Mr. Yao and Mr. Yi are well-known athletes in China and legal experts said their cases might help Mr. Jordan's.
His latest venture announced on Saturday is a partnership between his Yao Foundation and Rare, a U.S.-based non-profit group that promotes conservation.
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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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GXC, FCHI, and YAO are three exchange-traded funds that one might consider if appropriate for their circumstances.
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Ao Phang-Nga lies just to the north of Ko Yao Noi, and is easily reachable by longtail boat or speedboat.
Yao Ydo, chief and literacy expert at UNESCO's Regional Office in Dakar, noted during the workshop that creating a literate environment (including digital literacy) is the key prerequisite for successful literacy programmes.
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.
He and partner James Yao, a former classmate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have assayed scores of bright ideas in Asiatech's brief history.
And of course, Yao Ming is just one signal of our shared love of basketball -- I'm only sorry that I won't be able to see a Shanghai Sharks game while I'm visiting.
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Other students, like 2008 Stern alum Mark and his teammate, Langone MBA1 Yao Pang, hold background degrees in Engineering.
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Next to the giant panda, Yao is perhaps China's best known and much loved, icon, in part because exudes a wholesome, feel-good image.
"There is an amazing dedication within the CMCs to reach out to local people in local languages, " says Yao Ydo, interim chief of the Communication and Information Sector at UNESCO Dakar.
His loyal fans hope Yao will get an extension of his already long and successful career.
But Ms. Yao now owns a modern riverside apartment in Pudong and marvels at its affordability compared with London.
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And of course it goes far beyond Yao.
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Yao Gervinho got the third with five minutes to go and Arnaud Souquet added another before Gervinho grabbed the fifth.
It has also garnered dozens of celebrity supporters, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Bo Derek, Yao Ming, Scarlett Johansson, Megan Fox, Edward Norton and Paul Rudd.
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"We believe the implementation of the pact will further promote exchanges and co-operation in cross-strait trade and help the economies develop together, " spokesman Yao Jian said in a statement.
Perhaps the most promoted and well-known hero today is the basketball player Yao Ming.
Yao also continues to work with the Yao Ming Foundation building schools in earthquake-affected regions in Sichuan and other provinces in China.
Unless Yao Ming, of the Houston Rockets, leads the Chinese past Kobe Bryant and the Americans to a gold medal, it is Lang Lang, a gifted pianist prone to red silk tuxedos and Lisztian histrionics at the keyboard, who is likeliest to emerge as the Chinese performer most enriched by the Olympics.
Some Yao supporters think he should take a long break -- even for the whole season -- and make a comeback later.
Mr. Hinde insists Yao Family Wines isn't a short-lived bid to capitalize on China's wine boom and the star's celebrity before either of them wane.
Only Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber, both with over 11 million followers on Twitter, have more microblog fans than Yao Chen.
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