Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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Yao Ming "bu yao" Shark’s Fin Soup

August 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Considering Yao Ming’s fame in China as the “Basketball Confucius” (to Larry Bird’s “B.B.J.”), I have wondered just how the biggest celebrity in China might use his fame…well, he’s off to a good start. NYT reports this morning that Yao has teemed up with Li Ning and singer Li Huan to speak out against the [...]

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