National hero making millions more in endorsements in his home country than his NBA salary and he chooses to have his daughter born in his adopted country rather than his home country? IMO, that's bad PR and I'm surprised Yao's advisers didn't advise against it. I'll speculate that the quality of American medical care is the reason since Yao has gotten all his surgery performed here and not in China and that he wanted the best care for his wife and child.
Maybe it sometimes feels like living in a third-world country but it is surely a second one by definition. China is not as bad as some say it is. When I read the article I thought it was inhabitable. http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm
I could maybe understand if this was some advance surgery, but delivering a child isn't the most complicated procedure. Given yao ad his pr this was a calculated move.
Good points. I also think its an indication of how far Yao Ming has come in terms of his individual awareness and the mentality of putting your country first before your own benefit every single time. As the article said, becoming a US citizen gives his daughter more rights and priveleges. I thinks it the best move for the child.
Lawyers? Doesn't being born on American soil give her dual citizenship? What could be better for her future than that?
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Right. There are some rich people or influential people like Yao who can choose their lifestyle. And there are others who cannot.
Yao and his wife were probably concerned that their daughter would not be able to fill out FAFSA for college if she was a non US citizen
The US has more advanced sports science: arthroscopic surgery, rehab etc. Most of that stuff was pioneered overseas (arthroscopy was first gone in Japan or Germany I think) but the US spends so much of its $$$ paying sports stars that there's a huge industry in the US for that type of surgery. It doesn't mean that overall care like prenatal care is any better in the US. In fact the US is almost a 2nd world nation (and falling) when it comes to general health care such as infant mortality, life expectancy and wellbeing. China, is in many many ways similar to the US in ways most Americans don't realize. One of it is that if you have money you can get the best of anything, including health care. If Yao was a indigent black or latino dude in Houston or some poor Chinese farmer in the hinterlands that would be one thing. But for Yao's family, health care is literally 0 concern he could get the best care anywhere. First, they didn't advise against it because it's none of their business. Second, this isn't Yao's "adopted" country. He isn't a US citizen. He isn't indebted or in service to the this country, he simply works here. There's many reasons why Yao could have chosen to have his kid born here. Not least because he wanted to be with his wife during the pregnancy and because he also was committed to rehabbing and training in HOUSTON with his team. Or because he plans on his child spending the next 5+ years of her life in the US including starting school... and wants her to be "normal" in every way. Or maybe he just doesn't give a **** where she's born, just that the family is together and that he fulfills his duty as a father, husband and teammate first and foremost and where those 3 things meet up in 2010 is Houston Texas USA. On the other hand, the US has always treated its Chinese like ****. Refer to U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (1898) and Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). The truth is that for a person of Chinese ethnicity it's many many times easier to get a Chinese citizenship than to get a US citizenship. If Yao actually does care about this **** (which I doubt) from a practical standpoint being born in the US gives his child the OPTION at 18 to be either Chinese or American. Vice versa (born in China) the US would try to **** her out of it because she might have lived here 18 years but she wasn't BORN here...
because dual citizenship is bull****. being loyal to 2 countries pretty much obviates the very idea of citizenship. especially in the US were we have people in the government and making policy decisions who are "citizens" of Israel or Canada or w/e. for most people it's a matter of convenience holding multiple passports but if you actually think about what citizenship means dual citizenship makes no sense... especially when you think about all the hubbub about expelling Mexicans and others who live here full time and are committed to this country but simply don't hold the papers. I think the rest of us should at least be fully 100% committed and declared for the US and only the US. Good for China, at least on this matter.
Well she is Yao's daughter so I'm sure they won't need or even qualify for financial aid. Unless of course, they're trying to take advantage of the system. :grin:
Public relations? Public relations? This is Yao's daughter we're talking about. Who gives a crap about public relations. No sane individual is going to blame Yao for putting his child's interest above all others. I know I'm not and neither should fans back home in China. .
