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Zhong Sui (shǎn) Sui (shǎn) (December 1954-), male, Han nationality, native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, Chinese entrepreneur. Currently, he is the chairman and general manager of Nongfu Spring and the chairman of Yangshengtang.

Chinua Achebe (English: Chinua Achebe, November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013), whose real name is Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, was a Nigerian novelist, poet and critic. His famous work Things Fall Apart is the most widely read work in African literature. Achebe was born into a Protestant family in Ogidi, an Igbo village in southeastern Nigeria. He excelled academically and received an undergraduate scholarship. While in college he became interested in world religions and African indigenous cultures, and began writing short stories. After graduation, he worked for Radio Nigeria and soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He attracted world attention with the publication of "Falling Down" in the late 1950s; he later published the novels "The Troubles" (1960), "Arrow" (1964), "Servant of the People" (1966) and "Anthill in the Wasteland" (1987). Achebe wrote novels in English and publicly supported the use of this colonizer's language in works written by Africans. In 1975, his lecture "Impressions of Africa: Racial Prejudice in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" became the focus of controversy because he criticized Joseph Conrad as a "complete racist". When the Biafra region seceded from Nigeria in 1967, Achebe became a staunch supporter of Biafra's independence and served as a committee member of the new regime. As the war took its toll on civilians, violence and famine continued to spread death, and he sought humanitarian aid from Europeans and Americans. When the Nigerian government reannexed the region in 1970, he joined the ruling party, but soon quit the party, disillusioned with the corruption and discrimination he saw firsthand. He lived in the United States for several years in the 1970s, and returned to the United States after a car accident in Nigeria in 1990 left him partially disabled. Achebe's novels focus on Igbo traditions, the influence of Christianity, and the collision of colonial and postcolonial cultures. He draws from the oral literature of the Igbo tradition, often directly quoting folktales, proverbs and famous sayings. He has also published numerous short stories, children's literature, and essay collections. He served as the Stevenson Professor of Languages ​​and Literature at Bard College on the Hudson River in New York for a long time until his death on March 21, 2013.

Qin Benli (August 13, 1918 - April 15, 1991), a Chinese journalist and editor, served as the chief editor of Shanghai's "World Economic Herald" (has ceased publication). A native of Si'an, Changxing, Zhejiang, Mongolian ethnic group. The pen names are Lin Cangbai and Li Fu.

Qian Xuesen (December 11, 1911 - October 31, 2009), a native of Renhe, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou City), was born in Shanghai, a political figure of the Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China, and a former deputy national leader. Chinese aerodynamicist and systems scientist, one of the founders of engineering cybernetics, former colonel of the U.S. Air Force, special-level civilian cadre of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, first-class hero model, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Qian Xuesen played an important role in the "Two Bombs and One Satellite" project of the People's Republic of China and made significant contributions to the rocket, missile and aerospace programs of both China and the United States. In 1991, he was awarded the honorary title of "National Scientist with Outstanding Contribution" by the Chinese government. In 1999, he was named "Two Bombs and One Satellite Hero" by the government of the People's Republic of China. Together with Qian Weichang and Qian Sanqiang, they are called the "Three Moneys".

Qian Fenglei (November 16, 1976 -), entrepreneur and philanthropist, is known for his mysterious behavior. A native of Lincun, Hengjie Town, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, with Hong Kong identity, he is currently the chairman of Global International Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

Sir Chandrasekhara Raman, FRS (Hindi: चन्द्रशेखर वेङ्कट रामन्, Tamil: சந்திரசேகர வெங்கடராமன், November 7, 1888 – November 21, 1970), British Indian physicist. His pioneering work on light scattering made him the winner of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics. He discovered that when light passes through a transparent material, part of the reflected light changes wavelength, a phenomenon now known as the Raman effect. In 1954, he was awarded India's first civil honor award, the Indian National Treasure Medal.

Qian Songyan (yán) (September 11, 1899 - September 4, 1985, "yan" is a variant of "yan"), a native of Yixing, Jiangsu, is a Chinese landscape painter. He was the president and honorary president of the Jiangsu Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, chairman of the Jiangsu Artists Association, executive director and consultant of the Chinese Artists Association, and a representative of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth National People's Congress.

Roger Yonchien Tsien (English: Roger Yonchien Tsien, February 1, 1952 - August 24, 2016), a Chinese-American biochemist, an academician of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery and research of green fluorescent protein. Yongjian Qian is also one of the pioneers in the field of calcium imaging.

Qian Kun, whose stage name is Kun, was born in Taining County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, China. He is a male singer who developed in China and South Korea. He is a member of the Korean men's group NCT under SM Entertainment. He debuted with the Korean men's group NCT in 2018; he debuted with the Chinese men's group WayV in 2019 and served as the captain.

Tie Ning (September 1957 -), native of Zhao County, Hebei Province, born in Beijing, is a political figure and contemporary writer of the Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China, and a deputy national leader. He started working in July 1975 and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1975. He has a high school degree and a first-level degree in literary creation. In November 2006, he was elected as the chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, becoming the third chairman of the Chinese Writers Association after Mao Dun and Ba Jin. In December 2016, he was elected chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, becoming the first person to serve as chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles at the same time. Alternate member of the 16th and 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, member of the 18th, 19th and 20th Central Committee. He once served as vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and chairman of the Hebei Provincial Writers Association. He is currently a member of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress, and chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Tirlivardi Abdulreshti (Kazakh: تىلەپالدى ءابدىراشيد / Тілепалды јбдірашид; March 1953 -), male, ethnic Kazakh, native of Xinyuan, Xinjiang, political figure of the People's Republic of China, former vice chairman of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Tie Liu (May 29, 1933 - September 8, 2024) was a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. His real name was Huang Zerong and his pen name was Xiaofeng. Chinese journalist and writer.

Suzuki Ichiro (Japanese: Suzuki Ichiro/Suzuki Ichiro, Romanized: Suzuki Ichirō, English: Ichiro Suzuki, born on October 22, 1973 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a former professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in the Major League Baseball. He once played for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins and other teams in the Major League Baseball. He also holds the record for the most hits in a major league season with 262, as well as the Guinness World Record for hitting more than 200 hits in 10 consecutive seasons. Ichiro played for the Orix Blue Waves of the Nippon Professional Baseball Pacific League before joining the major leagues. He also holds records in Nippon Professional Baseball such as the highest batting average in the history of the Pacific League and the Pacific League batting champion for seven consecutive years. It is known as the "hit making machine". In 2001, Ichiro Suzuki was selected for the All-Star Game in his first season in the major leagues. After the season, he won the American League Most Valuable Player Award, Best Rookie, Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award and other awards. In terms of international competitions, Ichiro served as captain of the Japanese team in the World Baseball Classic twice, leading the national team to win the championship. During the Japanese occupation period, his professional login name was "Ichiro", which is the Japanese hiragana spelling of "Ichiro". During the American occupation period, it was changed to the Romanized "Ichiro".

Suzuki Ami (Japanese: Suzuki Ami (Suzuki Ami), February 9, 1982 -), Japanese female singer, actress, and lyricist. My grandfather is Chinese. When I was young, the New Year’s Eve dishes at home were Chinese dishes such as Peking duck, barbecued pork, pig’s feet, and pig’s ears. In 1998, he participated in the selection event of the variety show "ASAYAN" and won first place in the telephone voting review, thus gaining the opportunity to enter the entertainment industry. In the same year, she signed with Sony Music Japan and officially debuted under the promotion of music producer Tetsuya Komuro, and immediately achieved great success. After the release of the first single "love the island", the popularity once surpassed Ayumi Hamasaki who debuted at the same time. In just over two years from 1998 to 2000, sales exceeded 6 million. But in 2000, Suzuki had serious disputes with the agency and record company. Because Suzuki was underage at the time, her family even requested to terminate the contract with the agency through legal means. The end result was the termination of Suzuki's contract with his agency at the time and Sony Music Japan. In the following years, her acting career came to a standstill. It was not until 2004 that he began to come back as a free agent. Later, in 2005, he joined avex and reappeared in the public eye as a singer of a major record company. In 2006, she made her film debut in the movie "The Rainbow Goddess" which was released to the public. Since then, Suzuki has developed in different fields. In addition to being a singer and actor, he has also participated in music festivals as a DJ. In recent years, he has mainly participated in announcement programs. On July 3, 2016, Suzuki announced her marriage to an outsider man who is seven years younger than her. The first son was born on January 12, 2017, the second son was born on February 15, 2020, and the daughter was born on August 15, 2022.

Chang Ping (English: Chang Ping, born June 22, 1968), whose real name is Zhang Ping, is a journalist, writer and dissident in the People's Republic of China. He is the chief curator of the June Fourth Memory and Human Rights Museum. He was considered by the American journalist Zhang Yan in the New York Review of Books to be one of China's most famous current affairs commentators. He is a native of Xichong, Sichuan. Since the 1990s, Chang Ping has co-founded and edited a number of newspapers, magazines and electronic media in mainland China and Hong Kong. He is a representative figure among China's "liberal intellectuals" and has won many honors such as "Southern Weekend Annual Tribute Columnist", "Hong Kong Human Rights Journalism Award", "Top 100 Chinese Public Intellectuals", and "Canadian International Press Freedom Award". Since the end of 2010, he has been banned from publishing any articles in mainland Chinese media. In 2011, Chang Ping founded the current affairs magazine "Sunshine Current Affairs" in Hong Kong, but the Hong Kong government refused to issue him a work visa. Later, he lived in Germany as a visiting writer until now. Changping writes columns in many media outlets in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Germany and other places. His story was featured in the New York Times , "The New York Review of Books" , British "Guardian" , German "Business Weekly", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Taiwan "Shangbao" Wait for international media to pay attention. Changping has also published novels, poems and other literary works, as well as a music album "Freedom Cage".

Masami Nagasawa (Japanese: Masami Nagasawa / Nagasawa Masami, Romanization: Nagasawa Masami, June 3, 1987-) is a Japanese female performer, model, and native of Iwata City, Seioka Prefecture.

Jade Kwan Sum-yin (English: Jade Kwan Sum-yin, July 31, 1979-), formerly known as Kwan Huiwen, is a Hong Kong female singer. She entered the Hong Kong music scene from 1999 to 2000 by participating in the "Global Chinese Rookie Singing Contest" and made her official debut in 2002.

Herman Kwan Hoi-San was a Hong Kong actor. His English name was Herman Kwan. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe (new voice theater troupe). He also started singing for early Hong Kong film soundtracks and moved on to act in films, mostly adaption of opera in Cantonese. He became famous and acted in many lead roles. When Hong Kong films started to move towards Mandarin, Kwan's career faltered and joined TVB and acted in various roles. Directors and filmmakers rediscovered his talent and cast him in many supporting roles in films. In 2001, Kwan suffered a stroke and was left mute and paralysed. He died in 2006.

Shirley Kwan Suk Yee (English: Shirley Kwan Suk Yee; August 15, 1966 -), Hong Kong female singer. In his early years, he went to Japan to participate in a singing competition. After winning the championship, he made his debut in the music circles of Hong Kong and Japan at the same time. He became an instant hit with his original Cantonese song "A Rare Lover". The style of the song gradually evolved from the initial commercial pop to alternative psychedelic songs. With her unique breathy singing and articulation method, she became an avant-garde indicator of the Hong Kong music scene in the 1990s. Her 1995 cover album "EX All Time Favorites" further established her position in the Hong Kong music scene. Unfortunately, due to his bad relationship with the entertainment media, negative news emerged, coupled with his "artist personality" and unwillingness to compromise, which hindered his development in the music industry. He retired from the music scene twice and then came back. In April 2020, he announced his retirement from the music scene.

Chen Pinying (July 2, 1976 -), stage name Guan Ying (English: Terri Kwan), is a Taiwanese actress, female singer, and model. Guan Ying rose to prominence through advertising performances and participated in performances in many TV idol dramas. Her film work "Go Left, Go Right" was shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress at the 40th Golden Horse Awards. Guan Ying said that she was signed as a singer by a record company when she first debuted, but she never released a record. She only had the opportunity to release a record 8 years after her debut, so she jokingly said that the preparation of her first album "The Unlockable Secret" took 8 years.

Susanna Kwan Kuk Ying (English: Susanna Kwan Kuk Ying; May 3, 1958 -), formerly known by her stage name Kwan Kuk Ying, nicknamed "Big Doll" and "Sister Ju", is a Hong Kong female singer and actress whose ex-husband is musician Lai Siu-tin. He started his career in singing competitions in his early years, and later joined TVB and worked for three record companies, including Entertainment Records, PolyGram, and China Star Records. His career is mainly based on music, and his representative works include "Pastoral Dream" (dubbed with Wu Weiguo), "Frenzy", "Passenger", "We Forgot to Smoking in the Water" (dubbed with Guan Zhengjie), "Speechless", "Unintentional Harm to You", etc., and acting is a minor part. In early 1990, he immigrated to Canada and retired from the entertainment industry. In the 2000s, he returned to the Hong Kong television industry and returned to the public eye with the characters and songs in the "Heartstorm" series.

Esther Kwan Wing Ho (English: Esther Kwan Wing Ho, July 16, 1964 -), Hong Kong actress, native of Nanhai, Guangdong. She made her debut on Asia Television in the 1980s. By the 1990s, she was the leading actress of Hong Kong's two local free-to-air TV stations. She was also the first sister to stay on the front line from ATV to TVB. She was the most successful anomaly in ATV's transition. Moreover, she also won the first TV Queen Award at the Thousand Stars Awards Ceremony for her drama "Miao Cuihua" and was hailed as the "One Sister of TVB in the late 1990s".

Sharon Kwan (English: Sharon Kwan, October 12, 1995 -), a Hong Kong-American, Taiwanese Chinese pop music singer, was born in the United States. In June 2011, he participated in the first "Chinese Avenue of Stars" and won the championship in the finals on January 8, 2012, setting a record for the youngest championship in the history of Starlight. On August 24, 2012, she released her first Chinese album "Locked at Home". She was also Tao Zhe's first female disciple. In June 2015, he participated in the fourth season of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "The Voice of China" and successfully advanced to the final four of Jay Chou's team. He released his second Chinese album "Bloom 2.0 Blossom" on July 28, 2016, and his third Chinese album "MASTERPIECE" on August 6, 2020.

Stanley Kwan (English: Stanley Kwan, born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is famous for his films that touch women. His masterpiece "Rouge" won the Best Film and Best Director at the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1989. In 2001, he directed "Lan Yu" and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director.