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Fourteen Years And Counting; The Legacy Of Liu Wei In Shanghai

December 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports

When you walk around the Yuanshen, you quickly realize that this is Yao Ming’s house. His image adorns the walls, the banners and the advertisements, whilst his retired jersey hangs from the rafters. During home games, Yao watches from his private box up high in the arena, looking down on players and fans alike like [...]

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NBA Stars Consider the CBA as an Option, but Teams May Not Take the Risk

July 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Basketball, Business

With all of the hoopla around former Houston Rockets’ center Yao Ming’s retirement, some may have forgotten that the NBA is still in lockout mode. As players and owners still haggle over an agreement, many of the top NBA stars have had a lot of free time on their hands this summer and it looks [...]

Yao Ming’s Imminent Retirement Does Not Spell Death for the NBA in China

July 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Business

The imminent retirement of Houston Rockets’ center Yao Ming comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed the Shanghai native’s career from his early beginnings in the game. Persistent injuries over the past few seasons have allowed the towering center to only play in a handful of games. Coming off of his most recent [...]

Yao Ming’s Legacy Will Shine Though China Sport

July 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball

An edited version of this article is published in the Global Times. When the lanky Shanghainese first landed in Houston in 2002, few expected him to achieve what he now stands for. In his nine seasons of playing in the NBA, Yao Ming averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds per game. Yet his contribution to basketball and the [...]

Almost Is Still Newsworthy in Tennis

January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sports, Tennis

An article looking at the latest tennis duo from China, and how some of the world’s less-reported sports are producing China’s future athletic stars. For all of about five seconds, there was discussion about an “all Chinese” final in the Australian Open. The People’s Daily newspaper had already crowned Li Na and Zheng Jie — [...]

Yao Not Owner of Shanghai Sharks

November 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Basketball, Business, Sports

According to the Shanghai Daily, NBA basketball star Yao Ming is not the owner of the Shanghai Sharks, the Chinese star’s former team, and he has not been guaranteed ownership of the team. The newspaper reported that while Yao’s management group, Team Yao, has been signed on as an “entrusted investor” for the next five [...]

What Yao Ming’s up to?

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Philanthropy

Still months to next season’s CBA. Yao Ming, the All-Star Houston Rockets center and new Shanghai Sharks boss, has joined an anti-smoking campaign to urge 350 million Chinese smokers to drop the habit. From Al Jazeera: While smoking is on the decline in many Western countries, China is one of the world’s fastest growing smoking [...]

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What Can Yao Get from the Sharks?

July 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Basketball, Business

The Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is buying his former CBA team, the Shanghai Sharks. The team finished the second last in the 08-09 season, the worst ever result in club’s history. “As a Shanghainese, I’m emotionally attached to the team,” Yao was quoted as saying by a state-owned television station. “The club is now [...]

Struck by State-ownership, Shanghai Sharks Is Struggling without Sponsor

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government

Two players in Guangdong Southern Tigers (广东宏远) and three in Shandong Lions (山东黄金) were fined and suspended by CBA last week for a brawl in their quarter-final playoff match. Guangdong, the defending champion, was barely touched by the punishment and extended their winning streak to 25 games after defeating Dongguan Leopards (东莞马可波罗) by 111 – [...]