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The personalities making headlines in China

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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 ...

The Harvard girl?
May 17, 2019 (WiC 452)

Who is she? Born in Ohio, Fan Wei-chi, 43, moved to Taiwan when she was six. She got her start in the entertainment industry when she was signed to a Taiwanese record label aged 23. She ...

Wu Lei
Feb 1, 2019 (WiC 439)

Who is he? Wu Lei is a top striker, who was last season’s Chinese Super League player of the year thanks to the goals he scored for champions Shanghai SIPG. The footballer netted 27 goals ...

Han Kuo-yu
Jan 11, 2019 (WiC 436)

In recent years when the Chinese have spoken about hanliu, they are normally referring to the “Korean wave”, or the remarkable success of South Korean pop culture in China. Not any more. Since a by-election in Taiwan late last year, the ...

Geng Shuai
Nov 23, 2018 (WiC 433)

Few would disagree that Tat Man-sai is one of the most memorable characters in Stephen Chow’s movies. Appearing in the Hong Kong director’s 1994 comedy thriller From Beijing With Love, Tat is an unorthodox scientist with a knack for ...

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Red Star

The personalities making headlines in China

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 ...

The Harvard girl? May 17, 2019 (WiC 452) Who is she? Born in Ohio, Fan Wei-chi, 43, moved to Taiwan when she was six. She got her start in the entertainment industry when she was signed to a Taiwanese record label aged 23. She ...

Wu Lei Feb 1, 2019 (WiC 439) Who is he? Wu Lei is a top striker, who was last season’s Chinese Super League player of the year thanks to the goals he scored for champions Shanghai SIPG. The footballer netted 27 goals ...

Han Kuo-yu Jan 11, 2019 (WiC 436) In recent years when the Chinese have spoken about hanliu, they are normally referring to the “Korean wave”, or the remarkable success of South Korean pop culture in China. Not any more. Since a by-election in Taiwan late last year, the ...

Geng Shuai Nov 23, 2018 (WiC 433) Few would disagree that Tat Man-sai is one of the most memorable characters in Stephen Chow’s movies. Appearing in the Hong Kong director’s 1994 comedy thriller From Beijing With Love, Tat is an unorthodox scientist with a knack for ...