NBA star hosts SARS telethon; Taiwan subway riders don masks

Monday, May 12, 2003

BEIJING -- Chinese basketball star Yao Ming hosted a telethon to raise money for SARS research Sunday, while subway riders in Taiwan's capital of Taipei were ordered to wear surgical masks to curb the spread of the highly contagious illness.

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