Wang Zhizhi attends flag-raising ceremony
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Updated: 2006-05-09 10:39
![Basketball player Wang Zhizhi attends a flag-raising ceremony with his teammates at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing May 8, 2006. China's first NBA star Wang has earned a recall to the national team after four years in the wilderness following his refusal to play in the 2002 Asian Games. Wang paved the way for Chinese NBA players Yao Ming and Menk Barteer when he signed for the Dallas Mavericks in 2001, but the center was expelled from the national squad for opting out of representing China in Busan, South Korea four years ago. [Newsphoto]](xin_030503091042795322619.jpg)
Basketball player, Wang Zhizhi (2nd
row, L) poses with his teammates and paramilitary policemen after a flag-raising
ceremony at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing May 8, 2006. China's first NBA star
Wang Zhizhi has earned a recall to the national team after four years in the
wilderness following his refusal to play in the 2002 Asian Games. Wang paved the
way for Chinese NBA players Yao Ming and Menk Barteer when he signed for the
Dallas Mavericks in 2001, but the center was expelled from the national squad
for opting out of representing China in Busan, South Korea four years ago.
[Newsphoto]
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