{"id":17253,"date":"2008-02-15T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T01:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/milwaukee-hopes-nba-star-can-lure-chinese-trade\/"},"modified":"2008-02-15T19:43:27","modified_gmt":"2008-02-16T02:43:27","slug":"milwaukee-hopes-nba-star-can-lure-chinese-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/milwaukee-hopes-nba-star-can-lure-chinese-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Hopes NBA Star Can Lure Chinese Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Quirmbach reports for NPR&#8217;s Morning Edition about <a href=\"http:\/\/japanese.china.org.cn\/english\/2003\/Sep\/75681.htm\">Yi Jianlian<\/a>, a rookie basketball player from China who plays forward for the Milwaukee Bucks. Because the city does not have a major trade relationship with China, nor a large Chinese population, it hopes their NBA star will attract investment from China. So far it seems to be working. 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