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Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar

hardcover – November 3, 2005
by Larmer, Brook
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ISBN-13: 9781592400782 ISBN-10: 1592400787
Publisher
Gotham Books
Binding
hardcover
Published
November 3, 2005
Weight
1.3 lbs
Dimensions
23.40×3.30×15.90 cm

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Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar by Larmer, Brook. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781592400782.

A behind-the-scenes profile of the Chinese NBA star and the factors that drove his career reveals how his basketball player parents were brought together by Chinese officials intent on creating Olympic athletes, his role as a corporate pitchman, and the struggle between China and America over his NBA draft, in an account that simultaneously traces the life of fellow athlete Wang Zhizhi. 50,000 first printing.