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Battier in Beijing

August 28th, 2008
by John

Raymond reports that Shane Battier arrived in Beijing on Thursday to start his week-long China Peak roadshow.

Above Shane takes part in a press conference that China Peak and Sina.com co-hosted for him where his new signature shoe “Shane Battier III” was officially launched. He also received souvenirs and gifts from the two companies, including two special T-shirts from China Peak, one for Shane, and another for his newborn son Zeke. Click here for more photos from the press conference.

Shane will stay in Beijing for 3 days (August 28 ~ 30) to tape new commercials for China Peak to launch his new shoes before flying to Wuhan. He will participate in the NBA Big Bandwagon Roadshow there in Wuhan on August 31 before leaving for Chengdu of Sichuan in the evening of August 31 where he will visit some earthquake-affected areas of Sichuan on September 1st. Together with China Peak, he will donate some 200K RMB worth of food/camp/clothes for the earthquake survivors.

He will then stop in Hong Kong on September 2nd before flying back to USA.