The Washington Wizards, the first NBA team to visit China, will send its franchise veterans and active players to pay a return trip in early September in commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Bullets' (now the Wizards) groundbreaking journey to China. Hall of Fame center Wes Unseld, a star of the 1978 NBA champion Bullets, will be companied on the visit Sept. 5-15 by active Wizards all-star player Caron Butler and Randy Foye. 7-foot-7 Gheorghe Muresan of Romania, one of the tallest men to play in the NBA and also another former Bullet, will also join the trip.

The Bullets were the first NBA team to travel to China in 1979,when Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping invited owner Abe Pollin shortly after the normalization of relations between China and the United States.

"It's significant that the Wizards pay a return visit to China, commemorating the special 30th anniversary between China and the United States," said Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese ambassador to the United States, in an interview with Xinhua. "We are supporting their trip because they want to review the history they made in 1979 and continue paying their contributions both to Sino-American relations and sports."

Washington Wizards player Caron Butler looks forward to his upcoming visit to China, in Washington D.C., the United States of America, Aug. 26, 2009. The NBA team, Washington Wizards, will pay a visit to China from Sept. 5 to 15, 2009 to mark the 30th anniversary for its first visit to China as Washington Bullets

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