List of British Chinese people

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Main article: British Chinese

This article is a list of prominent people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Academia, science and technology

  • Kevin Fong, a leading expert on space medicine and co-director of the Centre for Aviation Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE Medicine)
  • Gene Kan, the late pioneer of the file-sharing application, Gnutella, was originally from the UK
  • Edward Tsang, Professor of Computer Science in the University of Essex [1]
  • Gregory B. Lee (利大英), First Vice-President (Deputy Vice-Chancellor), Lyon University, France; Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies; Director, International Institute for Diasporic and Transcultural Studies, Lyon University - Liverpool Hope University (Director, "Chinatown Project"); Editor, trilingual journal Transtext(e)s Transcultures[2][3]

[edit] Art, design and fashion

[edit] Business

[edit] Charity, community & voluntary sectors

[edit] Entertainment and media

[edit] Film, actors and directors

[edit] Journalists

  • Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of Mother's Bridge of Love charity[5]
  • Lifen Zhang, Lifen Zhang is Associate Editor, Financial Times, and Editor-in-Chief,

FTChinese.com, FT's Chinese language website. He is also Fouinding Editor for FTRui

[edit] Singers and musicians

[edit] Presenters

[edit] Food

[edit] Writers

[edit] Authors

  • Tash Aw, writer
  • Jung Chang, author
  • Leslie Charteris, author and screenwriter, best known for the books chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint."
  • Timothy Mo, author
  • Ma Jian, writer
  • Xiaolu Guo, author
  • Chiang Yee, author of the popular Silent Traveller books in London, Oxford, Edinburgh and the Lakelands that cast a humorous Chinese gaze on British life.

[edit] Playwrights

  • Benjamin Yeoh, playwright
  • Hsiung Shih-I, became the first Chinese to write and direct a West End play with his 1935 adaptation of the popular Chinese story Lady Precious Stream which ran for 1000 nights in London to glowing reviews, was revived several times during the war and soon became a staple of repertory and school productions.[8]

[edit] Politics

[edit] Sport

[edit] Auto Racing

[edit] Equestrianism

[edit] Football

[edit] Rugby

[edit] Olympics

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Edward Tsang's home page
  2. ^ Transtext(e)s Transcultures - Accueil
  3. ^ Gregory B. Lee
  4. ^ Qu Lei Lei
  5. ^ Xinran Xue
  6. ^ Cheng Yu
  7. ^ Bill Poon
  8. ^ BBC - Radio 4 - Chinese in Britain
  9. ^ CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON
  10. ^ Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games
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