Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, currently playing in the NBA for the Houston Rockets , is mobbed by journalists and fans after a welcome ceremony in Hong Kong Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003. Yao, who arrived Monday in Hong Kong, will play an exhibition match with the Chinese national basketball team against Australia's Melbourne Tigers on Wednesday, Aug. 6. [AP]

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