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Population:
20,609,000 (2008)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
J. G. Ballard	Author	18-Nov-1930	19-Apr-2009	Empire of the Sun, Crash
A. Doak Barnett	Scholar	8-Oct-1921	17-Mar-1999	China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Eileen Chang	Author	30-Sep-1920	8-Sep-1995	Lust, Caution
Joan Chen	Actor	26-Apr-1961		The Last Emperor
Victor J. Dzau	Doctor	1946		CEO of Duke University Health System
Edmond H. Fischer	Scientist	6-Apr-1920		Protein phosphorylation
Hu Jintao	Head of State	21-Dec-1942		President of China
Edward Judd	Actor	4-Oct-1932	24-Feb-2009	First Men in the Moon
Charles K. Kao	Scientist	4-Nov-1933		Fiber optics
Tsung-Dao Lee	Physicist	25-Nov-1926		Violations of parity law
Shannon Lucid	Astronaut	14-Jan-1943		Five space shuttle flights
China Machado	Model	25-Dec-1928	18-Dec-2016	First non-white American supermodel
Mike Medavoy	Business	21-Jan-1941		TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman
Yao Ming	Basketball	12-Sep-1980		7' 6 1/2" Houston Rockets Center
Rene Rivkin	Business	6-Jun-1944	1-May-2005	Disgraced Australian stockbroker
Donald W. Tang	Business	c. 1963		Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Oscar Tang	Philanthropist	1938		Chinese-American philanthropist
Laurence Tribe	Attorney	10-Oct-1941		Harvard Law Professor
Anthony Wang	Business	1943		President of Computer Associates, 1979-92
Charles Wang	Business	19-Aug-1944		Founder, Computer Associates
Harry Wu	Activist	8-Feb-1937	26-Apr-2016	Human rights activist
Vivian Wu	Actor	5-Feb-1966		The Pillowbook
Liu Xiang	Track and Field	13-Jul-1983		Hurdler
Terence Young	Film Director	20-Jun-1915	7-Sep-1994	Dr. No

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