Who was born first, Ying Guixin or Sun Yat-sen?
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Ying Guixin Ying Guixin (Traditional Chinese: 應桂馨; simplified Chinese: 应桂馨; 1864 – January 1914), also known as Ying Kuicheng, was a military and underworld figure in the waning days of the Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China (1912–49). He was a leader in the Shanghai Green Gang, Chief of Intelligence under the political leader Chen Qimei's provisional Shanghai Military Government, Chief Inspector of Jiangsu Province, and later Commander of Sun Yat-sen's Presidential Guard. He was also closely associated with Yuan Shikai's government. Ying Guixin was directly involved in the assassination of Song Jiaoren who had been deemed a threat by various political factions loyal to Yuan Shikai.
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Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-sen ( ; 12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, writer, philosopher, calligrapher and revolutionary, the first president and founding father of the Republic of China. As the foremost pioneer of the Republic of China, Sun is referred to as the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China (ROC), Hong Kong, Macau and the "forerunner of democratic revolution" in People's Republic of China (PRC). Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution. He was appointed to serve as Provisional President of the Republic of China when it was founded in 1912. He later co-founded the Nationalist Party of China, serving as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and he remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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Cheung Yin-tung Cheung Yin-tung (; born 1 May 1964) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the former secretary and treasurer of the Democratic Party and former member of the Yuen Long District Council.
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Wang Ch'ung-hui Wang Ch'ung-hui (1881–1958) was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, an active member of the Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party"), and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Hague.
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Wang Jingwei Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei; 4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944); born as Wang Zhaoming (Wang Chao-ming), but widely known by his pen name "Jingwei", was a Chinese politician. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), but later became increasingly anti-communist after his efforts to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ended in political failure. His political orientation veered sharply to the right later in his career after he joined the Japanese.
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Xu Yixin Xu Yixin () (November 14, 1911 – December 30, 1994) was an associate of the 28 Bolsheviks. He is the sometimes known as the 29th Bolshevik. Because he alternated his political stances between left and right wing, the group is sometimes called the 28 and a half Bolsheviks. He was born in Zhejiang Province and educated at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University in the Soviet Union. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1930. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as ambassador to Albania (1954–1957), Norway (1958–1962), Syria (1962–1965) and Pakistan (1979–1982).
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Jin Yinhuan Jin Yinhuan (; March 1952 – October 2008) was a Chinese politician from Shanxi province.
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Yan Ying Yan Ying (), courtesy name Zhong (), or more widely known as Yan Zi () c.578-500 BC, was born in present-day Gaomi county, Shandong province. He served as prime minister to the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period. An accomplished philosopher, statesman and politician, he was an elder contemporary of Confucius, described as "by far the most creative thinker of the Chunqiu age".
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Tcheng Yu-hsiu Tcheng Yu-hsiu (, 1891–1959), also Madame Wei Tao-ming, was the first female lawyer and judge in Chinese history.
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Zhang Yin (entrepreneur) Zhang Yin (; born 1957 in Shaoguan, Guangdong with family roots in Heilongjiang), also known as Cheung Yan according to the Cantonese pronunciation of her name, is a Chinese entrepreneur and one of the richest persons in greater China. She currently ranks as the fourth richest woman in Mainland China, and 24th richest overall, according to the Hurun Report China Rich List 2013. She is the founder and director of the family company Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited, a recycling company that buys scrap paper from the United States, imports it into China, and mainly turns it into cardboard for use in boxes to export Chinese goods. The company is China's biggest paper maker.
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Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is the President of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. Tsai is the second president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Tsai is also the first woman elected to the office. She is also the first president to be of both Hakka and aboriginal descent (a quarter Paiwan from her grandmother), the first unmarried president, the first to have never held an elected executive post before presidency, and the first to be popularly elected without having previously served as the Mayor of Taipei (the capital city of Taiwan). She is the incumbent Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and was the party's presidential candidate in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. Tsai previously served as party chair from 2008 to 2012.
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Liao Chongzhen Liao Chongzhen (; 25 May 1898 – 12 September 1971), (Cantonese romanization: Chan Sung Liu), was a Chinese government official and president of the College of Agriculture at Sun Yat-sen University. He witnessed the establishment of the Republic of China and Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionary held meetings at his father's home. Liao's family played an instrumental role in the modernisation of education in China. He was appointed to Director of the Department of Sericulture under the Kuomintang (KMT), achieving a great improvement of agriculture through Guangdong province. Many dams. bridges and irrigation canals in Guangdong province were named by him. During his lifetime he was also a prominent member of the Bahá'í Faith doing many translations from Bahá'u'lláh's and 'Abdu'l-Bahá's writings into Chinese.
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Jackie Yi-Ru Ying Jackie Yi-Ru Ying (born 1966) is a nanotechnology researcher and the executive director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore.
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Yang Dingxin Yang Dinxin (born 19 October 1998) is a Chinese professional Go player. He became a professional on 24 July 2008, at age 9 years and 9 months, becoming the youngest Chinese professional. In 2010, he reached the semi-finals of the 3rd Quzhou-Lanke Cup, beating top Chinese pros Chen Yaoye (then holder of the Tianyuan, the second biggest title in China) and Li Zhe before losing to Jiang Weijie.
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Ying Chang Compestine Ying Chang Compestine (born March 8, 1963) is a Chinese American author, speaker, television host and chef. She has written over twenty books including a novel, "Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party", based on her life growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
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Siu Yam-yam Siu Yam-yam (, born 17 August 1950), born Ngai Siu Ngan (倪小雁), is a Chinese actress. She is from Changsha, Hunan. She has been active in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970.
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Gong Yi Gong Yi (龔一) is a guqin master from Shanghai, presently one of the instrument's leading figures. Born in Nanjing, he trained first under several local players (including Liu Shaochun and Xia Yifeng) before proceeding to the Shanghai Conservatory where he absorbed a range of styles from such prominent masters as Zhang Ziqian, Xu Lisun, Gu Meigeng, and Wei Zhongle. Gong Yi has had, since the 1950s, a varied career performing, teaching, composing, and researching under the auspices of several institutions and ensembles, most notably the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra of which he was director and sole guqin player. In guqin circles he is particularly noted for his efforts toward integration of the instrument into the conservatory mainstream.
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Shi Yinshun Shi Yinshun (; born 1970), courtesy name Yuanli (), is a Chinese Buddhist monk, Chan master and religious leader who serves as vice president of the Buddhist Association of China. He held several abbatial posts, such as abbot of the Hongfa Temple, Zhonghua Temple, and Nanshan Temple.
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Sun Yefang Sun Yefang (; 1908–1983) was a pioneering Chinese economist.
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Liu Xia (intellectual) Liu Xia (born 1 April 1961) is a Chinese painter, poet, and photographer who resides in Beijing, China. She was the wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo before his death.
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Feng Guixin Feng Guixin (; born 11 February 1982 in Chaoyang, Liaoning) is a female Chinese rower, who was to compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's quadruple sculls event. However, she was later replaced by Zhang Yangyang, and did not compete; the reconstituted team went on to win gold.
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Lady Xian Lady Xian (or Hsien, ; Vietnamese: Tiển phu nhân; 512-602), also known as Lady of Qiao Guo (or Ch'iao Kuo; ), was a noblewoman of the born to the chieftain of the Xian tribe in Southern China, in what is now Guangdong during the Sui dynasty. She has been deified as the "Saintly Mother of Lingnan" (Chinese: 岭南圣母). She died during a tour of Hainan. Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai called her "the First Heroine of China", and President Jiang Zemin praised her as "the role model that the later generations should learn forever".