ABC Wednesday: Letter Y for Yao Ming, Dr Sun Yat Sen and Yang Liwei

      

The most famous Chinese in the contemporary world must be 

Yao Ming. He  is a retired Chinese professional basketball 

player 

who last played for the Houston Rockets of the National 

Basketball Association (NBA). At the time of his final season, 

he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).^[1]

Dr Sun Yat Sen, the Father of modern China. Sun Yat-sen 

University, informally called Zhongshan University 

(simplified Chinese: 中山大学; traditional Chinese: 中山大學;

 pinyin:Zhōngshān Dàxué), has a main campus in 

Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and a secondary one in 

Zhuhai. The University is named after the man who founded 

it in 1924 - Sun Yat-sen, Dr Sun was grandpa's favourite 

personality. In his living room, facing the front door, he had a 

big photo of Dr. Sun.

I spent last evening with young people like Yulia to learn

Chinese and we learned Famous Chinese personalities.

My grandpa would have been very proud of me when I 

shared my knowledge of Dr Sun Yat Seng. Speaking in 

Mandarin was quite scary when you don't have the vocab.

I went on to speak on 2 characters who could be friends, 

and I chose Li Na the Tennis French Open Champion and the

first Chinese astronaut.  









Yang Liwei being launched aboard Shenzhou 5, becoming 

the first man sent into space by the Chinese space 

program

Finally, I chose Bruce Li in a guessing game.

CLN会员论坛这个星期的题目-有名华人

with Yulia Kosaurova.

Chinese Language Network (中文俱乐部)

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Photos: courtesy wiki, Lilian and CLN