On Wednesday July 4th, Yao participated in a Special Olympics event in Shanghai where 1,500 intellectually disabled athletes, children and volunteers created ceramic tiles to be put together for a wall promoting the Special Olympics to be held October 2nd – 11th in Shanghai.

Click here for an article about the ceramic tiles along with another photo with Yao and the special person pictured above. Click here for more photos from the event.

Here’s an article about Yao’s desire to continue being the flag bearer for the Chinese Olympic team. It’s good to see that Yao really wants to be the one to continue representing his country, and he’s not shy about it.

Finally, Yao gave an interview where he speaks about how he’s building a rapport with new Rockets head coach Rick Adelman. The thing I found interesting about the article is Yao saying:

“I’m pretty familiar with his style. It’s pretty much like the national team’s.”

Something tells me Yao is going to LOVE the new offense.

Props to Raymond in China for the photos and stories.

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