A few months ago, I wrote an article entitled Is Yao Ming a Sellout? in which I discussed the Chinese born NBA star’s unpopularity among many in his home country. Yao Ming has often been criticized for not having given enough back to China. Apparently, the 2 million dollars that Yao Ming has promised to donate to the [...]
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Why Yao Ming is Not Such a Bad Person Afterall
Posted by Robert Vance on June 13th, 2008
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Tags: CBA, China Earthquake, earthquake in china, National Basketball Association, NBA, Yao Ming 
2 Comments »Is Yao Ming a Sellout?
Posted by Robert Vance on April 17th, 2008
“Yao Ming is not a national hero,” a student recently declared in one of my English classes. Some years ago,before I spent much time in China, I might have been stunned to hear a Chinese citizen talk about Yao Ming in such a way. After all, the tall Chinese center for the Houston Rockets has [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: Basketball in China, CBA, Chinese Sports, Houston Rockets, NBA, Play-Basketball, Yao Ming 2 Comments »
