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...Verbatim "We're going to beat him up pretty bad." BEN WALLACE, Detroit Pistons forward, on the U.S. national team's plans to give Chinese center and No. 1 draft pick Yao Ming a hot N.B.A. welcome in an exhibition game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 8/26/2002 | See Source »

...needs revitalization," says Xue Xu, a marketing professor at Peking University and an expert on domestic brands. Moreover, Xue says there is "danger ahead" because Nike has recently given endorsement contracts to Chinese basketball sensations Wang Zhizhi, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, and towering center Yao Ming, the No. 1 draft pick of the Houston Rockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mainland's Sneaker King | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...million Estimated part of Yao's salary that will go to the Chinese government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 8, 2002 | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...million Amount 7-ft. 5-in. Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, drafted by the Houston Rockets, will make for his first three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 8, 2002 | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...Winners YAO MING Chinese star first in NBA draft. Yao will teach Shaq the meaning of the phrase ni hao while Shaq will teach Yao the meaning of the word pain SADDAM HUSSEIN Dictator's novels will be taught in Iraq's schools. Saddam would have preferred Oprah's Book Club, but this should help sales as well COUNT ALVARO DE MARICHALAR Spanish aristocrat crosses the Atlantic on a jet ski. He will return from the Indies with his craft laden with gold and spices Losers ANNA KOURNIKOVA Tennis fem-bot upset at Wimbledon, then blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of the Week | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

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