http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/16/arts/television/standing-tall-to-fight-poaching.html 2014-11-15 23:27:10 Standing Tall to Fight Poaching In China, when Yao Ming speaks, people listen. === In China, when Yao Ming speaks, people listen. Trading on this former basketball superstar’s towering stature in his home country, WildAid has named Mr. Yao a spokesman on behalf of Africa’s severely threatened elephant and rhino populations to help curb China’s multi-billion-dollar lust for illegal wildlife products. “Saving Africa’s Giants With Yao Ming,”