Британдық-қытай журналисі және әйелдер құқығының жақтаушысы Сюэ Синьран

British Chinese journalist

Xuē Xīnrán (薛欣然, pen name Xinran, born in Beijing in 1958) is a British Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues. She was a popular radio personality in China with a call in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997. The program focused on women's issues and life stories. She was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work. In 1997, she moved to London and began writing stories of the women she met along her journeys. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002, becoming an international bestseller.

First Military University of People's Liberation Army, 1983–1987; English and International Relations She moved to London in 1997 and married British literary agent Toby Eady (son of Mary Wesley) in 2002.

In August 2004 Xinran set up ‘The Mothers’ Bridge of Love’ (MBL). MBL reaches out to Chinese children in all corners of the world; by creating a bridge of understanding between China and the West and between adoptive culture and birth culture, MBL ultimately wants to help bridge the huge poverty gap which still exists in many parts of China. The MBL book for adoptive families, Mother's Bridge of Love, came third in TIME magazine’s list of the top ten children’s books of 2007. Xinran often advises western media (including BBC and Sky) about western relations with China, and makes frequent television and radio appearances. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature.