Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of...

2001. The Rockets of the early 2000s, led by superstars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, followed the trend of consistent regular season respectability followed...

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known outside China for having developed Yao Ming before he entered the National Basketball Association. Yao was the driving force behind their three...

Chinese basketball player Yao Ming at the age of seventeen in 1998. They married on August 6, 2007. Ye gave birth to their daughter Yao Qinlei (whose English...

Kan Yao-ming (Chinese: 甘耀明; pinyin: Gān Yào-míng; Wade–Giles: Kan Yao-ming; born 2 February 1972) is a Taiwanese author from Miaoli County. He graduated...

Leon Lai Ming SBS BBS MH (Chinese: 黎明; born 11 December 1966), is a Hong Kong actor, film director, businessman, and Cantopop singer. He is one of the...

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is 7-foot-6-inch (2.29 m) Yao Ming. Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis are the only players 7 feet 3 inches...

award. Yi was featured in Time's August 2003 article titled "The Next Yao Ming". In each of his next three seasons, Yi led Guangdong to the CBA championship...

Festival of China for her role. She was then cast as the female lead, Bi Yao, in Noble Aspirations, based on the popular novel Zhu Xian written by Xiao...

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idol drama Summer's Desire (2011), based on the novel of the same name by Ming Xiaoxi. Although originally slated to play Ou Chen, Huang asked if he could...

producer Chiung Yao was casting the TV series My Fair Princess, a joint production by mainland China and Taiwan adapted from Chiung Yao's own novel. She...

Tang Yao-ming (traditional Chinese: 湯曜明; simplified Chinese: 汤曜明; pinyin: Tāng Yàomíng; 29 November 1940 – 3 November 2021) was a Taiwanese general officer...

the first six CBA championships, but the team's dynasty was upended by Yao Ming and the Shanghai Sharks as soon as Wang left for the NBA. To the surprise...

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Yao Ming, Chinese professional basketball player and humanitarian Andrew Yao, Chinese computer scientist and A.M. Turing Award laureate Jianping Yao,...

National Basketball Association. The most famous Chinese basketball player is Yao Ming who became the first player to score an average of 20+10 in his rookie...

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experience went first overall—Yao Ming. His selection was not only a watershed moment for the NBA, but it also had a large impact in Yao's homeland of China. Hannah...

top 10 (by year) 2004 Yao Ming Zhang Ziyi Zhao Wei Faye Wong Gong Li Zhang Yimou Zhou Xun Leon Lai Sun Nan Jet Li 2005 Yao Ming Zhang Ziyi Liu Xiang Zhao...

top 10 (by year) 2004 Yao Ming Zhang Ziyi Zhao Wei Faye Wong Gong Li Zhang Yimou Zhou Xun Leon Lai Sun Nan Jet Li 2005 Yao Ming Zhang Ziyi Liu Xiang Zhao...

colleagues and the media mocked Yao Ming's Chinese. For example, Shaquille O'Neal made fun of Ming by saying, "Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh...

impressed by what the diva would do for love, as Taiwanese lyricist Chien Yao, who initially declined to write lyrics for Wong because he never met and...

James (four-time winner), and Derrick Rose (youngest winner). China's Yao Ming (2002), Italy's Andrea Bargnani (2006), France's Victor Wembanyama (2023)...

featured player to ever be nominated. He also played NBA hall-of-famer Yao Ming in January 2022. Since 2023 he has also played embattled Congressman George...

Awards in two consecutive years. In 2007, she starred in Susie Au's film Ming Ming, which was highly praised at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival...

series My Fair Princess, adapted from the novel by Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao. Fan was recommended by Hong Kong actress Leanne Liu to join the cast. In...

Hui-Mei (葉惠美; Yè Huìměi), who was an art teacher, while his father, Chou Yao-Chung (周耀中; Zhōu Yàozhōng), is a biomedical researcher. His mother noticed...

operation. Chinese basketball legend and former Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming has long held ambitions to reform the structure of Chinese basketball to...