Who Wouldn’t Want to Marry This?
Yikes. You would think with over half a billion women in China, the biggest international star from the Mainland could have landed himself someone who, well, looks a little bit more like Bai Ling. I’m talking about Ye Li, the woman with the ball in her grasp, not the other specimen of beauty in this AFP file photo. Titan Sports Weekly, the Chinese newspaper, announced Monday that NBA center Yao Ming will marry Ye Li, his teenage sweetheart, in a Shanghai ceremony this August. The paper called the union a “match based on pure love.” The Houston Chronicle claimed that Ye made Yao the red wristbands he wears during every NBA game. The 7′6″ Yao met the 6′3″ Ye when he played for the Shanghai Sharks in 1999. The two have dated steadily though long distance since then despite a rumor earlier in the year that linked Yao to American actress Nia Long. And despite Chinese news reports, the Yao-Ye wedding will not be broadcast live on Chinese television. The big guy has not revealed any of his summer plans to the media other than expressing his desire to have a private ceremony at which the media will not be welcome.
•Houston Chronicle: Yao Ming Has Big Wedding Plans
•Flumesday.com: Yao Ming Dating Nia Long?