16 Notable alumni of
Sun Yat - Sen University
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Sun Yat - Sen University is 1115th in the world, 237th in Asia, and 20th in China by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Sun Yat - Sen University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Chen Pokong
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- journalisthuman rights activistwriterpolitical activist
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Chen Pokong, also known as Jinsong Chen (Chinese: 陳勁松), is a Chinese-American columnist, political commentator, author, television pundit and YouTuber. Chen played a key role in organizing the democracy movement during the 1989 democracy protest in China, for which he was imprisoned and subsequently exiled to the United States.
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Hsieh Tung-min
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- politician
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Hsieh Tung-min was the ninth Governor of Taiwan Province (1972–1978), the sixth and first local Taiwanese Vice President of the Republic of China (1978–1984) under president Chiang Ching-kuo.
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Zheng Yanxiong
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- politician
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Zheng Yanxiong is a Chinese politician currently serving as director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office and secretary of the Hong Kong Work Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Previously, he was the director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR. Zheng is known for controversial statements denouncing foreign media reporting on the Wukan protests in Shanwei in 2011, and for the crackdown of renewed protests in Shanwei in 2016.
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Peng Qinghua
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- politician
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Peng Qinghua is a Chinese politician who is currently a vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. He served as Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan from March 2018 to April 2022, and was formerly the director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office from 2009 to 2012 and the Communist Party Secretary of Guangxi from 2012 to 2018.
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You Xie
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- journalisttranslatorwriter
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You Xie is a German politician, candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election, journalist, and author of Chinese origin.
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Shou-Wu Zhang
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- mathematician
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Shou-Wu Zhang is a Chinese-American mathematician known for his work in number theory and arithmetic geometry. He is currently a Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University.
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Muzi Mei
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- journalistwritersex educator
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Muzi Mei is a journalist and blogger from Guangzhou, China, who became an Internet celebrity in late 2003. Her blog contained frank descriptions of her sexual encounters with various men, which is believed to be a first for China.
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Sonia Chan
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- politician
- Biography
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Sónia Chan Hoi Fan was the Secretary for Administration and Justice from 2014 to 2019, the second most senior government official in Macau.
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He Chong
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- competitive diver
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He Chong is a Chinese diver. He is the 2008 Olympic Champion in the 3m springboard.
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Min Zhou
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- sociologistuniversity teacher
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Min Zhou is a Chinese-born American sociologist. In 2023, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Li Sai-wing
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Stanley Li Sai-wing, is a Hong Kong DAB politician who is the elected Legislative Council member for New Territories South East.
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Chen Jianhua
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- politician
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Chen Jianhua is a Chinese politician who currently serves as Chairman of the Guangzhou People's Congress. He formerly served as Mayor of Guangzhou. Chen was appointed acting mayor on 20 November 2011 following the resignation of Wan Qingliang, and elected mayor on 11 January 2012.
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Zheng Yanfen
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- politicianjournalist
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Zheng Yanfen was a Chinese-born politician affiliated with the Kuomintang. He worked with the League of Nations and supported the Nationalist government. After the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan, Zheng led the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, was the Minister of Justice, and served as Secretary-General to the President.
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Zhang Huaicun
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- writer
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Zhang Huaicun is an artist and an author of children's literature. She is Tu Ethnic Minority people, British Chinese, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and the Chinese Writers Association.
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Wen Shaoxian
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- translator
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Wen Shaoxian, born 4 December 1934) also known as Wan Siu Yin is a literary writer, famous for his short stories about the lives of the new immigrants from the mainland in Hong Kong. He is expert in writing political and historical novels. Wen is a translator and editor by profession and is also a professor of translation and comparative grammar.
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Zhang Hongda
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- botanist
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Hung Ta Chang, was a Chinese botanist and ecologist.
