Yao Ming was in Shanghai last week for the launch of WildAid Shark Conservation public service announcement. Yao Ming and his new basketball team, Shanghai Sharks, urged people to protect sharks by not buying shark fin soup. In the video ad, Yao states: "When the buying stops, the killing can too."

The effect of China's post-Olympic melamine scandal is still causing corporate ripples as China's leading dairy group Mengniu, a sponsor of the U.S.-based National Basketball Association, has published a report stating that according to the unaudited management accounts as of November 30, 2008 and other relevant documents, the group might see a CNY900 million loss [...]

USA Men's basketball players and legends recently visited the Shanghai Children's Medical Center to meet its young patients — including a nine-year old boy who is being treated for injuries sustained during May's earthquake in Sichuan Province. NBA players like Dominique Wilkins joined Lily Hsu, program director for Project HOPE, and members of SCMC staff [...]