Qian Zhongshu
She was born in China and studied telecommunication and English at Beijing Post and Telecommunication University (北京邮电大学). She has an MA in Applied Linguistics from Beijing Normal University and was the first doctoral student of the late Professor Qian Yuan (钱瑗), the daughter of the well known Chinese scholars and writers Qian Zhongshu (钱锺书) and Yang Jiang (杨绛). She later obtained her PhD in Speech Sciences from Newcastle University in Britain.