Yao Ming increases morale of young players in Sichuan school (1/5)

Yao Ming greets members of teenage basketball teams at the Beichuan Middle School in Beichuan county, Mianyang city of Sichuan province on July 15, 2014. Yao reached the school to raise morale of those young players who will compete in matches of the "Yao Foundation Hope Primary School Basketball Season.” The sports event represents China’s first large scale youth basketball competition held for students from Hope Primary Schools. [Photo: China News Service/ Yang Chao]