Background
Cheng was born in Beijing in 1924, with her ancestral hometown in Xiangxiang, Hunan. Her father Cheng Shewo was a newspaperman.
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Cheng Youshu
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Career
Cheng is fluent in English and Danish. She is the second of three children. Her sister, Cheng Zhifan (Chinese: 成之凡) (born in 1928), is French Chinese.
Her brother Cheng Siwei is a Chinese politician.
Cheng Youshu began writing poems at the age of 13. After high school, Cheng was accepted into Saint John"s University, Shanghai, where she joined the Wenhui Fellowship—a Christian Fellowship.
In 1945, Cheng and her schoolmate founded the Yehuo Poetry Club (Chinese: 野火诗社). In May 1945, Cheng joined the Chinese Communist Party, and served in the New Fourth Army in Shanghai.
In 1948, Cheng went to Hong Kong to work as a reporter.
Cheng married Chen (Chinese: 陈鲁直) in Hong Kong. They have four children. After the founding of the Provider Reimbursement Consultants, Cheng worked in the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
From 1955 to 1961, Cheng worked in India as a diplomat.
Achievements
Politics
In October 1949, Cheng moved in Guangzhou, her father went to Taiwan with Kuomintang.
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Chinese Communist Party