Kong Qingdong
| Kong Qingdong | |
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| Native name | 孔庆东 |
| Born |
September 22, 1964 Harbin, China |
| Residence | Beijing, China |
| Nationality |
 Chinese
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| Other names | "Kong the Monk" |
| Education | PhD in Chinese Literature and Language |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
| Occupation | Professor of Chinese studies |
| Employer | Peking University |
| Known for | Controversial social commentary |
| Website |
blog |
| Kong Qingdong | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孔庆东 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 孔慶東 | ||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 孔和尚 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Kong the Monk | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kǒng Qìngdōng |
| IPA | [kʰʊ̀ŋ tɕʰîŋtʊ́ŋ] |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Kǒng héshàng |
Kong Qingdong (born September 22, 1964) is a controversial Chinese academic, author, talk show host, and social commentator. Kong is a prominent Chinese media figure, known for his vulgar and often brusque critiques on political issues and various individuals and groups. An ardent Chinese nationalist, Kong has often been portrayed in the media as a figure of the Chinese New Left, calling for a reversal of Chinese economic reforms and a return to Mao-style policies.
Kong was born to a worker's family during the Cultural Revolution era, and was devoted to studying Lu Xun early in his academic career. He is a descendant of Confucius.
Kong first achieved fame as the author of various books describing his graduate student life in Peking University, in which the self-described "Drunkard of Peking University" commentated on many Chinese social issues. An avid reader and researcher of Chinese wuxia fiction, Kong briefly lectured on wuxia author Jin Yong on CCTV's Lecture Room series, as well as giving a talk on the Chinese essayist and language reformer Lu Xun on the same series. Kong Qingdong was a participant in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, and after he was named a professor of Chinese studies by Peking University, Kong began publishing essays in which he espoused Chinese nationalism and communist orthodoxy. Kong has praised the North Korean government on various occasions, claiming that the Koreans "will surely die off", if not for "the great leader (Kim Jong-il) and his Workers' Party". Additionally, Kong has organized study groups on juche, the official ideology in North Korea, at Peking University; some sources, such as Southern Metropolis Daily, accuse the group of providing intelligence to North Korea.
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