China's forward Zhou Peng (No.10) and center Zhou Qi (No.10) defend against USA's guard Demar Derozan during on Saturday at the Rio Olympic Games. Photo: CFP
Zhou Qi has been touted as possibly the next Yao Ming since the Houston Rockets drafted the 20-year-old Chinese center with the 43rd overall pick in June's NBA Draft.


But the 2.17-meter prospect still has some work to do , based on three games for China against the United States Olympic team of NBA stars, who ripped China 119-62 on Saturday in a group-stage Rio Olympic opener.


Zhou was contained to three points, all from free throws, and an 0-for-2 shooting effort from the floor over -nearly 18 minutes by a swarming, defense--minded US team.


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It was a far cry from Zhou's team-high 13 points in a 107-57 loss to the USA squad 11 days ago, which brought hope that he might quickly step into a key role with the Rockets. The Xinjiang Flying Tigers center has led the Chinese league in blocked shots the past two seasons, but his contract could be bought out next year, giving him the chance to play for the same squad where Chinese giant Yao became an NBA star.


"He's going to be very good," said US coach Mike Krzyzewski. "He has all the skills necessary - he's friendly with the ball, seven feet tall , he picked up the physicality, he was trying to be physical. I mentioned this morning with my staff, I said, 'You know Qi is getting better.'"


He burst on the scene at the 2011 world junior tournament by scoring 41 points, grabbing 28 rebounds and blocking 15 shots in a semifinal triumph over Germany.


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In a span of just three hours early Sunday, two people werekilled and seven others were wounded, according to the Chicagopolice.


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LONDON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Shaun Murphy beat Stephen Maguire 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the 2015 snooker Masters at Alexandra Palace here on Friday.


Murphy, the 2005 world champion and bidding for his first Master trophy in three semifinals, will next take on Mark Allen, a 6-4 winner over English veteran Joe Perry in an earlier game.


"For long periods of that match, it was embarrassing ," Allen said. "I just could not get anything going. I was delivering the cue so badly."


The other semifinal will be held between defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and world No. 1 Neil Robertson of Australia.


？BEIJING, Jan.？31 (Xinhuanet) -- A new survey has found that most WeChat users are not happy with the ads service that's been added to the Moments function.


Recent online voting conducted by China Central Television shows more than 80 percent of WeChat users consider the ads to be commercial harassment.


"I am disgusted with it. WeChat Moments is a platform that should help me learn what's going on with my friends and let my friends know what I am doing now. Ads among my friends' feeds is an annoyance."


The popular messaging app, owned by Tencent, began testing sponsored ads last week.


The ads are pushed to 200 million WeChat users daily.


Zhang Jun, spokesman for Tencent, says the company attaches great importance to the user experience.


"An ad will appear in a place no higher than the fifth post on the page. A user will receive only one ad within a certain period of time while it will disappear automatically if left unnoticed for hours."


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Users receive different ads depending on their past behavior, and are invited to "like" and post comments.


This promoting strategy soon triggered a stir.


Many WeChat users have mocked it, some with self-deprecating humor, noting that they've been identified as being able to afford only a bottle of coke, while others receive ads for automobiles.


Experts suggest that besides ad content and the way it circulates , marketers should also pay attention to how users "like" an ad recommended by friends.


WeChat boasts more than 450 million monthly active users.


But despite a drastic increase in user population, it has struggled to monitize that user base.


WeChat, the online messaging application that has about 468 million monthly active users, kicked off an advertising program on Sunday with three advertisers debuting on its content sharing platform.


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The advertisements look like Facebook's News Feed and users are given the right to opt out of the advertisements if they are not interested.


The company said "a rather intelligent technology" is used to push the ads to their targeted audience or in other words, different WeChat users can receive different advertisements.