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Ai Weiwei
Chinese Conceptual artist (born 1957)
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)
Fei-Fei Li
American computer scientist
Wei Jingsheng
Chinese democracy activist and dissident
Fang Lizhi
Professor of astrophysics; civil rights activist and dissident (1936–2012)
Yang Jiang
Chinese writer (1911-2016)
Shan Sa
French author and painter
Yiyun Li
Chinese American writer
Liang Shuming
Chinese philosopher (1893-1988)
Hu Shuli
Chinese journalist
Wang Shifu
Chinese playwright
Lü Jiamin
Chinese writer
Xue Xinran
Xuē Xīnrán (, pen name Xinran, born in Beijing in 1958) is a British-Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues. She was a popular radio personality in China with a call-in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997. The program focused on women's issues and life stories. She was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work. In 1997, she moved to London and began writing stories of the women she met along her journeys. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002, becoming an international bestseller
Hu Xijin
Chinese journalist
Wang Xiaobo
Chinese writer (1952–1997)
Lulu Wang
Dutch writer
Liu Jieyi
Chinese politician
Liang Shih-chiu
Chinese writer (1903–1987)
Li Zhisui
Chinese physician (1919–1995)
Li Ruzhen
Chinese writer
Claud Cockburn
British journalist (1904-1981)
Gladys Yang
British translator of Chinese literature (1919–1999)
Wang Dulu
Chinese wuxia author, creator of Crane Iron Pentalogy series (1909-1977)
Luo Changpei
Chinese linguist (1899-1958)
Diane Wei Liang
Chinese-born writer living in London
Wang Ming-Dao
Chinese writer
Yang Mo
Chinese writer
Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun
linguist
Chia-ying Yeh
Chinese-born Canadian poet and sinologist (1924–2024)
Hung Huang
Chinese television host, author, and actress
Isabel Ingram
American teacher
Yu Dan
Chinese academic
Li Yinhe
Chinese sociologist
Jean Pasqualini
French and Chinese journalist and teacher at academie lafayette (1926–1997)
Xiao Qian
Chinese writer, editor, reporter
Wang Chong
Chinese director
Angelica Cheung
Chinese fashion journalist
Zheng Yuanjie
Chiese writer
Wu Zuguang
Chinese playwright
Li Dawei
Chinese writer
Nora Lam
Minister to China
Ying Lianzhi
Chinese journalist (1867–1926)
Yōko Sano
Japanese novelist (1938-2010)
Li Xifan
Chinese literary critic (1927-2018)
David Daokui Li
Chinese economist
Yuan Tengfei
history teacher in Beijing, China
Bi Shumin
Chinese writer
Ying Qianli
Chinese educator
Xu Jialu
Chinese politician
He Jiahong
Professor of Law, Writer
Tian Zhen
Chinese singer
Lensey Namioka
Chinese-born American children's writer