Two-time NBA regular season MVP Steve Nash and Carmelo Anthony
arrived in Beijing on Wednesday evening for a charity game slated
for Friday.
"We know that the NBA league has hundreds of thousands of
supporters from China, it is our pleasure to be here to give back
to the Chinese community and help some poor children in the
country," said Nash at the press conference held in the Regent
Hotel.
"Thank you all for coming all the way from the United States to
support us," said Yao Ming, who launched the charity game along
with Nash. "I hope it can be a good start and we can do more for
the children in need in the future."
Yao, Nash, Anthony, Baron Davis, Leandro Barbosa and five other
NBA players will be joined by players from the Chinese national
team in the charity game.
All the income of the charity game will be donated to help
improve educational environment for poor children in west
China.
(Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2007)