Lee Ya-Ching 李霞卿 |
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Born |
Haifeng County, Guangdong, China |
April 16, 1912
Died | January 28, 1998 Oakland, California, United States |
(aged 85)
Nationality | Chinese |
Aviation career | |
Known for | First Chinese civilian aviator, co-founder of first Chinese civilian flying school |
Lee Ya-Ching or Li Xiaqing (1912–1998), also known by her stage name Li Dandan (李旦旦), was a Chinese film actress and a pioneering aviator, as well as a philanthropist. She was the first Chinese woman to be granted a civil aviation license in China, in 1936, and also co-founded its first civilian flying school. As an actress, she starred in Romance of the Western Chamber, and played the lead in an early adaptation of Mulan for the screen.