Bao Thinkohyao is a local guide who was born on the island of Ko Yao Yai.
"I wish everything will work out well for Yao Ming, " says another teenage basketball fan.
His loyal fans hope Yao will get an extension of his already long and successful career.
Known as "Yao hei" -- they are people who are out to smear the player.
Yao said another reason is that it is jointly deployed with U.S. allies in East Asia.
Perhaps the most promoted and well-known hero today is the basketball player Yao Ming.
As such, this made investments in Yao as a corporate pitchman relatively more attractive.
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The Yao Foundation was established in 2008 in response to the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan province.
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Admirers say Yao has done more for improving China's image overseas than any modern-day politician or diplomat.
Overall, "there is some deceleration but it's not catastrophic, " said Rosealea Yao, an analyst at Dragonomics Research.
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Asian-Americans lost Yao Ming (to retirement) but this kind of sensation could carry over to any race.
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Yao Yang, director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University, weighed in at China Daily.
But Ms. Yao now owns a modern riverside apartment in Pudong and marvels at its affordability compared with London.
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Ron Artest jerseys, while not even in the top 15 in 2009, are sure to blow by Yao, too.
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Other students, like 2008 Stern alum Mark and his teammate, Langone MBA1 Yao Pang, hold background degrees in Engineering.
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In 2006 WildAid also famously recruited Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6 NBA star, to swear off shark fin.
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Rather, Yao sees his role as trying to insure that promising ideas have a chance to contend at all.
He will now play for the former team of Chinese center, Yao Ming.
Mr. Yao and Mr. Yi are well-known athletes in China and legal experts said their cases might help Mr. Jordan's.
Ao Phang-Nga lies just to the north of Ko Yao Noi, and is easily reachable by longtail boat or speedboat.
Yao Gervinho got the third with five minutes to go and Arnaud Souquet added another before Gervinho grabbed the fifth.
"It's unheard of, " said Yao Songqiao, a Beijing-based consultant with International Rivers, a nongovernmental organization that focuses on protecting waterways.
"It's unheard of, " said Yao Songqiao, a Beijing-based consultant with International Rivers, a non-governmental organization that focuses on protecting waterways.
Yao said he was desperately unhappy about the performance of a team he had hoped to lead into the quarterfinals.
By 2002 more people would be watching Houston Rockets games in China (thanks to Yao Ming) than in Houston.
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Yao is now a multi-millionaire, earning millions of dollars yearly, not just from his NBA team but from lucrative commercial endorsements.
Especially since Asia has matured as an NBA market in recent years after Yao began drawing fans in a decade ago.
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Ferries run several times a day to Ko Yao Noi from Bang Rong pier, situated at the northern end of Phuket.
Yao Family Wines currently doesn't own any vineyards in California, but is aiming to acquire land in the next few years.
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