SO, WHO ORDERED the picture of Chinese basketball great Yao Ming laughing with a panda in his lap then? Here you go…
The former Houston Rockets centre is a conservation advocate; the picture was taken earlier in Panda Valley natural reserve in Dujiangyan city, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.
Pic: /AP/Press Association Images
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