Feature: Yao Ming's influence lingers on at China's National Games

XI'AN, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Ten years after retiring, Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming remains in the country's limelight.

Yao, current president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), came to watch the U19 3x3 basketball competition every day after the National Games began on Thursday. Every time he entered the court, his presence would cause a stir.

Cellphones fixed on him, media focused on him,