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Known in China as the "Yao Ming Phenomenon" and in the United States as the "Ming Dynasty", Yao's success in the NBA, and his popularity among fans, made him a symbol of a new China that was both more modern and more confident. [4] Yao is also an entrepreneur and owner of Yao Family Wines in Napa Valley, California. [5]
Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis are the only players 7 feet 3 inches or taller selected to the Hall of Fame. Yasutaka Okayama , a 7-foot-8-inch (2.34 m) Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in the seventh round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors , is the tallest player to ever be drafted for the NBA. [ 2 ]
Additionally, he was known for injuring several NBA players including Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Charles Oakley, Patrick Ewing, Chauncey Billups, Ray Allen, Yao Ming, LeBron James and Tracy McGrady due to his practice of flailing his elbows. His former teammate Yao Ming made a joke about it: "I need to talk to Coach to have Dikembe held out ...
HONG KONG — In China, she’s being called the “female Yao Ming.”. In a video that quickly went viral this week, Zhang Ziyu, a 7-foot-3 basketball player from Shandong province, can be seen ...
Yao Li-ming (Chinese: 姚立明; born 15 January 1952) is a Taiwanese political scientist, politician, and political commentator. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995 as a member of the New Party , then withdrew from the party before concluding his term in 1999.
Yao Chonghua, the name of Emperor Shun of pre-dynastic China, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; Yao Chang, founding emperor of the Later Qin Dynasty; Yao Ming, Chinese professional basketball player and humanitarian; Andrew Yao, Chinese computer scientist and A.M. Turing Award laureate; Jianping Yao, Canadian engineer
Dr. Ming Wang grew up wanting to be a doctor — and that’s because he comes from a long line of medical professionals. “Five generations (of doctors) since the Qing Dynasty,” Wang tells ...
The Year of the Yao is a 2004 American documentary film based on basketball player Yao Ming's first year in the United States.The film is narrated by his friend and former interpreter Colin Pine, who stayed with Yao during Yao's rookie year, and interpreted for him for three years.