Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is an athlete from the Republic of China. She competes in archery.Yuan represented the Republic of C

Is an athlete from the Republic of China. She competes in archery.Yuan represented the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 6th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 658. In the first round of elimination, she faced 59th-ranked Kateryna Palekha of Ukraine. Yuan defeated Palekha 162-158 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 27th-ranked Polish archer Malgorzata Sobieraj, defeating her 158-149. Yuan then defeated 43rd-ranked Reena Kumari of India 166-148, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Is a professor of philosophy at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China. He was born in Xingning, G

Is a professor of philosophy at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China. He was born in Xingning, Guangdong.In the January 2006 issue of Bingdian ,professor Yuan published an essay titled Modernisation and History Textbooks, criticizing the official theme of government issued middle schools history textbooks,claiming that they contain numbers of distortions of the historical accounts.[1] Professor Yuan said:"The public,especially the students, have the right to find out the true historical facts." .[2]". [1][3],

Is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was al

Is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was also part of the squad that played for the Chinese Under-23 football team that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He started his professional career in 2003 playing as understudy to Wang Chao for the left-back position making numerous appearances off the bench as his replacement. He made his senior debut for the national team in a friendly against the Jordan national football team in 2007, which China won 2-0.

Is a Chinese short track speed skater.

Is a Chinese short track speed skater.

Was an important Chinese writer and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty known for his work Yingying's Bi

Was an important Chinese writer and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty known for his work Yingying's Biography.

Is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2006 Asian

Is a male Chinese volleyball player. He was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Was a Chinese artist.Born in Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shih T'ao was a member of the Ming

Was a Chinese artist.Born in Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shih T'ao was a member of the Ming royal house. He narrowly avoided catastrophe in 1644 when the Ming dynasty fell to invading Manchurians and civil rebellion. Having escaped by chance from the fate to which his lineage would have assigned him, Shih T'ao assumed the name Yuanji Shih T'ao no later than 1651 when he became a Buddhist monk.

Was a famous Chinese patriot and military general who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against t

Was a famous Chinese patriot and military general who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen armies of the Jin Dynasty.[1] Since his political execution, Yue Fei has evolved into the standard model of loyalty in Chinese culture.

Is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicti

Is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolor and prints. While Yue is often classified as part of the Chinese "Cynical Realist" movement in art developed in China since 1989, Yue himself rejects this label, while at the same time "doesn't concern himself about what people call him." [1]

Is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. He specialises in martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as

Is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. He specialises in martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. Along with Peking Opera School "brothers" at the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he was one of the Seven Little Fortunes .

Was a Chinese American linguist and amateur composer. He made important contributions to the modern

Was a Chinese American linguist and amateur composer. He made important contributions to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar.Besides helping to shape the Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a Chinese romanization scheme, Chao is also credited with inventing a notation for transcribing tonal pitch variation in spoken languages.Already in college, his interests had turned to music and languages. He spoke German and French fluently and some Japanese, and he had a reading knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin. He served as Bertrand Russell's interpreter when the renowned British philosopher visited China in 1920. In his My Linguistic Autobiography, he wrote of his ability to pick up a Chinese dialect quickly, without much effort.

Is a former Butterfly stroke swimmer in People's Republic of China from Hangzhou

Is a former Butterfly stroke swimmer in People's Republic of China from Hangzhou

Is a Dutch/Chinese businessperson. He is the President of the Hanchen Group and a successful entrepr

Is a Dutch/Chinese businessperson. He is the President of the Hanchen Group and a successful entrepreneur in the tobacco industry. Han is also the founder of Hanchen Agriculture business cluster in Hong Kong and Cambodia. Before Han has been acting as the Managing Director of the Golden Leaf International B.V. in the Netherlands. His long career in the tobacco industry started in China National Tobacco Corporation.

Is a Chinese amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the

Is a Chinese amateur boxer best known to win the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 201 lb/91 kg division

Is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. He competes in diving.

Is an athlete from the People's Republic of China. He competes in diving.