Blog Tag - Yao Ming
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China is poised to score a slam dunk this summer, as the Middle Kingdom plays host to the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) World Basketball...
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced earlier this week that Yao Ming was one of three players to be elected to the Class of 2016,...
Today's the day. After a 21-month campaign that saw all but one of the other candidate cities drop, on Friday Beijing and partner city Zhangjiakou...
One of our favorite people, former NBA star Yao Ming, isn't from Beijing (he's from Shanghai), but we like the guy so much that we're always...
One of our favorite people, Yao Ming, will serve as an ambassador for Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, along with five other athletes we'...
While visiting his youth basketball school in Beijing yesterday, Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming did not deny rumors that he is putting together...
Wax museum chain Madame Tussauds is set to open in late May or early June in Qianmen, marking their 16th attraction worldwide and 4th location in...
He has helped document the ghastliest details of African poaching, campaigned against the serving of shark fin soup, and vouched for anti-bear bile...
In China’s most elite circles, elephant ivory is seen as a pristine status symbol – elaborately engraved, strung into necklaces and bracelets, or...
The Olympics is dead, long live the Paralympics. China took the first gold of the Games and sit atop the medal table after day two. Well done to...
Spring has sprung and with it the hibernation of Beijing’s sports scene begins to end. We’ll tell you all about what you have to look forward to...
Happy New Year! That’s for the last one, not the upcoming one. Our gift to you includes links to the first two “Who’s Hot and Who’s Not In Chinese...
Talking Balls has been locked in meetings for the last few days. This report has been phoned into the office. Apologies, Balls fans....
Happy Black Friday. Take a break from online shopping (or for non-Americans, from finding out what Black Friday is) and give thanks for the week in...
Yao Ming Goes To College sounds like a preposterous straight-to-video movie but it’s true and we have the videos. Enjoy them below. And then enjoy...