I never thought he really needed a nickname. "Yao" sounds cool itself and it's only one syllable. No need to reinvent the wheel.
I interpreted this thread as a chance to help the Chinese fans pick a new nickname for Yao. Obviously in America, he already has several popular and well-known nicknames (The Great Wall, The Ming Dynasty, Chairman Yao, etc.) that have nothing to do with the Little Giant. Forget American nicknames, we're helping to come up with a Chinese nickname.
He already has these nicknames that I've heard many times: Chairman Yao The Ming Dynasty The Great Wall Yaozer Wow Yao The Dynasty Ming The Merciless Yao Kong Shanghai Shake Personally I kind of like, The Great Tall, instead of The Great Wall or Ming The Merciless that's a good one. Or simply, The Dynasty, certainly nice one. The Ming Dynasty is good too. The Great Wall isn't bad. I guess if he was from Hong Kong instead of Shanghai, could have called him "The Dong From Hong Kong"