough decision” to switch from Team USA to China in 2019. She has never publicly shared whether she has renounced her US passport, but eyebrows were raised when she applied for the US Presidential Scholars Program in 2021 – a scheme only open to US citizens or permanent residents. Gu has dodged questions regarding her citizenship. “When I’m in China, I’m Chinese.
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