Du Xian (; born 23 September 1954) is a Chinese news anchor and television host.
Biography Du was born in Beijing in 1954. She is daughter of Du Qinghua, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
After graduating from Communication University of China in 1982, she was assigned to China Central Television to host Xinwen Lianbo.
On June 4, 1989, Zhang Hongmin and she anchored the Xinwen Lianbo broadcast reporting on the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests. Du appeared on air wearing a black outfit and was visibly choked up during the broadcast; she was forced to resign as a result of her perceived expression of sympathy for the student protesters.
In 1997, Du joined Phoenix Television and hosted We Only Have One Earth, Crossing the Sand Line, and Looking for the Faraway Homeland. After leaving Phoenix Television in 2002, she joined the Communication University of China as an teacher and retired in 2014.
Works
Television Xinwen Lianbo We Only Have One Earth () Crossing the Sand Line () Looking for the Faraway Homeland ()
Book My 106 days in America ()
Personal life Du is married to Chinese actor Chen Daoming; their daughter, Chen Ge (), was born in 1985.
See also Xinwen Lianbo China Central Television Phoenix Television 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre Communication University of China Chen Daoming Chinese television
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