Bao xishun and yao ming biography

          Bao was born in into a herdsman's family in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.!

          At 2.36 meters, Bao Xishun is a good 10 cm taller than Yao Ming.

          Sun Mingming is a Chinese former professional basketball player.

        1. Sun Mingming is a Chinese former professional basketball player.
        2. "Yao Ming would be the second Bao Xishun if Bao were a successful player," said Leng Wanju, Mr Bao's former coach.
        3. Bao was born in into a herdsman's family in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
        4. At a mere 7 feet, 9 inches, Bao Xishun, a Mongolian sheepherder, was delighted with the his celebrity status when he held the record in and.
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          6. In the army, he was recruited to play for the basketball team but rheumatism put paid to any hopes of a sporting career.

          Yesterday, the Guinness-certified world's tallest living man, who is 56, said before his wedding ceremony: "If we have a child, I hope he or she can be 1.8-1.9-meters tall.

          Then he or she can play basketball."

          He told China Daily earlier: "If it weren't for my disease, I might have become a basketball superstar just like Yao."

          But for a day at least, Bao was as famous as Yao as global organizations joined Chinese print and television counterparts in a media scrum at his wedding ceremony in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

          Yao's face may launch a thousand products but Bao, no stranger to the media in China, attracted about 15 sponsors for almost everything during his wedding - from liquor to his shoes. One firm specially made a 2.9-meter blanket of camel hair for the marriage.