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Tall tale? Shaq says Yao comments were said in jest Posted: Friday January 10, 2003 10:47 PM Updated: Friday January 10, 2003 11:14 PM Yao Ming goes head-to-head against Shaquille O'Neal for the first time LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal said he was joking, not being a racist, when he used a mock Chinese accent while talking about Houston center Yao Ming. A columnist for AsianWeek complained in his newspaper that O'Neal made several derogatory comments recently about Yao, with the Lakers' center saying, 'Tell Yao Ming, 'ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'' 'I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't have a sense of humor, like I do. I don't have to have a response to that (the charges of racism) because the people who know me know I'm not,' O'Neal said. Yao, asked about the comments prior to Houston's game at Atlanta, said he believed O'Neal was joking. 'There are a lot of difficulties in two different cultures understanding each other. Especially two very large countries. The world is getting smaller and I think it's important to have a greater understanding of other cultures. I believe Shaquille O'Neal was joking but I think that a lot of Asian people don't understand that kind of joke,'...
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