The Chinese stars, who also won Olympic gold in Sydney, are seeded fourth here but had too much quality for top seeds Lee Jae-Jin and Lee Hyo Jung in Saturday's second semi-final.
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Although the list shows the clout of Chinese stars it home, they are increasingly finding success abroad.
On the subject of future Chinese sports stars to take his place, he remains typically circumspect.
One must also factor in that soccer is probably the most televised sport in China, although basketball, especially with Chinese stars in foreign leagues, has exploded in programming during the past decade.
Thousands of Deco structures -- hotels and theaters, apartment blocks and luxury villas -- are still standing, evoking the days when ocean liners anchored off Shanghai and European and Chinese grandees mingled with movie stars and gangsters in the city's jazz clubs and dance halls.
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The behemoth from Beaverton, Oregon has already shown how much it values the Chinese market by signing sponsorship contracts with stars like NBA phenom Jeremy Lin, tennis star Li Na and Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang.
Samsonov's career peaked at a time when the world's best players were European, but now that the Chinese have regained the ascendancy the game is more popular and, paradoxically, top Europeans are even bigger stars in China.
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Whether the artist deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as the long-time stars of the art world is a matter of personal taste, but the sale of "Chinese Girl" appears to have cemented his reputation as a commercial, if not critical, success.
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Tennis courts and academies are sprouting up in many Chinese cities, attracting youths who aspire to become the country's next big stars.
Chinese investment trust Citic Securities, up 481%, leads the list of Global 2000 stock market stars.
Reflecting the growing appetite for ethnic fare, particularly in Paris, it has ladled out stars to Vietnamese, Chinese, and North African restaurants.
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