Yao, a 7-foot-5 Chinese center who is expected to be among the top three players selected in the June draft, flew into Chicago last night.
Africa is a host of three Chinese cultural centers.
The first overseas Chinese center was opened in Mauritius in 1988.
Rowland Heights remains the Chinese commercial/cultural center in East San Gabriel.
Yao Ming, the 7-5 Chinese center, did not apply for early entry.
The plan is to turn the area into a Chinese cultural center with a five-star hotel.
Initial uses were meant to support remote teaching from urban Chinese centers to villages.
The trip is a hassle, she says, but the activities at Nan Shan, the borough's only Chinese senior center, make it worthwhile.
It is very common for healthy people to develop irritating coughs, runny noses etc while in urban Chinese centres as a result of the pollution.
The Chinese cultural center was created.