Why can't China Men's Basketball Team naturalize players?

China men's basketball team does not prohibit naturalized players, but there are institutional and cultural restrictions.

Difficulties in naturalization of basketball players in China;

First of all, many countries generally recognize "dual nationality", that is, naturalized players can choose the national team without giving up their original nationality. China does not recognize "dual nationality", that is, naturalized players cannot retain their original nationality. Therefore, it is necessary to provide attractive policies for foreign athletes to give up their original nationality in order to be naturalized successfully. More importantly, becoming a citizen of China is more difficult than you think.

Secondly, naturalized athletes and naturalized countries often have natural language, culture and geographical ties. For example, most French planners come from Algeria and Tunisia in North Africa; On the other hand, Japan and Brazil are linked by immigrants who have settled for more than 100 years. King Takeshi Tanaka is a third-generation Japanese descendant born in Brazil.

Naturalized players refer to players who voluntarily acquire the nationality of other countries other than the nationality of the country of birth. A bit like skilled immigrants, such as Kaman of German team, Gordon of British team, blache and Dorset of Philippine.

For naturalized players, the latest FIBA rules, which came into effect in 20 10, clearly stipulate that 1 players from each country participating in FIBA international competitions can acquire nationality after reaching the age of 16, but only 1 naturalized players at most, and this player has never participated in world-class competitions such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships on behalf of the national team of the original nationality before. If a player has the nationality of the country before the age of 16, it is not considered as a naturalized player.