A Sinophile or a Chinophile is a person who demonstrates a strong interest and love for Chinese culture or its people. It is also commonly used to describe those knowledgeable of Chinese history and culture (such as scholars and students), non-native Chinese language speakers, pro-Chinese politicians, and people perceived as having a strong interest in any of the above.
Ireland
Des Bishop, Irish-American comedian; spent a year in China learning Chinese and performing comedy in both Chinese and English
Marco Polo (馬可·波羅), Venetian merchant and traveler; wrote about his travels in Yuan China; became an imperial official
Matteo Ricci (利瑪竇 or 利玛窦), Jesuit priest who spent decades in the imperial court of the Ming
Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan revolutionary and politician; emulated some key aspects of Chairman Mao Zedong, as well as borrowing some of his ideology, such as the Three Worlds Theory; under his rule, Libya continued to have positive relations with China up to 2011, which marked the end of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Johan Galtung, mathematician, sociologist, and the founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies, who praised Chinese rewriting of concepts of an "open society" and "democracy" as well as China's flexibility with diplomacy
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists
Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and inventor
Johan Gunnar Andersson, sinologist
Bernhard Karlgren(高本漢 or 高本汉), sinologist
Switzerland
Liam Bates, performer, television host and adventurer
Sir David Akers-Jones (鍾逸傑爵士), former administrator of Hong Kong and advisor to the Chinese government
Derek Bryan
Aurora Carlson
Sir Cecil Clementi (金文泰), British colonial administrator and former Governor of Hong Kong
Sir John Francis Davis (戴維斯/爹核士), Sinologist, diplomat and former Governor of Hong Kong
Herbert Giles
Ben Hedges
Reginald Johnston
Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player; Olympic track and field athlete; missionary
Robert Morrison (馬禮遜/摩理臣), Scottish missionary
Joseph Needham (李約瑟), British biochemist best known for his works on the history of Chinese science
Daniel Newham
David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (衛奕信/魏德巍), British diplomat and former Governor of Hong Kong
Sir Edward Youde (尤德), diplomat, sinologist and former Governor of Hong Kong
David D. Barrett, military officer and commander of the Dixie Mission who received a comparatively lenient form of treatment for being a "China Hand"
Chloe Bennet, actress and singer
Pearl S. Buck ( 賽珍珠 or 赛珍珠), writer and novelist
Anson Burlingame, lawyer, legislator and diplomat; appointed in 1861 to be the United States minister in China
Jerome A. Cohen, professor of law at New York University School of Law; expert in Chinese law; advisor to Republic of China President Ma Ying-jiu
John Paton Davies, Jr., one of the major proponents and facilitators of the Dixie Mission, a program that was formed to establish an anti-fascist alliance between the People's Liberation Army and the US
Ai Hua, television personality, frequent guest on programs on China Central Television
R. L. Kuhn, corporate strategist, investment banker, and intellectual; situated in the pro-China segment of the intellectual community; closely knows many Chinese political leaders
Owen Lattimore, author, educator, and scholar; served as an adviser, but later a critic, of Chiang Kai-shek, and a proponent to what some consider a precursor of China's cultural and legislative autonomy policies with autonomous regions in the People's Republic of China
Homer Lea, military advisory and general in the army of Sun Yat-sen during the Boxer Rebellion
Huey Newton, social activist who was deeply influenced by Maoism and described his time in China as a "psychological liberation", praising Chinese contemporary society throughout his works
Ezra Pound, poet who integrated many aspects of Chinese poetry into his writing, and especially advocated for Confucianism
Paul Robeson, baritone singer; film and stage actor; peace and civil rights activist; All-American football athlete; temporarily resided in China, was fluent in Chinese, and compared the struggle of the Chinese to that of the black people in the United States
John S. Service, diplomat and "China Hand"; born in Chengdu; was persecuted by McCarthyism due to his pro-China views, which also included sympathies with Chinese socialism
Cordwainer Smith, godson of Sun Yat-sen
Edgar Snow, journalist; among the first Westerners to interview Mao Zedong and report on the Long March
Wallace Stevens, one of the most influential poets of the 20th century
Anna Louise Strong, journalist and peace activist who lived in China
Quentin Tarantino, director; fan of martial arts films, and the Shaw Brothers' films in particular
Theodore H. White, political journalist; was a war reporter in China
Wu-Tang Clan, rap group from New York; their songs contain many Chinese cultural themes
Andrew Zimmern, television personality, chef, and adventure traveler
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook; an avid Chinese learner
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelaian President and economist whose foreign policies include socioeconomic cooperation with the People's Republic of China with regards to finance and industry, trade and resource development of oil and hydroelectricity, and infrastructure. And personally have very positive view about China's Influence and culture.
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