Yao is in big trouble right now (for what he said after the game against Spain)

it is humor no more when the same trick has been repeated by the same fish for numerous times.
and when the fish talks nothing but negative towards yao (other than making the symbolic 'i have no problem with yao' self defense).

 

Confucious.

 

Classic.

 

This just in.........Yao demands trade from China to US.

 

china is more of a capitalist dictatorship. not really communist.

but anyway, maybe yao will develope some AKEEM-style balls, and decide to take over games. that would rule! and then he will defect and apply for american citizenship!

whats wrong with becoming americanized anyway? i mean, hell, he's making a TON of money off us as it is.

 

With all their hockey hullabaloo.

 

Yao and Wang are hurting other chinese bball players' future

After Wang "betrayed" his country, after Yao became "self-centred," CBA officials think they should think twice before sending another CBA player to play in NBA. One officials says Wang and Yao are americanized, are becoming more and more selfish,two bad examples for all chinese athletes.

http://2004.sina.com.cn/cn/bk/2004-08-17/69904.html
http://2004.sina.com.cn/cn/bk/2004-08-17/69889.html



Well, Yao, let me teach you how to talk "I owe all my success to CBA officials and my country's people, without them, I am nothing but ****. I wanna think CBA officials first for giving me hard training since I was a kid, they taught me how to shoot, how to rebound and how to assist, without them, I am nothing but ****. I also wanna thank government officals for organizing this country...
Third of all, I wanna thank all the teachers in my primary school, junior high school and senior high school, they taught me how to read, how to write and how to think, without them , I am noghing but ****. Fourth of all, ... 99th of all, I wann thank all cleaners in china for giving us a clean life. Last but not least, I paid a little effort, but compared to what my country has done for me, that's a very little nothing. I am always fully aware of the fact that without my country's people I am nothing but ****. I love my country, I am willing to sacrifice everything including my life for my country."
Ok, This is a political correct way to take an interview in china. You have nothing to be blamed right now.

 

Signaturized!

4bay - you'll be distressed to know that I got my passport back from the embassy yesterday -- despite my sordid history with regard to the People's Republic, somebody just got a tourist visa ! I can't wait to spread stupid kneejerk responses all over Sichuan and Tibet, muhuahahahaha!

 

To be honest, no team officials will like that kind of statement, being they're NBA team officials or CNT officials. You don't say that kind of craps to the press. Resolve your problems with your teammate inside the locker room. Yao F*cked up this time. He needs to learn how to face embarrassing losses.

I guess that he was too pumped up before the Olympic and the reality really really hurt. Well, learn to deal with it!

 

bob718, you are quite on the money there. That's exactly what CNT sporsts officials like Yao to say. They want all athletes to put "national interests" completely above individual interests. However, these "national interests" are completely judged by the few officials, not the general public. The potential for corruption is just endless.

The best example is probably He Zhili. At one time, she was the best female table tennis player in the world. In semi-final match in a world championship, He Zhili was playing against another Chinese player. The coach want He Zhili to lose because he thinks the other player has a potential better match up against the other finalist. He Zhili didn't balk and won the game. She was branded as a traiter and kicked out of the CNT. She married to a Japanese and won a championship later representing Japan. There are probably tons of other similar stories.

 

never worry about those politcals. YAO can bring
them huge money. YAO has the market. Those policals
are just too greedy, they dare not to give up YAO.

 

All the articles in this thread on the CBA officials thinking twice before releasing future athletes are from a lesser known local paper's lesser known reporter who gave quotes from anonymous sources.

Here is an article with a real source:

http://2004.sina.com/cn/bk/2004-08-16/69253.html

Basically it says the CNT team leader Mr.Li Yuan Wei excused Yao's remarks as being frustration remarks from a young player who has a sense of responsibility. Although he said Yao's remarks didn't objectively reflect the team's problems, Li did acknowledge sense of responsibility which Yao complained being one of the problems.

Not to write off the articles, but let it be known that there's been no formal and substantiated stance on being conservative regarding the NBA drafts from the CBA.

 

If this is true, then we should seriously hope that Yao can get a citizenship ASAP.

 

If Yao Ming is a native American, he will be much better the Shaq.

 

You meant Indians? Well, they were almost completely destroyed long time ago, remember. Anyway, if true, Yao might as well be just like other 7'4+ big men produced by the US of A.

Many of the 'native American's on this board almost got a orgasm when heard a negative rumor on a Chinese news articles. And they cannot stop imagine all kind of combination of dreams IF THIS IS TRUE. At the same time, most of them diss YangYi's Chinese articles and equal Chinese reporters to 'communist reporters'. They cannot hold a grain of salt over any negative Chinese news from any reporters.

 

While I agree with most of your takes, your example of He Zhili was a terrible one. Here is my recollection on that incident.

In a match prior to that infamous "match", one of her teammates was told to lose to her, and He Zhili took that arrangement without any hesitation.

Then, when she was told to lose to Jiao Zhi-min, whom many thought was a better player at that time, she didn't have any objection at all. But when the game started, she took everyone by surprise, especially Jiao who was treating it as a practice.

If He Zhili was a true rebel as she labeled herself, she shouldn't have took the pre-arranged game in the previous match; she should have told the coaches, or at least Jiao about her decision before the infamous match started.

I wouldn't call her a "traitor", but a "cheater" label is more accurate for her.

 

I believe "HERO" is more accurate.

 

Not a chance. I would have called her a "hero" if she didn't take the offer from her teammate in the previous match.

She was hated by all of her teammates, and almost everyone outside Shanghai. Even the Japanese had some negative word towards her when she was playing for them. It's really a tragedy.

 

Great. I'm glad you really have converted to the "Blame it on Francis" camp, and aren't just endlessly chiming in with your passive-aggressive sarcasm. Because that could get annoying after a while.

 

Whether He Zhili is a hero, rebel, traiter, or cheater is not my point. The point I was making is that how individuality was/is crushed with zero tolerance in Chinese sports system. That's the ultimate evil to someone like me who grew up in China and have lived in the states for 10 years. For any individual who dare to challenge such a system, I cheer for them. Therefore I cheer for Yao to speak up his true voice and taken the first step towards leadership on court. I cheer for He Zhili to have tricked the coach/system in the infamous match, regardless of whether she did it for her own gain or not. After that infamous match, I don't rememer seeing another fixup match in the Chinese table tennis event. Hopefully after Yao spoke up, they would only take players who are going to give 100% in the CNT.