柴静

柴靜

Chái Jìng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chai Jing, Chinese investigative journalist and former CCTV reporter, best known for the 2015 air-pollution documentary Under the Dome (穹顶之下)

About Chai Jing

born 1976 · 主持人 TV host

Former CCTV reporter and host of 《看见》, also the title of her best-selling memoir. Her self-funded 2015 film on smog, 《穹顶之下》, drew over 100 million views within days before Chinese video sites removed it.

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Examples

HSK 4

柴静是中国著名的调查记者。

Chái Jìng shì Zhōngguó zhùmíng de diàochá jìzhě.

Chai Jing is a famous Chinese investigative journalist.

HSK 7-9

柴静的《穹顶之下》讨论了中国的雾霾问题。

Chái Jìng de 《 Qióng dǐng zhīxià 》 tǎolùn le Zhōngguó de wùmái wèntí.

Chai Jing's Under the Dome discussed China's smog problem.

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culture

She made her name in 2003 reporting on the SARS outbreak for CCTV's 《新闻调查》 (News Probe). She began the smog film after her unborn daughter developed a tumour. She later moved abroad and works as an independent journalist on YouTube.

Stroke Order

柴 chái

静 jìng

柴静