When he lines up for the U.S. "Dream Team" in Beijing, Bryant will be making his first appearance at an Olympic Games and a gold medal is just about the only thing that he hasn't won in a stellar career.

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Barely nine months after China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) on December 11, 2001, I sat at a U.S.-China Business Council luncheon in Beijing featuring U.K. journalist Joe Studwell speak on his book The China Dream: The Elusive Quest for the Greatest Untapped Market on Earth.

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