What a great basketball player Yao Ming is!

姚明是一个多么伟大的篮球运动员啊！

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With Yao Ming, China's greatest basketball player, now officially in retirement, his contributions to the men's national basketball program have been remembered.

随着中国最伟大的篮球运动员姚明的正式退役，他对国家男子篮球队的贡献会一直被人们记住。

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Fortunately, many of the most prominent campaigners against shark fin are Chinese, with Yao Ming, the recently retired basketball sensation, among the most passionate.

值得庆幸的是，在反对吃鱼翅的最著名活动人士之中，许多都是中国人，比如近期退役的篮球明星姚明，就是行动最积极的人士之一。

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China's joy was cut short when their basketball superstar Yao Ming threatened to give up international basketball after his side lost their opener 83-58 to Spain.

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Retired basketball star Yao Ming, who is attending his first CPPCC session, says the market should support popular sports like tennis, basketball and football.

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The plan, says Zhao Qian, another manager at Taihe, is to put the Back Dormitory Boys together with their idol, Yao Ming, a Chinese basketball prodigy who plays centre for the Houston Rockets.

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