Biography
He started playing Go at 13. He was promoted to the 6th in 1982, then the 9th dan in 1988. He is married to Hua Xueming.
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Liu Xiaoguang
Liu Xiaoguang is a professional .
He started playing Go at 13. He was promoted to the 6th in 1982, then the 9th dan in 1988. He is married to Hua Xueming.
Ranks #7 in .
He started playing Go at 13. He was promoted to the 6th in 1982, then the 9th dan in 1988. He is married to Hua Xueming.
Ranks #7 in .
Sun Dianying
Sun Diangying was one of the minor warlords during the Warlord Era.
Born in 1889 in Yongcheng, Henan, Sun was originally a bandit in the area of Henan Anhui. He gradually extended his influence and power through years. In 1925 Sun joined the National Revolutionary Army. In 1928, he plotted the notorious looting of the Eastern Mausoleum of the Manchu emperors. Latter with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, Sun participated in various anti-Chiang Kai-shek movements.
In 1932-33, when the Japanese forces of the IJA 4th Cavalry and 6th Division in Operation Nekka invaded Jehol/Rehe he commanded the 41st Army in effective opposition to the Japanese in the Battle of Rehe. This slightly rehabilitated his reputation, but he also seized the chance to expand his strength. At the time of the Tanggu Truce, Sun's troops garrisoned the strategic Peiking Suiyuan railroad.
In May 1933, with Feng Yuxiang in province organizing the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army, Sun too advocated opposition to Japan and criticised Chiang Kai-shek's Central government, yet protested his loyalty to Chiang. The national government feared Sun Dianying would cooperate with Feng's Anti-Japanese Army, allowing them to use the railroad to support their forces. However Sun was also not willing to be involved in a conflict with Chiang. He hoped to be involved in northwest development and control a territory of his own there. In mid June, when Chiang ordered Sun's army to leave the railroad garrison and open up wasteland in Qinghai he was willing to go. Chiang's troops replaced them in July, cutting off the Anti-Japanese Army from communication with the rest of China.
Chiang intended the allied northwest would have the strength to cope with Sun Dianying and be weakened themselves. Additionally Chiang sent Zhu Shaoliang to the northwest as Gansu Pacification Director, who for his own benefit, secretly encouraged the three Ma Sultanates to block and prevent Sun from entering his new post. Strong protests from the region, and Chiang's weakness in the area eventually persuaded him to halt Sun's advance through Suiyuan province in November 1933. However his forces became short of food and restive from their inactivity.
In January 1934 with his army threatened with starvation and mutiny, Sun Dianying was forced to march his 60,000 man army west from Suiyuan province into Ningxia, governed by Ma Hongbin. Supported by his fellow Ma Clan rulers Ma Hongkui in Gansu, and Ma Bufang with his younger brother Ma Buqing in Qinghai, Ma Hungpin refused and with the united Ma forces began the Four Ma Jusun Campaign. Both sides battled for three months, with heavy loss to both sides. At last in March Yan Xishan dispatched troops into the battle cutting Sun's avenue of retreat, while Chiang Kai-Shek seized the chance to publicly abolish Sun's various duties. Sun Dianying was compelled to retreat back to Baotou in the beginning of April, and then went to Taiyuan to live in seclusion, the remnants of his defeated troops were incorporated by Yan Xishan into his provincial forces.
In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted, Sun resurfaced once again commanding troops against the Japanese, taking command of the Hebei-Chahar Guerillas in 1938. In 1943 he became the General commanding 5th Army. However he surrendered to the Japanese soon after and was given command of 24th Group Army, a unit of Nanjing puppet troops. In August 1943 his command was defeated by forces in the Linnan Campaign.
When the Second Sino-Japanese War was over, Sun participated in the Chinese Civil War on Nationalist's side. In 1947, he was defeated by People's Liberation Army and was taken prisoner. He died in a POW camp.
中国抗日战争正面战场作战记
*Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
*Jiangsu People's Publishing House
*Date published: 2005-7-1
*ISBN 7214030349
China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 5, No. 1; Nationalists, Muslim Warlords, and the “Great Northwestern Development” in Pre-Communist China by Hsiao-ting Lin , p. 121-142
*?Central Asia-Caucasus Institute& Silk Road Studies Program
*ISSN: 1653-4212
*
Biography
Born in 1889 in Yongcheng, Henan, Sun was originally a bandit in the area of Henan Anhui. He gradually extended his influence and power through years. In 1925 Sun joined the National Revolutionary Army. In 1928, he plotted the notorious looting of the Eastern Mausoleum of the Manchu emperors. Latter with Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, Sun participated in various anti-Chiang Kai-shek movements.
In 1932-33, when the Japanese forces of the IJA 4th Cavalry and 6th Division in Operation Nekka invaded Jehol/Rehe he commanded the 41st Army in effective opposition to the Japanese in the Battle of Rehe. This slightly rehabilitated his reputation, but he also seized the chance to expand his strength. At the time of the Tanggu Truce, Sun's troops garrisoned the strategic Peiking Suiyuan railroad.
In May 1933, with Feng Yuxiang in province organizing the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Army, Sun too advocated opposition to Japan and criticised Chiang Kai-shek's Central government, yet protested his loyalty to Chiang. The national government feared Sun Dianying would cooperate with Feng's Anti-Japanese Army, allowing them to use the railroad to support their forces. However Sun was also not willing to be involved in a conflict with Chiang. He hoped to be involved in northwest development and control a territory of his own there. In mid June, when Chiang ordered Sun's army to leave the railroad garrison and open up wasteland in Qinghai he was willing to go. Chiang's troops replaced them in July, cutting off the Anti-Japanese Army from communication with the rest of China.
Chiang intended the allied northwest would have the strength to cope with Sun Dianying and be weakened themselves. Additionally Chiang sent Zhu Shaoliang to the northwest as Gansu Pacification Director, who for his own benefit, secretly encouraged the three Ma Sultanates to block and prevent Sun from entering his new post. Strong protests from the region, and Chiang's weakness in the area eventually persuaded him to halt Sun's advance through Suiyuan province in November 1933. However his forces became short of food and restive from their inactivity.
In January 1934 with his army threatened with starvation and mutiny, Sun Dianying was forced to march his 60,000 man army west from Suiyuan province into Ningxia, governed by Ma Hongbin. Supported by his fellow Ma Clan rulers Ma Hongkui in Gansu, and Ma Bufang with his younger brother Ma Buqing in Qinghai, Ma Hungpin refused and with the united Ma forces began the Four Ma Jusun Campaign. Both sides battled for three months, with heavy loss to both sides. At last in March Yan Xishan dispatched troops into the battle cutting Sun's avenue of retreat, while Chiang Kai-Shek seized the chance to publicly abolish Sun's various duties. Sun Dianying was compelled to retreat back to Baotou in the beginning of April, and then went to Taiyuan to live in seclusion, the remnants of his defeated troops were incorporated by Yan Xishan into his provincial forces.
In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted, Sun resurfaced once again commanding troops against the Japanese, taking command of the Hebei-Chahar Guerillas in 1938. In 1943 he became the General commanding 5th Army. However he surrendered to the Japanese soon after and was given command of 24th Group Army, a unit of Nanjing puppet troops. In August 1943 his command was defeated by forces in the Linnan Campaign.
When the Second Sino-Japanese War was over, Sun participated in the Chinese Civil War on Nationalist's side. In 1947, he was defeated by People's Liberation Army and was taken prisoner. He died in a POW camp.
Sources
中国抗日战争正面战场作战记
*Author : Guo Rugui, editor-in-chief Huang Yuzhang
*Jiangsu People's Publishing House
*Date published: 2005-7-1
*ISBN 7214030349
China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Volume 5, No. 1; Nationalists, Muslim Warlords, and the “Great Northwestern Development” in Pre-Communist China by Hsiao-ting Lin , p. 121-142
*?Central Asia-Caucasus Institute& Silk Road Studies Program
*ISSN: 1653-4212
*
Sun Tiantian
Sun Tiantian is a female tennis player.
In September 2000, she won two successive $10,000 ITF singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001, when she won another two back-to-back.
In 2002, she found repeat success at the next level up, winning two $25,000 tournaments: firstly in April, at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ; and then in August at Beijing
In 2003, she reached the final of a $50,000 tournament at Modena despite entering as a lucky loser to countrywoman Yan Zi in the final round of qualifying. Having defeated several high-quality opponents in the forms of Martina Sucha, Maret Ani and Gala Leon Garcia, she lost in the final against Melinda Czink.
This year, she also gained entry into several WTA tournaments, most notably coming through qualifying at Doha by defeating Yuliana Fedak, Lubomira Kurhajcova and Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, only to lose in the deciding set of her opening round match against Nicole Pratt; and at the after a narrow victory over Selima Sfar, only to lose to Saori Obata at the first hurdle in the main draw. But she finished the year world-ranked 141.
In 2004, she qualified for the Australian Open after a win over Roberta Vinci, then qualified for Doha for the second year running. She went on to record impressive wins over Eva Birnerova and Sandra Kleinova to qualify for Miami; and over Camille Pin and Mara Santangelo to qualify for Amelia Island, where she also beat Cara Black in the main draw first round. At Wimbledon, she qualified with a win over and won her first-round tie against Tathiana Garbin before succumbing to Anne Kremer in Round Two. At the end of the year, she lost in a tight three-set final in the first $50,000 Shenzhen tournament to on-form countrywoman , 3–6 6–4 2–6. Her year-end ranking had improved to 118.
Sun also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Conchita Martinez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the women's tennis doubles final to win a gold medal along with her partner .
In 2005, she reached her first WTA singles quarter-final at Hyderabad, defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2 6–1 in the second round before losing a close match against prominent German player Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6–7 3–6. After a relatively barren Spring season marked by several near-misses in qualifying, she again made her mark in August: both at Los Angeles, where she took French star Marion Bartoli to three sets in the second round, and in the U.S. Open, where she qualified with convincing straight-sets wins over Marlene Weingartner and Ludmila Cervanova and went on to defeat Samantha Stosur 6–3 7–6 in the first round of the main draw before succumbing to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain. But her career-best win to date was yet to come the following month at Beijing, where she defeated former #1 player Serena Williams in the 2nd Round after an easy first-round victory over Tatiana Panova of Russia, only to be outperformed in her second WTA quarter-final by rising star Maria Kirilenko. This run of results propelled her to a career-best world ranking of 88; but by the close of the year she had slipped back slightly to #105.
Early in 2006, Sun suffered some extremely tough draws, but fought every inch of the way in tight three-set losses to Amélie Mauresmo in the first round of the Australian Open and Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round at Gold Coast, only to lose in qualifying for Doha and Dubai.
At the Tashkent Open held in Uzbekistan, Sun fought her way past Iroda Tulyaganova in the final to win the first WTA title of her career and became only the fourth Chinese woman to win a WTA title. On 9 October, 2006, she moved to a new career high of No.81 and is currently the Chinese No.4.
She is one of only two active players to have a winning record against Serena Williams. In their only meeting, she defeated Williams 6–2, 7–6 in the Round of 16 at Beijing in 2005.
On January 27, 2008, Sun captured her first Grand Slam title when she won the crown, partnering with Nenad Zimonji? of Serbia. The pair defeated Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India 7–6, 6–4. They won the title with their fifth championship point.
Career
In September 2000, she won two successive $10,000 ITF singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001, when she won another two back-to-back.
In 2002, she found repeat success at the next level up, winning two $25,000 tournaments: firstly in April, at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ; and then in August at Beijing
In 2003, she reached the final of a $50,000 tournament at Modena despite entering as a lucky loser to countrywoman Yan Zi in the final round of qualifying. Having defeated several high-quality opponents in the forms of Martina Sucha, Maret Ani and Gala Leon Garcia, she lost in the final against Melinda Czink.
This year, she also gained entry into several WTA tournaments, most notably coming through qualifying at Doha by defeating Yuliana Fedak, Lubomira Kurhajcova and Maria Sanchez Lorenzo, only to lose in the deciding set of her opening round match against Nicole Pratt; and at the after a narrow victory over Selima Sfar, only to lose to Saori Obata at the first hurdle in the main draw. But she finished the year world-ranked 141.
In 2004, she qualified for the Australian Open after a win over Roberta Vinci, then qualified for Doha for the second year running. She went on to record impressive wins over Eva Birnerova and Sandra Kleinova to qualify for Miami; and over Camille Pin and Mara Santangelo to qualify for Amelia Island, where she also beat Cara Black in the main draw first round. At Wimbledon, she qualified with a win over and won her first-round tie against Tathiana Garbin before succumbing to Anne Kremer in Round Two. At the end of the year, she lost in a tight three-set final in the first $50,000 Shenzhen tournament to on-form countrywoman , 3–6 6–4 2–6. Her year-end ranking had improved to 118.
Sun also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Conchita Martinez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the women's tennis doubles final to win a gold medal along with her partner .
In 2005, she reached her first WTA singles quarter-final at Hyderabad, defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2 6–1 in the second round before losing a close match against prominent German player Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6–7 3–6. After a relatively barren Spring season marked by several near-misses in qualifying, she again made her mark in August: both at Los Angeles, where she took French star Marion Bartoli to three sets in the second round, and in the U.S. Open, where she qualified with convincing straight-sets wins over Marlene Weingartner and Ludmila Cervanova and went on to defeat Samantha Stosur 6–3 7–6 in the first round of the main draw before succumbing to Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain. But her career-best win to date was yet to come the following month at Beijing, where she defeated former #1 player Serena Williams in the 2nd Round after an easy first-round victory over Tatiana Panova of Russia, only to be outperformed in her second WTA quarter-final by rising star Maria Kirilenko. This run of results propelled her to a career-best world ranking of 88; but by the close of the year she had slipped back slightly to #105.
Early in 2006, Sun suffered some extremely tough draws, but fought every inch of the way in tight three-set losses to Amélie Mauresmo in the first round of the Australian Open and Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round at Gold Coast, only to lose in qualifying for Doha and Dubai.
At the Tashkent Open held in Uzbekistan, Sun fought her way past Iroda Tulyaganova in the final to win the first WTA title of her career and became only the fourth Chinese woman to win a WTA title. On 9 October, 2006, she moved to a new career high of No.81 and is currently the Chinese No.4.
She is one of only two active players to have a winning record against Serena Williams. In their only meeting, she defeated Williams 6–2, 7–6 in the Round of 16 at Beijing in 2005.
On January 27, 2008, Sun captured her first Grand Slam title when she won the crown, partnering with Nenad Zimonji? of Serbia. The pair defeated Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India 7–6, 6–4. They won the title with their fifth championship point.
WTA Tour titles
Singles wins
Doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles title
Wins
Wang Nan (sport shooter)
Wang Nan is a male .
At the he finished in twelfth place in the qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.
He also finished second at the 2005 World Championships and first at the .
He belongs to the Henan Provincial Shooting and Archery Administrative Center.
At the he finished in twelfth place in the qualification, missing a place among the top six, who progressed to the final round.
He also finished second at the 2005 World Championships and first at the .
He belongs to the Henan Provincial Shooting and Archery Administrative Center.
Wang Xi
Wang Xi is a professional .
Wang was bron in Kaifeng, Henan. He began playing Go at the very young age of 4. He was already enrolling in teams with professionals when he was only 8. In 1997, at the age of 13, Wang became a professional at the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The same year he entered the National Youth Squad. He was promoted to 3 dan in 1994, then 4 dan in 1999, and 5 dan in 2000. In 1999, he placed fifth at the National Youth Squad preliminary.
The biggest moment of his career came in 2004 when he reached the Samsung Cup final. Wang put up a good fight against Lee Sedol, but couldn't come through with the win. He had once participated in the Samsung Cup before, in 2002. The last few years have been good for Wang, as he has placed second place 4 times, He won his first title, the Liguang Cup in 2006.
Biography
Wang was bron in Kaifeng, Henan. He began playing Go at the very young age of 4. He was already enrolling in teams with professionals when he was only 8. In 1997, at the age of 13, Wang became a professional at the Zhongguo Qiyuan. The same year he entered the National Youth Squad. He was promoted to 3 dan in 1994, then 4 dan in 1999, and 5 dan in 2000. In 1999, he placed fifth at the National Youth Squad preliminary.
The biggest moment of his career came in 2004 when he reached the Samsung Cup final. Wang put up a good fight against Lee Sedol, but couldn't come through with the win. He had once participated in the Samsung Cup before, in 2002. The last few years have been good for Wang, as he has placed second place 4 times, He won his first title, the Liguang Cup in 2006.
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Wu Jie
Wu Jie is a military and astronaut selected as part of the .
He was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. In 1987 he graduated from the People's Liberation Army Air Force Engineering College and later the PLAAF Flight College. A pilot in the PLAAF, he had accumulated 1100 flight-hours.
In November 1996, he and Li Qinglong, started training at the Russian Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. When they returned to China a year later, they acted as the trainers for the first group of Shenzhou astronauts. Before the flight of ''Shenzhou 5'' it was thought that he or Li Qinglong would fly the mission, that was eventually flown by Yáng Lìwěi.
Wu was then one of the six astronauts in the final training for ''Shenzhou 6''.
Biography
He was born in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. In 1987 he graduated from the People's Liberation Army Air Force Engineering College and later the PLAAF Flight College. A pilot in the PLAAF, he had accumulated 1100 flight-hours.
In November 1996, he and Li Qinglong, started training at the Russian Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center. When they returned to China a year later, they acted as the trainers for the first group of Shenzhou astronauts. Before the flight of ''Shenzhou 5'' it was thought that he or Li Qinglong would fly the mission, that was eventually flown by Yáng Lìwěi.
Wu was then one of the six astronauts in the final training for ''Shenzhou 6''.
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