Tang-dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman
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Wang Wei (Chinese: 王維; 699–759) was a Chinese poet, musician, painter, and politician during the Tang dynasty. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time. Many of his poems ...
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Hou Bo 侯波 (1924 – 26 November 2017) was a Chinese photographer who, with her husband Xu Xiaobing, was among the best known photographers of Mao Zedong. Born into a poor peasant family, Hou Bo joined the ...
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Xi Zezong (June 6, 1927, Yuanqu, Shanxi – December 27, 2008, Beijing) was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and translator. He is best known for finding in ancient Chinese history a reference to Ganymede ...
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Xue Rengui (simplified Chinese: 薛仁贵; traditional Chinese: 薛仁貴; pinyin: Xuē Rénguì; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh Jen-kuei; 614–683), formal name Xue Li but went by the courtesy name of Rengui, was ...
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Chai Zemin (Chinese: 柴泽民; pinyin: Chái Zémín; Wade–Giles: Ch’ai Tsê-min; October 1916 – June 7, 2010) was a Chinese diplomat, and the first ambassador of the People's Republic of China ...
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Guan Yu ( born 160 died January or February 220), courtesy name Yunchang, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Along with Zhang ...
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Mao Jingwen (Chinese: 毛景文; pinyin: Máo Jǐngwén; born 19 December 1956) is a Chinese engineer who is a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and an academician of the Chinese ...
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Wang Bo (Chinese: 王勃; Wade–Giles: Wang Po; 650–676), courtesy name Zi'an (子安), was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, traditionally grouped together with Luo Binwang, Lu Zhaolin, and Yang Jiong ...
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Ling Wancheng (Chinese: 令完成; born c.), also known as Wang Cheng (王诚) and Jason Wang, is a Chinese businessman who once held investments in the communications and entertainment industries. He left for ...
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Wang Tong (王通) (584-617), style name Zhongyan (仲淹), posthumous name Master Wenzhong (文中子) was a Sui Dynasty official, writer and Confucian philosopher.
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Duan Qingbo (Chinese: 段清波; February 1964 – 13 October 2019) was a Chinese archaeologist. He served as the chief archaeologist of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and Dean of the School of Cultural ...
Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman (born 1958)
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Gu Kailai (born 15 November 1958) is a Chinese former lawyer and businesswoman. She is the second wife of former Politburo member Bo Xilai, one of China's most influential politicians until he was stripped ...
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Sun Hongbin (Chinese: 孙宏斌; born 1963) is a Chinese billionaire real estate developer. He is the founder, chairman, and majority owner of Sunac.
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Liu Suiji (Chinese: 柳遂记; born December 1956) is a former Chinese politician and police officer from Shanxi Province. Liu served as the Secretary of the Taiyuan Political and Legislative Affairs Co ...
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Chen Chuanping (Chinese: 陈川平; born February 1962) is a former Chinese politician and businessman. Chen spent 26 years in state-owned Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd, he served as the president ...
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Ling Zhengce (Chinese: 令政策; pinyin: Lìng Zhèngcè; born May 1952) is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. From 2008 to 2014 Ling served as the Vice-Chairman of Shanxi People's Political ...
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Zhang Ping (simplified Chinese: 张平; traditional Chinese: 張平; pinyin: Zhāng Píng; born November 1953) is a Chinese novelist and politician who is Vice Governor of Shanxi. Zhang served as vice ...
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Lu Lun (traditional Chinese: 盧綸; simplified Chinese: 卢纶; pinyin: Lú Lún, 739-799) was a Chinese poet of the Middle Tang Dynasty, with six of his poems being included in the famous ...