Yao Ming

Genetic Freaks: Semenya & Yao. One Gets Humiliation, the Other Gets an NBA Contract. Why?

Jane Devin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment


Jane Devin

I find it disturbing that anyone, least of all an 18 year-old, would be subjected to forced gender testing in order to appease their competitors.

Will The U.S. and China Ever See Eye-To-Eye?

Julie Farby | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


Julie Farby

To show the world we're not going to risk relations with our favorite creditor on account of a couple of crushed Uighurs, Obama dropped the whole human rights spiel in favor of sports!

Yao Ming Could Miss Entire Season With foot injury

Houston Chronicle | Posted 07.31.2009 | Home


Casting a degree of doubt on Yao Ming's immediate and long-term NBA future, Rockets team physician Tom Clanton on Monday described the extent of the c...

What's Gold Got To Do With It: China's Post-Olympic Identity

Chi Tung | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Chi Tung

Winning more golds than anyone else is exactly the kind of paradoxical achievement that enables New China to keep marching to the beat of its own hollow drum

Yellow Peril Or Power? China Reconsidered (Again)

Chi Tung | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media


Chi Tung

American media coverage of China tends to slant one of two ways: toward fat, happy and unquestioning globalization, or small-minded, unblinking provincialism.

Reading The Olympic Pictures: Slam Dunk On The Earthquake

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-08-09-shaw.jpg This incredible shot illustrates how the Chinese government has been using money and pressure to buy the silence of parents who suffered the loss of their children in the earthquake.

Bryant May Steal Yao's China Spotlight

Meghan Peters | Posted 09.07.2008 | Entertainment


Meghan Peters

Naturally I assumed China would be rooting for him during the Games. But I've met several Chinese people here who are backing the U.S. basketball team hands down.

Blowing Smoke: Olympic Torch Relay Fans May Be Faux

LiLi Tan | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


LiLi Tan

It appears that the jubilant cheering surrounding Yao Ming and China's first astronaut Yang Liwei -- though perhaps sincere -- was staged. "They're actors," the son of a Chinese torchbearer told me.

Green Olympics: Top 15 Eco-Activist Olympians

Grist | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green


In this year's Olympics, fifteen eco-activist athletes will champion for their homelands and eco-friendly causes. As UN "Champions of the Environment...

Olympic Village Opens in Beijing (PHOTOS)

AP | Stephen Wade | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home


The Athletes' Village for the Beijing Olympics held its official opening ceremony Sunday, an all-Chinese curtain raiser with basketball stars Yao Ming...

Eager Olympic Sports Fans in China

Hongmei Li | Posted 08.02.2008 | Entertainment


Hongmei Li

Only the lucky few Chinese can get tickets to watch Olympics games on site. The majority will have to stay at home to watch TV like people in other parts of the world.

Yao Back in China, Ready for Olympic Action

China Daily | Chen Xiangfeng | Posted 07.05.2008 | Entertainment


Yao Ming is as excited as anyone about the upcoming Olympics on home soil. But the basketball superstar is worried that, with only 42 days left until ...