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New York Knicks' guard Jeremy Lin (17) shoots over Minnesota Timberwolves' center Nikola Pekovic (14) during the first half of their NBA basketball game at the Target Center in Minneapolis in this February 11, 2012 file photo. As the first ripples of... View Photo »
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China's former NBA superstar Yao Ming (C) attends as newly elected member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Shanghai, and takes part in a meeting for the CPPCC in Shanghai on January 15, 2011. A Thai forensic expert stands... View Photo »
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China's former NBA superstar Yao Ming, a newly elected member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Shanghai, takes part in a meeting of Shanghai People's Congress in Shanghai on January 10, 2011. Not content with owning a... View Photo »
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NBA basketball player Yao Ming (R) of China attends a ceremony to mark the release of pandas into a new 'semi-wild' enclosure at the Giant Panda Research Centre near Chengdu on January 11, 2012. China released six young captive pandas into semi-wild... View Photo »
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Former NBA player Yao Ming (3rd R) opens the cage before a panda is sent into the "Panda Valley" protected area in Dujiangyan city, Sichuan province January 11, 2012. Yao attended the launching ceremony of Panda Valley protected area, where the first... View Photo »
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Retired NBA basketball star and conservation advocate Yao Ming holds a panda during a ceremony for the release of six pandas in Panda Valley natural reserve in Dujiangyan city, in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. Six... View Photo »
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Former NBA player Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li play with giant panda cubs at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, January 11, 2012. Yao came to the research base after attending the launch ceremony of Panda Valley... View Photo »
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 file photo, retired NBA basketball star Yao Ming, center, attends the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee in... View Photo »
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Delegate Yao Ming, right, a retired NBA basketball star, listens another delegate, left, as he attends the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Tuesday Jan. 10,... View Photo »
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Delegate Yao Ming, front center, back to camera, a retired NBA basketball star, attends the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012 in Shanghai,... View Photo »
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Delegate Yao Ming, right, a retired NBA basketball star, walks out from the venue of the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012 in Shanghai,... View Photo »
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Delegate Yao Ming, a retired NBA basketball star, attends the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012 in Shanghai, China. View Photo »
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Guest stand next to a bottle of wine and shoe moulds belonging to former NBA player Yao Ming during a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. The Shanghai-born Yao donated the bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa... View Photo »
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A woman attends at a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. Shanghai-born and former NBA player Yao donated one bottle of his personal Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley and the shoe moulds of his feet to raise... View Photo »
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Former NBA player Yao Ming talks to the media as he arrives at a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. The Shanghai-born Yao donated one bottle of his personal Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley and the shoe... View Photo »
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A bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley is seen during a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. The Shanghai-born former NBA player Yao donated the bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from... View Photo »
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A man takes a picture of a bottle of wine and shoe moulds belonging to former NBA player Yao Ming during a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. The Shanghai-born Yao donated the bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the... View Photo »
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Visitors to a gallery located in the art district of Beijing known as '798', look at a work on display showing the head of U.S. President Barack Obama superimposed onto the body of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong November 21, 2011. China's leaders,... View Photo »
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming listens to the teacher on the first day as a new student of the Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on November 7, 2011 in Shanghai, China. View Photo »
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming cleans the blackboard after class on the first day as a new student of the Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on November 7, 2011 in Shanghai, China... View Photo »
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Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; born September 12, 1980) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in). Full Article
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Former NBA player Yao Ming (3rd R) opens the cage before a panda is sent into the "Panda Valley" protected area in Dujiangyan city, Sichuan province January 11, 2012. Yao attended the launching ceremony of Panda Valley protected area, where the first batch of giant pandas has been...
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Delegate Yao Ming, right, a retired NBA basketball star, listens another delegate, left, as he attends the opening session of the 5th Plenary Session of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
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A bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley is seen during a charity auction event in Shanghai November 27, 2011. The Shanghai-born former NBA player Yao donated the bottle of Yao Ming-branded 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley and the shoe moulds...
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming listens to the teacher on the first day as a new student of the Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on November 7, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming cleans the blackboard after class on the first day as a new student of the Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on November 7, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Former Houston Rockets player Yao Ming talks to the media as a new student of the Antai College of Economics & Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University on November 7, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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NINGLANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Chinese basketball player Yao Ming visits a hope primary school funded by the Yao Ming Foundation on October 28, 2011 in Ninglang Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province of China.
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 17: Chinese basketball player Yao Ming talks with Zhong Nanshan (L) of the Chinese Academy of Engineering on an Airbus A380 of China Southern Airlines during its maiden voyage from Beijing to Guangzhou at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 17,...
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 17: Chinese basketball player Yao Ming prepares to board an Airbus A380 of China Southern Airlines ahead of its maiden voyage from Beijing to Guangzhou at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 17, 2011 in Beijing, China. China Southern became the...
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 17: Chinese host Shen Xing (L) and basketball player Yao Ming celebrate on an Airbus A380 of China Southern Airlines during its maiden voyage from Beijing to Guangzhou at Beijing Capital International Airport on October 17, 2011 in Beijing, China. China...
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 06: Chinese basketball player Yao Ming speaks to the crowd during day six of the 2011 China Open at the National Tennis Centre on October 6, 2011 in Beijing, China.
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 06: Chinese basketball player Yao Ming(C) poses with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (L) of France and Zhang Ze (R) of China during day six of the 2011 China Open at the National Tennis Centre on October 6, 2011 in Beijing, China.
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Chinese former basketball player Yao Ming (C) poses with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France (L) and Zhang Ze of China (R) before their men's singles second round match at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on October 6, 2011. Tsonga won 6-3, 6-4.
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Chinese former basketball player Yao Ming (R) speaks before the start of the men's singles second round match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France (L) and Zhang Ze of China (2nd R) at the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on October 6, 2011. Tsonga...
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Former Chinese basketball player Yao Ming watches the quarter-final match between Japan and South Korea at the 26th Asian Basketball Championships in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on September 23, 2011. South Korea won 86-67.
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Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming, right, and British tycoon Richard Branson, left, attend a press conference for a campaign against eating shark fins in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Yao and Branson made an appeal Thursday in Shanghai against the consumption of...
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China's former NBA superstar Yao Ming (C) attends as newly elected member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Shanghai, and takes part in a meeting for the CPPCC in Shanghai on January 15, 2011. A Thai forensic expert stands next to packs of explosive...
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