The United States will play two games in south Chinese city Guangzhou next month as part of its warm-up for the world championship in Japan.

The American squad, including LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, will play China on Aug. 7 and Brazil the following day.

The games, announced Friday at a press conference by USA Basketball and the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), will mark the first time a US team with NBA players will compete against the Chinese in China.

"The games will mark the first time a US national team with NBA players has competed in China. They are a genuine US national team,so the games are of great significance," said CBA president Li Yuanwei.

The US squad gathers July 19 at Las Vegas for a week-long training camp and returns July 31 for four days to determine a final roster, before they then play together for the first time in an exhibition there against Puerto Rico.

The team will fly to Asia and resume training at Guangzhou before facing China and Brazil in the China Basketball Challenge.

The Americans then travel to Seoul for training and to participate in a series of six warm-up games for the World Championships, facing Lithuania on August 13 and the South Korean hosts on August 15.

They face Puerto Rico on Aug. 19 in Sapporo, Japan, in their first game at the world championship.

Editor: Donald