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Han Han: Racecar driver, all round bad boy and China's biggest blogger

Han Han: Racecar driver, all round bad boy and China's biggest blogger

Notorious 'public intellectual' Han Han talks about his love-hate relationship with Shanghai and being one of Time magazine's 'most influential figures'
Han Han从高中辍学到出版杂志,韩寒用一个非常自我的方式活着。首页的韩寒肖像来自Flickr用户allogo
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Dropping out of school at 16, Han Han is not well-educated in traditional Chinese values, but he is one of China's most influential literary figures, publishing his own magazine and authoring the most popular blog in the country. According to Xinmin.cn, Han’s blog, hosted on the popular portal and forum Sina.com (find it here, Chinese only), has the most clicks in the Chinese-speaking world. Starting in 2003, Han Han added "professional race car driver" to his ever-growing resume when he officially entered the pro circuit racing in a number of Chinese and international events. Han Han was named by Time Magazine as one of the world's most influential people this year in 2009.

No wonder Beijing University professor Zhang Ming claimed: “Han Han is more influential than all the Chinese professors added up.”

This hometown rebel doesn’t say “yes” to many interviews, so when he chooses a forum other than his blog to voice his opinions, you know it's going to be good.