Video game developer Valve hosts an tournament called "The International" for their game Dota 2 in which the finest teams from across the world compete for the World Championship equivalent of the game.
The fourth edition of The International is being hosted this year in Seattle where sixteen of the best teams from across the world have been invited to participate in a tournament with a prize pool of over $10 million dollars.
One of the invited teams, Team CIS, are from China who are currently facing issues with their visas to the United States. The team has been denied visa twice already as a group and they are to appear as individuals for their third try later this month.
Hoping that the US government can look in to the matter by treating it on similar grounds as that of regular sports.
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