With the Chinese government and Shanghai Sharks taking a huge chunk of Mings salary who here thinks he will eventually defect? Zhi Zhi might be considering it already. Personally I think after he is eligible to become a free agent and is about to make some serious cash he will give China the finger and defect. If he is the real deal then he is going to get paid the max. No way do you hand over 5+million dollars back to the government especially after he starts living it up in America and sees how it's like not to be shackled down by communism.