Yao Measures Up in U.S. and China
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Smashing stereotypes forged over centuries and bearing the burden of being an inspiration to a billion compatriots is a mighty tall order.
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Yao Ming is refreshed. After a demanding few days in his hometown for the first NBA game in China, the Houston Rockets center has had some time to unwind since arriving in Beijing.
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NBA NOTESA day before starring in the NBA&#39;s first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-foot-6 center visited his old elementary school yesterday as part of an NBA-sponsored program to promote reading.
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China&#39;s basketball star Yao Ming is to take centre stage in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, later on Thursday.
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Not even a line clocked in days deterred the residents of Shanghai from waiting to see Yao Ming, the marquee attraction in this week&#39;s National Basketball Association exhibition games in China.
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Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett and Chinese center Yao Ming remain the top vote-getters overall and among non-US players in National Basketball Association All-Star Game voting totals announced Thursday.
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Yao Ming wouldn&#39;t let the Rockets lose another home game, especially to the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Yao scored 23 points _ including seven during a pivotal third-quarter run _ and blocked a season-high five
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Bee Columnist. BEIJING - The stories of Yao Ming and Liu Wei are told here, of course. They tell the stories here just as they do in Shanghai, if with a bit less of the obvious pride that
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Tracy McGrady says Chinese center Yao   Ming has come of age as an NBA player and expects the two of   them to make this a big year for the Houston Rockets.
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Two U.S. victories by a combined 77 points are not going to change Mike Krzyzewski's opinion. China will have a good basketball team &#151; soon.
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Yao Ming&#39;s Houston Rockets squeezed past the Sacramento Kings on Thursday in the first NBA game to be played in China, a country the fast-growing basketball league deems a potential marketing mecca.
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A day before starring in the NBA's first China game, Yao Ming went back to school. All the way back. The 7-foot-6 center visited his old elementary school Wednesday as part of an NBA sponsored program to promote reading. That was just one part of the league's promotional juggernaut that has descended on Yao's hometown ahead of Thursday's exhibition game against the Sacramento Kings, the first NBA game in China.
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Chinese star center Yao Ming is excited about making a homecoming with his National Basketball Association(NBA) teammates next week when he and the Houston Rockets play two exhibitions against Sacramento.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets  leads all players in the Western Conference, while Shaquille  O'Neal of the Miami Heat continues to pace all Eastern  Conference players after the third returns of votes in the 2005  NBA All-Star balloting program.
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets leads all players in the Western Conference, while Shaquille O&#39;Neal of the Miami Heat paces all players in the Eastern Conference after the second returns of votes in the 2005 NBA All-Star
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The crowd chanted Yao Ming&#39;s name all game, soaking up the novelty of the NBA in another tribute to a player who is fast becoming a one-man basketball marketing force in China.
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One in four Americans think China will beat the United States in the next decade as the world leader in innovation, according to a survey released on Sunday by Zogby International.