"Trust me, as frustrated as the Chinese fans are that we're not here, I promise you we're more frustrated, " added Roddick.
As such, Shoemaker expects that Chinese fans will continue to support Lin when he begins playing for the Houston Rockets this fall.
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Apple products are a symbol of status for its Chinese fans.
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Scores of Chinese fans, meanwhile, flew to Bangkok in September to surprise "Scar In My Heart" star Sukrit Viseskaew on his birthday and helped him put on a party at a local orphanage.
Calling themselves the "Dragonfly Army, " after Mr. Sukrit's nickname, Chinese fans have also teamed up with their Thai counterparts to form powerful online voting blocs that sway the outcome of Thai entertainment awards.
Having released six albums and 2 EPs since 2001, he says that CDs are so cheap in China that only his Chinese fans are still in the habit of buying hard copies of his releases.
"Shaq is a larger-than-life hero with Chinese basketball fans, " says Terry Rhoads, founder of Zou Marketing, a sports consultancy in Shanghai.
"Baidu, the Chinese music fans, recording artists and the record companies will all benefit from this win-win partnership, " said Jennifer Li, chief financial officer of Baidu.
"As the head coach, I owe the fans and the Chinese an apology, " he said, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua.
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Fans took Guan's long and narrow panels as a reference to traditional Chinese scrolls.
Silk touches the lives of rural Chinese in more material ways, too, in the form of the silk clothes, quilts, umbrellas, fans and flowers that punctuate everyday life.
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