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−	* [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/14/han-han-world-s-most-popular-blogger.html/ 1] “Han Han: World’s Most Popular Blogger.” Newsweek Magazine. Oct. 15, 2012.

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		+	* [http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/10/14/han-han-world-s-most-popular-blogger.html/ 1] “Han Han: World’s Most Popular Blogger.” Newsweek Magazine. Oct. 15, 2012.

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 == Life of Han Han ==
-* Born September 23, 1982, Han Han (simplified Chinese: 韩寒; traditional Chinese: 韓寒) was born of relatively humble beginnings to a middle class family, Han Han has become the number one blogger in China (and quite possibly the world with 500 million followers). He is an author of five best selling novels, founder and executive editor of the magazine "Party," a driver on the rally racing circuit, and even a singer, songer writer, and producer. And yet, he didn't even graduate high school. In May 2010, Han Han was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. In September 2010, British magazine New Statesman listed Han Han at 48th place in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
+* Han Han (simplified Chinese: 韩寒; traditional Chinese: 韓寒) was born September 23, 1982 of relatively humble beginnings to a middle class family, Han Han has become the number one blogger in China (and quite possibly the world with 500 million followers). He is an author of five best selling novels, founder and executive editor of the magazine "Party," a driver on the rally racing circuit, and even a singer, songer writer, and producer. And yet, he didn't even graduate high school. In May 2010, Han Han was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine. In September 2010, British magazine New Statesman listed Han Han at 48th place in the list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
 * Han's first essay, "Unhappy Days," was published when he was attending junior high. He was admitted to Shanghai's Song Jiang No. 2 High School only based on his sporting achievements. During his first year of high school (1999), Han won first prize in China's New Concept Writing Competition with his essay, "Seeing Ourselves in a Cup," on the Chinese national character. This particular essay is what sparked Han's stardom. He heavily criticized the Chinese culture comparing the people to a ball of paper dissolving in a glass of water. Just as the paper dissolved so too are the people dissolving. Han Han quoted writers such as Lu Xun and even latin. After achieving the spotlight for his academic genius, he still failed seven subjects at the year-end examination. He subsequently was retained for a year in school. This incident was reported in the media and ignited a heated debate on China's "quality education" policy, whether holistic or specialized learning should be implemented in schools, as well as other educational issues. Han Han clearly demonstrated academic brilliance, and yet he was unable to succeed in the traditional Chinese education. Han has since become a symbol of the shortfalls of the Chinese education. Following another seven subject failure in the second year examinations, Han ultimately quit school.
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 * After dropping out of school, Han worked on a series of essays – "One Degree Below Freezing"; "Press Release 2003"; "And I Drift"; and "Miscellaneous Essays." His essays were accepted into various publications. Han's first novel, ''Triple Door'', on life as a third-year junior high school student in Shanghai, raised his prominence in China outside Shanghai. With over twenty million copies printed, this novel is China's bestselling literary work in the last 20 years. Other novels – ''Like a Speeding Youth, Riot in Chang'an City, A Fortress, Glory Days,'' and ''His Kingdom'' were also published during this time.
-Fueled by his love of racing, Han became a professional rally driver and wrote less frequently. However, he continued to blog on current affairs, with some articles attracting a large number of readers and sparking intense debates.[1][2][5][6]
+Fueled by his love of racing, Han became a professional rally driver and wrote less frequently. However, he continued to blog on current affairs, with some articles attracting a large number of readers and sparking intense debates.
 <h3>Han Han's Writing</h3>
 Han cleverly utilizes humor and satire to criticize Chinese society. He typically writes of problems experienced by the youth of his generation (possibly the reason for his popularity) depicting the shortfalls of society and the education system.
-As a writer in China, Han Han takes many risks in the manner in which he criticizes society. One may wonder why he hasn't "disappeared" as many other critical writers have in the current Chinese society. He often has blogs and other writings taken down because of their content, and although he says it is just part of being Chinese, the risk is still present that one day it won't just be his writing that is taken down. His popularity is a safeguard and definitely helps in his overall protection, but there are others (maybe not as popular) who have disappeared for what they've written (Xu Zhiyong, Jitian, Teng Biao, Li Xiongbing, Li Fangping, and Jiang Tianyong to name a few recent disappearances). Often they return weeks or months later, but there is always the possibility they won't return at all.
+Han Han cleverly utilizes humor and satire to criticize Chinese society. He typically writes of problems experienced by the youth of his generation (possibly the reason for his popularity) depicting the shortfalls of society and the education system. He is considered a "critical surrealist" for the way in which he criticizes society through his depictions of real life often containing a few elements of fiction. This method helps youth relate to what is being read, and yet as such the criticizing is more implicit. As a writer in China, Han Han takes many risks in his critical approach. One may wonder why he hasn't "disappeared" as many other critical writers have in the current Chinese society. He often has blogs and other writings taken down because of their content, and although he says it is just part of being Chinese, the risk is still present that one day it won't just be his writing that is taken down. His popularity is a safeguard and definitely helps in his overall protection, but there are others (maybe not as popular) who have disappeared for what they've written (Xu Zhiyong, Jitian, Teng Biao, Li Xiongbing, Li Fangping, and Jiang Tianyong to name a few recent disappearances). Often they return weeks or months later, but there is always the possibility they won't return at all.

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 Fueled by his love of racing, Han became a professional rally driver and wrote less frequently. However, he continued to blog on current affairs, with some articles attracting a large number of readers and sparking intense debates.[1][2][5][6]
   (Click [citation] for original source)
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 [[File:Han_Han_3.jpg|200px|thumb|right| Click [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Han_Han.jpg] for original source]]
 == Motivations ==
 == Controversy==
+There are various controversies surrounding the writings of Han Han. Because of his blatant objection to Chinese society it is often conjectured that those who oppose his writings are secretly working with the government and do so in an effort to downplay what he says. This is purely conjecture as there is no proof for or against this notion. However, the possibility still stands that those who oppose him do so from pressure of the government.
 <h3>The Han-Bai Controversy</h3>
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 : Raced for Shanghai Volkswagen 333 Racing Team. Won 3rd prize in the Shanghai race of the China Circuit Championship 1600cc Category, and 2nd prize in the China Rally.
 : Raced for Shanghai Volkswagen 333 Racing Team, obtained 1st prize in the China Circuit Championship 1600cc Category.
-In September 2009, Han participated in the 2009 Rally Australia, a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC). Following this, he wrote a blog post entitled Report on supervision and guidance work in preparation for the WRC in Australia (赴澳大利亚监督指导世界拉力锦标赛的工作报告), using irony to express dissatisfaction with China's standards of race management, economic conditions, political consciousness of the population, etc. in comparison with Australia.[39]
+In September 2009, Han participated in the 2009 Rally Australia, a round of the World Rally Championship (WRC). Following this, he wrote a blog post entitled Report on supervision and guidance work in preparation for the WRC in Australia, using irony to express dissatisfaction with China's standards of race management, economic conditions, political consciousness of the population, etc. in comparison with Australia.[39]
 <h3>Other Media Involvement (Music & Film)</h3>
 In February 2005, a Hollywood movie was planned with the script to be based on Chinese writer Xie Hang's novel, Dysmenorrhoea (痛经), and filming to take place in a northern Chinese city. As Han's image suited him to play the male lead role, the Chinese partner company recommended him for the role to the American producers. When media outlets asked Han for his views on this matter, he replied, "I have yet to receive this invitation, but basically I would reject it." He explained, "It doesn't matter that this is a Hollywood movie, as my decision would depend on who's playing the female lead." On hearing that the script was about the forbidden love between a boy and his female teacher, Han laughed and rejected the role, saying, "This makes it even more difficult for me, I will not play such a role."[9]
-Han is also involved in music production. His debut album, R-18 (十八禁, restricted to 18 and above), was released in September 2006, with all lyrics self-composed.
+Han is also involved in music production. His debut album, R-18 restricted to 18 and above), was released in September 2006, with all lyrics self-composed.
-R-18 is Han Han's first album. It was released on September 26, 2006 by ShangHai ToWing Culture Development Co., Ltd.
 ==External Links and Sources==
 * [http://www.hanhandigest.com/ Han Han Digest:] English translations of selected writings by Han Han.

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 Fueled by his love of racing, Han became a professional rally driver and wrote less frequently. However, he continued to blog on current affairs, with some articles attracting a large number of readers and sparking intense debates.[1][2][5][6]
-  (Click [Hille, Kathrin (January 14, 2010). "Daring blogger tests the limits". Financial Times. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010.] for original source)
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 == Motivations ==
-Han Han's father, Han Renjun, from an early age encouraged Han Han to memorize characters and read both classical Chinese books, as well as moderen books published before 1949 (Renjun did not consider literature after 1949 worth reading) In addition, Han Han also read western literature in Chinese translation. As a result of this early literary education, Han Han was instilled with a critical mind. In other words, the influence that Han's father had on him, eventually created a figure that could incite the minds of the Chinese society moreso than any other in his generation. Han's writing is unique in its attempt to criticize. Although he can be explicit in his opinions, often Han appears to
+Han Han's father, Han Renjun, from an early age encouraged Han Han to memorize characters and read both classical Chinese books, as well as moderen books published before 1949 (Renjun did not consider literature after 1949 worth reading) In addition, Han Han also read western literature in Chinese translation. As a result of this early literary education, Han Han was instilled with a critical mind. In other words, the influence that Han's father had on him, eventually created a figure that could incite the minds of the Chinese society moreso than any other in his generation. Han's writing is unique in its attempt to criticize. Although he can be explicit in his opinions, often Han appears to object to issues with the sole purpose of helping the Chinese society to think. Rather than purely objecting, he merely helps people to see things from a different perspective. Han Han has been compared to a modern day Plato in that sense. In a society where most people are forced to think one way, Han Han has become a glimpse of light and a breathe of fresh air offering new perspectives to incite the mind.

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−		+	Han Han's father, Han Renjun, from an early age encouraged Han Han to memorize characters and read both classical Chinese books, as well as moderen books published before 1949 (Renjun did not consider literature after 1949 worth reading) In addition, Han Han also read western literature in Chinese translation. As a result of this early literary education, Han Han was instilled with a critical mind. In other words, the influence that Han's father had on him, eventually created a figure that could incite the minds of the Chinese society moreso than any other in his generation. Han's writing is unique in its attempt to criticize. Although he can be explicit in his opinions, often Han appears to