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Official Thread on Yao Ming's Summer Activities 2006

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by pryuen, Apr 25, 2006.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DodPCrusURw&search=yao

juss stop hating on him.
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Nuff Said. Yao will lead the Rockets to the promise land next season!!!

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Where was this info sourced from?
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maybe from china

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Well I doubt a Chinese source did a survey of NBA GMs. More likely this is based off some survey done by NBA.com or sports illustrated or something. But it hasn't made waves or gotten any attention around here.

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guys, CBA didn't put Yao's name in the roster of the national team. that means they are not going to force Yao to play in the world championship.

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guys, CBA didn't put Yao's name in the roster of the national team. that means they are not going to force Yao to play in the world championship.
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Well, his name is not included in this preliminary roster. But if he recovers in time, he will still be definite starter. No doubt about it.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-04/30/content_581562.htm

Yao in doubt, Wang returns to national team
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-30 21:44

With Yao Ming's status in question, China's first NBA player Wang Zhizhi was on Sunday put back on China's national team roster ahead of the world championships and issued a statement apologizing for letting down his country.

"I want to tell everyone a once-impulsive teenager has become a father with a sense of responsibility. Big Zhi is back. Big Zhi won't let you down. Watch my concrete actions," Wang wrote in a statement published Sunday on the Chinese news Web site Sina.com. Big Zhi is his nickname.

Wang, a center who played with China's Bayi Rockets military team before joining the NBA, angered the Chinese basketball association by refusing to return for national team duties following his 2001-2002 rookie season in the U.S.

He was expelled from the Chinese national squad after he refused to come back for the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, in October 2002.

Meanwhile, Wang's fame has been eclipsed by the success of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming.

But Yao's availability for the world championships starting August 19 in Sapporo, Japan, is in doubt because he is recovering from foot surgery. Yao wasn't on the roster announced Sunday but Wang was.

Wang, who recently returned to China, said in his statement that he had wrongly placed his interests above the nation's.

"I can say every bit of progress and achievement I compiled are the result of the country's and military's meticulous cultivation. However ... I only considered my personal gain and loss. I weighed my personal interests too heavily," he said.

Sina.com quoted Wang as saying he is in talks about a possible return to the Bayi Rockets military team.

In the NBA, Wang played for the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Miami Heat. His career average is 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.
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good for wang. he should have done this a long time ago.

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http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2006-05-01/12452191392.shtml

From above article we now know the impact of Yao Ming has to the Chinese basketball and the national team.

In the newly announced national team, 2 NBA strength and conditioning coaches were appointed. This is the first time that 2 NBA strength and conditioning coaches work at the same time for the national team.

The first one is Anthony Falsone, Yao Ming's personal strength and conditioning coach, who had actually been helping the Chinese national team for the past 2 years, while accompanying Yao Ming back in China.

The second one is also from Houston Rockets, who has been the assistant to David Macha, Rockets #1 strength and conditioning coach, and he just resigned to become the Chinese national team's assistant strength and conditioning coach.

According to Yao Ming, the above 2 coaches were complimentary to each other. Anthony Falsone specializes in improving and maintaining the body strength and conditions of a player, while the other guy specializes to add explosiveness to muscles of players.

Anthony Falsone has arrived China May 1, and ready to take up his post when the national team begins their training on May 6.

He said he wants CBA to find him an assistant from China, who can not only act as his interpretor, but also can learn from him the methodology of strength and conditioning that when he leaves with Yao Ming back into the USA, this trainer could continue looking after the strength and conditioning of the players of the national team.

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Yao is using the Rockets to funel coaches to the national team. HAHAHAHAh

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http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2006-05-01/12452191392.shtml

From above article we now know the impact of Yao Ming has to the Chinese basketball and the national team.

In the newly announced national team, 2 NBA strength and conditioning coaches were appointed. This is the first time that 2 NBA strength and conditioning coaches work at the same time for the national team.

The first one is Anthony Falsone, Yao Ming's personal strength and conditioning coach, who had actually been helping the Chinese national team for the past 2 years, while accompanying Yao Ming back in China.

The second one is also from Houston Rockets, who has been the assistant to David Macha, Rockets #1 strength and conditioning coach, and he just resigned to become the Chinese national team's assistant strength and conditioning coach.

According to Yao Ming, the above 2 coaches were complimentary to each other. Anthony Falsone specializes in improving and maintaining the body strength and conditions of a player, while the other guy specializes to add explosiveness to muscles of players.

Anthony Falsone has arrived China May 1, and ready to take up his post when the national team begins their training on May 6.

He said he wants CBA to find him an assistant from China, who can not only act as his interpretor, but also can learn from him the methodology of strength and conditioning that when he leaves with Yao Ming back into the USA, this trainer could continue looking after the strength and conditioning of the players of the national team.
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Latest article from Yang Yi on Yao Ming's determination to participate in this summer's World Championship.

Http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2006-05-15/16422214358.shtml

Reporter Yang Yi reports on May 14

Yao Ming must have reiterated to the media over 100 times: I want to go to Japan for the World Championship. But at the same time, perhaps he had said it to himself within his heart over 1000 times: I really want to go to Japan for the World Championship.

As far as Yao Ming is concerned, the World Championship in introspection is a complex. Back in 2002 at Indianapolis, Yao Ming, as the Number 1 draft pick of NBA, was voted the best centre of the World Championship, but to the Chinese national team, that World Championship was a total disaster; China was 11th placed out of 16 teams. In one of the games, China lost to New Zealand after leading 24 points, and Yao Ming felt utterly bitter and sad afterwards. Afterwards in the 2004 Athens Olympics, Yao Ming finally led China into the Final 8, but the regrets and bitterness of that 2002 World Championship still lingered.

There are 2 legitimate reasons why Yao Ming desperately wants to play in Japan this summer. Firstly, "All the teams in this World Championship will be very strong, and this is the last and most important world class tournament prior to the 2008 Olympics. I want to know how my team mates perform, and where does my team stands and how are the rest of the opponents. I can only find answers to all these questions by playing in the tournament." Secondly, "Da Zhi (Note: Wang Zhizhi) had come back; I had not play together with him for 5 years now. I want to play alongside with him. I hope China will be a completely inspired team with both of us playing together. He will be of huge support to me; when he shoots, I'm willing to fight for rebounds for second chance offense for the team."

But nothing so far is definite about his recovery from injury. If everything is normal, he will definitely be starting for the national team. But if his injury relapses then it is hard to predict. "As long as I can play, I will certainly play; don't boast anything about patriotism or any other big words with me; I know my own position." Yao Ming stated clearly. "There is not such a thing that I am how many percent fit; Perhaps I will restore very well; say I am 90% when the World Championship approaches; or I will be just 80%, or even worst I am only 60% or 70%. If I am comfortable to play, I will definitely be back with my team."

"In 1998, Wang Fei did not bring me along for the Asian Games; I craved to go and play; In 1999, Jiang Qingquan took me to the Asian Championship; I was ecasticly happy. If I had injury at that time, I definitely would have gone all out to restore and to be able to compete as soon as I could. At that time I was only a kid, and in front of me, there were Da Zhi and Da Ba (Note: Mengke Bateer.) Now I am no longer a kid, and there is no one that could compete with me in my position; but my thoughts had not changed a bit. I just want to be with my team again. No distinction at all from what I used to think."

3 weeks ago, the old Fran Blinebury wrote on Houston Chronicle about Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) was exerting pressure on Yao Ming to force him to play in the World Championship. Both CBA and Yao Ming came out to discard the rumour and denied that such pressure existed. Blinebury further researched by calling and writing his friends/sources, and finally realized he was mistaken; it was totally different than the 2002 World Championship (Note: when Wang Zhizhi was demanded to represent China in that World Championship); now CBA has new leadership and a new China Basketball Management Centre. Blinebury further sent in Jonathan Feigen to interview Yao Ming; Yao Ming told Feigen: "If you play for the national team and they didn't pay or they didn't have fans and if they even put me on the bench or use me like a role player — I wouldn't care because it is an honor to play for my country."

Now Yao Ming can walk, but he has to wear a specially made protective boot. He currently plans to return to China in June, but he will not immediately join the national team. Insteads he will need to recuperate and restore for a certain period of time on his own. At the end of June to the beginning of July, the Chinese national team will travel to Italy and play 5 exihibition games. Yao Ming will not go but will stay in China. If everything goes smooth, maybe when the Chinese national team returns from Italy, their starting centre will then be ready.
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Latest article from Yang Yi on Yao Ming's determination to participate in this summer's World Championship.

"... Now I am no longer a kid, and there is no one that could compete with me in my position; but my thoughts had not changed a bit. ..."
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thanks pryuen.

i like his confidence. i hope the recovery part goes well for him so he can fullfill his wish.

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Another update from Yang Yi on Yao Ming's life in Houston.

Man he is such a professional, still working hard on his fundamentals despite he is yet to totally recover from his foot surgery.

http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2006-05-15/12002213802.shtml

The Toyota Centre is forlorn and empty in these days in the off season. In the parking lot, only 2 cars are parked there everyday. One is Yao Ming's BMW, and the other is an SUV that belongs to Tom Thibodeau.

Currently, Yao Ming is the only Rockets player that persisted to come to Toyota Centre to train. The cast on his left foot had been discarded almost for 3 weeks now. He can walk without his crutches; he can drive too, but just cannot run quickly. Yao Ming had decided to end his own vacation. He had taken rest for over a month now since he broke his foot in Utah on April 10. Every day his life was just confined to bed room, dining room, toilet and Warcraft. So a little bit over a week ago, he decided that this kind of everyday-is-Sunday life should be over.

"I just can't wait until a full recovery of my toe to return to training. Even though I'm injured and in my rehabitation, I just feel uneasy and itchy. I took 40 days' rest right after my rookie season; I did nothing, but just ate, drank and played. When I resumed training, I found it so tough to restore my physical strength. So I consulted some experienced players. They told me that they never take rest for more than 20 days during their summer vacation. So starting from my sophomore season, I have never taken more than 20 days of rest. Of course, it is different this season; it was a foot injury. But I thought I should be allowed to resume training. My foot cannot move; but I can train on some other parts of my body."

Unlike Patrick Ewing who lives under camera and media attention, Thibodeau is Yao Ming's genuine coach. While Anthony Falsone was like a sculpter that build the muscles and physical strength of Yao Ming, Thibodeau just focuses on improving Yao Ming's footwork and other fundamentals. "Players like Yao Ming who understands and treasures the importance of training are so rare." Thibodeau commented.

Yao Ming has resumed physcial training for his upper limbs. Now he can press bench upto a maximum of 150 Kilograms, but still 20 Kilograms short of 170 Kilograms, the standard for a super centre, the yardstick set by China's national team head coach Jonas Kazlauskas. Anthony Falsone has left Houston to be with the Chinese national team in Beijing, but his set of training methods had already been imprinted within Yao Ming's head. So everyday after an hour's workout in the gym, Thibodeau will be waiting for him on the basketball court.

Since he still cannot move around and not allowed to pivot his strength on his foot to practice his shots (as that might further aggravate his wound's restoration), therefore Thibodeau has to push a wheelchair around for him. Yao Ming just sits on the wheelchair, and relies entirely on the strength on his waist, abdomen, arm, wrist and finger to practise his shots.

Thibodeau has been responsible for Yao Ming's training for almost over a year now, and he has barely stopped one day on those training. Thibodeau has designed a special way to train Yao Ming's shooting. He set 7 spots in the paint within the 3-point line. Yao Ming needs to shoot for 20 times from each spot, and then moves to the next spot for another 20 shots. So after 2 to 3 rounds of such shooting, even exhausted and sweating, Yao Ming will need to adjust his breath to take 10 free throws at the charity stripe. Thibodeau divides the shooting into 4 sessions. And each session ends with 10 free throws. There will be only 1 minute's rest for Yao Ming in between the shooting sessions. In the entire shooting session which usually lasts for an hour, Yao Ming has to practice at least 340 shots. This is what Yao Ming is asked to do in the off season. In the NBA regular season, in order not to tire him out and to reserve his energy, the daily number of shots is halfed.

Now it is the off season. But considering that Yao Ming is still recovering, the number of shots has been reduced to less than half. As Yao Ming could not move around swiftly on his feet for the shots, Thibodeau has to push the wheelchair from one spot to the other and Yao Ming will walk slowly to sit in the wheelchair to release his shots. The 2 of them just continued for another hour on the shooting practice. "It is very difficult to shoot like this sitting." Yao Ming said. "I cannot pivot with my feet. But when I sit, my body will definitely be up straight, and I need to adjust my strength (of the arm and wrist), as well as radian or arc of my release needs to be set higher." It is not the first time that Yao Ming shoots while sitting. There was one incident in the regular season playing against the Memphis Grizzlies. Yao Ming was bumped onto the ground by Lorenzen Wright, but while felling onto the ground, he hurriedly released his shot that banked into the net and scored. Yao Ming said: "Ling Huzong (Note: the young swordman in Jin Yong's martial arts story, Smiling Proud Wanderer i.e. Xiao Ao Jiang Hu) once told Tian Boguang that he can fight better sitting than standing. I am number 1 in my free throw percentage amongst the NBA centres. I don't know how they will rank me shooting while sitting."

Other than practicing his shooting, there are some other training waiting for him. Thibodeau takes out 2 full baskets of tennis balls. This is to train Yao Ming's ability to catch the tennis balls. This is not a practice strange to Yao Ming, as Thibodeau has started to use this method to train Yao Ming while he was sitting out for 21 games for his recuperation this season.

"We watched alot of my videos. They discovered that I was not too good in catching the basketball. Either I cannot catch and hold the ball firm, or the ball got stripped from my hand easily. This had adversely caused more turnovers and lowered my efficiency. But those two abilities are all-important to a low post player. Therefore Thibodeau used this method to train me. Just think about it. If I can catch a tennis ball hard and firm, then do you think I cannot do the same with a much bigger basketball ?"

So during those days of Yao Ming's recuperation period, people can see such scene everyday: Thibodeau and Falsone stood 10 to 15 meters away from Yao Ming with 2 big basket of tennis balls in front of them. They would take a tennis ball one by one from the basket, and throw it at Yao Ming with the malice and ferocity like a baseball pitcher. Yao Ming had to strive to catch the tennis ball, and placed it back into an empty basket in front of him. There were a total of 100 tennis balls in those baskets of Thibodeau and Falsone. One of such pitch-and-catch session lasts for 50 tennis balls, and every time, there would be 4 ~ 5 of such sessions.

Now, compared to that time, firstly, Falsone is not around, and Thibodeau is the lone pitcher; secondly Yao Ming cannot stand but sit on the wheelchair to catch the tennis ball. thirdly, the number of throws has significantly reduced. As a matter of fact, Yao Ming can now catch the tennis ball easily. "The tennis ball is so small and I never did that before. So initially, I could barely catch 10 out of 50. But then after 2 to 3 days, I can catch 20. Then another 2 to 3 days later, I can catch 30. More and more tennis balls into the barrel, and less and less tennis balls on the ground. Finally I can now catch at least 45 out of 50."

"Now I can really catch and hold the ball much better than before. I think I can now not only catch tennis balls but eggs too. Well, you cannot break a tennis ball but you may break an egg. But I guess I can catch at least 3 or 4 eggs out of 10 easily."

So right after he returned from his injury which caused him to miss 21 games in the regular season, Yao Ming improved a great deal in catching the ball, and his turnovers signifcantly reduced. He can now catch the basketball fast and firm, and can then turnaround to score from a jumper or break away from a double team and therefore the outbreak right after the All Stars break. "Now I know how to catch those tennis balls. I am now doing it just for practice. It becomes to me just a piece of cake."

When Yao Ming returned to court to resume training, he weighed. Compared to his weight in Utah, after a month-long rest with the majority of time doing nothing, Yao Ming has put on only 4 pounds (1.8 Kilogram). When Tracy McGrady showed up in Toyota Centre at the match with San Antonio Spurs after a month's rest, his face was so round and he had such a big belly. Yao Ming is different; he never takes things like yogurt or French fries; and he seldom drinks carbonic/acidic drinks. He drinks water when he is thirsty; and he strives to stay away from snack food even if he craves for them. "It is just different players think differently. Professionals all know how to control this kind of thing. Well you may laugh at how fat Tracy looks like. But once he resumes training, he will lose weights quickly. I just don't want to go through those torture. I just simply don't let myself to get fat."

"I can't run now. I have to wait patiently to recover totally. Actually I can run very fast now. You all did not know that I can run very fast now." In Anthony Falsone's strength and conditioning training, the to-and-fro sprint is an extremely important content. This is particularly taxing for a 2.26M centre sprinting up and down between the baseline. The players need to do 5-peat of such to-and-from sprints. The passing time for a centre is 70 seconds; 65 seconds for the forwards, and 60 seconds for the guards. So there will be a 2 and a half minutes break after 1 session of such sprint, before the player needs to take another session of the 5-peat sprints. At least 4 sessions per day.

Initially Yao Ming could barely complete a session within 70 seconds. But last summer, Yao Ming could complete a session with a forward's time i.e. within 65 seconds. And he then fruther improved to be able to complete 4 sessions all within 65 seconds. "As we need to run 4 sessions at the same time, we must reserve some energy at the beginning of those sessions." Yao Ming said. "Sometimes we don't need to run 4 sessions at the same time, but just one session. Then I run as quickly as I can, and I can complete the sprint within 55 seconds. Last year, right before the Asian Championship, while training with the national team, I was at the return leg of the final session. I looked at my stop watch; only 55 seconds with 10 seconds left. I just walked back on that return leg. Now I cannot run yet, and Falsone is not around. He is now in Beijing with my team mates in the national team. I can envisage they will have a hard time with Falsone."

Anthony Falsone does not feel like a stranger anymore in Beijing. He can now remember most of the players' name, and cheerfully greet everyone with hello. "I don't worry a single bit about Yao Ming." Falsone said. "He is a truely professional. He already knows what he needs to do." So Anthony Falsone and his assistant coach went to a CBA banquet on this Sunday night. But on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it is morning of yet another day. And it is time for Yao Ming to leave home (to drive to Toyota Centre for another day of training).

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Awesome pryuen. That's the best article yet. I love getting a peak into the training regimes of pro athletes.

That tennis ball story is great. I just goes to show that Yao and the coaches are looking at every facet of his game to improve. And it's true, he didn't bobble the ball nearly as much when he came back from his layoff this past season.

I wonder if they got Stro on those drills. He could use it.

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Yao is hard working and dedicated. I am impressed.

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"Unlike Patrick Ewing who lives under camera and media attention, Thibodeau is Yao Ming's genuine coach."
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Amusing...alot of us have gotten that feeling too.

Thanks pryuen, very interesting. Yao is showing us exactly why we were excited to take him as the #1 pick. The talent and the drive.

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No news is good news ???

It's been over 10 days that there has been very little update about Yao Ming.

Read the following on sina.com today. Would like to summarize it for you guys.

http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2006-05-28/18192241027.shtml

Yao Ming can walk without the crutches now. He sort of has a supporter wrapping up his left foot to protect it.

He had gone to Hawaii for a commercial shot and had just come back to Houston.

He still continued his recuperation training at Toyota Centre on a daily basis. The training has been moved into the gym where he is trying to train his upper limbs so as to be able to return to competitive shape and form as soon as he can.

He is still anxious to be able to return to China to join the national team for preparation of the World Championship. But as of now, per doctor's advice, it seems he might not be able to return to China within June as a more detailed medical check is to take place 3 weeks from now to see how well he has recovered.

There had been alot of trade rumours regarding players of the Rockets. Yao Ming and his parents indicated they like Houston much better than other cities of New York or Los Angeles, and therefore he does not opt to be traded away.

And on top of his BMW 745, Yao Ming recently bought a Nissan Infiniti Q56 SUV....a car as big as a Hummer.

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Well...if posters are not interested in this thread anymore, I'll stop posting here.

There's no point wasting my time in translation for 1 to 2 hours on average, but no one felt interested and not much response.

Anyway......

The latest update from the Chinese websites are as follows:-

He kept his recovery training at Toyota Centre. Most of them are limited to strength and conditioning exercises in the gym: riding the bicycles, doing weight lifting.

He could not jump yet, so he could not practice his jump shots; but he no longer needs to shoot by sitting in a chair pushed around by Tom Thibodeau. He can now practice shooting by standing still.

His current plan is to return to China right after the NBA Final, which will be basically right after June 22, if the Final will be extended to a 7-game series.

The Chinese national team will be travelling to Italy and France for a series of exhibition matches right after June 23. But Yao Ming will stay behind in Beijing and Anthony Falsone, who is currently in Beijing as the strength and conditioning coach for the national team, will stay behind to assist Yao Ming in his recovery training.
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pryuen said:

Well...if posters are not interested in this thread anymore, I'll stop posting here.

There's no point wasting my time in translation for 1 to 2 hours on average, but no one felt interested and not much response.

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The latest update from the Chinese websites are as follows:-

He kept his recovery training at Toyota Centre. Most of them are limited to strength and conditioning exercises in the gym: riding the bicycles, doing weight lifting.

He could not jump yet, so he could not practice his jump shots; but he no longer needs to shoot by sitting in a chair pushed around by Tom Thibodeau. He can now practice shooting by standing still.

His current plan is to return to China right after the NBA Final, which will be basically right after June 22, if the Final will be extended to a 7-game series.

The Chinese national team will be travelling to Italy and France for a series of exhibition matches right after June 23. But Yao Ming will stay behind in Beijing and Anthony Falsone, who is currently in Beijing as the strength and conditioning coach for the national team, will stay behind to assist Yao Ming in his recovery training.

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thanks pryuen, your posts are always appreciated. Personally I have no other way to cure my offseason Rox fix than listening to these updates along with the draft news. Hoping for a healthy 06-07, GO ROCKETS!!!!
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Of course we're still interested in your updates. It's just that there hasn't been that much news from Yao to discuss lately. It's gotten so bad around here that we've been reduced to debating whether Sina would stoop to photoshopping an utterly innocuous photo in some bizarre conspiracy.

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Just so that you know, I am interested and I read every update.

Thanks for sharing and your translations!

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