Teacher who founded 疯狂英语 (Crazy English), filling stadiums in the 1990s and 2000s with crowds shouting English together. In 2013 a Beijing court found he had beaten his wife and granted her a divorce.
Li Yang advocated shouting English out loud to overcome shyness.
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His American wife, Kim Lee, posted photos of her injuries online in 2011. The case became a rallying point for the campaign that produced China's first national law against domestic violence, passed in 2015.