During their stay in China, the Wizards will participate in a series of basketball clinics in universities and high schools as well as engage in other philanthropic activities. The visitors will travel to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and parts of the Sichuan province that were devastated by last year's massive earthquake.

It won't compare to the grand diplomatic efforts in 1979, when the defending champion Bullets played two games against the Chinese national team and the People's Liberation Army's Bayi team.

"It's an honor to be invited to return to China, I am eager to see the difference in 30 years there, and look forward to meeting some old friends," said Wes Unseld.

Adrian M. Fenty(C), the mayor of Washington D.C., announces that 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, in Washington D.C., the United States of America, Aug. 26, 2009. Washington Wizards will visit Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Yingxiu, a town in Sichuan province heavily stricken by the earthquake on May 12, 2008.

He stressed that it is a pity that he could not say hello to his tall Chinese rival Mu Tiezhu, who passed away last September. "I know that there is an old Chinese saying 'He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man,'" all-star player Caron Butler said of the trip expectation, "I am a NBA player and I want to be a true man, so I have to reach the Great Wall."

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