Daniel Newham, (, stage name: , lit. "Big Bull") is a British performer working in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. He is famous for hosting the

CCTV-4 CCTV-4 is a Chinese free-to-air television channel. It is one of six China Central Television channels that broadcasts outside the People's Republic of China. This channel contains a variety of programs including documentaries, music, news, dr ...

programs '' Tongyue Wuzhou'' and '' Happy China''.

History

Daniel Newham, who is of British and German descent, is originally from

Cheltenham Cheltenham (), also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort, following the discovery of mineral s ...

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. In September 1999 Newham arrived in China in order to study Chinese at

Renmin University The Renmin University of China (RUC; ) is a national key public research university in Beijing, China. The university is affiliated to the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry and the Beijing Municipal People's Government. RUC ...

. After one year he studied film for one year at the

Nanjing Art Institute Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

. In 2004 Newham graduated from Renmin University and became the host of the

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program '' Tongyue Wuzhou''. He hosted the program ''Happy China'' until 2006.

Views on China

Newham recognizes that China has given him many opportunities and friends, and regards himself as a " Sinophiliac".

Popularity

Newham is regarded in China as being highly talented, and his performances have been acclaimed by audiences both within and outside of China. Along with

Mark Rowswell Mark Henry Rowswell, CM (born May 23, 1965), better known by his Chinese stage name Dashan (), is a Canadian comedian and television personality popular in China. Relatively unknown in the West, from the late 1980s through the early 2000s Dash ...

(stage name: Dashan), Newham is one of the few foreign celebrities in China who speak

Standard Chinese Standard Chinese ()—in linguistics Standard Northern Mandarin or Standard Beijing Mandarin, in common speech simply Mandarin, better qualified as Standard Mandarin, Modern Standard Mandarin or Standard Mandarin Chinese—is a modern Standar ...

fluently.

References

External links

Official page of ''Happy China'' on CCTV's web site
Living people English emigrants to China English people of German descent Renmin University of China alumni British television personalities Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-bio-stub