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Embarrassed journalists ask me embarrassing questions, and they get embarrassing answers, and then hand out embarrassing stories to the embarrassing editors, who put them to the front pages of newspapers. When is this going to end?

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
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Shanghai
China
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