By 2002 more people would be watching Houston Rockets games in China (thanks to Yao Ming) than in Houston.
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Shark fin, of course, is the namesake ingredient of shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China since the Ming Dynasty and now eaten in Chinese restaurants around the world.
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Lanceford director Patrick Huen Wing-ming was also named in the case that seeks damages from the defendants for breaching their fiduciary duties.
Yao also continues to work with the Yao Ming Foundation building schools in earthquake-affected regions in Sichuan and other provinces in China.
In the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), Huizhou merchants began to make a name for themselves for their trading prowess, dealing first in locally produced timber and tea and then expanding into the lucrative salt trade.
Her only hope was to take part in Dr Siow Ming Lee's Thalidomide tests at Middlesex Hospital.
The company also owns and operates the Man Sang Industrial City, an industrial complex in the Chinese Gong Ming Zhen, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
Between 1420 and 1924, 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived here in near-total seclusion, rarely venturing out beyond the 10-metre-thick walls, and commanding an almost divine power over their subjects.
Chinese-American actress Ming-na Wen, who appeared in The Joy Luck Club, has the speaking role.
More than a half-century ago, John Chuang's father, Ming Chee Chuang, fled Burma and settled in Bandung, on the Indonesian island of Java.
In 2006 WildAid also famously recruited Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6 NBA star, to swear off shark fin.
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Yet Chris Huhne, Sir Ming's most threatening rival, has been in Parliament for only ten months and many thought his bid presumptuous.
Now Mrs Ming, who has been campaigning for a change in the Double Jeopardy law, is meeting Attorney General Lord Goldsmith and other members of the House of Lords to argue her case.
Kobe has the top selling NBA jersey in China, blowing the doors off Yao Ming jerseys for three years straight.
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After finishing her degree she began doing some work for First International Computer, cofounded in 1980 by Charlene and her husband, Ming Chien.
Current NBA players Chandler Parsons, David Lee, Tyson Chandler, Stephen Curry, Steve Novak and Joakim Noah and retired Rockets center Yao Ming were among those who attended the event, held in the atrium and concourse at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros.
The models posing and leaping with arms akimbo in the campaign photographs are Xiao Wen Ju, Ming Xi and Wang Xiao.
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On the plus side, the fund is invested in the Chinese market via shares in the China Longyuan Power Group and the China Ming Yang Wind Power Group (MY).
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Anne Ming's daughter Julie Hogg went missing from her Billingham home in 1989.
Ma Bang added that the player from Jiangsu Province has been placed in the same league as China's NBA export Yao Ming and 110m hurdles record holder Liu Xiang.
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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Jim Rogers, Jonathan Lash and Ming Sung.
Chan beat basketball star Yao Ming, who had dominated the list for six consecutive years, Forbes China magazine reported in its latest issue.
Distributed by French beverage giant Pernod Ricard SA, bottles in the first 5, 000-case run will be labeled simply Yao Ming and aimed at the top end of the market.
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Chien-Ming Wang was signed to a minor league deal and will report to the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa.
The newspaper features a photo of retired basketball player Yao Ming, who will attend the two sessions next week, frowning at the sky outside his hotel in Beijing.
Stone architecture dating to the Ming and Qing dynasties (which ruled from 1368 to 1912) stands perfectly preserved 40m under Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang province, 400km south of Shanghai.
Yan Yue Hutong, in which Hotel Cote Cour is located, used to be home to the dancers and musicians at the Ming court.
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