NBA.com, the official website of the National Basketball Association, and SOHU.com Inc. , China's leading online media, communications, commerce and mobile value-added services company, announced today they have renewed their two-year relationship to continue to jointly develop the NBA's comprehensive Chinese destination, NBA.com/china and unveil new wireless NBA licensed products and services to the Chinese market.

SOHU will also work with the NBA to produce the official NBA.com/china section for the first-ever NBA China Games featuring preseason games between the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings on October 14, 2004 in Shanghai and October 17, 2004 in Beijing.

As a part of the NBA.com Network of more than 60 sites, NBA.com/china will continue to provide millions of NBA fans across China with extensive NBA coverage year-round, further enhanced by additional video content and new interactive sections. SOHU will continue to host, publish and promote the site in China.