Word: ming
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...When Yao Ming went down during the third game of the Houston Rockets' Western Conference semifinals series vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on May 8, the big man moaned and slapped the floor. Now it is Chinese fans' turn to grimace after a team doctor announced on June 29 that the stress fracture in the Chinese basketball player's left foot is more serious than previously feared, and could even end the 7-ft. 6-in. center's career...
...potential deal still has to be approved by the NBA's board of governors. But it's no secret that the NBA has been looking for a way to cash in on basketball fever in China. With the emergence of Yao Ming as an All-Star center for the Houston Rockets - he's the league's tallest player at 7 ft. 6 in. - basketball has become the sport of choice for China's urban youth. More than 50 Chinese TV stations carry NBA games, and viewership in China topped 1 billion last season, according to the NBA. Dozens of magazines...
...Ying-jeou set an ambitious goal to decrease emissions to half of 2000 levels by 2050, but critics say his goal of maintaining 2008 levels is a bit flimsy, and programs like bike sharing are more style than substance. "In Taiwan, the economy is still first," says Liu Chung-ming, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at National Taiwan University. "The [Environmental Protection Administration] has done a lot of promotion, but when it comes to real emission reduction, it's a total failure." (See a graphic of the effects of climate change on the world...
...students and 60 teachers now walk to school, and as a side benefit, many have lost weight. The faculty lost a total of 220 pounds (100 kgs), and overweight students lost an average of 0.4 BMI in just three months. "Now I walk everywhere," says Shih Chen-ming, a school superintendant who lost 44 pounds (20 kgs) in six months. "I'm happier, more relaxed, and enjoy the extra time to think." And since most parents stopped giving their kids a ride, motorcycle traffic has been reduced to a fourth its prior rate...
...year-old Mexican tourist who became China's swine flu patient showed no signs of illness. "He denied having come into close contact with any suspicious case of swine flu within the previous week or having any H1N1 flu symptoms in his health claim form," said Chen Ming, deputy director of the information center at the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. "His temperature was normal when taken twice at the airport, and he also looked well." (See the top five swine...