SHANGHAI (AP) - The NBA's version of the Ming Dynasty is done. After helping pro basketball gain a foothold in the world's most populous market, Chinese star Yao Ming has retired. Yao made it official ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to ...

BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Yao Ming, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and former NBA all-star player, was unanimously elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) ...

Having appeared in a documentary and played himself on "The Simpsons," Houston Rockets star Yao Ming finally gets to voice a whole different character for an upcoming Chinese-language animated film.

From the start the Chinese government planned to use Yao Ming as a propaganda tool. They treated their best athlete like an instrument to remind the world of China's greatness. It practically mirrors ...

Call it the Big Bang of NBA fandom in China. Chinese basketball fans began watching NBA games in 1987, the year in which China Central Television (CCTV) began broadcasting NBA games. Megastars such as ...

FILE - Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming attends a luncheon during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai, on April 21, 2023. Yao has stepped down ...

BEIJING -- Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China's basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously Thursday to appoint the former Houston Rockets ...