Chapter 6 Big Man

Gan Guoyang devoted a lot of energy to public activities, but such days wouldn't last long.

Right after winning the championship, his fame was at its peak and the public's interest in him was at its highest.

With a bit of time, everyone's attention would be drawn away by other things.

For instance, in mid to late July of 1986, Southern California experienced three earthquakes of around magnitude 6, causing quite a stir across America.

Then, a Soviet general, Dmitri Polyakov, was arrested upon retirement and found to be an American spy, being executed two years later.

By August, the fervor for the NBA Finals and the World Cup had faded, while the heat of the US-Soviet Cold War confrontation was on the rise.

The United States Senate officially passed Ronald Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative," also known as the "Star Wars program," which he proposed in 1983, indicating that the confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union had reached a climax.