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The Associated Press reports:
Retired basketball star Yao Ming has added another line to his post-NBA resume - politician.
Since Yao announced last July that injuries had ended his career with the Houston Rockets, he has become a university student and set up a wine business to go with owning a professional basketball team in China.
Now the 31-year-old has become a member of an advisory body to Shanghai's legislature. Photos in official media on Monday showed Yao at the weekend closing ceremony for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanghai Committee. Read the full story.
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Wonder if he is now a card carrying Communist Party member, or has he always been one? Not saying this in a derogatory way. Just curious as he is from China and don't all politicians there have to be members of the party?
There is no different between any political parties - first use pretty names to fool the people. Once in power, they will serve their own interests. Live and learn!
Ed, I guess he is not. Check out the Wiki:
"CPPCC is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China. The organization consists of delegates from a range of political parties and organizations, as well as independent members, in China. The proportion of representation of the various parties is determined by established convention, negotiated between the parties. In practice, the largest and dominant party in the Conference is the Communist Party of China. Other members are drawn from the United Front parties allied with the CPC, and from independent members who are not members of any party."