Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter Z

Is a female wrestler from China.

Is a female wrestler from China.

Is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.A doubles specialist, Zhao has ofte

Is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compatriots who typically partner someone else. She has won women's doubles at the Denmark (2002, 2004) and Thailand (2003) Opens with Wei Yili; the French (2002), China (2008), and Hong Kong (2008) Opens with Zhang Yawen; the Swiss Open (2007) and Asian Championships (2007) with Yang Wei; and at the China Open (2007) with Gao Ling.

After being chosen to work as an extra on a filming set, Zhao developed a passion for acting. While

After being chosen to work as an extra on a filming set, Zhao developed a passion for acting. While studying at Beijing Film Academy, Zhao participated in various film projects. Zhao's breakout role as a leading actress was in Princess Pearl, a television series. In 1999, after Princess Pearl was broadcast, Zhao also began a singing career with her first album, Swallow. After her breakthrough, Zhao has been involved in numerous controversies about her personal and professional lives, including posing in a dress resembling a Japanese war flag.

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

Is a Chinese sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she finished fifth in the K-4 500 m event and seventh in the K-2 500 m event.

Is a Chinese chess player who holds the WGM title. Her greatest success so far in an individual even

Is a Chinese chess player who holds the WGM title. Her greatest success so far in an individual event was tying for first in the 2002 Under-20 World Junior Girls Chess Championship with Humpy Koneru, but being adjudged second on tie-break.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Shide.

Is a Chinese researcher employed by the Beijing bureau of the New York Times. He was imprisoned for

Is a Chinese researcher employed by the Beijing bureau of the New York Times. He was imprisoned for a three year period starting 17 September 2004, on charges of fraud, after originally being arrested for revealing state secrets. According to the BBC, he was released on 15 September 2007. Before joining The New York Times, Zhao was a well-known investigative journalist who reported on farmers' rights issues for the Beijing-based Zhongguo Gaige ???? (China Reform) magazine. He had written extensively on the plight of some 20,000 peasants who had been relocated in the 1990s to make way for the Taolinkou reservoir in Hebei Province (see Tangshan Protest). He was sacked by China Reform after more than 11,000 farmers submitted a petition to the National People's Congress.

Is a female Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer O

Is a female Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Courtesy name as Zhongmu, is a noted Chinese painter in Yuan Dynasty. A native Huzhou (now belongs t

Courtesy name as Zhongmu, is a noted Chinese painter in Yuan Dynasty. A native Huzhou (now belongs to Zhejiang Province), he was the second son of Zhao Mengfu.

Is a noted Chinese painter in late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknow

Is a noted Chinese painter in late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown.

Is a renowned Chinese calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty.

Is a renowned Chinese calligrapher and painter in Qing Dynasty.

Is an Olympic equestrian sportsman for China. His best performance is winning gold at the 2005 Natio

Is an Olympic equestrian sportsman for China. His best performance is winning gold at the 2005 National Games - team jumping event. He will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the show jumping events.

Was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China

Was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989. As a high-ranking government official, he was a leading reformer who implemented market reforms that greatly increased production and sought measures to streamline the bloated bureaucracy and fight corruption. Once slated as Deng Xiaoping's successor, Zhao Ziyang was purged for his sympathetic stance toward the student demonstrators in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and spent the last fifteen years of his life under house arrest.

Is an Australian chess Grandmaster.Zhao grew up in Coffs Harbour, Australia, and is now a pharmacy s

Is an Australian chess Grandmaster.Zhao grew up in Coffs Harbour, Australia, and is now a pharmacy student at the University of Sydney. He is known to be an avid reader of High Court judgements of Chief Justice Sir Garfield Barwick.[citation needed]

Is a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years

Is a noted Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years

Is a Chinese footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Nanchang Bayi F.C.. Zhao Zuojun was a

Is a Chinese footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Nanchang Bayi F.C.. Zhao Zuojun was a graduate of the Shanghai COSCO Huili youth team before moving to the senior team in the 2002 league season.

Is a Chinese pathophysiologist and the Professor of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jia

Is a Chinese pathophysiologist and the Professor of Medicine and Pathophysiology at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SSMU) in Shanghai, China. A full professor at Shanghai Second Medical University before its amalgamation, from 1987 to 1996 he was Director of the Hematology Institute at Rai-Jin Hospital in Shanghai. His research has led to the improved survival of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML).

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Wuhan Guanggu.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Wuhan Guanggu.

Is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.A doubles specialist, Zheng won me

Is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first men's world team title since 1990. Most of his international titles, however, have come in mixed doubles.

Is a retired Chinese high jumper.

Is a retired Chinese high jumper.

Is an artist based in Yangjiang in the Guangdong province of China.Zheng was born in Yangjiang. He m

Is an artist based in Yangjiang in the Guangdong province of China.Zheng was born in Yangjiang. He makes work in different media including photography, installation, painting and sculpture.[1] His photographic work questions the post-Cultural Revolution generation’s attitudes to the world around them and has used of contact sheets to make storyboard-like images.[2]

Was a professional women's basketball player in China and the Women's National Basketball Associatio

Was a professional women's basketball player in China and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively r

Was a Hui Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" (Chinese: ???????) or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 143According to the History of Ming, he was originally named Ma Sanbao (???) and his home was Kunyang (??), present day Jinning (??). He belonged to the Semu social caste. He was a sixth-generation descendant of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, a famous Khwarezmian Yuan governor of Yunnan Province, originally from Bukhara in modern day Uzbekistan. The family name "Ma" came from Shams al-Din's fifth son Masuh (Mansour). Both his father, Mir Tekin, and grandfather, Charameddin, had made the pilgrimage to Mecca, and their travels contributed to the young boy's education.[citation needed]

Is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of m

Is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China.is a nutritionist and a pioneering biochemist from Nanxi, Sichuan. He is considered the founder of modern nutrition science in China.

Is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic

Is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. She made her WTA rankings debut in 2000. She turned professional in 2003 and ended the year for the first time in the top 100.