He was instrumental in bringing about China's landmark ivory ban at the end of 2017. Yao Ming is the star of our documentary The End of the Wild, a film that depicts the tragic poaching crises decimating elephant and rhino populations in Africa. He has championed the conservation of sharks, elephants, and rhinos with messages that have reached hundreds of millions of people in China and around the world.
Yao became a WildAid ambassador in 2006 when he signed the pledge to give up shark fin soup, and has since appeared in numerous ads, billboards, and TV public service announcements calling for an end to the illegal wildlife trade. Yao is now president of the Chinese Basketball Association, owner of the Shanghai Sharks professional basketball team, and executive director of the Yao Ming Foundation. He was a member of the Chinese Olympic Basketball Team in 2000, 2004, and 2008 - when he was the leader of China’s Olympic delegation. Yao Ming is a retired NBA basketball legend and was an eight-time all-star. Youming Qiao obtained his PhD in computer science from the Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tsinghua University in 2012. 11 in 2017.Athlete and WildAid ambassador for sharks, elephants, rhinos To pay homage to his unique contribution to the Rockets organization, the team retired his jersey no. “Yao is a phenomenal individual, and not everyone had the chance to see him outside the arena,” he added. I have to credit getting traded and watching Yao every day to make sure I continue to do the right thing at all times. “It made me want to do it every single day. “His dedication to the sport, to the game, to his team, was unlike any other,” the former And-1 streetball star said of Yao. However, during his quick spell with the Rockets, the eight-time NBA All-Star was able to show Alston not only his exceptional basketball skills but also his “good” character outside the court. “He is already in a full sweat.”Ī series of recurring injuries cut Yao’s soaring NBA career short. “If practice started at 11, Yao Ming is in the building at 9 working on his game, working on his footwork, working on his free throws, working on his turn around post-up moves,” he continued. “Playing with Yao Ming was one of the greatest times of my basketball life from a standpoint that he made you want to get better and go about your job the right way, every day,” Alston said. In a wide-ranging interview with VLAD TV, Alston revealed how Yao motivated him to always push himself to the limit by displaying incredible work ethic.
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