China People

Hu Jintao (Pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo, pronounced [xǔ t͡ɕìntʰɑ́ʊ̯]) was born December 21, 1942 and is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China. He has held the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since...

Tao Li (Chinese: 陶李; pinyin: Táo Lǐ; born 10 January 1990) is a China-born Singaporean competitive swimmer specializing in the backstroke and butterfly stroke.

Yang Jiechi (simplified Chinese: 杨洁篪; traditional Chinese: 楊潔篪; pinyin: Yáng Jiéchí; born May 1950) is the current and the tenth Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China. He was promoted to China's top diplomatic post on April 27, 2007....

Mao Zedong was born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China. His father was poor but became a prosperous farmer and grain dealer. At age 8, Mr. Mao began studying at the village primary school, but left school...

Zhou Xiaochuan (Chinese: 周小川; pinyin: Zhōu Xiǎochuān) (born January 29, 1948) is a Chinese economist, banker, reformist and bureaucrat. As governor of the People's Bank of China since December 2002, he has been in charge of the monetary policy of...

Edison Koon-Hei Chen (born 7 October 1980) is a Hong Kong film actor, musician, producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited. His native language is English,...

Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended...

Bernice Jan Liu (born January 6, 1979) is a Chinese Canadian actress, singer, and commercial model based in Hong Kong. She has previously held the title Miss Chinese Vancouver 2000 as well as Miss Chinese International 2001, the latter position...

Joseph Yam Chi-kwong, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (traditional Chinese: 任志剛; born 1947 in Hong Kong with family roots in Changping Town, Dongguan, Guangdong) is an Hong Kong statistician, economist and civil servant. Yam was the Chief Executive of the Hong...

Zhou Enlai (pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade-Giles: Chou En-lai; IPA: [tʂóʊ ə́nlǎɪ]; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under...