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Xuē Xīnrán 薛欣然 | |
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 Xinran in 2016 | |
| Born | 1958 Beijing, China |
| Pen name | Xinran |
| Occupation | journalist writer radio presenter speaker advocate |
| Education | First Military University of People's Liberation Army |
| Spouse | Toby Eady (died 2017) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 薛欣然 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 薛欣然 | ||||||||
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Xuē Xīnrán (薛欣然, pen name Xinran, born in Beijing in 1958) is a British-Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues.[1] She was a popular radio personality in China with a call-in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997.[2] The program focused on women's issues and life stories. She was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work. In 1997, she moved to London and began writing stories of the women she met along her journeys. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002, becoming an international bestseller.[2] She frequently contributes to The Guardian and the BBC.[3]
- ^ Hong, Terry (2003). "Xinran: The Voice of the Good Women of China" (PDF). The Bloomsbury Review. 23 (6). Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Xue Xinran Biography". Bookbrowse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ Guest, Katy (13 July 2007). "Xinran: I want to tell the world about the lives of ordinary Chinese women". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2014.