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The personalities making headlines in China

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Li Xueqin
Oct 9, 2020 (WiC 514)

Who is she? Born in Tieling, a coal-mining city in Liaoning province, comedian Li Xueqin, 25, did not have a happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young and Li was raised mainly by her mother. She worked hard so ...

Chen Wei
Aug 28, 2020 (WiC 508)

In the jingoistic action flick Wolf Warrior II, China is portrayed as the world’s saviour at almost every turn. There is also a Dr Chen, who finds a vaccine to counter an infectious disease ravaging Africa. That subplot is meant to pay ...

Yamy
Jul 31, 2020 (WiC 506)

Who is she? Yamy, whose real name is Guo Ying, found fame when she appeared on the reality show Produce 101 on Tencent Video. With her versatile rapping and dance background, the ...

Annie Yi
Jul 10, 2020 (WiC 503)

When singer-actress-writer Annie Yi was announced as one of the contestants in reality show Sisters Who Make Waves, in which 30 mid-career female celebrities try to win a place in a new pop group, her odds of winning looked good (see ...

Zhang Weili
Mar 20, 2020 (WiC 487)

Why is she in the news? Mixed martial arts star Zhang Weili defended her straw-weight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 in Las Vegas on March 8, winning a bitter, five-round ...

Snow queen
Mar 5, 2020 (WiC 485)

Who is she? Eileen Gu – also known by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing – was born in 2003 in San Francisco. The 16 year-old freestyle skier first developed a love for skiing when her mother, ...

Nora Lum
Jan 10, 2020 (WiC 478)

Who is she? Born in Queens, New York, to a Chinese father and Korean mother, Nora Lum, 31, began rapping when she was 13 and adopted the name Awkwafina for her on-stage persona a few years ...

Can Xue
Oct 25, 2019 (WiC 471)

Can Xue missed out on the Nobel Prize for Literature earlier this month (despite the award going to two winners this year) but local interest in her work has increased after speculation that she was in the running.

New Disney darling
Jul 12, 2019 (WiC 459)

Disney’s animated film Mulan flopped in China 10 years ago as audiences complained the titular character Hua Mulan was too foreign-looking and the plot was too different from the original legend, which has a young woman disguising herself as a ...

Wang Cuncun
Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456)

“Red net” celebrities, or wanghongs, are China’s millennial superstars who find fortune and fame by livestreaming video content ranging from egg drinking to monotonous daily routines. The most famous earn up to Rmb40 million ($5.8 ...

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Red Star

The personalities making headlines in China

Li Xueqin Oct 9, 2020 (WiC 514) Who is she? Born in Tieling, a coal-mining city in Liaoning province, comedian Li Xueqin, 25, did not have a happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young and Li was raised mainly by her mother. She worked hard so ...

Chen Wei Aug 28, 2020 (WiC 508) In the jingoistic action flick Wolf Warrior II, China is portrayed as the world’s saviour at almost every turn. There is also a Dr Chen, who finds a vaccine to counter an infectious disease ravaging Africa. That subplot is meant to pay ...

Yamy Jul 31, 2020 (WiC 506) Who is she? Yamy, whose real name is Guo Ying, found fame when she appeared on the reality show Produce 101 on Tencent Video. With her versatile rapping and dance background, the ...

Annie Yi Jul 10, 2020 (WiC 503) When singer-actress-writer Annie Yi was announced as one of the contestants in reality show Sisters Who Make Waves, in which 30 mid-career female celebrities try to win a place in a new pop group, her odds of winning looked good (see ...

Zhang Weili Mar 20, 2020 (WiC 487) Why is she in the news? Mixed martial arts star Zhang Weili defended her straw-weight title against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 in Las Vegas on March 8, winning a bitter, five-round ...

Snow queen Mar 5, 2020 (WiC 485) Who is she? Eileen Gu – also known by her Chinese name, Gu Ailing – was born in 2003 in San Francisco. The 16 year-old freestyle skier first developed a love for skiing when her mother, ...

Nora Lum Jan 10, 2020 (WiC 478) Who is she? Born in Queens, New York, to a Chinese father and Korean mother, Nora Lum, 31, began rapping when she was 13 and adopted the name Awkwafina for her on-stage persona a few years ...

Can Xue Oct 25, 2019 (WiC 471) Can Xue missed out on the Nobel Prize for Literature earlier this month (despite the award going to two winners this year) but local interest in her work has increased after speculation that she was in the running.

New Disney darling Jul 12, 2019 (WiC 459) Disney’s animated film Mulan flopped in China 10 years ago as audiences complained the titular character Hua Mulan was too foreign-looking and the plot was too different from the original legend, which has a young woman disguising herself as a ...

Wang Cuncun Jun 14, 2019 (WiC 456) “Red net” celebrities, or wanghongs, are China’s millennial superstars who find fortune and fame by livestreaming video content ranging from egg drinking to monotonous daily routines. The most famous earn up to Rmb40 million ($5.8 ...