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The personalities making headlines in China

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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 ...

Huang Guoping
Apr 30, 2021 (WiC 538)

A sense of stoicism is admired in Chinese culture. Take the expression chiku, which translates as “eating bitterness”, suggesting that hardships are meant to be endured without complaint. Huang Guoping, who experienced a series of ...

Dilraba Dilmurat
Apr 23, 2021 (WiC 537)

Who is she? Dilraba Dilmurat, also known as Dilireba, is an actress, singer and model of Uighur ethnicity. Now 28, she got her start when she was 21 in the lead role in television drama Anarhan. She’d earlier ...

Li Sirong
Feb 11, 2021 (WiC 528)

David Beckham is the third most capped English football player of all time. Yet despite showing some early promise in the sport, none of his sons look like repeating his feat. Romeo, the middle son, still harbours hopes of a professional career ...

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 ...

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Red Star

The personalities making headlines in China

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 ...

Huang Guoping Apr 30, 2021 (WiC 538) A sense of stoicism is admired in Chinese culture. Take the expression chiku, which translates as “eating bitterness”, suggesting that hardships are meant to be endured without complaint. Huang Guoping, who experienced a series of ...

Dilraba Dilmurat Apr 23, 2021 (WiC 537) Who is she? Dilraba Dilmurat, also known as Dilireba, is an actress, singer and model of Uighur ethnicity. Now 28, she got her start when she was 21 in the lead role in television drama Anarhan. She’d earlier ...

Li Sirong Feb 11, 2021 (WiC 528) David Beckham is the third most capped English football player of all time. Yet despite showing some early promise in the sport, none of his sons look like repeating his feat. Romeo, the middle son, still harbours hopes of a professional career ...

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 ...