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Liu Qing (political scientist)
Liu Qing (刘擎, born 1963) is a Chinese political scientist and liberal public intellectual at East China Normal University, Shanghai, known for his book Lectures on Modern Western Thought.
Liu Qingfeng (刘庆峰)
Liu Qingfeng (刘庆峰), born 1973 in Anhui, is a Chinese speech-technology researcher who founded iFLYTEK in 1999 as a doctoral student and has led it ever since.
Liu Qingxun
Liu Qingxun (刘庆逊) is a Chinese education-technology founder who created the AI contextual English course Wala English through his Beijing startup Makee, after leading TAL's online school.
Liu Rengong
Liu Rengong (刘仁恭) was a late Tang and Five Dynasties military governor who ruled Lulong from Youzhou, broke with his patron Li Keyong, and was deposed by his son Liu Shouguang.
Liu Rengui
Liu Rengui (刘仁轨, courtesy name Zhengze) was a Tang dynasty general and statesman who rose from county clerk to chancellor and destroyed a Japanese fleet at the Baek River.
Liu Rong
Liu Rong (刘蓉, 1816–1873) was a Qing dynasty official and Hunan Army leader from Xiangxiang, Hunan, who served as grand coordinator of Shaanxi under the Tongzhi Emperor.
Liu Rui
Liu Rui (刘瑞, 1461–1525) was a Ming dynasty scholar-official from Neijiang, Sichuan, who served three emperors as a Hanlin academician and Nanjing vice minister, and received the posthumous name Wensu.
Liu Rushi
Liu Rushi (柳如是, 1618–1664), known as Hedong Jun, was a Chinese courtesan, poet, calligrapher, and painter of the late Ming and early Qing, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.
Liu Shan
Liu Shan was the second emperor of Shu Han, son of founder Liu Bei, whose state fell to Wei in 263; he was made Duke of Anle in Luoyang.
Liu Shao
Liu Shao (刘劭), courtesy name Kongcai, was a Cao Wei philosopher and official from Handan, Hebei, best known for the Renwuzhi, his treatise on human ability and character.
Liu Shaoqi (刘少奇)
Liu Shaoqi (刘少奇) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and theorist who served as Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968 and was regarded as Mao Zedong's designated successor.
LIU Sharks football
LIU Sharks football: Long Island University's FCS team in the Northeast Conference, formed in 2019 from the merged LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn athletic programs, playing at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium in Brookville, NY.
Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan
Liu Sheng (劉勝, died 113 BCE), Prince Jing of Zhongshan, was a son of Emperor Jing of Han. His intact rock-cut tomb at Mancheng, Hebei, excavated 1968 with Dou Wan's, yielded jade burial suits, the Changxin Palace Lantern, and a gold-inlaid boshan censer.
Liu Shishi (刘诗诗)
Liu Shishi (刘诗诗, Cecilia Liu, original name 刘诗施), Chinese actress born 1987 in Beijing, Beijing Dance Academy ballet graduate; famous for Ruoxi in Scarlet Heart (2011), Golden Eagle Goddess, later A Journey to Love, Kill My Sins, Love in Pavilion, Dream; married Nicky Wu 2015.
Liu Shiying
Liu Shiying (刘诗颖), Chinese javelin thrower born 1993 in Yantai, Shandong; won Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold with 66.34 m, China's first Olympic javelin medal and Asia's first women's javelin gold; 2019 world silver, PB 67.29 m.
Liu Shouguang
Liu Shouguang (刘守光) was a late Tang military ruler who seized Youzhou from his father, proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Yan, and was executed in 914.
Liu Songnian
Liu Songnian (刘松年) was a Chinese figure and landscape painter of the Southern Song dynasty, a leading master of the imperial Painting Academy and one of the Four Masters.
Liu Songshan
Liu Songshan (刘松山), courtesy name Shouqing, was a Qing dynasty general from Xiangxiang, Hunan, who rose from enlisted man to Guangdong commander-in-chief and died in 1870 storming Jinjipu.
Liu Suhua
Liu Suhua (刘苏华, born 1974) is a Chinese venture capital executive who served as President of Shenzhen Capital Group from 2024 to 2026, then moved to Shenzhen Investment Holdings.
Liu Suola
Liu Suola (刘索拉, also written Liu Sola, born 1955) is a Chinese composer and writer known for the novella You Have No Choice, a landmark of 1980s Chinese modernist fiction.
Liu Tao (刘涛)
Liu Tao (刘涛, Tamia Liu, born 1978, Nanchang, Jiangxi) is a Chinese mainland actress, singer, and host known for Nirvana in Fire (2015), Ode to Joy (2016), and Golden Eagle and Magnolia award wins, distinct from the male Shandong actor of the same name.
Liu Tenghong
Liu Tenghong (刘腾鸿, 1820–1857) was a Qing dynasty military commander from Xiangxiang, Hunan, who rose from merchant to Xiang Army officer fighting the Taiping rebellion.
Liu Tongxun
Liu Tongxun (刘统勋) was a Qing dynasty official from Zhucheng, Shandong, who rose through the censorate and river conservancy to become Grand Secretary under the Qianlong Emperor.
Liu Tsi
Liu Tsi, also called Luk Tsut K'i or Lo Che, is a traditional Chinese three-in-a-row alignment game on a 3x3 board with diagonals, three pieces per player, placement then adjacent movement, first to align three wins.
Liu Wei (刘伟) (businessman, born 1987)
Liu Wei (刘伟), born 1987, is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded the Shanghai game studio miHoYo in 2011, known for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.
Liu Weihong
Liu Weihong (刘洧宏) is a Chinese businesswoman who co-founded ChaPanda, the Chengdu-based freshly-made tea chain, with her husband Wang Xiaokun in 2008, and chairs its supervisory committee.
Liu Wenjing
Liu Wenjing (刘文静), courtesy name Zhaoren, was a founding minister of the Tang dynasty who planned Li Yuan's rise to the throne and was executed in 619.
Liu Wuzhou
Liu Wuzhou (刘武周) was a Sui-dynasty rebel who killed his superior in 617, declared himself emperor, and was crushed by the future Tang emperor Taizong.
Liu Xiang (刘翔) (hurdler)
Liu Xiang (刘翔), Chinese 110m hurdler born 1983 in Shanghai; 2004 Olympic champion (12.91, still Olympic record), 2006 world record 12.88, 2007 world champion; retired 2015 after Achilles injuries.
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955–2017), Chinese literary critic and dissident, co-drafted Charter 08, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize as a political prisoner, and died of liver cancer in custody in Shenyang.