10 Facts About Li Jinhui

Li Jinhui was a Chinese composer and songwriter born in Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing China.

Li Jinhui's older brother Li Jinxi was a linguist and acquaintance of Mao Zedong, and his youngest brother Chin Yang Lee later became an author in the US.

Li Jinhui wrote several satirical political songs for a Changsha newspaper, but one such song so angered a local warlord that Li received a beating for it.

Li Jinhui participated in the May 4th Movement of 1919.

Li Jinhui was inspired by the Hunanese flower-drum opera, which is performed over a stage theatre monologue.

Li Jinhui had a daughter, Li Minghui, from an earlier marriage.

Li Jinhui is considered China's first pop singer, performing songs written by Li Jinhui.

Li Jinhui changed her name to Li Lili, and became one of the most famous Chinese actresses of the 1930s.

Li Jinhui discovered and catapulted into stardom some of Shanghai's most famous recording artists and actress during the late 1920s to 1940s.

Li Jinhui's work was labeled pornographic and was accepted only by select groups.