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"Will I be graded 'fail' if I don't have a proposal? ... Don't push a member (of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) who is kind of famous to come up with a proposal when you see him or her. A 'forced' proposal won't be a good proposal, anyway. ... Do I have to hide in the toilet to get away from you? "

Yao Ming, a Chinese basketball star and a member of the CPPCC National Committee who is in Beijing to attend the two sessions told Xinhua News Agency on Thursday that he thinks reporters covering the two sessions should stop chasing celebrity members.