China

Yao Ming and his girlfriend

(newsphoto)
Updated: 2006-07-27 15:48

Chinese NBA star Yao Ming autographs his Houston Rockets jersey at a mobile phone operator at a commercial promotion event in Beijing July 26, 2006. The 2.29-meter (7-foot-6-inch) Houston Rockets center is Beijing preparing for the upcoming World Championships in Japan in August. Yao and Ye were helping promote a Chinese mobile phone service operator. [newsphoto]