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Xi and his entourage watched the game alongside Villaraigosa and Gov. Jerry Brown from a luxury skybox owned by AEG, the company that built Staples Center. An AEG spokesman told a security guard that sports stars Magic Johnson and David Beckham would be joining them too.
The Chinese delegation has been greeted with protests by Tibetans and other groups at virtually every stop of their five-day tour of the United States. The Lakers game was no different.
One protester was evicted from the game after unfurling a banner that read, "Tibet will be free," said another activist, Dhonam Pemba. He said Tibetans had asked Lakers player Metta World Peace, a human rights supporter, to protest Xi's visit.
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