1. Li Cunxin was born on 26 January 1961 and is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer turned stockbroker.
10 Facts About Li Cunxin
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Li Cunxin was the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet between 2012 and 2023.
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Li Cunxin often had to support his extremely poor family.
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Li Cunxin was quite politically devout, eventually joining in the CCP's Youth League.
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Li Cunxin offered a full scholarship for two dancers to study at the Houston Ballet summer school and Li was chosen as one.
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Li Cunxin was held in the Chinese Consulate in Houston, his defection creating headlines in America.
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Li Cunxin had begun a relationship with an aspiring American dancer, Elizabeth Mackey, and in 1981, they married so that Li could avoid deportation.
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Li Cunxin was named Australian Father of the Year in 2009.
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Li Cunxin had previously become interested in the stock market while in Houston.
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Li Cunxin believed these were his best years as a dancer.