At 2.26 metres tall, Chinese basketball ace Yao Ming really is China's biggest star. Now he has returned to China and is using his profile to raise money for charity. Bon's Tom Spender reports.

China produces more university graduates than any other country in the world; over six million this year alone. Now finding employment for that number of jobseekers is a headache at any time - never mind in the present economic climate - so competition is tough. All this would seem to point to a market where employers can pick and choose and those who get jobs will do their best to hang onto them.

But surprisingly, as BON's Andrew Livingstone reports, many bosses are finding their new recruits' loyalty is not what they expected.

Last week, Ye Li, the wife of NBA center Yao Ming gave birth to a daughter in a local hospital in Houston. According to U.S. law, the baby can get U.S. citizenship automatically. If Yao's daughter chooses Chinese nationality, must comply with the premise that she gives up U.S. citizenship, because Chinese law does not recognize dual nationality.

As soon as Yao Ming announces his wife's pregnant information, the baby's nationality becomes a big concern among many Chinese people.  2 months ago, Yao Ming responded to the issue of nationality and said "this is a private matter'' Yao Ming selected Houston as her daughter's birth place which caused many people's attention in China again.

News that Ye Li, the wife of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, is pregnant has attracted great attention in China and abroad. The news was revealed by Ye's close friend Miao Lijie, her former teammate on the national women's basketball team, and was confirmed on Tuesday by Yao's spokesman, Zhang Chi.

The baby is due in July, and fans in Houston have already launched a survey at local bars speculating on how tall the child of Yao and Ye will be. Of those polled, 23 percent think the child has a decent chance to top Yao Ming's height of 7-6. Let's go to BON's Kevin Jia in the newsroom to see what internet users in China are saying.

An afternoon out in Shisanling reservoir near the world famous Ming tombs is always a pleasant prospect. But, as BON’S Fergus Thompson discovered – there are other, more adventurous ways of spending the day in these beautiful surroundings.

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