毛泽东

　　MaoZedong(help·info)(December26,1893–September9,1976)(alsoMaoTse-TunginWade-Gilestransliteration)wasaChineseMarxistmilitaryandpoliticalleader,wholedtheChineseCommunistPartytovictoryagainsttheKuomintang(KMT)intheChineseCivilWar,leadingtotheestablishmentofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaonOctober1,1949inBeijing.

　　Maopursuedtheidealofastrong,prosperousandsociallyegalitarianChina,endeavoringtobuildamodern,industrialized,socialistnation.However,thefailingsofMao'smostsignificantsocio-politicalprograms—includingtheAnti-RightistCampaign,theGreatLeapForward,andtheCulturalRevolution—havebeenwidelycriticized.Maoisacontroversialfiguretoday.WhileofficiallyheldinhighregardinChina,heistodayrarelymentionedbythegovernment,whosepolicieshavedivergedgreatlyfromthoseofMao.MaoistsaroundtheworldlooktoMaoasagreatrevolutionaryleaderwhosethoughtisthehighestexpressionofMarxism.Manyofhisdetractorshoweveraccusehimofhavingbeenamass-murderer,holdinghisleadershipaccountableforthedeathsoftensofmillionsofChinese.

　　YaoMing(Chinese:姚明;pinyin:YáoMíng)(bornSeptember12,1980inShanghai,China)isaChineseprofessionalbasketballplayerandiscurrentlyconsideredoneofthepremierecentersintheNationalBasketballAssociation.YaoMingiscurrentlythetallestplayerintheNBA.

　　HeplaysfortheHoustonRocketsintheNationalBasketballAssociation.HewasselectedbyHoustonasthe1stoverallpickofthe2002NBADraftandeventuallysignedwiththemonOctober21,2002.Inhisrookieseason,hespokeviahisinterpreterandclosefriend,ColinPine,althoughhenowspeakswithoutatranslator.YaoisregardedasthemostdominantplayertocomeoutofChina.