Du Xian (news anchor)
Du Xian is a Chinese news anchor, journalist, and professor.
Biography
Du was born in Beijing in 1954, the daughter of the scientist and engineer Du Qinghua, an academician the Chinese Academy of Engineering.After graduating from Communication University of China in 1982 she was assigned to China Central Television to host Xinwen Lianbo.
On June 4, 1989, Zhang Hongmin and Du Xian reported the People's Liberation Army cleared out thousands of student protesters in the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989. She was forced to resign for expressing sympathy.
In January 2000, Du was employed as a host at Phoenix Television, she hosted We Only Have One Earth, Crossing the Sand Line, and Looking for the Faraway Homeland.
She is now a professor at the Communication University of China.