Ming Yao

Birthday: 12 September 1980, Shanghai, China

Height: 227 cm

Ming Yao was born on September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China. He is an actor, known for Linsanity (2013), Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004) and The Year of the Yao (2004). He has been married to Ye Li since August 6, 2007.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is dif...Show more »

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No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

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A good leader must be fair.

Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

Endangered species are our friends.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.