Yao helps children find hope through basketball

Yao Ming watches a basketball game in Leshan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 24, 2012. More than 400 students from 45 Hope primary schools across the country are competing in the four-day event launched by the Yao Ming Foundation, which was established by Yao Ming in response to the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan in 2008. The foundation has helped fund the building of 13 schools, including six Hope primary schools, throughout poor rural areas in China. [Photo/Xinhua]