Kobe has the top selling NBA jersey in China, blowing the doors off Yao Ming jerseys for three years straight.

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And to top it all off, that rate differential seems to be blowing out.

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Where else in the world of business does a top manager have to make a decision so important, so public, and with so much possibility for it blowing up in his face?

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