1.  Bateer, from Inner Mongolia, is the second Chinese player to play in the NBA, joining Wang Zhizhi of the Dallas Mavericks.

2.  Because somewhere there is a beefy Chinese player just waiting to shove down any waif like a breadstick.

3.  After practice, the Chinese players hustled to a bus waiting nearby.

4.  Chinese players warming up for practice stared for a while as several dozen reporters walked along the Rose Bowl sidelines after leaving the U.S. locker room.

5.  Could we have seen more shots of the Chinese players agonizing during the penalty kicks?

6.  Even some professional sports organizations, like the National Basketball Association, are signing or trying to draft Chinese players.

7.  Expecting to play China in the final, she logged every corner kick and free kick the Chinese players had taken during the tournament.

8.  Even so, foreign investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into companies like China.com, Sina.com and Sohu.com, another major Chinese player.

9.  For Pinkel, the very fact that Ford and GM joined up with small Chinese players like Jinbei and Jiangling shows up their biggest problem.

10.  Gambling officials have pulled out all the stops to attract Chinese players, who are considered by the industry to be lavish bettors.