ShaoLan Hsueh

ShaoLan Hsueh
Born 薛曉嵐
Taipei, Taiwan
Residence London, United Kingdom
Alma mater University of Cambridge
National Chengchi University
National Taiwan University
Occupation Author, Creator, & Founder of Chineasy
Known for Chineasy

ShaoLan Hsueh (Chinese: 薛曉嵐; pinyin: Xuē Xiǎolán) is an entrepreneur who has focused on content to learn Chinese based on a visual-based learning system branded "Chineasy".[1][2]

ShaoLan Hsueh was born in 1971[3] and raised in Taiwan.[4] She received a Master of Business Administration from National Chengchi University in the 1990s, before moving to the United Kingdom where she obtained a MPhil from Newnham College, University of Cambridge.[5][6]

Chineasy

After a TED talk in 2013 ("Learn to read Chinese … with ease! ")[7] and crowdfunding though Kickstarter,[8] she published the book Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese in March 2014, with the graphic artist Noma Bar.[9]

ShaoLan Hsueh had the idea while trying to teach Chinese to her two children.[3]

References

  1. ShaoLan Hsueh, Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2014 (ISBN 978-0500650288).
  2. "The memory game. A new way of teaching Chinese ideograms to foreign audiences", The Economist, 22 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Carey Dunne, "How obsessively copying poems helps Shaolan Hsueh, who reimagined Chinese, stay creative", Fastcodesign.com, 24 April 2014 (page visited on 28 February 2015).
  4. ShaoLan Hsueh, Le chinois, c'est pas sorcier, Éditions Hachette (Marabout), 2014 (ISBN 978-2-501-09361-3).
  5. (French) Shaolan Hsueh, Le chinois, c'est pas sorcier, Éditions Hachette (Marabout), 2014, pages 9 and 192 (ISBN 978-2-501-09361-3).
  6. Charlotte Clarke, "Women in Business – Shaolan Hsueh, MBA graduate", FT.com, 5 October 2014 (page visited on 28 February 2015).
  7. "Learn to read Chinese … with ease!", TED talk, 2013 (page visited on 9 February 2015).
  8. Chineasy: The easiest way to learn Chinese, kickstarter.com (page visited on 9 February 2015).
  9. "Chineasy peasy: Noma Bar brings fun and colour to Chinese characters ", The Guardian (page visited on 9 February 2015).
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