Xue Xinran is a British-Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues.
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12 Facts About Xue Xinran
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Xue Xinran was a popular radio personality in China with a call-in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997.
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Xue Xinran was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work.
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Xue Xinran was born into a wealthy and privileged family on 19 July 1958.
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Xue Xinran was raised by her grandparents due to her parents' imprisonment during China's cultural revolution.
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Xue Xinran has said that her first memory was of the Red Guards setting her home on fire when she was 6 years old.
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Xue Xinran was married, while working as an army administrator, and has one son, Panpan, who was born in 1988.
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Xue Xinran moved to London in 1997 and married British literary agent Toby Eady in 2002.
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Xue Xinran followed this in February 2010, with the publication of Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother, a collection of heartbreaking stories from Chinese mothers who have lost or had to abandon children.
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Xue Xinran often advises western media about western relations with China, and makes frequent television and radio appearances.
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Xue Xinran is a member of the Advisory Board of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature.
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