It seems that the only thing keeping these two basketball loving nations apart is politics. While that is one huge "thing" between these two countries, it seems that things are starting to heat up in this area.

First, Taiwan Hoops reported that Tseng Wen-Ting has been offered a chance to play for the Shanghai Sharks of the CBA this next season. I watched as many of Tseng's games as I could last year, as in my opinion, he is the most dynamic player in the SBL at this time. It would be a huge blow to the SBL to lose Tseng, last year's MVP and owner of multiple championships. But for Tseng the move would make all the sense in the world both from a financial standpoint and a basketball standpoint. At 26 years old it is time for him to step onto a bigger stage.

Second, is perhaps the bigger news with reports that Taiwan Beer are applying to join the CBA and subsequent reports shooting down the rumor. While there has been no update (in English at least) over the weekend on this, I think it is highly unlikely that this rumor came out of nowhere. Hopefully we can get some further clarific