Yao Ming, former NBA basketball player and the owner of Shanghai Dongfang Sharks basketball team, attends a news conference for the 2012 Straits Cup basketball tournament in Taipei, Oct 12, 2012. The 2012 Straits Cup basketball tournament will be held from Oct 12 to 14 in Taipei and Taichung, central Taiwan, with two teams from Chinese mainland, Shanghai Dongfang Sharks and Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank, and two teams from Taiwan, Pure Youth Construction and Dacin Tigers, competing.