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Kobe Bryant to be honored by Asia Society

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Kobe Bryant just keeps getting bigger in China.

So much so that the Lakers star will be honored by the Asia Society of Southern California during a gala dinner on June 30 in Los Angeles.

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Bryant has the top-selling jersey in China, beating out China’s Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets.

He won an Olympic gold medal in the Olympics in China with the United States men’s basketball team.

Bryant just launched a website in China. He’s grown to be so popular in China that Nike launched a Chinese reality TV show called ‘Kobe Mentu,’’ or, in English, ‘Kobe Disciples.’’

It led to a six-episode series, in which participants competed for a chance to travel to the United States and receive basketball tips from Bryant.

-- Broderick Turner

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