Houston Rockets center Yao Ming arrived in Taipei on Friday afternoon for a three-day visit.



It is the third time Yao has visited Taiwan and the first sincehe joined the NBA. Local television footage showed throngs of basketball fans waiting to greet Yao at the airport.



Yao, together with his broker and five officials of the China Basketball Association (CBA), will stay at the Sherwood Taipei. OnFriday evening, Yao will visit the Taipei 101, the world's tallestcompleted skyscraper.



Yao will arrive at Hsinchu to teach schoolchildren how to play basketball and meet fans on Saturday.



On Sunday morning, Yao will take part in a friendly match held at the Taiwan University gymnasium and leave Taiwan at 3:10 p.m.



According to reports by local media in Taiwan, Sherwood Taipei has prepared a king size bed measuring 2.6 meters long and 2.4 meters wide for the 2.26-meter-high basketball giant.



In the 144-square-meter deluxe suite reserved for Yao, the hotel has also prepared a picture of Yao's newly-married wife, Ye Li, herself a Chinese basketball star, and a birthday card for Yao who will be 27 on September 12, local media reported.
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