It is very easy to verify Yi's age. If you want to seek the truth, go ask Yi's classmates who went to the same elementary school as Yi in 1991. The difference between a 7-year old and a 4-year old is huge. They can tell. They are still very young. They can remember and thank internet and freedom. I did some google search, all information indicates Yi was born in 1984. More will come if the topic on Yi's age is getting hot. It's a bomb for Yi and China. It will explode some day. Visa takes your data from your official documents even if you tell them there are typos in them. Yi shouldnt worry about his job.
What? they have new policy? well that only means age fraud can take more advantage if someone else is stupid enough to obey it. China has all kinds of beautiful laws, but no one wants to obey it, everyone wants to take advantage of the violation of the laws, publicly. CBA should take out the advantage they stole, i.e., kick all age frauded players out of the league. Until they do this, I am not going to trust Chinese players age even they have hundreds of rules againt the age fraud. Yao is the only one without age problem.
Seems Yi's parents are couple of stiffs Joke aside, given today's technology which can determine the age of dinosaur from tens of millions of years ago. How come they can't figure out a person's real age
You actually just defeat your own arguement... My whole point is in his case, changing age DID NOT GIVE HIM ADVANTAGE. He only played in the youth world game in 2003, where even if he WAS born in 1984, his age was still legal.
Actually the "yourself" means both CBA and Yi. He only played in 2003 world youth game -- his age would not be an issue regardless he was born in 1984 or 1987.
Then I misunderstood you. I agree with your arguement in general, but I just have doubts about this particular case, based on the reasons I explained...
Why Yao is the only one without age problem? I always think Yao is older, not 26. Look, he has played 5 years in NBA and he's already got so many injuries. This cant be a body of 26 year old. Nobody's shoulder is going to fall off when he's 26 year old. Yao is just lucky and CBA didnt have a typo on his date of birth.
Because Yao was a relatively late prospect and wasn't even considered a good one for some time (one coach thought that he didn't move well and discouraged him from continuing with basketball.) Most of this age altering happens when the player is very young. Bender, Livingston, and Camby. All guys who entered the league young or in their early 20's as was the case with Camby. Hardly healthy careers for any of them. And a lot of research was done about Yao's history.... Moreso than Wang or even Yi.
I remember there was a story on the day that Yao was born in a hospital, his dad came back home from a national game.. . Someone did the research and found that there was really a game on that day etc... Also, last year, Yao, on TV, met his classmates and teachers from the elementary school he went. if yao has age problem, you think he would do this?. so he is good. search the keywords : "Yao Ming elementary school classmates" and "Yi Jianlian elementary school classmates" in chinese. you will see the difference.
Actually, it was no longer a secret anymore that Yi Jianlian was probably born October 27, 1984 insteads of October 27, 1987. The reason why I said this was I remembered reading an article 2 to 3 years ago about Yi Jian Lian taking the national college/university entrance examination in Guangzhou in June, 2003. For this examination, he had to ask for leave of absence from the junior national team which were training in Qinhuangdao in preparation for the Junior World Basketball Championship in Greece that year. http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2003-06-09/0347456196.shtml I still remembered these pictures of Yi Jian Lian taking his body temperature for SARS prior to entering the examination hall in Guangzhou. In China, the normal age to enter primary school is 7 (or in some exceptional cases, 6). Primary school last 6 years; Then secondary/high school last another 6 years. So if Yi was born in October 27, 1987, that means he is taking college entrance examination at the age of 15, meaning he went to Primary 1 at the age of 3.....which is way too young. So my conclusion: Yi Jian Lian was born October 27, 1984, which seems more logical.
George JianLian told me he was born in the year of the Fish, so that verifies that he is only 18 years old.
Nah, the normal age to enter primary school is 6 for sure. Normal students take the national college/university entrance examination at age 18. Since Yi was born in October, so he was probably 19 when he took the exam. So your guess of 1984 is very likely right.
pryuen, I still hope to get some feedback from you about the questions I have ... it just does not seem logical for his age change -- neither China nor Yi himself got anything out of it by this age change... He only played in one age related competition in 2003, when he is below the age limitation even if he was born in 1984. He actually could have gone to NBA 2 years earlier with similar draft position 2 years ago, if his was born in 1984... Is there any discussion about the reason behind his age change you can find? Thanks.
That's exactly my points. In his case, changing age from 1984 to 1987 seems only undermine himself without any benefit to his country or himself. That's what confuses me...
ooliverb1 Yi Jianlian could not have gone for NBA draft 2 years ago. His agent announced him for the draft last year; but his team Guangdong Hongyuan Tigers withdrew him last minute, as his team or CBA had yet to reach agreement with him.....I believe. Besides, since the debacle of the draft of Xue Yuyang by Denver Nuggets in 2003 draft (?), CBA announced a rule that players below 22 are not eligible for NBA draft. So he coud not have entered NBA last 2 years because of the above 2 reasons, I supposed.
Another 2 solid proofs that Yi Jianlian was born 1984 and not 1987 are: 1. A photo of him graduating from the Shenzhen Xin Xiu Primary School in 1997. It is more logical to believe he could be that tall at the age of 12 rather than at the age of 9. and 2. if you do an online query of his citizen ID on the Guangdong Social Insurance website, you'll know he was born 1984. http://www.gdsi.gov.cn/jsp/query/pe...jsp?loginname=440301198410272713&&xzqh=441900 Citizen ID #: 440301198410272713 In China, there are these strings of digits within the ID that showed your birth date. In Yi Jianlian's case, it is 84.10.27.
Bot Yao and Yi have proven super tall and athletic parents produce super kids. It's high time for Chinese government to make exception of the notorious "one child" policy for super athletic or super smart parents, and encourage them to produce as many as they can.
