We feel it only fair to warn you about the salaciousness of the story we are about to relate to you. It is both tawdry and unbecoming. If you have young children near the computer, please ask them to turn away from the screen as we share this titillating tale with you.

It has just come to our attention that an NBA player (and Olympic athlete) has been spotted in a nightclub at a very late hour with his Chinese celebrity girlfriend.

Yi has been at the centre of a tabloid sensation since being seen in the early hours drinking at the top-end night club last week and photographed embracing his pop singer girl friend Shi Yanfei.

Clearly, his commitment to basketball and his country must fall into question because of this major distraction. We could not be more disappointed.

(Yi and she)

Welcome to the new China, Yi Jianlian. Looks an awful lot like the old one sometimes, no?

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