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Wāng (surname)
Wāng (汪) is a Chinese surname. It was 104th of the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem, contained in the verse Yao (surname), Yáo, Shao, Shào, Zhan_(surname)#List_of_people_with_the_surname_Zhàn_(湛), Zhàn, Wāng (姚邵湛汪). In 2013, the Fuxi Cultural Association found the name to be the 60th most common in China, being shared by around 4.83 million people or 0.360% of the population, with the province with the largest population being Anhui. A study of the 2020 census found it to be the 59th most common surname in mainland China. It is also Wong in Cantonese, Ong or Ang (surname), Ang in Hokkien, Waung or Vong in American English, and Ō or Oh in Japanese. However, in Vietnamese, it is written Uong (surname), Uông. Wāng was listed by a 2007 NCIIS survey as the 58th most common surname in mainland China and by Yang Xuxian as the 76th most common surname in Taiwan. Origins of Wāng means "vast" in the Chinese language, and is often used to describe oceans. In the mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western name order, Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the List of common Chinese surnames, most common Chinese surnames as Wang (surname), Wang and Li (surname 李), Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang (surname), Zhang, Liu, Chen (surname), Chen, Yang (surname), Yang, Huang (surname), Huang, Zhao (surname), Zhao, Wu (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Chinese
The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people, are an East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the list of contemporary ethnic groups, world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population. The Han Chinese represent 91.11% of the population in China and 97% of the population in Taiwan. Han Chinese are also a significant Overseas Chinese, diasporic group in Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In Singapore, people of Han Chinese or Chinese descent make up around 75% of the country's population. The Han Chinese have exerted a primary formative influence in the development and growth of Chinese civilization. Originating from Zhongyuan, the Han Chinese trace their ancestry to the Huaxia people, a confederation of agricultural tribes that lived along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the north central plains of Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Haijian
Wang Haijian (; born 2 August 2000) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Shanghai Shenhua and the China national team. Club career Wang Haijian would play for the Shanghai Shenhua youth team before being promoted to the senior team at the beginning of the 2019 Chinese Super League season and would go on to make his debut in a Chinese FA Cup game on 24 July 2019 in a 3–1 victory against Tianjin TEDA. Career statistics Honours Shanghai Shenhua *Chinese FA Cup: 2019, 2023 *Chinese FA Super Cup: 2024, 2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Haijian 2000 births Living people People from Chaohu Footballers from Anhui Chinese men's footballers Men's association football midfie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wang
Wang Tao (; born 1980), better known as Frank Wang, is a Chinese aerospace engineer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of the Shenzhen-based technology company DJI, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial drones. As of December 2020, he has a net worth of US$4.8 billion. Biography Wang was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He showed an interest in flight and airborne devices from a young age, but received mediocre grades as a schoolchild. He attended the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) for college, and drew the attention of math professor Li Zexiang () following an impressive performance on a class project to build a helicopter flight control system. Li subsequently brought Wang into the school's graduate program. In 2005, Wang participated in ABU Robocon and his HKUST team won third prize among teams competing from across Asia. HKUST granted him HK$18,000 (US$2,300) to conduct research and develop a drone. Wang built the first pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Feng (singer)
Wang Feng ( zh, c=汪峰, p=Wāng Fēng; born 29 June 1971) is a Chinese singer, songwriter and musician. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the rock band No. 43 Baojia Street (鲍家街43号). After releasing two albums with the band, he signed a solo contract with Warner Music. Wang's third album, ''Fireworks'' (2000), marked the beginning of his solo career. With hit songs such as "Flying Higher" (2004), "Blooming Life" (2005), "In the Spring" (2009), and "Exist" (2011), Wang became one of the leading rock musicians in China. His 2009 album, ''Belief Flies in the Wind'', earned him the Most Popular Male Singer in China award at Channel V's 14th Chinese Music Awards. Wang also served as a judge on the television shows ''The Voice of China,'' and '' Sing! China''. Wang was the first male mainland Chinese singer to hold a solo concert at the Beijing Workers' Stadium and became the first male singer to perform a solo concert at the Beijing National Stadium. Wang also becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang Fang
Fang Fang (), pen name of Wang Fang (; born 11 May 1955), is a Chinese writer, known for her literary depictions of the working poor. She won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 2010. Born in Nanjing, she attended Wuhan University in 1978 to study Chinese. In 1975, she began to write poetry and in 1982, her first novel was published. She has since written several novels, some of which have been honored by Chinese national-level literary prizes. Fang garnered international attention for her ''Wuhan Diary,'' documenting the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, and has used her platform to call for an end to internet censorship in China. Wuhan Diary During the 2020 Hubei lockdowns, Fang Fang used social media to share her ''Wuhan Diary'' (), a daily account of life in the locked-down city of Wuhan. In addition to her own writing, ''Wuhan Diary'' utilized anonymous interviews with other people in the city. The account drew international public attention. In the west, Fang Fang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Dongxing
Wang Dongxing (; 9 January 1916 – 21 August 2015) was a Chinese military commander and politician, famous for being the chief of Mao Zedong's personal bodyguard force, the 9th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (which included the '' 8341 Special Regiment''). Wang held many important positions, both in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the government; he was Deputy Minister of Public Security in 1955–1958 and again in 1960–1970 and notably served as CCP Vice Chairman from 1977 to 1980, under Chairman Hua Guofeng. Wang and his trusted security force played a very significant role in ending the Cultural Revolution by arresting the Gang of Four;Wang Dongxing obituary: Politician who was bodyguard to China’s former leader, Mao Zedong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Deyao
Wang Deyao (, 8 February 1903 – 12 October 2000), also known as Ouang Te Yio, was the first Chinese professor in cell biology and the fourth president of the Xiamen University. Early years Wang was born on 8 February 1903, in Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province. He received private education in his early years. After moving with his family to Beijing in 1912, he attended the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. In his second year, he became the vice chairman of the student council. During the May Fourth Movement in 1919, he and the student council president Zhao Shiyan participated in the demonstrations against Beiyang government. In 1921, Wang traveled to France on a government scholarship to study in the Sino-French Institute of Lyon (), earning a master's degree in biology in 1925. Between 1926 and 1931, he studied and completed a doctorate at the University of Paris, becoming the first Chinese national to earn a doctorate degree in cytology. Career In N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Dazhi
Wang Dazhi (; April 21, 1903 – March 27, 1980) was a Chinese educator. Biography Wang Dazhi was born in Yi County, Anhui in 1903. He attended the Nanjing Xiaozhuang Normal College, which was founded by Tao Xingzhi. After graduating in 1928, Tao appointed him to be the principal of the Xin'an Primary School, a rural school in Huai'an, Jiangsu province that Tao had established, from 1928 to 1935. In 1935, Wang Dazhi established the ''Xin'an Lüxing Tuan'' or Xin'an Traveling Group () to test Tao Xingzhi's education philosophy of treating society as one's school and to advocate national salvation in the face of Japanese aggression. On October 10, 1935, Wang and 14 primary students left Huaian and began a 25,000 km journey that would take 17 years through 22 provinces and Hong Kong. Along the way, they held public rallies, showed film, held dramatic and dance performances, sang songs, wrote articles and created artworks to advocated national salvation and anti-Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Consensus
The 1992 Consensus is a political term referring to the alleged outcome of a meeting in 1992 between the semi-official representatives of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-led People's Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China and the Kuomintang (KMT)-led Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan. The consensus is often credited with establishing a diplomatic foundation for semi-official cross-strait exchanges beginning in the early 1990s and is a precondition set by the PRC for engaging in cross-strait dialogue. Whether the meetings truly resulted in a consensus is disputed within the ROC. The KMT understanding of the consensus is "one China, different interpretations" (一中各表, 一個中國各自表述), i.e. that the ROC and PRC "agree" that there is One China, but disagree about what "China" means (i.e. ROC vs. PRC). The PRC's position is that there is one China (including Taiwan), of which PRC is the sole legitimate representative of China. This discrepancy has been criticiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Daohan
Wang Daohan ( zh, c=汪道涵, p=Wāng Dàohán; 27 March 1915 – 24 December 2005) was a Chinese politician who was president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) from 1991 to 2005. Biography Wang was born in Jiashan County (present day Mingguang City) in China's Anhui province in 1915 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938. During his early career within the government of the People's Republic of China, he focused on trade and investment issues. In 1965 he was the deputy minister of the State Commission for Foreign Economic Relations with Foreign Countries and in 1979 he was appointed vice-chair of the State Foreign Investment Commission and vice-chair of the State Import-Export Commission. Later Wang came to greater prominence when, after a year as vice-mayor, he was appointed mayor of Shanghai in 1981. As mayor, Wang contributed to the success of Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms by actively encouraging foreign investment and joint ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Wang
Cecilia Wang Shi Shi (; born 21 April 1981), also known as Cissy Wang, is a Hong Kong model who was crowned Miss Chinese Toronto in 2000. She is married to Donnie Yen. Early life Wang was born in Hong Kong on 21 April 1981. Her parents were in the jewelry business. She has a younger sister named Irene Wang Yuen Yuen (). They spent their childhood in Lima, Peru before moving to Canada. Wang speaks Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, and French. Career Wang was a contestant in the Fairchild TV Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant at Toronto in 2000 and won first place. She was also awarded the Miss Photogenic, Most Talented Award, and Best Posture Award. She is the co-founder of Super Bullet Pictures and has been the manager of her husband Donnie Yen. Personal life On 30 August 2003, Wang married Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan ( zh, c=甄子丹, p=Zhēn Zǐdān, j=, first=j; born 27 July 1963) is a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
