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The first time Wes Unseld visited China was in August 1979 when the then 33-year-old basketball star arrived with his teammates from the NBAs Washington Bullets. Replica Ray Rice Jersey . The team, known today as the Washington Wizards, played two exhibition games against Chinese teams following a personal invitation from then senior Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Former Washington Bullets (now Washington Wizards) player Wes Unseld signs an autograph for a journalist on Tuesday during the team’s visit to Beijing, a goodwill visit to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the team’s Beijing visit in 1979. The then Bullets is the first NBA team to visit China to mark the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations. [chinadaily.com.cn] At the time, China and the US had recently resumed diplomatic ties. Thirty years later, the 63-year-old Hall of Famer said he was proud to think of the way the goodwill tour built bonds between the nations. Its very rewarding to think that 30 years ago, we started the process of building the relationship between our two countries, Unseld said yesterday in Beijing. Its very humbling for someone like me to think that I shared a very small part of that. I am very proud to come back. Unselds son, Wes Unseld Jr, is now an assistant coach with the Wizards. The legendary former player will be joined in China by Wizards all-star player Caron Butler and Gheorghe Muresan, who used to play for the Wizards and who was the tallest player in NBA. The Wizards and their entourage arrived in China at the invitation of the Chinese Peoples Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the landmark visit and the normalization of relations between China and the US. I cant recognize anything here, Unseld said of the massively changed Beijing landscape. Among the players he faced 30 years ago was Yao Zhiyuan. The pair did battle during the tours second game, in Shanghai. Yao is the father of Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming, who plays for the NBAs Houston Rockets and who is the most recognized Chinese person in the US. I just discovered that Yao Mings father was on the team I played against in Shanghai 30 years ago, said Unseld. I have one request to make, if you have any more Yao Mings, please send them to the Washington Wizards. The trip this time is about more than building ties between the US and China, the Wizards also hope to tap into the vast market in China, where the NBA is phenomenally popular. Peter Biche, president of the Wizards, is hoping the appeal of the US capital city will help him sell his team in China. Washington DC is a powerful city and the sister city of Beijing. So thats a reason to have a connection, he said. B.J. Raji Jersey . 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