Yao Ming
| mi = | y = Yìuh Mìhng | j = jiu4 ming4 | ci = | poj = Iâu Bêng }}Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at .
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the CBA, winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. He reached the NBA playoffs four times, and the Rockets won the first-round series in the 2009 postseason, their first playoff series victory since 1997. In July 2011, Yao announced his retirement from professional basketball because of a series of foot and ankle injuries which forced him to miss 250 games in his last six seasons. In eight seasons with the Rockets, Yao ranks sixth among franchise leaders in total points and total rebounds, and second in total blocks.
Yao is one of China's best-known athletes internationally, with sponsorships with several major companies. His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film, ''The Year of the Yao'', and he co-wrote, along with NBA analyst Ric Bucher, an autobiography titled ''Yao: A Life in Two Worlds''. Known in China as the "Yao Ming Phenomenon" and in the United States as the "Ming Dynasty", Yao's success in the NBA, and his popularity among fans, made him a symbol of a new China that was both more modern and more confident. Yao is also an entrepreneur and owner of Yao Family Wines in Napa Valley, California.
In April 2016, Yao was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson, becoming the first Chinese national to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. In February 2017, Yao was unanimously elected as chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. Yao had a storied career as a member of the Chinese national team. With the national team, Yao won the FIBA Asia Cup in 2001, 2003, and 2005, winning MVP of the tournament all three times. He also made the All-Tournament Team at the FIBA World Cup in 2002. Yao retired from the Chinese national team after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Provided by Wikipedia
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Age and duration of hypertension are associated with carotid artery tortuosity by Huan Huang, Jian-Jiong Fu, Pi-Guang Yao, Meng-Yao Wang, Xue Wang, An-Na Guo, Wei Li, Shao-Huai Chen, Dan-Dong Li
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Quality evaluation of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of radiation enteritis by Xiao-Feng Yang, Meng-Yao Zheng, Li-Ya An, Jin-Min Sun, Qian-Wen Hei, Yan-Hong Ji, Da-Li Sun, Hai-Yu He
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AgGMP encoding GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase from celery enhanced the accumulation of ascorbic acid and resistance to drought stress in Arabidopsis by Yan-Hua Liu, Hao Wang, Jie-Xia Liu, Sheng Shu, Guo-Fei Tan, Meng-Yao Li, Ao-Qi Duan, Hui Liu, Ai-Sheng Xiong
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Tertiary lymphoid structure patterns aid in identification of tumor microenvironment infiltration and selection of therapeutic agents in bladder cancer by Ye An, Jian-Xuan Sun, Meng-Yao Xu, Jin-Zhou Xu, Si-Yang Ma, Chen-Qian Liu, Zheng Liu, Shao-Gang Wang, Qi-Dong Xia
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Pathogenic genes of primary open angle glaucoma in a Chinese family by Juan-Juan Xie, Ying Chen, Guo-Wei Zhang, Hai-Yue Cui, Meng-Yao Hao, Shao-Wen Wang, Zhen Jia, Chun-Long Xu, Hong Lu
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Upregulation of CDGSH iron sulfur domain 2 attenuates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by Miao Hu, Jie Huang, Lei Chen, Xiao-Rong Sun, Zi-Meng Yao, Xu-Hui Tong, Wen-Jing Jin, Yu-Xin Zhang, Shu-Ying Dong
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By-Product of the Red Ginseng Manufacturing Process as Potential Material for Use as Cosmetics: Chemical Profiling and In Vitro Antioxidant and Whitening Activities by Hui-E Zhang, Meng-Yao Chu, Tao Jiang, Xin-Hong Song, Jian-Feng Hou, Li-Ye Cheng, Ye Feng, Chang-Bao Chen, En-Peng Wang
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The mechanism of total ginseng extracts in the treatment of lung cancer progression based on network pharmacology and experimental validation by Hong-Kuan Hana, Cheng Qian, Meng-Yao Song, Teng Zhang, Chun-Mei Yang, Ren-Jun Gu, Xian Zhou, Zhong-Hong Wei, Yang Zhao, Yin Lu
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Activation of the Nrf2/ARE signaling pathway protects against palmitic acid-induced renal tubular epithelial cell injury by ameliorating mitochondrial reactive oxygen species-media... by Xu-shun Jiang, Meng-yao Cai, Xun-jia Li, Qing Zhong, Man-li Li, Yun-feng Xia, Qing Shen, Xiao-gang Du, Xiao-gang Du, Hua Gan
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Aggregation‐enabled alkene insertion into carbon–halogen bonds by Meng‐Yao Li, Xiao‐Mei Nong, Han Xiao, Ao Gu, Shuyang Zhai, Jiatong Li, Ge Zhang, Ze‐Jian Xue, Yingbin Liu, Chunsen Li, Guo‐Qiang Lin, Chen‐Guo Feng
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PB2535: TRIAL IN PROGRESS: A PHASE 2, DOUBLE-BLIND, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LUSPATERCEPT TO TREAT ANEMIA IN ADULTS... by Vip Viprakasit, Yongrong Lai, Gian Luca Forni, Meng-Yao Lu, Liudi Yang, Wenhui Shi, Loyse Felber Medlin, Frederik Lersch, Jeevan K. Shetty, Luciana Moro Bueno, Richard Wei, Antonis Kattamis
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Hyperthermia intravesical chemotherapy acts as a promising alternative to bacillus Calmette–Guérin instillation in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a network meta-analysis by Na Zeng, Meng-Yao Xu, Jian-Xuan Sun, Chen-Qian Liu, Jin-Zhou Xu, Ye An, Xing-Yu Zhong, Si-Yang Ma, Hao-Dong He, Qi-Dong Xia, Shao-Gang Wang
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The effect of different timing of blood transfusion on oncological outcomes of patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Si-Yang Ma, Ye An, Jian-Xuan Sun, Meng-Yao Xu, Chen-Qian Liu, Jin-Zhou Xu, Xing-Yu Zhong, Na Zeng, Hao-Dong He, Qi-Dong Xia, Shao-Gang Wang
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