CIIC:Today's featured article/April 23, 2016

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Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明) was a professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had been the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in) before he announced his retirement in July, 2011. He is now a full-time student in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body. (More...)