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Capable Chinese-American actor Chao Li Chi was born in Shanxi Province, China to a prominent local family. When he was 12 years old, he and his family fled China and emigrated to New York City as refugees from the Second Sino-Japanese War. Academically-gifted and well-versed in the ancient arts of Taoism and Wutang martial arts, Chi became an accomplished dancer who incorporated his physical disciplines into modern dance techniques, touring with avant-garde filmmaker and choreographer Maya Deren. He studied acting through Pearl S. Buck's 'East-and-West Association', and made his debut in Deren's short film Meditation on Violence (1949). Settling in Los Angeles, Chi found regular work as a character actor in film and television. He played the loyal majordomo Chao-Li in all 9 seasons of the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981), and appeared in such movies as Big Trouble in Little China (1986), The Joy Luck Club (1993), The Nutty Professor (1996), Blood Work (2002), and The Prestige (2006). All the while, he continued to practice and teach philosophy and martial arts, co-founding the Taoist Institute in North Hollywood and lead a Saturday morning t'ai chi class every week, for 30 years straight. He died on October 16, 2010 in Granada Hills, California, USA.- Qiqi Zhou was born on 27 June 1986 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. She is an actress, known for Nirvana in Fire (2015), Tian ma (2016) and Here to Heart (2018). She has been married to Qilin Jiang since 6 July 2019.
- Hsiang-Chin Han was born on 9 September 1947 in Shanxi Province, China. She is an actress, known for Tie niang zi (1969), Hei tie (1969) and Forced to Fight (1971).
- Zhang Jia born in Jiexu Shanxi Province is a Hanchinese female, screenwriter lyricist and producer in Mainland China and graduated from the Chinese Academy of Opera in 2008. In 2009, she began to study film and television script creation under the tutelage of Hai Yan. In 2010, the love and family drama "Suitable Marriage", her first work as screenwriter premiered on the Shanghai TV Channel. In 2011, she began to cooperate with Shanghai Chuangyi (predecessor of Beijing Shenyi), under the tutelage of producer He Xiuqiong. The screenwriter works "My Family Has Happiness", "Amy Come on" and "Because of Love" series are all broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV. "Women Helping Girls 2" written in 2013 is known as the pioneering work of female theme. In 2014, she founded Jiahua Studio. In 2016, she founded Jiahua Media and served as CEO. The company integrates script creation, production, and artist brokerage. Later, she participated in the production, and her screenplay and production of online dramas includes "Family with Ability", "Fresh Meat Teacher", "Beijing Women's Guide", etc. Among them, "Beijing Women's Guide" won the "Best Craftsmanship Realism Play Award" and other awards.
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Jun Li was born on 2 March 1922 in Xia County, Shanxi Province, China. He was a director and actor, known for Da Jue Zhan II: Huai Hai Zhan Yi (1991), Da Jue Zhan III: Ping Jin Zhan Yi (1992) and Da Jue Zhan I: Liao Shen Zhan Yi (1991). He died on 7 January 2013 in Beijing, China.