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Lin Tan (Traditional Chinese: 谭琳, Tan Lin, born in Hunan Province of China), is a New York City based well-known Chinese TV presenter, News Anchorwoman, and producer.

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Overview

Lin Tan, who is the Chief Anchor of New York City based Sinovision, is the most influential Chinese TV host in the United States. Over the years, she had reported a number of important news events and interviewed numerous famous personalities. As the face of Sinovision, her pictures and program's schedule are published daily and weekly in noted Chinese newspapers in the U.S, including the China Press and The Sino American Times. She was featured in the CCTV program "Chinese World" 华人世界 as "One of the most influential overseas Chinese in the world".

Early career in Beijing

Lin graduated from Communication University of China “中国传媒大学“, the foremost media university in China. While attending college, she interned at the most famous news program (Oriental Horizon) on CCTV at the time. After graduation, She quickly became the host for the most popular fashion TV program on Beijing TV Station (BTV) at the time, “Charm Frontline”, when she was only 20 years old. Lin hosted many other programs and events, include: “International Fashion Show” of SURUI Fashion Media, “Fashion Follow Me” of Tang Long International Media Company, “Beauty of China” of Si Chuan Province TV Station, “Healthy Fashion” of Education TV of China, “Charm Frontline” of Beijing TV Station, “Netease Celebrities Talk Show” of NetEase, etc.

New York City

Lin moved to New York City in 2007 to pursue a master's degree in TV and Film Production at New York Institute of Technology. She graduated from the school in 2011. She joined SinoVision shortly after moving to New York City, and quickly became its Chief News Anchorwoman.

Starting in Aug 2012, Lin took over the helm as the host and co-producer for the Sinovision flagship celebrity interview show New York Lounge. A small sample of the guests featured on her show included pianist Lang Lang, artist Cai Guoqiang, former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chow, former HP Vice-Chair Yang Xuelan, actors Donnie Yen and Zhao Wei, director Zhang He, TV presenter Yang Lan, as well as many other world-renowned Chinese and American celebrities and successful personalities. New York Lounge has since been lauded as the most well-known and influential Chinese language TV show produced outside of Asia. Additionally, Lin is a successful TV programs producer who wrote, produced, and edited a number of widely recognized TV personality shows, such as Dr. David Ho, Dr. Henry Lee, Trump family, and Super Model Lv Yan etc. She also produced several popular Chinese community culture series, including Chinese Operas Assemble in New York, Cultures of China, and Festival of Spring. Those shows received wide acclaims and positive feedbacks.

Sample list of subjects interviewed by Lin

  • New York City Mayor Bloomberg
  • Mimi Gates, Microsoft founder Bill Gate's step-mother
  • Dr. David Ho, a scientist famous for creating “cocktail therapy” (HAART) to treat HIV-infected patients
  • Chief Emeritus of the Connecticut State Police, Dr. Henry Lee who investigated more than 8,000 cases, including the O.J. Simpson case;
  • Donald Trump’s second son, the vice Executive of The Trump Organization, Eric Trump
  • Stars of Broadway shows such Phantom of the Opera, Mama Mia, etc.
  • Supermodel Lv Yan
  • Famous entertainers such as Jay Chou, Aaron Kwok 郭富城, Chen Pei Si, etc.
  • World renowned pianist Lang Lang郎朗
  • The most famous singer in China Song ZuYing宋祖英
  • TV hosts Yang Lan 杨澜 and Li Xiang 李湘
  • Artists like Cai Guo-Qiang蔡国强and Gu Wen Da古文达
  • Billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Chen GuangBiao(陈光标), former General Motors VP Shirley Young(杨雪兰), TV producer and entrepreneur Yue-Sai Kan靳羽西,Billionaire Financier and Philanthropist Oscar Tang 唐騮千
  • Famous author Pai Hsien-yung白先勇, Yu Qiuyu (余秋雨)
  • Former US Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao赵小兰
  • Entertainers and actors Zhao Wei 赵薇, Donnie Yen 甄子丹, Miriam Yeung杨千嬅, Liu Ye (actor)刘烨, Luo Da You罗大佑 , Wanting Qu曲婉婷, Ying Huang黄英 , Tian Hao Jiang田浩江, Joe Wang黄西, Cho-Liang Lin林昭亮, Liu Shikun刘诗昆, Sandra Ng 吴君如, etc.
  • Famous director Jia Zhangke贾樟柯, Andrew Lau 刘伟强
  • Famous designer Zang Toi
  • Super model Lv Yan(吕燕), Miss World China Luo Zilin 罗紫琳, Ming Xi(奚梦瑶)
  • etc.
  • References

    Lin Tan Wikipedia