Hong Kong (CNN Business) Tencent has quietly resumed online broadcasts in China of National Basketball Association preseason games after a dispute last week prompted all of the American league's official Chinese partners to suspend ties.

The Chinese tech giant on Monday live streamed two games — one between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls in Toronto and another between Israeli team Maccabi Haifa and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis — a week after saying it would not show two preseason games that took place in China last week.

Tencent has the exclusive rights to stream the NBA in China, and it was one of several companies to hit back against the league after Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

When asked about the resumption of streaming, a Tencent spokesperson reiterated the company's statement from last week, which said it would suspend broadcasts for the "China games."

Its decision to resume live broadcasts was a trending topic on Chinese social media platform Weibo on Monday, with many users accusing the company of using a loophole to continue its relationship with the NBA despite the backlash.