Has your view of Chinese people changed since Yao joined the Rox?

Doesnt that tend to be true for alot countries? The colder the climate seems to make people taller

 

I have always had a great respect for the Chinese culture - since I was a kid really. So, I was already pretty impressed with Chinese people before Yao.

 

Yao was everything I thought he would be, so my views of Chinese people were already positive.

 

and the japanese... with their electronics, and the latinos have their sense of family...

thanks mr. reggie white.



oh yeah... go chinese people!

 

I find it interesting how quickly I've adjusted to the idea of Chinese playing in the NBA. When I see Yao play now, I don't think of him as a Chinese guy; I just think of him as Yao.

 

It's not just one person, but also the attention that he brought to his culture unintentionally, such as the incidents involving Steve Kerr's remark in using Chinaman, and Shaq's mocking of the Chinese language, etc. ..

 

YM is too political. He should speak his mind more often, which could lead him being deported back to China >_<

 

What I learned:
1, there are a lot of confusions
2, translation generates more confusions.

 

Interesting Thread. Is there any Rocket Fan who want to learn Chinese language (Mandarin) because of Yao?

 

I think there are certain outward characterestics that he has that he acquired from his culture and his genes. But those are natural traits one gains from being from where he is and being born into what he was born into. But the deeper perceptions one becomes familiar with within himself when observing him thoughtfully speak and act, I would not say they were culutural born or race born.

 

hahaha, I know Bill Walton has long been already working on it!!

And how about some learning about Americans... Just as soon as Yao Ming has come to town for the first few weeks, media is already claiming "Yao is becoming Americanized." "Yao is a Chinese but also an American because of this and that" etc.. It's pretty d*rn funny, seriously!
We are obsessed with turning the whole world into baby Americans.. Does that make us feel like kings or sumthin'? American empire?

anyways, I learnt that Chinese or Shanghainese can be quite respectable. But I have reservation about other Shanhainese. I love Chinese btw, dont get me wrong!

 

No.

 

Do you know something about Yao we don't know?

 

maybe many Americans changed their view of China and Chinese, on the other hand,more and more Chinese are changing their view or even habit or life style because of yao

now let me tell you something that you haven't known:
It is reported that over than 50% of students' idol in Shanghai is yao ming!
many people absent from work just want to watch yao's game(because it is often shown in the morning in China)
more people realized the importance of learning English(because they are eager to read the original local news not the translated news
and yao's fans got used to Pepsi,Mcdonald instead of coca cola,KFC...

 

Yes, after watching Yao and reading this thread, I now realize that all Chinese are really, really tall, speak great English, drive their cars fast, and prefer to drink that soup instead of eat that Moo Goo Gai Pan that they feed all us Americans.

I'm sure that we will find out that they are actually bigger believers in democracy and human rights than this backward nation and they are secretly refunding all those taxes that Yao is paying them and Wang has already been reinstated to the national team. And my perception that they are trying to manipulate the worldwide economy with their economic policy and constant Kerry flip flopping on economic and human rights issues has taken a 180 as well.






















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Wrong forum!


Keep D&D Civil!!

 

I never new that. I thought that over 90% of the billlions of Chinese were under 6 feet.

 

you're right. the younger generations in the norther are taller.

however, chinese people on average must be shorter than americans... i don't have any data... but i'm pretty sure from personal experience.

it's not genetic though... i think most of the factors are environmental. both of my parents remember a time when there wasn't enough to eat, around the 1960s, i mean that was a time when white rice and meat was a delicacy. and they were pretty well off already. think about the people in the country

 

i was a YOF to start with, then i became a rockets fan, now even a houston fan. you see, it's a two way traffic.

 

There are many commendable aspects of Chinese culture; we could learn much from the East. Nevertheless, I like to focus on cultural universals, our common humanity. We are all more alike than different.

As to Yao Ming, I love his humor and humility most of all, but on the court I want him to acquire some good ole "American Meaness!"