NAIROBI, KENYA: About nine years ago, when he was 16, Heshan de Silva enrolled at an American university. He had left Kenya and his sheltered upbringing behind to study in a country synonymous ...

Yi Jianlian was born in Heshan, Guangdong Province, China, on October 27, 1987. Playing as a power forward/center, Yi emerged as a symbol of Chinese basketball after being drafted sixth overall by the ...