Hung Huang is of Chinese descent, and is a television host, author, actress, blogger, media figure, and the publisher of the fashion magazine iLook. A CNN

CNN

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 article stated that she had been referred to as "China's answer to Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

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 and Anna Wintour

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Hung's mother, Zhang Hanzhi

Zhang Hanzhi

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, worked as a translator and as an English

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 tutor for Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

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. Her mother and her father, Hong Junyan (洪君彦), divorced in 1973. Zhang then married Qiao Guanhua

Qiao Guanhua

Qiao Guanhua was a politician in the People's Republic of China.-Early life and revolution:...

. Qiao, Hung's stepfather, was the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China

Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China

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 in the 1970s. Hung's mother was later accused of collaborating with the "Gang of Four

Gang of Four

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" and was placed under house arrest for two years. Hung attended Vassar College

Vassar College

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. She was once married to, but has since divorced with, film director Chen Kaige

Chen Kaige

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. 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.

External links

• "Hung Huang: China's Oprah." CNN
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• Hung Huang's Blog
• Hung, Huang. "Dear laowai, don't mess with our Chinese-ness." China Daily
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  . January 12, 2010. (Alternate link)
• "3月22日朋友会——洪晃." China Central Television
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