Yes, but Yao's first name isn't Tang. I also really like the ingenuity of the Ming naval strategy. Everybody knows about the British Empire and its gunboat diplomacy, well, the Ming Dynasty was doing it 300 years earlier. When China and Japan fought the first war over Korea during the Tang Dynasty, Tang sent a force to aid the Silla and utterly crushed the Japanese. But when China and Japan fought over Korea in the second war, Ming did not even bother sending any ground troops except what was already in Korea. No, they sent a massive navy and blockaded Japan. Pretty soon the Japanese had to surrender. Those that did not starved to death.
Clubbing update- Beijing yesterday morning. Team went to the Great Wall - and back. Late night activities - Vic's (near the Worker's Stadium) - TMac, Deke, Ty Lue, David Hawkins - some of the Kings and some members of both dance teams were there.
T-mac asked his fans to sign their names on his shoes! He is such a nice person. the story http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2004-10-16/21281198036.shtml
Rockets and Kings at Tian An Men Square, Oct 16th http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/k/p/2004-10-16/U329P6T12D1198066F44DT20041016221345.jpg http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/k/p/2004-10-16/U687P6T12D1197654F44DT20041016154421.jpg Yao in front of then chairman Mao http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/k/p/2004-10-16/U687P6T12D1197652F44DT20041016154410.jpg Rockets at Tian An Men http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/k/p/2004-10-16/U687P6T12D1197649F44DT20041016154353.jpg Kings http://image2.sina.com.cn/ty/k/p/2004-10-16/U687P6T12D1197646F44DT20041016154332.jpg More picshttp://sports.sina.com.cn/z/2002-2003NBA/photo/7326/
At the end, TMac asked them to sign their names on his shoes. And he promised he would wear THE shoes in Kings game. Let's wait and see.
