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Rockets in China

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by pfang, Oct 12, 2004.

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  1. Bobliu

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    Americans may just be the exceptions ...
     
    #61 Bobliu, Oct 12, 2004
  2. Hippieloser

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    Ha, well, you're talking to a bunch of Houstonians, P. We represent the Gulf Coast! Put some hushpuppies next to those crabs and you've got a meal!!:D
     
    #62 Hippieloser, Oct 12, 2004
  3. RocketForever

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    I'd have no problem eating this dish at all. :D

    Makes me hungry...
     
    #63 RocketForever, Oct 12, 2004
  4. hooi

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    Do they got any soft-shell hairy crabs?

    I'm sure anybody from Houston or Lousiana wouldn't mind eating them...only having them :D
     
    #64 hooi, Oct 12, 2004
  5. YallMean

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    Ok, this is river crab. And it is very different from the ones I tried in Baltimore.
     
    #65 YallMean, Oct 12, 2004
  6. wireonfire

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    BTW, the guy TMac played one-on-one was Yi Li, a 17 year old highly regarded by nbadraft.net. He could be playing SF for the CNT or even in the NBA someday.
     
    #66 wireonfire, Oct 12, 2004
  7. Hippieloser

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    What?! They're not exactly the same?!

    I guess I must have been JOKING.
     
    #67 Hippieloser, Oct 12, 2004
  8. wireonfire

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    Yeah, the guys in the pic are Clyde Drexler, Mel Davis, Bill Russell, Commissioner David Stern, Kenny Smith and Bob Lanier, according to this,

    http://www.nba.com/china2004/blog_smith.html

    Too bad, the statue is not Chairman Mao, guess Kenny can't tell.:rolleyes: :eek: :D It is rather the first mayor under the communist rule, Chen Yi.
     
    #68 wireonfire, Oct 12, 2004
  9. Bobliu

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    Just how many Chairman Mao's statues can you find in China these days? Did they remove them as the Russians did to Lenin's statues?
     
    #69 Bobliu, Oct 12, 2004
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    Back to 15 years ago many universities had Chairman Mao's statues.
    Nowadays it's kind of hard to locate them.
     
    #70 snowmt01, Oct 12, 2004
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    anyone know who the other guys standing in the picture with tmac are?

    ye li's supposed to be pretty good

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    Athletic 6’7 F Yi Li played very well, was among the leaders in scoring and rebounds. -2004 adidas Superstar Camp Atlanta
     
    #71 dookiester, Oct 12, 2004
  12. YallMean

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    That picture of his still hangs on the wall of TianAnMen.
    His dead body is still preserved for public worship.
    You gotta wonder when these things will be removed.

     
    #72 YallMean, Oct 12, 2004
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    he's hella skinny too......
     
    #73 kanevil, Oct 12, 2004
  14. ucansee2020

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    The statue behind that picture is not Chairman Mao, it is Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai. You can't find that many statues of Mao anymore in China.
     
    #74 ucansee2020, Oct 12, 2004
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    The first communist mayor of Shanghai, to be exact.
     
    #75 ucansee2020, Oct 12, 2004
  16. wireonfire

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    I think all those are members of the Chinese national under 20 team. WANG Lei, CHEN Dawei, probably.
     
    #76 wireonfire, Oct 12, 2004
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    By the way, NBA.com was wrong. This is not the statue of Chairman Mao but rather the statue of first Shanghai Mayor (after 1949) General Chen Yi.
     
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  18. paxil

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    Just as tourist in the US, they think every statue they see in the city is George Washington.
     
    #78 paxil, Oct 12, 2004
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    Probably not for a while. Last time I checked, Abe Lincoln still sits in a memorial in Washington DC. There are at least as many Chinese that admire Mao as there are Americans that admire Lincoln.

    It's probably inevitable that Mao'll be properly buried though. Keeping someone's body above ground forever isn't very Chinese by any stretch of the imagination. Mao's picture is probably going to be longer lasting; maybe they'll move it into one of the other buildings, but it won't leave Tiananmen.
     
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  20. YallMean

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    There are memorials or parks for people to be inspired. Then in Iraq, you have Emperor Evil's pictures, statues everywhere. Well, it is too politcal. By no means, I meant everything in America is right.

     
    #80 YallMean, Oct 12, 2004
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