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The personalities making headlines in China

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Kong Linghui
Jun 9, 2017 (WiC 369)

Who is he? Kong Linghui was born in the northeastern city of Harbin in 1975 and was talent-spotted by the country’s sports authorities for his potential as a ping pong player. At a time when European players were dominating ...

Nieng Yan
May 26, 2017 (WiC 367)

When China embarked on its economic reforms in the 1980s, one policy was to send the best students to overseas universities. Since then a challenge has been enticing them to return, especially top scientists. This month one of China’s most ...

Mou Cong
Mar 17, 2017 (WiC 358)

Mao Zedong famously espoused, “Women hold up half the sky”. But perhaps Mou Cong has the muscle to take on the burden all by herself. Earlier this month she became the first Chinese woman to win the Arnold Classic Amateur international ...

Chan Hoi-wan
Mar 10, 2017 (WiC 357)

To many people it might seem that Chan Hoi-wan became rich overnight: indeed, a sudden transfer of billions of dollars in assets made her the richest woman in Hong Kong. But of course her story is a little more complicated than ...

Marcello Lippi
Oct 28, 2016 (WiC 344)

Sometimes dubbed the ‘Paul Newman of the soccer world’, the silver-haired Marcello Lippi has had a storied career. The 68 year-old coach led Italy to its most recent World Cup triumph in 2006 and won the Champions League with Juventus in ...

Wei Huixiao
Sep 30, 2016 (WiC 341)

Wei Huixiao, now 39, first impressed when she was studying at Nanjing University. Former US president George HW Bush visited and Wei – the captain of the university’s ‘etiquette team’ – presented him with flowers. “When she used her ...

Zhou Qi
Jul 8, 2016 (WiC 332)

It’s been nearly a decade since a Chinese national was picked during the NBA draft. But an early-entry candidate from Henan has just broken the barren spell, being the number 43 pick by the Houston Rockets. Man of ...

Lin Xinru
Jun 3, 2016 (WiC 327)

Born in Taipei, Lin Xinru, 40, got her start as a part-time model when she was 17. Also known as Ruby Lin, she became a household name in Taiwan after appearing in the 1995 film School Days with heartthrobs Jimmy Lin and Kaneshiro ...

Liu Yan
Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320)

Raised in Guangzhou, Liu Yan got her start in the entertainment business when she won a city beauty pageant. After a series of small roles in television, she became a household name after appearing in a reality TV talent show. Why is she ...

Oliver Rothschild
Apr 1, 2016 (WiC 318)

In The Currency War, Chinese writer Song Hongbing claims the Rothschild banking dynasty has orchestrated pretty much every historical event and financed every major war in the past 200 years. Song is no Niall Ferguson (a historian ...

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Week in China

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The personalities making headlines in China

Kong Linghui Jun 9, 2017 (WiC 369) Who is he? Kong Linghui was born in the northeastern city of Harbin in 1975 and was talent-spotted by the country’s sports authorities for his potential as a ping pong player. At a time when European players were dominating ...

Nieng Yan May 26, 2017 (WiC 367) When China embarked on its economic reforms in the 1980s, one policy was to send the best students to overseas universities. Since then a challenge has been enticing them to return, especially top scientists. This month one of China’s most ...

Mou Cong Mar 17, 2017 (WiC 358) Mao Zedong famously espoused, “Women hold up half the sky”. But perhaps Mou Cong has the muscle to take on the burden all by herself. Earlier this month she became the first Chinese woman to win the Arnold Classic Amateur international ...

Chan Hoi-wan Mar 10, 2017 (WiC 357) To many people it might seem that Chan Hoi-wan became rich overnight: indeed, a sudden transfer of billions of dollars in assets made her the richest woman in Hong Kong. But of course her story is a little more complicated than ...

Marcello Lippi Oct 28, 2016 (WiC 344) Sometimes dubbed the ‘Paul Newman of the soccer world’, the silver-haired Marcello Lippi has had a storied career. The 68 year-old coach led Italy to its most recent World Cup triumph in 2006 and won the Champions League with Juventus in ...

Wei Huixiao Sep 30, 2016 (WiC 341) Wei Huixiao, now 39, first impressed when she was studying at Nanjing University. Former US president George HW Bush visited and Wei – the captain of the university’s ‘etiquette team’ – presented him with flowers. “When she used her ...

Zhou Qi Jul 8, 2016 (WiC 332) It’s been nearly a decade since a Chinese national was picked during the NBA draft. But an early-entry candidate from Henan has just broken the barren spell, being the number 43 pick by the Houston Rockets. Man of ...

Lin Xinru Jun 3, 2016 (WiC 327) Born in Taipei, Lin Xinru, 40, got her start as a part-time model when she was 17. Also known as Ruby Lin, she became a household name in Taiwan after appearing in the 1995 film School Days with heartthrobs Jimmy Lin and Kaneshiro ...

Liu Yan Apr 15, 2016 (WiC 320) Raised in Guangzhou, Liu Yan got her start in the entertainment business when she won a city beauty pageant. After a series of small roles in television, she became a household name after appearing in a reality TV talent show. Why is she ...

Oliver Rothschild Apr 1, 2016 (WiC 318) In The Currency War, Chinese writer Song Hongbing claims the Rothschild banking dynasty has orchestrated pretty much every historical event and financed every major war in the past 200 years. Song is no Niall Ferguson (a historian ...