Monument to Shaq Fu Puzzles Chinese Residents
Hmm. I get the impression that the LOS ANGELES TIMES’ Bill Plaschke isn’t a huge Shaquille O’Neal fan. Plaschke, in Beijing to sample the cuisine and cover the Olympics, wonders why the Chinese would erect a ginormous statute to honor the world’s most powerful genie.
The answer, it seems, has nothing to do with the locals and everything to do with the property — Li Ning Sports Park — that sits adjacent to the monument to Shaq-tasticness:
