News that Ye Li, the wife of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, is pregnant has attracted great attention in China and abroad. The news was revealed by Ye's close friend Miao Lijie, her former teammate on the national women's basketball team, and was confirmed on Tuesday by Yao's spokesman, Zhang Chi.

The baby is due in July, and fans in Houston have already launched a survey at local bars speculating on how tall the child of Yao and Ye will be. Of those polled, 23 percent think the child has a decent chance to top Yao Ming's height of 7-6. Let's go to BON's Kevin Jia in the newsroom to see what internet users in China are saying.