OPERATION YAO MING: THE CHINESE SPORTS EMPIRE, AMERICAN BIG BUSINESS, AND THE MAKING OF AN NBA SUPERSTAR
by LARMER, BROOK
List Price: HK$ 247.00
ˇ@ISBN
9781592400782
ˇ@Subject
SPORTS, HOBBIES & GAMES
ˇ@Publisher
GOTHAM BOOKS US
ˇ@Publication
2005
ˇ@Edition
Hardcover
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
Born in Shanghai to a poor Communist family, Yao Ming never intended to become the most famous living Chinese person on earth. But with his deft shooting touch and unassuming demeanor, the Houston Rocketsˇ¦ 7ˇ¦6ˇ¨ center has become an NBA All-Star and multimillionaire celebrity endorser ˇV and changed the face of American sports. Yet many mysteries surround him. How did a nation known for people of short stature produce such a towering giant? And how did Yao emerge from the shadowy sports system of his rapidly changing homeland to take a place under the spotlights on professional sportsˇ¦ brightest stage? In Operation Yao Ming, award-winning journalist Brook Larmer draws on years of groundbreaking reporting to answer these questions while weaving a gripping narrative of sports, politics, and business in the age of globalization.
