China's Yao Ming is now an “Ambassador to Mars”. Photo: AP

Retired basketball star Yao Ming takes on new mission as China’s ambassador to Mars

Other big names appointed include China’s national volleyball coach Lang Ping and award-winning sci-fi writer Liu Cixin

Published: 1:02pm, 10 Oct, 2016

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

China's Yao Ming is now an “Ambassador to Mars”. Photo: AP

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Catherine Wong is a reporter with the South China Morning Post in Beijing, where she focuses on China’s diplomacy and defence policy.