Former NBA star Yao Ming is urging society to let sport return to its original function of bringing joy to children.
The Yao Foundation, founded by Yao Ming, unveiled a new partnership on Saturday with a pro-environment and conservation group Rare in Hong Kong.
"My name is a symbol of all the painstaking efforts I have made and all the injuries I have suffered over all these years," retired NBA superstar Yao Ming recently told China's Xinhua News Agency.
Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming and his wife Ye Li sit courtside with 22-month-old daughter Amy while watching the Rockets' NBA game against the Dallas Mavericjs at the Toyota Center in Houston.
NBA Legends and former Houston Rockets players Yao Ming and Robert Horry watch the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 20, 2012 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
As a global ambassador for Special Olympics, Princess Charlene, was in Shanghai to promote the movement, accompanied by China's global ambassador Yao Ming, and his wife Ye Li.
The retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming has been looking for business opportunities in the film industry, but has not entered it yet.
On Sunday, Yao took his seat as a new member of the standing committee of Shanghai's political advisory body during its annual session.
Basketball great Yao Ming summed up 2011 with the simple word "release".
Yao Ming, 31, former Houston Rockets center and China's greatest basketball player ever, announced his retirement, due to repeated stress fractures in his left foot, in Shanghai on July 20, marking the end of an era for the game. [Read more]
SHANGHAI - Chinese basketball's big man, the retired NBA star Yao Ming, accepted his first semi-official position on Monday to work toward boosting Shanghai's international image.
Retired Chinese basketball star and former NBA player Yao Ming has been elected vice-chairman of Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, adding another crown to his already swelling title list.
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