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Jordan finds a new world to take on.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| July 01, 2004 | LeBatard, Dan | COPYRIGHT 2004 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dan LeBatard

BEIJING _ So much happened before Michael Jordan reached the top of the mountain.

Take his first moments in China, for example. All those smiling faces at the airport, so many, waiting for Jordan with the kind of hyperventilation articulated by the front-page headline in The Beijing Daily Messenger: ``How We Have Been Longing For Your Flying Glamour!'' Jordan hadn't expected rock-star commotion, not on the other side of the world, not five years removed from championships, not in a bowing land known for polite rigidity. And how in the name of Chairman Mao did all these breathless people know when and where he would land, anyway?

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