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Yao Ming
Yao Ming (September 12, 1980 -) is a Chinese entrepreneur, politician and retired basketball player. He was born in Xuhui District, Shanghai, and his ancestral home is Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. He once played for the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" and the "Moving Great Wall" and was a long-term main player of the Chinese National Basketball Team from the late 1990s to the beginning of the 21st century. After retiring, he once served as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association.
- Category
- Athletes
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Born
- 1980-09-12
- Wikidata
- Q58590
