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Pro Basketball's First Asian-American Player Looks At Lin, And Applauds

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15 Feb 2012 13:41 #75779 by BK
Yao is not an American citizen, he is/was on one of those special visas that the US grant to athletes and other persons in the 'entertainment business' - these are called "P" visas

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15 Feb 2012 15:15 #75789 by Ryan
yao is a chinamen. i think he is living in shanghai now.

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15 Feb 2012 15:26 #75790 by ketchim
You would never know the difference between the 2 :

One is a Chinaman on a " P " visa ...

de other is an American born :

still being called a Chinaman  ::rolleyes:: ::rolleyes::

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15 Feb 2012 15:27 #75791 by Ryan
u dont remember when yao could barely speak english?

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15 Feb 2012 15:29 #75792 by Ryan

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15 Feb 2012 16:03 #75796 by ketchim
Forget Yao and Hinglish and " P " visa :

Why is an American born being called a Chinaman  ??

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15 Feb 2012 16:38 #75800 by Ryan
who called him that

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15 Feb 2012 16:57 #75801 by Nargis

to be honest i was never interested in him. i just knew he was chinese, that wasnt something that was prevalent in the NBA at the time and that was it.  Never listened to him speak.

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15 Feb 2012 17:07 #75803 by ketchim

Every single Amrican news outlet :

Chinese american  and its derivatives.

I thought he was :

~~ Born in the U.S.A ~

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15 Feb 2012 18:14 #75830 by mapoui
ketchim wants everybody to think like him on this issue.  but they dont wont, dont want to.

dats why I wished yu luck yesterday ketchim. :grin: :grin: :grin:

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