Yao Ming is China’s biggest basketball star. So his NBA jersey should be the top seller there, right? Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming, Sunday in Beijing (Photo by AP) Not according to the NBA, which said Tuesday that the jersey of one of China’s bigge... ...full story at China Journal
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