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The United States might be getting a little more Yao



Houston Rockets center Yao Ming(notes) recently returned to the United States. Great news for Rockets fans,[Linkleri görebilmek için üye olmalısınız. Üye olmak için tıklayınız...], but not so great for Chinese basketball fans.
You see, Yao's wife is pregnant. If she has her baby in the United States, that baby automatically becomes an American citizen. No biggie,[Linkleri görebilmek için üye olmalısınız. Üye olmak için tıklayınız...], except that Chinese law doesn't recognize dual citizenship.
As you can imagine, this upsets the Chinese. From the Associated Foreign Press:
"This will not only be a huge loss to Chinese basketball but, as far as feelings are concerned, will be something very difficult for Chinese fans to accept," the Chongqing Business Daily said, citing angry online comments.
Angry online comments? I believe it.
Now this wouldn't be that big of a deal if it were, say, any other humans on earth. But Yao is the child of two Chinese professional basketball players, and that has worked out pretty well. Plus,[Linkleri görebilmek için üye olmalısınız. Üye olmak için tıklayınız...], his wife is also a professional basketball player, so their child might be the next Chinese star.
Then again, we haven't heard anything about Gheorghe Muresan's son, George, in years. The kid could be a bust.