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Sept. 4, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Join us at noon today for a live Google+ Hangout chat with sportswriter David Wharton and deputy sports editor John Cherwa.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Wharton was in China with the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000000294”&amp;gt;UCLA&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; men’s basketball on their recent historic trip.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;The trip to China was a trial run, the start of what could be an annual exchange between the &amp;lt;a class=”taxInlineTagLink” href=”https://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/college-sports/pacific-12-conference-ORSPT00000247.topic”&amp;gt;Pac-12&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and the Federation of University Sports of China.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Pac-12 officials are eager to foster relationships with a country where they might someday broadcast games and sell merchandise to a basketball-crazed populace.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; UCLA agreed to take the first step, taking a 13-hour flight to start at seven-day, three-game tour.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”This is a cultural exchange — it’s not just about us playing basketball,” Coach Ben Howland said before the trip. “So we want to be helpful and let them learn more about us.”&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The Bruins easily won all of their games in China.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Wharton and Cherwa will talk about all that and more, so join them at 8:15.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-michael-strahan-kelly-ripa-new-cohost-20120904,0,5498950.story”&amp;gt;Michael Strahan makes official debut as &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;Kelly Ripa&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-michael-strahan-kelly-ripa-new-cohost-20120904,0,5498950.story”&amp;gt;’s&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-michael-strahan-kelly-ripa-new-cohost-20120904,0,5498950.story”&amp;gt; co-host&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/la-sp-dwyre-torii-hunter-20120904,0,7788453.column”&amp;gt;Torii Hunter is set up to help Angels in last-gasp playoff charge&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-maurice-jones-drew-mike-wallace-poll-20120904,0,1739258.story”&amp;gt;Should Maurice Jones-Drew and Mike Wallace start this week? [Poll]&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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