By Era
The 2000s
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Stories
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Liu Xiang: The Race, the Injury, and the Weight of a Nation
The story of the Chinese hurdler who became an Olympic champion, a world record holder, and one of the most recognisable athletes in modern China.
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Yao Ming: The Man China Sent to the World — Becoming the Person a Country Expects to Succeed
The story of the 7-foot-6 Shanghai centre who was the first overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft, became an eight-time All-Star and a Hall of Famer, and carried the weight of a nation's expectation — the only figure in this series with no Olympic medal, and the most important of them all.