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The personalities making headlines in China

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Wu Yibing
Sep 9, 2022 (WiC 599)

Born in Hangzhou, Wu Yibing, 22, was introduced to tennis when he was a boy because his parents were worried he was overweight. They initially wanted him to try badminton but the net was too high and he could not hit the shuttlecock over it. So ...

Zhou’s near-death crash
Jul 8, 2022 (WiC 592)

A record-breaking crowd of 142,000 witnessed a dramatic multi-car collision at the start of last weekend’s Formula One race in the UK. Such was the impact for Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu that his car spun off the track, flipped over, skidded ...

Chen Zhenwei
Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590)

Born in 1992 in Huizhou in Guangdong province, ballet dancer Chen Zhenwei’s love for dance began in kindergarten. His parents had hoped for him to go to college and get a high-paying job, but from the age of 11 he spent six years training at ...

Wang Xinling
Jun 10, 2022 (WiC 588)

Born in 1982 in Hsinchu in Taiwan, Wang Xinling did not have an easy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and Wang had to take care of her mother, who was going through depression, as well as raise her younger brother. In 1998 she was ...

Zhou Guanyu
Mar 25, 2022 (WiC 578)

Born in Shanghai in 1999, Zhou Guanyu began karting when he was seven and quickly developed a love for speed. To nurture his talent, his father, a business tycoon, built a karting track (named after his son: Guanyu Automobile Park) in Weifang in ...

Cai Niangniang
Jan 7, 2022 (WiC 568)

When some old advertisements featuring a Chinese model began spreading online late last month, they soon whipped up a storm. The problem (according to nationalist netizens) was that the model’s eyes were ‘too small’. The 2019 campaign ...

Li Yundi
Oct 29, 2021 (WiC 561)

Li Yundi, 39, was born in Chongqing. His musical career began when he was just three years-old when he took up the accordion after seeing it played at a performance in a shopping mall. Neither of his parents had musical backgrounds but he showed ...

Quan Hongchan
Aug 20, 2021 (WiC 552)

Diving is undoubtedly China’s most prolific Olympic sport. In the most recent games in Tokyo, the Chinese won seven of the eight diving events. In fact, it has been a discipline where the Chinese have clinched the most gold medals historically, ...

Li Ziqi
Jul 16, 2021 (WiC 549)

Who is she? Born in 1990 in Mianyang in Sichuan province, Li Ziqi has charmed audiences around the world with her cinematic and largely wordless videos that capture life in rural China. The theme is rustic and creative: in one ...

Zhang Guimei
Jul 9, 2021 (WiC 548)

Last Tuesday at an event to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of China’s Communist Party (CPC), an old lady in a loose-fitting cotton suit stepped up to the podium to make a speech. Her fingers wrapped in plasters, Zhang Guimei ...

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Red Star

The personalities making headlines in China

Wu Yibing Sep 9, 2022 (WiC 599) Born in Hangzhou, Wu Yibing, 22, was introduced to tennis when he was a boy because his parents were worried he was overweight. They initially wanted him to try badminton but the net was too high and he could not hit the shuttlecock over it. So ...

Zhou’s near-death crash Jul 8, 2022 (WiC 592) A record-breaking crowd of 142,000 witnessed a dramatic multi-car collision at the start of last weekend’s Formula One race in the UK. Such was the impact for Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu that his car spun off the track, flipped over, skidded ...

Chen Zhenwei Jun 24, 2022 (WiC 590) Born in 1992 in Huizhou in Guangdong province, ballet dancer Chen Zhenwei’s love for dance began in kindergarten. His parents had hoped for him to go to college and get a high-paying job, but from the age of 11 he spent six years training at ...

Wang Xinling Jun 10, 2022 (WiC 588) Born in 1982 in Hsinchu in Taiwan, Wang Xinling did not have an easy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and Wang had to take care of her mother, who was going through depression, as well as raise her younger brother. In 1998 she was ...

Zhou Guanyu Mar 25, 2022 (WiC 578) Born in Shanghai in 1999, Zhou Guanyu began karting when he was seven and quickly developed a love for speed. To nurture his talent, his father, a business tycoon, built a karting track (named after his son: Guanyu Automobile Park) in Weifang in ...

Cai Niangniang Jan 7, 2022 (WiC 568) When some old advertisements featuring a Chinese model began spreading online late last month, they soon whipped up a storm. The problem (according to nationalist netizens) was that the model’s eyes were ‘too small’. The 2019 campaign ...

Li Yundi Oct 29, 2021 (WiC 561) Li Yundi, 39, was born in Chongqing. His musical career began when he was just three years-old when he took up the accordion after seeing it played at a performance in a shopping mall. Neither of his parents had musical backgrounds but he showed ...

Quan Hongchan Aug 20, 2021 (WiC 552) Diving is undoubtedly China’s most prolific Olympic sport. In the most recent games in Tokyo, the Chinese won seven of the eight diving events. In fact, it has been a discipline where the Chinese have clinched the most gold medals historically, ...

Li Ziqi Jul 16, 2021 (WiC 549) Who is she? Born in 1990 in Mianyang in Sichuan province, Li Ziqi has charmed audiences around the world with her cinematic and largely wordless videos that capture life in rural China. The theme is rustic and creative: in one ...

Zhang Guimei Jul 9, 2021 (WiC 548) Last Tuesday at an event to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of China’s Communist Party (CPC), an old lady in a loose-fitting cotton suit stepped up to the podium to make a speech. Her fingers wrapped in plasters, Zhang Guimei ...