End of the Ming dynasty
By Lei Lei and Sun Xiaochen | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-21 07:50
NBA star Yao Ming officially confirmed his retirement from professional basketball at a news conference in Shanghai on Wednesday. Yao, 30, had been widely expected to retire after he told the Houston Rockets he would not be returning next season after two years blighted by injury. Cui Meng / China Daily |
NBA star bids farewell to a career that dominated the courts, Lei Lei and Sun Xiaochen report in Shanghai.
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