{"id":17356,"date":"2008-02-14T23:32:45","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/former-nba-player-back-in-game-as-chinas-torchbearer\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T06:36:13","slug":"former-nba-player-back-in-game-as-chinas-torchbearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/former-nba-player-back-in-game-as-chinas-torchbearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NBA Player Back In Game As China&#8217;s Torchbearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/olympics\/2008-02\/15\/content_6457788.htm\">China Daily<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since returning to China in 2006, former NBA player <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wang_Zhizhi\">Wang Zhizhi <\/a>has been living in the shadows of giant NBA center<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yao_Ming\"> Yao Ming <\/a>and star rookie <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yi_Jianlian\">Yi Jianlian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So when he was recently appointed by the IT giant Lenovo to be a torchbearer in the relay for August&#8217;s Olympic Games, the 30-year-old was ecstatic. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From China Daily: Since returning to China in 2006, former NBA player Wang Zhizhi has been living in the shadows of giant NBA center Yao Ming and star rookie Yi Jianlian. 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