Hung Huang

Hung Huang (Chinese: 洪晃; pinyin: Hóng Huàng) is of Chinese descent, and is a television host, author, actress,[1] blogger,[2] media figure, and the publisher of the fashion magazine iLook. A CNN article stated that she had been referred to as "China's answer to Oprah Winfrey and Anna Wintour."[3]

Hung's mother, Zhang Hanzhi,[2] worked as a translator and as an English tutor for Mao Zedong.[3][4] Her mother and her father, Hong Junyan (洪君彦), divorced in 1973. Zhang then married Qiao Guanhua.[5] Qiao, Hung's stepfather, was the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China in the 1970s.[4] Hung's mother was later accused of collaborating with the "Gang of Four" and was placed under house arrest for two years.[3] Hung attended Vassar College.[4] She was once married to, but has since divorced with, film director Chen Kaige.[6] Hung worked in factories until 1998, when she agreed to take over the publication of Look, a magazine that is now known as I-Look.[7]

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  1. ^ Mak Mun San (May 21, 2007). "8 questions with... Hung Huang". The Straits Times. AsiaOne. http://www.asiaone.com/Just+Woman/News/Women+In+The+News/Story/A1Story20070625-15774.html. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Kristof, Nicholas D. (May 20, 2008). "Two Chinese Friends, RIP". The New York Times. http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/two-chinese-friends-rip/. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c "China's fashionably outspoken media mogul". CNN. October 20, 2010. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-20/world/hung.huang.china_1_blogging-mao-tse-tung-hung-huang?_s=PM:WORLD. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c Borton, James (December 16, 2004). "Magazine licensing red-hot in China". Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FL16Ad01.html. Retrieved October 21, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Chairman Mao's tutor dies at 73". Shanghai Daily. January 28, 2008. http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-01/28/content_6425148.htm. Retrieved October 22, 2010. 
  6. ^ Goldkorn, Jeremy (February 18, 2006). "Hung Huang, Chen Kaige and the Steamed Bun". Danwei. http://www.danwei.org/trends_and_buzz/hung_huang_chen_kaige_and_the.php. Retrieved December 09, 2011. 
  7. ^ Jakes, Susan. "Hung Huang • Interpreter of Style". Time. http://www.time.com/time/2005/style/030105/who/2.html. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 

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