The long-awaited Little Yao

I have to hand it to the giant from Shanghai ... he certainly knows how to stay in the news. First, he buys his hometown CBA team - the Shanghai Sharks - and now the Web is ablaze with news of his pregnant wife.

Already poor junior giant is being measured up by medical experts and netizens alike who have lined up to take a stab at the child's potential height.

"If the child is male, he will probably reach a height of between 2.00 m and 2.21 m," said one stern-faced expert. True to their completely objective and contemplative nature one netizen on China Daily's website commented: "This is the simplest arithmetic ever. The child will be 2.26 + 1.90 = 4.16 m tall." If that's true, then maybe 2012 really is the end of the world.