Du Xian (; born 23 September 1954) is a Chinese

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, journalist, and professor.

Biography

Du was born in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

in 1954, the daughter of the scientist and engineer Du Qinghua, an academician the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

. After graduating from

Communication University of China The Communication University of China (CUC) is a public university in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction and Project 211. CUC developed from ...

in 1982 she was assigned to

China Central Television China Central Television (CCTV) is the State media, national television broadcaster of China, established in 1958. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the Publicity Department of th ...

to host ''

Xinwen Lianbo ''Xinwen Lianbo'' () is a Chinese daily news television programme produced by state-owned television broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). It is shown simultaneously by all local TV stations in mainland China, making it one of the world ...

''. On June 4, 1989, Zhang Hongmin and Du Xian reported the

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cleared out thousands of protest students in

Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989 The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between th ...

, she was forced to resign for expressing sympathy (she wore a black mourning gown and her voice was deeply different from usual). In January 2000, Du was employed as a host at

Phoenix Television Phoenix Television is a majority State-owned enterprise, state-owned television network that offers Standard Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and other markets with substantial C ...

, she hosted ''We Only Have One Earth'', ''Crossing the Sand Line'', and ''Looking for the Faraway Homeland''. She is now a professor at

Works

Television

* ''

'' * ''We Only Have One Earth'' () * ''Crossing the Sand Line'' () * ''Looking for the Faraway Homeland'' ()

Book

* ''My 106 days in America'' ()

Personal life

Du was married to a notable Chinese actor

Chen Daoming Chen Daoming (born 26 April 1955) is a Chinese actor who has starred in various genres of film and television series. Career Chen graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. His first notable role was Puyi (the last emperor of China) in the 19 ...

, their daughter, Chen Ge (), was born in 1985.

References

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