BEIJING -- Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as chairman of the board of the Chinese Basketball Association Management Company, which runs the business arm of the CBA. An eight ...

China’s basketball star Yao Ming has a message for any journalist who thinks his role in the Chinese government is just part of a parade: Stop asking for an autograph and get to work.

You can't really blame Yao Ming for wanting to play for his country year after year. The pressure of being the best Chinese basketball player ever to enter the NBA was immense. If he had tried to ...

In the latest unprecedented and monumental turn in Yao Ming 's life, the Rockets' rookie center was invited to a reception for Chinese president Jiang Zemin today, an honor that clearly moved Yao.

BEIJING — Yahoo! Sports’ report that Yao Ming is retiring left saddened Chinese basketball fans in disbelief. Thousands of fans flooded online forums on Saturday reacting to the news.

Having appeared in a documentary and played himself on "The Simpsons," Houston Rockets star Yao Ming finally gets to voice a whole different character for an upcoming Chinese-language animated film.