Gao Xingjian

Gao Xingjian

male, 68 years old
inkwash Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 yangtze bus stop Absurdist the primitive … Zhonghua Minzu
Gao Xingjian, is a Chinese émigré novelist, dramatist and critic, who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also a noted translator, pa... More
Anson Chan

Anson Chan

female, 68 years old
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal Zhonghua Minzu Hong Kong honours system GCMG Order of St Michael and St George
Anson Chan (Fang On Sang) <small>GBM GCMG CBE JP </small> (born January 17, 1940) was head of Hong Kong's civil service before and after the... More
Cheung Man Yee

Cheung Man Yee

female
Chinese person Government official of Hong Kong Civil Servant Director of Broadcasting Radio Television Hong Kong Zhonghua Minzu
Cheung Man Yee is the first Chinese person to become "Director of Broadcasting" in Hong Kong. She joined Radio Television Hong Kong as a Programme... More
Patrick Yu

Patrick Yu

male, 86 years old
Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Roman Catholic chinese chancery University of Oxford Lincoln's Inn … Zhonghua Minzu
Patrick Yu Shuk-Siu is a celebrated trial and appellate lawyer in Hong Kong. Born into an intellectual Chinese family in Hong Kong, Yu was educated... More
Li Qingzhao

Li Qingzhao

female, deceased (1151)
Hou hsu Women poet Jin shi lu bronze Song Dynasty poet Jurchens … Zhonghua Minzu
Li Qingzhao (Traditional Chinese: 李清照; Simplified Chinese: 李清照, pinyin: Lǐ Qīngzhào; Wade-Giles: Li Ch'ing-chao) (1084-c. 1151) was a Chinese write... More
Zhou Weihui

Zhou Weihui

female, 35 years old
novelist Chinese women writer chinese Zhonghua Minzu writer Shanghai Baby
Zhou Weihui is a young Chinese writer. Her novel "Shanghai Baby" (上海宝贝) (2000) was banned and publicly burned in the People's Republic of China as... More

Zhao Jingshen

male, deceased (1985)
novelist writer translation chinese Zhejiang Zhonghua Minzu
Zhao Jingshen, was a popular Chinese novelist. Born in Lishui (麗水), Zhejiang province, he was a member of the Seminar in literature (文學研... More
Mian Mian

Mian Mian

male, 38 years old
novelist Chinese women writer We Are Panic Shanghai Panic Shanghai culture Every good child deserves to eat candy … Zhonghua Minzu
Mian Mian is a young Chinese writer. She writes on China's once-taboo topics and she is a promoter of Shanghai's local music. Her publications have... More

Michael Rowse

male
department Basic Law of Hong Kong Basic Law Handover Chinese nationality law government departments and agencies in Hong Kong … Zhonghua Minzu
Mr Michael Rowse is currently the Director-General of InvestHK, a department of the Hong Kong Government. Mr Rowse is one of the few foreign-born... More

David Robert Ford

male, 73 years old
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order British Sir David Robert Ford Hong Kong's new international airport Hong Kong International Airport LVO … Zhonghua Minzu
Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO (霍德爵士) (born February 22, 1935), was the fifth and the last non-Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. He initiate... More