The first English autobiography of Chinese NBA giant Yao Ming entitled Yao: A Life in Two Worlds has been released.

The book features the exclusive details about Yao's life before his NBA career, his contract, as well as the hard work he put into making it in the world's top basketball league.

Yao's hometown Shanghai was lucky to get the first batch Wednesday, while Beijing readers will have to wait until tomorrow Friday to welcome the new book.

The 256-page hardcover costs US$23 dollars. And reports say that Yao will attend a series of relevant promotions in the US.

(CRI September 23, 2004)