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] Art, design and fashion
- Qu Lei Lei, artist and calligrapher[1]
[edit] Entertainment and media
[edit] Media Charities
- Dalton Leong, managing director, Global Radio Charities & Communities [[1]]
[edit] Actors
- Pui Fan Lee, actress and television presenter, played 'Po' in Teletubbies
- Benedict Wong, actor
- Jon Foo, actor & wushu martial artist, played the role of Jin Kazama in Tekken & Ryu in Street Fighter Legacy
- Katie Leung, actress
[edit] Journalists
- Xue Xinran, broadcaster, author and founder of Mother's Bridge of Love charity[2]
[edit] Singers and musicians
[edit] Food
- Willian "Bill" Poon, master chef & restaurateur[5]
[edit] Politics
- Steven Dominique Cheung, Diana Award winner, youngest candidate for the European Election in 2009, DJ of Spectrum Radio & SW1 Radio[6]
[edit] Sport
[edit] Equestrianism
- Alex Hua Tian, Olympic event rider[7] Gave up his British Citizenship in order to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Chinese team.
[edit] Writers
[edit] Playwrights
- Hsiung Shih-I, writer who became the first Chinese people to write and direct a West End play in 1935[8]
[edit] See also
- Chinese clan
- Overseas Chinese
- List of overseas Chinese
- List of Chinese Americans
- List of Chinese Australians
- List of Chinese Canadians
- List of Chinese Filipinos
- List of Malaysian Chinese
- List of Chinese New Zealanders
[edit] References
- ^ Qu Lei Lei
- ^ Xinran Xue
- ^ Lu Chaoran/吕超然 (September 2008), "剑桥彝族美女吉胡阿依:英国第一位Hip Hop中国女歌手/Cambridge ethnic Yi girl Jihu Ayi: UK's first Chinese female hip-hop artist", New Youth, http://cn.qikan.com/Article/xqin/xqin200809/xqin20080933.html, retrieved 2010-01-05
- ^ Cheng Yu
- ^ Bill Poon
- ^ CHINESE YOUTH SEEKS TO BE THE YOUNGEST EVER EUROPEAN MEP IN LONDON
- ^ Eton schoolboy gallops toward Beijing Games
- ^ "Episode 8: Artistic pursuits". Chinese in Britain. BBC Radio 4. 9 May 2007. Retrieved on 7 February 2011.
