People I admire

She is a 20 year old Chinese girl from Shanghai, she speaks fluent Mandarin and the only parent she knows in chinese while the only home she knows is China. This is Lou Jing, the Chinese girl that sparked debate on racism in China, attracting both sensational admiration and ignorant hate  due to her skin colour.  All this started after she joined an American like Idol competition- Let's Go! Oriental tv show.
She was a result of an illicit affair between a Shanghainese, Madam Lou and an African American. Just like in most other cases, the guy left and the mother was left to take care of her child alone. Madam Lou's husband at that time divorced her. All these family secrets were revealed on the tv show when Madam Lou was encouraged to make an appearance on the show.
Lou Jing may have not won the contest but she did hold up very well through it all. At the end of the show she was quoted saying, "I've always thought of myself as Shanghainese, but after the competition I started to have doubts about who I really am"
She hopes to study journalism at the University of Columbia....we wish her all the best.

A video of her story on CNN