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<mask> (February 20, 1891 – April 14, 1970) was an American baseball pitcher in Pre-Negro league and Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned over 30 years, he played for many different Negro league and semi-professional teams, including the All Nations team and the Kansas City Monarchs. Researchers so far have discovered 667 games in which <mask> is known to have pitched. Out of those games, <mask> had over 400 wins and 5,081 strikeouts as a baseball pitcher. According to some sources, he was the greatest pitcher of his era. Statistics
Researchers have documented most of his career, which stretched from 1908 to 1940. Published totals from local newspaper accounts covering his 30-plus year career provide a glimpse at his prowess on the diamond.Despite what has been found regarding <mask>'s career, over 150 games that <mask> pitched in state no strikeout game totals, consequently his overall totals are under-reported. Newspaper coverage of <mask> games reveal 413 wins and 161 losses and a winning percentage of .737. He also notched 5,081 strikeouts, an ERA of 1.37, and 86 shutouts against all levels of competition. He completed 296 of 322 starts (92%). <mask> can be credited with 14 no-hitters, a perfect game, and dozens of one-hitters. He also has two 30 strikeout games, 11 games with more than 25 strikeouts (including two back-to-back 25 strikeout games), 30 games with more than 20 strikeouts, 109 games with more than 15 strikeouts, and a total of 203 double digit strikeout games. <mask> could also hit well, batting .334 in over 1,800 at bats.Early years
<mask>'s early career was spent in and around his hometown of Glasgow, Missouri. He played for the Missouri Black Tigers of nearby Higbee, in 1908, and subsequently for the Hannaca Blues, an all-black contingent from Glasgow during the 1909–1910 seasons. Tennessee Rats
He pitched for Brown's Tennessee Rats, which were managed by W.A. Brown of Holden, Missouri. The team traveled with a complement called "Brown's Tennessee Minstrels". Together, the group of about 20 players crisscrossed the upper Midwest, playing ball during the day and providing an evening minstrel program for their mostly white ticket buyers. <mask> established himself as a stellar pitcher, posting a reported record of 44–3.Known highlights of that season include an 18-inning 31 strikeout game, a 27 strikeout performance and on at least four separate occasions, he whiffed 19. All Nations

He contracted to pitch for the World's All Nations team based in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1912, for a reported sum of $150 per month. <mask> went on to star for the team, which included a female player named Carrie Nation, as well as players of several different races. The experiment of an interracial ball club was successful as the All Nations thrived traveling throughout the Midwest and Upper Midwest from 1912 to 1917. During <mask>'s 1915 season, he struck out an average of 18 batters a game and fanned 30 in a marathon 18-inning contest. <mask> not only struck out more than 500 batters that season, but did it three years straight. Most of his accomplishments were against semi-professional competition, but <mask> also did very well in his relatively few contests against highest level professional baseball teams, and there were a number of first-person reports of his talent from such opposing managers and players.<mask> and his ball-clubs prior to the organization of the Negro National League in 1920 played ball all year round, both in the Midwest and venues as far west as Los Angeles as far east as Palm Beach, Florida. In an interview in the Kansas City Call in 1948, J. L. Wilkinson said <mask> was "one of the greatest pitchers that ever lived, white or black." He also said <mask> suggested the name "Monarchs" when Wilkinson was preparing a team for the Negro National League in 1920. Tumultuous times, 1918–1920
In 1917, 26-year-old <mask> registered for the WWI Draft. He lists his current occupation as a baseball player for the Schmelzer's Arms Company of Kansas City, Missouri. He is listed as single, with his mother listed as a dependent. During the time of World War I, the 1918 flu pandemic and many of the nation's racial unrest such as the Red Summer of 1919, <mask> was present in many of these same cities during those dates, playing and pitching in some of the United States' most populous cities like Indianapolis, Brooklyn, Detroit, and Chicago.After being in the middle of all that turbulence, <mask> made his way back to Kansas City, Missouri to play again for J. L. Wilkinson. Kansas City Monarchs
After World War I, J. L. Wilkinson formed the Kansas City Monarchs in 1920, where the 29-year-old <mask> worked as a pitcher and center fielder. In fact, it has been reported that <mask> came up with the name "Monarchs." A Kansas City newspaper even reported that <mask> would manage the Monarchs, but it appears there was a change in the 11th hour, and José Méndez was chosen as the Monarchs manager. <mask> played with the Monarchs at different times through much of the 1920s. He also played in at least one pre-season game with the All Nations in 1920, and in 1921. <mask> also played part-time with various semi-pro barnstorming teams during this era.However, for at least two years, <mask> managed and played on the revamped All Nations baseball team, which now served as a way to train, recruit and make money for Wilkinson's "parent club", the Kansas City Monarchs. Players for the All Nations would show up on the roster one week, then appear on the Kansas City Monarchs roster in the next week. Crowds of over 5,000 people sometimes watched these exhibition games, well into the mid-1920s. Post-Negro league playing career
Perhaps most impressive, <mask> played in towns in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Canada, sometimes as the only black player on a small-town semipro team. This was at a time when the Ku Klux Klan was active in the state, and three years after the notorious lynchings of three black circus workers in 1920 in Duluth, Minnesota, <mask> led a barnstorming troupe into Duluth. Here, he pitched and beat a team of white all-stars from the Iron Range, 6-3. <mask> made a comfortable living traveling through rural America, even during the Depression.Like many black barnstormers of the time, <mask> faced white Major Leaguers and fared well enough to prompt New York Giants manager <mask> to say, "I think he is the greatest I have ever seen." McGraw is also alleged to have said about <mask>: "If I could dunk him in calamine lotion, I'd sign him." Baseball historian Pete Gorton has said that <mask>'s charisma, composure and stellar character were a countermeasure to the deep-seated prejudices of the time, "But I don't want anyone to look at the career of <mask> and think 'Oh, here's another poor black ball player exploited by the "Man" or by the times he lived,'" the writer noted. "This is a story of a man who was covered by the media and adored by the fans and had an outstanding career on the baseball diamond." A May 17, 1928, Letter to the Editor in Melrose, Minnesota tells of one fan's appreciation of watching <mask>:  "Two-thirds of the attendance at Melrose wanted to see <mask>, the great. They did not come because they wanted to see the Melrose or Scobey ball teams, but they wanted to see <mask>, the master of base ball." <mask> was playing mostly semi-pro ball in the mid- to late-1930s, and by the end of 1939 was asked by Satchel Paige to play again in the Upper Midwest as the star pitcher on the days when Paige wasn't pitching.Local papers reported the 39-year-old <mask> lacked speed, but that he still had enough experience to "fool the batters." Newspapers and ball players often lied about their age throughout their career, for birth, marriage, and other government records show <mask> was about 48 years old at the time. Currently, the last known game <mask> pitched in professionally, was in a 1940 game against the House of David baseball team. After more than 30 years as a player, <mask> retired in 1941. Settling in Chicago, some historians believe he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He made appearances on the mound in far less serious games, as late as 1949.However, by then <mask> was in his late 50s. Major League scout
Although <mask> never gained the full recognition for his pitching skills during his lifetime and was never admitted into Major League Baseball during his career, he made history by becoming the first full-time black talent scout in the big leagues, for the Chicago White Sox of the American League, in 1949, working into the 1950s. He pursued Willie Mays and Ernie Banks for the team and is credited with the signing of several prominent Negro leaguers of the time, including Bob Boyd and Sam Hairston. Anecdotes
Research also suggests that Satchel Paige owes much of his style and acumen to <mask>, whose barnstorming efforts pre-dated Paige's by two decades. Elden Auker, a former major league pitcher, who had played against <mask>, related this anecdote when he (Auker) was 95 years old, in 2006: "I played against <mask> in 1929. I was in college and we played at an Arapaho Indian reservation in Kansas. I pitched against Paige and I won, 2–1.<mask> played center field. <mask> got out in center field and squatted like a catcher", Auker related. "The Monarchs had a catcher named Young, and he squatted behind home plate and they played catch from 300 feet. They threw the ball on a line. If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it." Legacy
At age 60, <mask> was voted a first-team member of the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues best players ever. <mask> died of bronchial pneumonia at age 79, in Chicago, and is buried in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.in an unmarked grave at the cemetery. In 2004, Jeremy Krock, of Peoria, Illinois, raised enough money for a proper headstone via the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project. He started the project with Jimmie Crutchfield and lead to <mask>, and has continued to more than 20 other unmarked graves. <mask> was nominated for a special ballot of pre-Negro leagues candidates for inclusion in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. However in February 2006, <mask> failed to garner the necessary 75% to earn election from a 12-member voting committee, appointed by the Board of Directors and chaired by former Major League Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent. Amateur film footage made on August 16, 1925, of <mask> at a game in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, was uncovered in 2010. Thirty-nine seconds exist.<mask> faced off that day against Joe Jaeger, who made two relief appearances for the Chicago Cubs in 1920, and advertisements for the game called <mask> "the colored wonder pitcher." , researchers working as a networking team calling themselves "The Donaldson Network", living and working in several states around the United States, have located <mask>'s 5,081 career strikeouts and 413 career wins as a pitcher. On November 5, 2021, he was selected to the final ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame's Early Days Committee for consideration in the Class of 2022. He received eight of the necessary twelve votes. References

External links
 and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
 Negro League Baseball Players Association
 <mask> Ongoing Research Site
 "This guy wants turn-of-the-last-century Minnesota black pitcher in Hall of Fame," by Rubén Rosario, March 18, 2018, St. Paul Pioneer Press
 "This Great Black Baseball Player Still Isn't In the Hall of Fame" New York Times, July 29, 2020
 "Restoring the lost legacy of a baseball giant" Le Mars Daily Sentinel, February 15, 2006

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<mask> (; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Espanyol and the China national team. <mask> is the all-time top goalscorer for Shanghai SIPG with 169 goals. He is the second all-time top goalscorer in Chinese Super League history with 102 goals. <mask> also holds the record for being the youngest player to have appeared in a Chinese professional league match aged 14 years and 287 days. Early life
<mask> was born in Nanjing and developed a passion for football at an early age. Turned down by Jiangsu Sainty's youth academy for being too small, <mask> took a recommendation letter from former Chinese footballer Li Hongbing and went to Shanghai to apply for the Genbao Football Base in 2003. After watching a single training session of <mask>, Xu Genbao, the founder and owner of Genbao Football Base, decided to recruit <mask>.Later in 2005, <mask> and his teammates joined Shanghai East Asia, which was jointly founded by Xu Genbao. Club career

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<mask> started his football career playing for third-tier side Shanghai SIPG, making his debut for the club on 2 September 2006 in a 5–3 loss against Yunnan Lijiang Dongba, making him the youngest ever player to play professional Chinese football aged 14 years and 287 days. He helped the club win the third tier title and promotion to the second tier at the end of the 2007 league season. He scored his first goal for the club on 30 August 2008 in a 2–0 win against Qingdao Hailifeng. This made him the second youngest goalscorer in Chinese football aged 16 years and 289 days, just 47 days behind Cao Yunding's record. <mask> scored a hat-trick on 2 June 2013 in a 6–1 win against Shanghai Shenxin, becoming the second youngest player to score a hat-trick in the top tier. He scored his second hat-trick of the season on 18 August 2013 in a 3–2 win against Tianjin Teda.He scored his third hat-trick of the season on 27 September 2013 in a 6–1 win against Qingdao Jonoon. On 31 July 2016, <mask> became the first Chinese footballer in over two years to score a hat-trick in the Chinese Super League in a 3–3 draw against Guangzhou R&F. On 18 March 2018, he scored four goals in a 5–2 win against Guangzhou R&F, becoming the second Chinese footballer to score four goals in a league match after Li Jinyu. In the 2018 season, <mask> became the top goalscorer in Chinese Super League history with 102 goals. He also won the Golden Boot award with 27 goals, becoming the first Chinese footballer to win the award since Li Jinyu. <mask> was also named as the Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year at the end of the season, becoming the Chinese footballer to win the award since 2007. RCD Espanyol
On 28 January 2019, <mask> transferred to La Liga side RCD Espanyol for a reported fee of €2 million, signing a three-year contract with an option for an additional year.He made his debut for the club on 3 February 2019 in a 2–2 draw against Villarreal, coming on as a substitute for Dídac Vilà in the 77th minute. It was watched by more than 40 million people in China. He became the second Chinese footballer to play in La Liga after Zhang Chengdong. On 9 February 2019, he came on as a substitute and earned a penalty which produced the equalizer in a 2–1 win against Rayo Vallecano. On 17 February 2019, <mask> became the first Chinese footballer to start a La Liga match in a 0–0 draw against Valencia CF. <mask> scored his first goal for the club on 2 March 2019 in a 3–1 win against Real Valladolid, becoming the first Chinese footballer to score in La Liga. On 24 April 2019, <mask> scored his second goal for the club in a  1–1 draw against Celta.On 18 May 2019, <mask> scored his third goal for the club in a 2–0 win against Real Sociedad, securing Espanyol's spot in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. On 25 July 2019, <mask> made his UEFA Europa League debut in the qualifying rounds in a 4–0 win against Stjarnan, coming on as a substitute for Esteban Granero. A month later, he scored his first goal in the same competition in a 3–0 win against Luzern. His goal, a header in the third minute, was the fastest in the club's European history and was also the first goal scored by a Chinese footballer in any European continental competition since 2013. On 3 October 2019, <mask> became the first Chinese footballer ever to score in European competition, excluding qualifying stages, scoring in a 2–0 win against CSKA Moscow. On 4 January 2020, <mask> became the first Chinese player to score against Barcelona, scoring a 88th-minute equaliser for Espanyol after coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 draw. International career
<mask> was called up to the Chinese under-20 national team in 2009 and scored nine goals in five matches during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches.His impressive goalscoring performances saw him called up to the Chinese national team for the 2010 East Asian Football Championship, making his debut on 14 February 2010 in a 2–0 win against Hong Kong. Several months later, <mask> returned to the under-20 national team for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship and he played in four games and score two goals while he aided China to the quarterfinals by the end of the tournament. He scored his first goal for China on 28 July 2013 in a 4–3 win against Australia at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. Player profile

Style of play
<mask> has been praised for his goalscoring exploits and off-the-ball movements. He is known for his explosive speed, especially on counterattacks. A versatile forward, <mask> is capable of playing anywhere across the frontline. Although he has played as a striker and second striker, he often plays as a winger and can operate on either flank.Reception
<mask>'s goalscoring prowess drew praise from former manager Gao Hongbo, who stated, "<mask>'s scoring ability is innate, making him a gifted player." In 2013, former mentor Xu Genbao, who has been attributed to helping develop <mask>, described him as "China's Maradona". <mask>'s performances during the 2013 Copa del Sol caught the eye of Molde FK's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Solskjær commented on <mask>'s footballing prowess, stating, "He is a good striker; if he moves to Molde, I think he can improve well enough to play for an English Premiership side in a year." <mask>'s transfer from Shanghai SIPG to La Liga side Espanyol on 28 January 2019 drew widespread attention amongst Chinese media outlets. According to PPTV, the official broadcaster of La Liga in China, more than 25 million fans in China watched Espanyol win 3–1 against Real Valladolid, in which <mask> scored his first goal for the club. Personal life
<mask> is of Hui ethnicity.He married his girlfriend Zhong Jiabei () in 2014 and has two children, a daughter and a son. Career statistics

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Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. Honours
Shanghai SIPG
Chinese Super League: 2018
China League One: 2012
China League Two: 2007

Espanyol
Segunda División: 2020–21

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East Asian Football Championship: 2010

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Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: 2018
Chinese Super League Golden Boot winner: 2018
Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot winner: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Chinese Footballer of the Year: 2018, 2019
AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019
IFFHS AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020
IFFHS AFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020
IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021

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External links
 Player profile at sports.online.sh.cn

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<mask>. (; born July 24, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative from  since 2017. The district is based in St. Petersburg. He served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011. <mask> began his political career as a Republican, serving in the Florida Senate from 1993 to 1999, running unsuccessfully against incumbent Bob Graham for the U.S. Senate in 1998 and then serving as Florida Education Commissioner from 2001 to 2003 and Florida Attorney General from 2003 to 2007, before being elected governor in 2006. While still governor, <mask> ran for a U.S. Senate seat. After initially leading in the 2010 race for the Republican nomination, <mask> was overtaken in the polls by Marco Rubio when the state GOP committee decided not to fund his reelection bid, and in April 2010 <mask> left the Republican Party to run as an independent. In the general election, he lost to Rubio in a three-way race, taking 30% of the vote to Rubio's 49% and Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek's 20%.<mask>'s term as governor ended in January 2011. On December 7, 2012, <mask> joined the Democratic Party, having endorsed President Barack Obama for reelection in 2012. On November 1, 2013, he announced that he was running for governor in the 2014 election. He was defeated by Governor Rick Scott, <mask>'s successor, by a 1% margin. In 2016, <mask> was elected to Congress from his home district, the 13th, defeating incumbent Republican David Jolly, 52%–48% and became the first Democrat to represent this district since 1955. As of the 117th Congress, <mask> is the only former governor serving in the House. <mask> is a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.Early life and education
<mask> was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on July 24, 1956, to Charles Joseph <mask>, an American physician of Greek Cypriot and Lebanese descent, and Nancy (née Lee), of Scots-Irish, Swiss, and Welsh descent. His family name is adapted from the original Greek name "Christodoulos". As a child, <mask> moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where he attended Riviera Middle School and St. Petersburg High School, from which he graduated in 1974. He is the second of four children and has three sisters: <mask> Wood, <mask> Hyden, and <mask> Kennedy. He attended Wake Forest University for two years. While at Wake Forest, <mask> was a walk-on quarterback for the Demon Deacons during his freshman and sophomore years, before transferring to Florida State University in Tallahassee. <mask> earned his undergraduate degree from Florida State, where he was elected vice president of the student body and became a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.He received his J.D. from Samford University Cumberland School of Law. Early career
After graduating from Cumberland School of Law in 1981, and passing the bar on his third attempt, <mask> was hired as general counsel to Minor League Baseball, which was headquartered in St. Petersburg. Drawn to politics, <mask> was a candidate for public office for the first time in 1986, in the Republican primary for a state Senate seat in Pinellas County. After losing in a runoff, <mask> joined his brother-in-law in private practice in St. Petersburg, but soon returned to politics as an aide on the successful 1988 United States Senate campaign of Connie Mack III, whom he has since described as his political mentor. Florida Senate

In 1992, <mask> was elected to a two-year term to the Florida Senate from the 20th district, which encompassed parts of St. Petersburg and South Tampa. He defeated longtime incumbent Democratic State Senator Helen Gordon Davis of Tampa, 58.3 to 41.7%.<mask> was able to unseat Gordon Davis following the 1992 decennial redistricting process, which significantly reconfigured the districts in the Tampa Bay area. His victory was credited with helping to end the Democratic Party's 128-year control of the Florida Senate, as the Republicans netted three seats in 1992, resulting in a 20–20 tie between the parties. <mask> was known as a law-and-order senator, sponsoring legislation requiring inmates to serve at least 85% of their sentences before becoming eligible for parole. He supported teacher salary increases, charter schools, and a specialty license plate for Everglades conservation. With <mask> as chairman, the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee investigated actions of then-governor Lawton Chiles amid allegations that Chiles's campaign had made "scare calls" to senior citizens days before the 1994 gubernatorial election. Chiles testified before the committee and admitted that his campaign had made the calls. In 1994, <mask> was reelected to a four-year term in the Senate, defeating Democrat Dana Lynn Maley with 63.3% of the vote.Florida Education Commissioner
<mask> gained recognition in 1998 as the Republican challenger to incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Graham. He lost to Graham by 26 percentage points. In 2000, he was elected Education Commissioner of Florida, a position he held until it became an appointive office in 2003, as the result of a 1998 constitutional amendment. <mask> left his position after he was elected attorney general. Florida Attorney General
In 2002, <mask> was elected Florida Attorney General. His candidacy was supported by the host of America's Most Wanted, John Walsh.Walsh and other supporters cited his work with the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Civil rights and consumer groups praised <mask> for expanding the attorney general's powers during his time in office. These powers enabled him and future attorneys general to have greater power to prosecute civil rights and fraud cases. <mask> also worked to combat email spam, freeze utility rates, end telecom deception, and protect the environment. Governor of Florida

Having won the 2006 election, <mask> was inaugurated as governor of Florida on January 2, 2007. Fiscal policies
<mask> supported President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a stimulus package in response to the Great Recession. Fellow Republicans were angered by <mask>'s support for the stimulus.<mask> called the act a "godsend", maintaining that it had saved the jobs of nearly 20,000 Florida schoolteachers and other school workers in 2009–2010. Gun policy
In 2008, <mask> signed a provision preventing employers from prohibiting employees from bringing firearms to the workplace, as long as the weapons are secure and the employees have a concealed carry license. Abortion
<mask>'s stance on abortion has been unclear at times. In 1995, while in the Florida Senate, <mask> joined with two Democrats in the Senate Health Care Committee in voting against a proposal for a mandatory 24-hour waiting period before a woman could have an abortion, resulting in a 3–3 tie vote and the bill's defeat. In 1998, while running for the U.S. Senate, <mask> wrote in a Tampa Bay Times questionnaire that "I believe that a woman has the right to choose, but would prefer only after careful consideration and consultation with her family, her physician and her clergy; not her government." In a debate that year, he said he did not support a constitutional amendment banning abortion. In 2006, while running for governor, <mask> said he did not support overturning Roe v. Wade and opposed a mandatory 24-hour waiting period before a woman could have an abortion.In 2010, while running for the U.S. Senate again, <mask> said he would "fight for pro-life legislative efforts" and described himself as "pro-life". By March 2010, however, as rumors swirled that he would leave the Republican Party and become an independent, <mask> reiterated that he did not support overturning Roe v. Wade and told a Christian Family Coalition group, "We ought to, instead of change laws, change hearts." In June 2010, after leaving the Republican Party and becoming an independent, <mask> removed anti-abortion language from his website. Shortly thereafter, he vetoed a bill to require women seeking abortions to pay for and receive an ultrasound, calling the measure "punitive" and "almost mean-spirited". The bill also included language barring abortion coverage "under a contract toward which any tax credit or cost-sharing credit is applied." Legislative Republicans and anti-abortion groups said his language was aimed at preventing "what they considered the possibility of federal funding being used for abortion in Florida", while abortion rights groups said the broadly written provision would have resulted "in hundreds of thousands of women losing health care coverage that they currently have." The bill <mask> vetoed also included some provisions "intended to thwart" the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform legislation championed by President Obama.LGBT rights
In 2006, as a proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions was headed to the ballot in Florida, <mask> said that such an amendment was unnecessary because state law already barred same-sex marriages. But in September 2005, <mask> had signed a petition for the amendment during the Republican primary at the Christian Coalition's request. <mask> said in campaign materials at the time that he supported "traditional marriage". In 2008, <mask> said he voted for the amendment, which passed. In a debate and a radio talk show appearance in 2006, <mask> indicated support for civil unions. In 2010, after becoming an independent during the U.S. Senate race, he declared his support for civil unions encompassing "the full range of legal protections" including "access to a loved one in the hospital, inheritance rights, the fundamental things people need to take care of their families." It is unclear whether the 2008 state constitutional amendment <mask> supported would have prohibited such civil unions.As governor <mask> deemphasized the marriage issue, saying in a late 2007 CNN appearance, "It's not an issue that moves me. I'm just a live and let live kind of guy", and telling the Orlando Sentinel in 2008 that the issue was not "top-tier" for him. <mask> initially supported Florida's ban on same-sex adoption, which had been in place since 1977. He publicly expressed support for the ban from the time he was attorney general in 2006 to his campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2010, even after some state legislators proposed dropping the ban in 2007. In 2008, in the case of In re Gill, a Miami-Dade judge struck down the ban as unconstitutional. As the case proceeded through appeals, <mask> expressed support for the ban as late as February 2010, but by June 2010, expressed openness to changing Florida law to allow same-sex adoption, saying a better approach "would be to let judges make that decision on a case-by-case basis." In September 2010, <mask> said that he had had an "appropriate evolution" on gay rights and was considering dropping the state's appeal of the court ruling striking down Florida's ban on gay adoption.Days later, after an appeals court struck down the ban, <mask> hailed the ruling "a very good day for Florida" and "a great day for children" and announced that the state would no longer seek to enforce the ban. In a Senate candidates' debate the next month, he attributed his shift in positions to "the convergence of life experience and wisdom", saying that he had become more tolerant and become less judgmental with age. In January 2014, <mask> apologized for his support for the 2008 same-sex marriage ban and for the same-sex adoption ban, telling an Orlando LGBT publication, "I'm sorry I did that. It was a mistake. I was wrong. Please forgive me." Environmental policy
In June 2008 <mask> proposed that Florida buy  from the United States Sugar Corporation for $1.2 billion.The purchase would remove about 187,000 acres of sugar farming for restoration efforts. In front of supporters in Palm Beach County, <mask> called the deal "as monumental as our nation's first national park." Economic changes forced the purchase to be reduced to  of sugar and citrus plantations for Everglades restoration projects. <mask> announced plans to sign executive orders to impose strict air pollution standards in Florida, with an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. In his gubernatorial campaign <mask> opposed offshore oil drilling. He altered that position in June 2008, when oil reached peak prices, saying, "I mean, let's face it, the price of gas has gone through the roof, and Florida families are suffering, and my heart bleeds for them." Other issues
As governor, <mask> supported capital punishment.After claims that computerized voting machines undercounted votes in black communities, <mask> endorsed legislation requiring paper records of all ballots cast in elections. In April 2010, <mask> vetoed an education bill that would have linked teacher pay to test scores, a piece of legislation conservatives strongly supported. <mask> supported increased regulation of the insurance industry, including property insurance rates (in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina) and health insurance. The Citizen's Property Insurance Corp and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund had been described as risky and underfunded. Standing next to former football star Dan Marino (whose son, Michael, is autistic and inspired the Dan Marino Foundation), <mask> signed a law expanding health coverage statewide for autism disorders and legislation expanding low-income coverage and creating public and private insurance options in Florida. Fundraising controversies

In February 2006, <mask> attended a fundraiser at Mar-A-Lago, hosted by Donald Trump, with guests paying $500 to attend. Two of the guests became subjects of controversy.One, Volodymyr Shcherban, was a Ukrainian government official who had recently fled his country after being charged with corruption. The other, Russell Whitney, was a businessman from Cape Coral, Florida, who at the time was under investigation by <mask>'s office (and two of whose businesses had previously made the maximum allowable $500 contribution to <mask>'s campaign). <mask> subsequently returned $1,000 to Whitney's businesses, and determined that Shcherban's entry fee had been paid by another guest. In 2009, <mask> saw the man he had chosen as

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Senator John McCain endorsed <mask>'s 2006 campaign for governor, traveling the state to campaign with him. The day before the general election, <mask> held a campaign event with McCain in Jacksonville.Later, when the Republican presidential primary debates were held in St. Petersburg, <mask> embraced McCain. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who had also campaigned for <mask> during the gubernatorial election, had sought his endorsement. In May 2007, <mask> signed a bill moving the date of Florida's presidential primary to January 29, 2008, contrary to national political party rules. <mask> joined Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in asking that their states' delegates be seated. Both national conventions ended up seating all delegates, but with only a half vote each for the sanctioned states. On January 26, 2008, <mask> endorsed McCain in the Republican primary. McCain won the Florida primary by five percentage points.On October 28, 2008, <mask> extended early voting hours of operation and declared that a "state of emergency exists", due to record voter turnout and resultant hours-long waits at locations throughout the state. On November 12–14, 2008, <mask> hosted the Republican Governors Association (RGA) annual meeting in Miami. Held the week after the Democratic Party victories in the 2008 election, there was speculation about the meeting's tone. Then Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the defeated 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, was a featured participant and speaker. <mask>'s speech at the RGA conference, "Listen to the Voters and Serve", included his sentiments on how the GOP should evolve:

<mask> held a joint interview with Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina in which they discussed the split in the Republican Party over where to direct the party's efforts to gain more voters. 2010 U.S. Senate campaign

On May 12, 2009, <mask> announced that he would not run for reelection as governor in 2010, making him the first Florida governor not to run for reelection since 1964. Instead he ran for the US Senate.His two main opponents were former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio, and Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek. <mask> was initially the front-runner in the Republican primary, but later trailed Rubio in polls. <mask> announced his intent to run as an unaffiliated candidate in the election, while at the same time, according to a press release from his campaign, he remained a registered Republican. <mask> officially changed his registration status to "non party affiliated" on May 13, 2010. He did not return campaign contributions made while he was a Republican. <mask> lost the general election, receiving 29.7% of the vote to Rubio's 48.9% and Meek's 20.2%. In April 2011, as part of a settlement of a copyright lawsuit brought by musician David Byrne, <mask> apologized for his Senate campaign's use of Byrne's song "Road to Nowhere" without permission.By the spring of 2015, there was speculation that <mask> would seek the Democratic nomination for the 2016 United States Senate election in Florida. This would have been his third run for the seat (he lost in 1998 and 2010). In March 2015, <mask> said he would not seek the nomination. That same month, he endorsed U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy's Senate candidacy. Break from politics (2011–2014)
In January 2011, <mask> joined the Tampa office of national personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan after expressing an interest in returning to the legal field during his final week in office as governor of Florida. <mask> worked primarily in the firm's class-action sector as a complex-litigation attorney, serving as a "rainmaker" for the firm.In November 2016, after almost six years with the firm, he was elected to represent Florida's 13th congressional district. In February 2018, Brad Slager of Sunshine State News, cited evidence that Morgan & Morgan was "attempting to purge all evidence" of its relationship with <mask> now that he was a "rookie congressman" with "little-to-no power". In 2013, <mask> performed paid consulting work for Coastal Construction, a Miami-based construction firm owned by <mask>'s longtime friend Tom Murphy, the father of former U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy. <mask> has been a part-time guest lecturer at Stetson University College of Law, with the title of Distinguished Professorial Lecturer. In August 2012, <mask> endorsed President Obama in his campaign for reelection over Republican nominee Mitt Romney, saying that the Republican Party "pitched so far to the extreme right on issues important to women, immigrants, seniors and students that they've proven incapable of governing for the people." <mask> was a speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, saying, "I didn't leave the Republican Party; it left me." Party switch and The Party's Over
On December 7, 2012, <mask> announced that he had joined the Democratic Party.In July 2013, it was announced that <mask> was writing a new book. The book, The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat, was released in February 2014. In the book, <mask> details why he left the Republican Party and became a Democrat. He claimed that his career in the Republican Party was destroyed by a hug between him and Obama at a Fort Myers town hall on February 10, 2009. "It was the kind of hug I'd exchanged with thousands and thousands of Floridians over the years", <mask> wrote. "I didn't think a thing about it as it was happening." But it "ended my viable life as a Republican politician.I would never have a future in my old party again. My bipartisan hopes and dreams, I would discover soon enough to my shock and disappointment, were vastly overstated and hopelessly out of date." In May 2014, <mask> told Fusion's Jorge Ramos that he had left the Republican Party because of its racial attitudes. "I couldn't be consistent with myself and my core beliefs, and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the African-American president—I'll just go there", <mask> said. "I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing. It was intolerable to me." The Washington Post Chris Cillizza rejected this claim, citing Tampa Bay Times political editor Adam Smith as saying that <mask> "was happy as a Republican when the polls showed him leading Marco Rubio by 20 points."Cilizza wrote that <mask>'s party switch "epitomized for many within the Republican base that <mask> lacked any core principles or beliefs and, instead, simply went with whatever was popular at the moment." In a New Republic review, Isaac Chotiner called The Party's Over an "account of why <mask> switched parties" and wrote that <mask> had "revealed himself". Writing in Rolling Stone magazine in 2014, Jeb Lund described <mask> as "a Republican conveniently converted to Democrat", adding, "what made <mask> dynamic as a Republican ... was a vaguely populist nose-thumbing at Republican orthodoxy", and that "<mask> is a Democrat only if you are a Republican." 2014 gubernatorial election

On November 1, 2013, <mask> filed to run for governor as a Democrat. He won the Democratic nomination but was defeated in the general election by Republican incumbent Rick Scott. <mask> holds the rare distinction of losing a statewide general election in Florida as a Republican, a Democrat and an Independent. U.S. House of Representatives

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2016
On October 20, 2015, <mask> announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Florida's 13th congressional district, his home district, in the 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections.He had previously announced on Twitter that he would not run for political office in 2016. Republican incumbent David Jolly, who succeeded 43-year incumbent Bill Young in a 2014 special election, was vacating the seat to run for the same Senate seat for which <mask> ran in 1998 and 2010. But when Senator Marco Rubio decided to run for reelection, Jolly dropped out of the Senate race and sought reelection to the House, even though the 13th district had become significantly friendlier to Democrats when a court tossed out Florida's original congressional map. The new map drew nearly all of St. Petersburg, along with most of the more Democratic southern portion of Pinellas County, into the 13th. The district had been in Republican hands without interruption since 1955, and had been one of the first areas of Florida to turn Republican. However, it had become more of a swing district at the presidential level since the 1990s; it has supported a Democrat for president in all but one election since 1992. In the general election, <mask> defeated Jolly 52–48%, becoming the first Democrat to win the seat in 62 years.2018
In 2018, <mask> was endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which called him "a leader on protecting Florida from and planning for the impacts of climate change during his time as Governor and in Congress." <mask> won a second term with 57 percent of the vote. Tenure
<mask> was sworn in on January 3, 2017. He is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, the New Democrat Coalition, the Climate Solutions Caucus and the U.S.-Japan Caucus. On December 18, 2019, <mask> voted for both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. <mask> introduced H.R. 305, which presented the Congressional Gold Medal to Officer Eugene Goodman for his valor on the January 6, 2021.Committee assignments
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2022 gubernatorial election

On May 4, 2021, <mask> announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election. Political positions after party switch

Immigration
In June 2017, <mask> was one of 24 House Democrats to vote for Kate's Law. The next month, he was one of five Democrats to vote to fund President Trump's border wall, and the next day, issued a statement saying that he opposed the wall. Same-sex marriage
On May 9, 2013, <mask> announced that he supports same-sex marriage: "I most certainly support marriage equality in Florida and look forward to the day it happens here." In both 2006 and 2008, <mask> announced his support for the Federal Marriage Amendment, but by 2010 he had endorsed adoption rights for gay couples. United States embargo, trip to Cuba
In May 2014, <mask> publicly stated his support for lifting the United States embargo against Cuba, arguing it has not helped to change the Cuban government. He had supported the embargo earlier as both a Republican and independent.Also in 2014 he announced he had requested permission from the Department of State to travel to Cuba with a delegation of business, academic and economic development officials. In June <mask> indefinitely postponed the trip. In 2019, <mask> quietly visited Cuba to meet with Cuban officials, despite high bilateral tensions due to alleged Cuban support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela. The three-day trip was not announced by his congressional office and was disclosed due to required filings in the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics, with no details about it on <mask>'s House website. The sponsor of the trip was the Center for Democracy in the Americas, an organization that "promotes a U.S. policy toward Cuba based on engagement and recognition of Cuba’s sovereignty", according to its website. Photos of <mask> smiling during a meeting with Cuban officials, including Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, were published in the official newspaper of Cuba's Communist Party during his stay. Marijuana legalization
<mask> said "fully legalizing marijuana" would bring about "true justice in our state and in our country" in announcing his candidacy for governor in 2021.He also voted for the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act to legalize cannabis at the federal level and expunge cannabis convictions in 2020. In 2018, he introduced the Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act to limit the ability of federal workers or applicants to be fired or denied employment for cannabis use. Gun policy
Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, <mask> announced a reversal of some of his previous stances on gun control. Before 2012, he had sometimes accused his opponents of not supporting gun rights strongly enough. He was also endorsed by the NRA in 2006. In 2012, <mask> announced that he supported reinstating the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, banning high-capacity magazines, and instating more extensive background checks. In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, he announced his support for additional measures, including a ban on bump stocks, and also said he does not support arming teachers.When he left the gubernatorial office in 2011, <mask> had an A rating from the NRA. In 2016, he received an F rating from the NRA, its lowest rating. Felons' voting rights
In a February 12, 2018, op-ed for USA Today, <mask> wrote that Florida was "one of only three states that permanently bans non-violent, ex-felons from voting" and that this "disenfranchisement of 1.5 million of our fellow citizens is shameful." Personal life
In July 1979, <mask> married Amanda Morrow. They divorced within a year. <mask> became engaged to Carole Rome on July 3, 2008, after nine months of dating, and they married on December 12 of that year at the First Methodist Church of St. Petersburg, where <mask> is a member. In February 2017, <mask> announced that he had filed for

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<mask> (; born 7 December 1990) is a Belgian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 7. He is currently the highest ranked Belgian male and the first to reach the ATP top 10. <mask> has won five ATP titles, and has reached nine other ATP finals, most notably at the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals. <mask>'s breakthrough occurred during his first appearance in the main draw of a grand slam, at the 2012 French Open as a lucky loser. He reached the fourth round where he lost to Roger Federer in four sets.<mask> has reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Australian Open, losing to rivals Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov respectively, and of 2019 Wimbledon, losing to Novak Djokovic. At the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals, <mask> defeated Dominic Thiem, world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and world No. 2 Roger Federer en route to the final where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. Playing style and endorsements

<mask> plays a baseline-oriented game, and he is considered to be an offensive baseliner, with accurate and powerful groundstrokes. He has a good forehand, which he uses to good effect and to move opponents around the court, but his two-handed backhand is his strongest shot, particularly down-the-line. It is considered to be one of the best two-handers on tour.Both wings are capable of producing winners. He is also one of the best returners in the game, winning 53.9% of second serve return points in 2017. He has a good serve, capable of reaching 125 mph (202 km/h). He is an excellent mover around the court as well, and he is excellent at retrieving tricky balls. He is solid at the net, but this isn't one of his major assets. <mask> is sponsored by Wilson for his racquets and Asics for his clothing and footwear. He uses the Wilson Blade 98 18x20 Countervail racquet.Tennis career

Juniors
As a junior, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 76–40, reaching as high as No. 10 in the junior combined world rankings in July 2008. He took part in only two junior slams, losing in the second round of the French Open and the first round of Wimbledon in 2008. 2009 – 2011
Throughout the 2009 season, <mask> played Futures and Challenger tournaments. His best result of the year came when he qualified for Todi, Italy. He won four consecutive matches after qualification, eventually succumbing to Simon Greul, ranked 84, in a semifinal in straight sets. In 2010, <mask> played Futures and Challenger tournaments throughout the year with varying results.He finished the year ranked 233. <mask> won his first match on the ATP tour at the 2011 Chennai open, defeating India's No. 1, Somdev Devvarman. He lost in the second round to Stanislas Wawrinka. 2012: Breakthrough
In 2012, he reached the quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time at the 2012 Chennai Open, after defeating top-50 countryman Xavier Malisse and Andreas Beck. At the French Open 2012, though he did not win in the last qualifying round of the qualifications, he entered the tournament's main draw as a lucky loser thanks to the withdrawal of Gaël Monfils. In his first round, he faced world no.27 and 23rd seed for men's singles Radek Štěpánek and beat him in five sets. The second round saw <mask> take on French veteran player Arnaud Clément (who was playing his last French Open) whom he beat in five sets in a match postponed due to rain at a score of 5–1 the previous day. <mask> then beat Łukasz Kubot in the third round to become the first lucky loser to reach the last 16 of a Grand Slam since compatriot Dick Norman at Wimbledon 1995. <mask> was eventually eliminated by third seed Roger Federer, but not before managing to win the first set. He received one of the wild cards for Wimbledon, and in the first round he beat 20th seed and 2011 quarterfinalist Bernard Tomic. Then, in the second round, he beat Jesse Levine to advance to the third round, where he ultimately lost to the resurgent 10th seed Mardy Fish. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the first round of the men's singles to Juan Monaco.At the US Open, he entered the main draw, but lost in the first round to world no. 7, sixth seed, and eventually semifinalist at the tournament Tomáš Berdych. He then won two singles matches to secure Belgium a place in the 2013 Davis Cup World Group. 2013: Inconsistencies
<mask> started the season by making his debut at the 2013 Brisbane International. He defeated wildcard (and crowd favourite) Matthew Ebden, before losing to seventh seed Jürgen Melzer in the second round. In the first round of the French Open, he faced then-No. 1, Novak Djokovic.He proved a challenge for Djokovic, but lost the match in straight sets. <mask>'s performance as well as Djokovic's laboured efforts in defeating him were the subject of brief attention to the quality of <mask>'s playing. <mask> made it to the third round in Cincinnati, where he was again defeated by Djokovic. He qualified in Winston-Salem and defeated Jack Sock in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round. He did not play any tournaments in 2013 after the US Open, where he lost in the first round to Alexandr Dolgopolov. 2014: Maiden ATP World Tour title

<mask> had to retire in his second-round match at the Challenger event in New Caledonia, and he withdrew from qualifying for the Australian Open due to a left quadriceps injury. From July to August, following his opening round loss at Wimbledon to defending champion Andy Murray, <mask> won four consecutive tournaments.The first three were Challengers, but the fourth was his maiden ATP tour-level title when he won the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, beating Dominic Thiem in the final. During this run, <mask> won 40 out of the 42 sets he played and won 20 consecutive matches. In September, after reaching the third round of the US Open for the first time, he won his second career ATP title, the Moselle Open in Metz, France, beating higher seeded players Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals and João Sousa in the final. His run from July to September launched him over 75 places up the rankings, putting him into the world's top 40 for the first time in his career. At the Swiss Indoors in Basel, he advanced to his first ATP 500 tournament final, beating Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals, his first win over a top-10 player. He lost the final to five-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets; however, his run to the final propelled him to a career-high ranking of No. 22 in the world, a ranking with which he would finish the 2014 season.After having started the year ranked 111th in the world, <mask> ended the season ranked just outside the top 20, a difference of 89 places, and as a result he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year award by the ATP for 2014. 2015: Top 20, Davis Cup final
2015 saw <mask> have continued success, reaching two more ATP finals and breaking into the world's top 20, as well as decent runs in the major tournaments. His season was highlighted by being the driving force in the Belgium Davis Cup team's surprise run to the final, which they lost to Great Britain, <mask> being defeated by Andy Murray in the decisive fourth rubber after having earlier won the second rubber against Kyle Edmund. 2016: Top 15, French Open quarterfinal
<mask> reached fourth round for the first time at 2016 Australian Open, where he lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. In March at Indian Wells, he reached his first Masters 1000 semifinal, where he lost to Milos Raonic. He followed it up with another semifinal defeat in Miami, losing to Novak Djokovic in straights sets. He next competed in the Monte Carlo Masters.He defeated Feliciano Lopez in the first round. He then played Fernando Verdasco and won in a close match. He then lost to lucky loser Marcel Granollers. <mask> then competed in the BMW Open. In his first match, he defeated Victor Estrella Burgos. He then played Alexander Zverev and lost. At the Mutua Madrid Open despite having four match points, he lost in the first round to Lucas Pouille.Then he competed in the Rome Masters. He won his first match against Leonardo Mayer. He next played Jack Sock in the second round, winning in straight sets. He then played world No. 8 Tomáš Berdych and defeated him without losing a single game. In the quarterfinals, he lost to second seed Andy Murray. At the 2016 French Open, he played the first round against wild card Grégoire Barrère.He won in straight sets. In the second round, he played against qualifier Carlos Berlocq and won again in straight sets. In the third round, he won in a more than 3 hours match against Nicolás Almagro. In the fourth round, he won in four sets against Ernests Gulbis. His tournament ended in the quarterfinals, where he lost to Dominic Thiem in four sets. At Wimbledon, he won in the first and second round in straight sets. In the third round, he needed four sets to win against Denis Istomin.In the fourth round, he lost to Milos Raonic after he had a 2-0 advance in sets. <mask> reached the third round of the men's singles at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, beating Sam Groth and Dudi Sela before unexpectedly losing to Thomasz Bellucci. <mask> was upset in the first round of the 2016 U.S. Open, losing in four sets to 19-year-old American Jared Donaldson. <mask> took part in the Tour Finals as a reserve after Gaël Monfils had to withdraw due to injury. <mask> was defeated by Novak Djokovic in the round-robin stage. 2017: Top 10, ATP Finals runner-up and second Davis Cup final
<mask> started 2017 at the World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. He defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals and top seed Andy Murray in the semifinals, before losing to Rafael Nadal in the final.At the Qatar Open, he defeated Robin Haase in the opening round before losing to Fernando Verdasco in the second round. <mask> reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the second time in Melbourne, following victories over Reilly Opelka, Radek Štěpánek, Ivo Karlović and Dominic Thiem. He was then defeated in straight sets by Grigor Dimitrov. In February, <mask> defeated defending champion Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the final of the Sofia Open. There, he lost in straight sets again to Dimitrov. A week later, he recorded his first victory over Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open. <mask> went on to reach his second-straight final, but lost in three sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.This resulted in him achieving a top ten ranking for the first time, becoming the first Belgian man to do so. After losing in the Round of 16 at both Indian Wells and Miami, <mask> led

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 the Belgian Davis Cup team to victory over Italy in the World Group quarterfinals by winning both of his singles rubbers against Andreas Seppi and Paolo Lorenzi. At the Monte Carlo Masters, <mask> defeated World No. 9 Dominic Thiem and World No. 2 Novak Djokovic to reach the semifinals. There, he lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal. He went on to reach the quarterfinals in Madrid and the round of 16 in Rome, falling to Nadal and Marin Cilic, respectively.At the 2017 French Open, <mask> was forced to retire whilst leading his third round match against Horacio Zeballos. He injured his right ankle when he tripped on a tarpaulin by the side of the court. <mask> returned to the tour in July with early losses at Umag and Gstaad. Following second and first round losses in Montréal and Cincinnati, respectively, <mask> reached the fourth round of the US Open for the first time. There, he lost to Andrey Rublev in straight sets. He then led Belgium to another Davis Cup victory against Australia in the World Group semifinals with four-set wins in both his singles rubbers against Nick Kyrgios and John Millman. With this win, Belgium reached its second Davis Cup final in three years, having lost to Great Britain in the 2015 final.In October, <mask> won back-to-back titles in Shenzen and Tokyo. His title in Shenzhen was his third career title and first on the main tour since 2014, having lost in his six previous finals. By winning his first ATP 500 title in Tokyo, <mask> returned to the top ten, having been absent since May. <mask> qualified outright for the season-ending ATP Finals for the first time, having played as an alternate for Gaël Monfils in 2016. In the round-robin stage, victories over World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem secured him the runner-up spot in the Pete Sampras Group, behind Grigor Dimitrov. He beat Roger Federer for the first time in his career in the semifinal, ending a six match losing streak against him.<mask> became the sixth player to beat Federer and Nadal at the same event and the first since Nikolay Davydenko in 2009 to beat the top two-ranked players at year-end finals. In the final, <mask> was beaten by Dimitrov, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3. He ended the year with a career-high ranking of No. 7. In his final event of the season, <mask> represented Belgium in the Davis Cup World Group final against France in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France on 24–26 November. Despite <mask> winning both his singles rubbers against Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the Belgian team were defeated 2–3. <mask> ended the year having won all six of the singles rubbers he played in 2017, against France, Italy in the quarterfinals, and Australia in the semifinals.2018: Masters 1000 semifinal and two quarterfinals
<mask> started the season at the Australian Open but was upset in the second round by Julien Benneteau. He rebounded from this disappointing start to the year by winning both of his singles rubbers against Attila Balazs and Márton Fucsovics to help Belgium win its Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Hungary and set up a quarterfinal matchup against the United States. <mask> then reached back-to-back semifinals at the Open Sud de France and the Rotterdam Open, where he lost to Richard Gasquet and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively. In Rotterdam, <mask> was forced to retire from his semifinal match against Dimitrov after a ball ricocheted off his racquet and hit him in the left eye. Due to swelling caused by the injury, <mask> withdrew from the Marseille Open, where he would have been the top seed. Two weeks later he also had to withdrew from Indian Wells. <mask> made his comeback in Miami, but was eliminated by João Sousa in his first match, having won only a game.After the Miami Open he had to return to Belgium to check his eye. Because of this check-up he wasn't able to participate in the World Group quarterfinals against the United States. Belgium lost by 4 rubbers to 0. He reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov. He then competed at Barcelona, where he reached the semifinals, falling to eventual champion Rafael Nadal. At Rome, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to defending champion Alexander Zverev. At the 2018 French Open, he reached the fourth round before losing to Marco Cecchinato, who went on to upset Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.In the grass season, <mask> lost in the first round of both Queen's and Wimbledon. At Washington, <mask> reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by Stefanos Tsitsipas. He lost in the first round of the 2018 Rogers Cup to Milos Raonic. He then saw a good performance at the Cincinnati Masters, defeating sixth seed Kevin Anderson and fourth seed Juan Martín del Potro on his way to the semifinals facing Roger Federer, where he was forced to retire due to injury after losing the first set tiebreak. At the 2018 US Open, he matched his 2017 performance, reaching the fourth round where he lost to Marin Čilić in straight sets. He had to end his season after a loss to Andy Murray in the Shenzhen Open in September because of pain in his elbow. 2019: First Masters final

<mask> began his season at the Qatar Open where in singles he was upset by Ričardas Berankis in the first round.In the doubles with Pierre-Hugues Herbert he claimed his first ATP doubles title. He reached the third round of the Australian Open, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev. After early losses at Lyon and Rotterdam, he made the semifinals in Marseille, where he lost to top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. In the clay season, he reached one semifinal, at the Estoril Open, again being defeated by Tsitsipas. At the French Open, he was defeated in the third round by Rafael Nadal. <mask> had a productive grass season, reaching the quarterfinals at 's-Hertogenbosch and reaching the final of the ATP 500 event in Halle. Despite being unseeded, <mask> defeated eighth seed Guido Pella and second seed Alexander Zverev en route to the final, where he was defeated by top seed and nine-time champion Roger Federer.At Wimbledon, <mask> was seeded 21st, defeating Bradley Klahn, Jérémy Chardy, 11th seed Daniil Medvedev, and Fernando Verdasco to reach his first quarterfinal at the tournament. There, he was defeated by top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic. In the North American hard court season, <mask> suffered early defeats in Washington and Montreal. Defending a semifinal appearance at the Cincinnati Masters, <mask> was the 16th seed. He defeated Taylor Fritz, Guido Pella, Adrian Mannarino before receiving a walkover over Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarterfinals. He defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the semifinals to reach his first Masters 1000 final. There, he was defeated by ninth seed Daniil Medvedev.In the US Open, <mask> reached the round of 16 where he was defeated easily by Roger Federer. 2020: US Open fourth round for a fourth straight year
<mask> started the year by representing Belgium at the first edition of the ATP Cup. In their first tie against Moldova, he won his match over Radu Albot. Against England, he dropped his match to Dan Evans. at the 2020 Australian Open beating Jeremy Chardy, and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, before losing in four sets to Andrey Rublev. At the Open Sud de France, <mask> was defeated by Vasek Pospisil in the semi finals. Later, at the Rotterdam Open, <mask> was seeded fourth but was defeated by Jannik Sinner.At the Open 13 and Western & Southern Open, <mask> lost to Egor Gerasimov and Jan-Lennard Struff respectively. At the US Open, he lost to Denis Shapovalov in the round of 16. This was his 4th round for a fourth straight year at this Grand Slam. In October, <mask> tested positive for COVID-19, and hence withdrew from the St. Petersburg Open. 2021: 5th title
<mask> started 2021 at the Antalya Open. Seeded second, he reached the semifinals where he lost to fourth seed and eventual champion, Alex de Minaur. As the top seed at the first edition of the Great Ocean Road Open, he was defeated in the second round by Carlos Alcaraz.Seeded 13th at the Australian Open, he was eliminated in the first round by Australian wildcard Alexei Popyrin, despite holding four match points in the fourth set. Seeded second at the Open Sud de France, <mask> won his fifth ATP tour singles title beating top seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the final. Seeded sixth at the Rotterdam Open, he was beaten in the second round by qualifier Jérémy Chardy. Seeded sixth in Doha, he fell in his second-round match to Taylor Fritz. Seeded fifth at the Dubai Championships, he lost in the second round to Kei Nishikori. Seeded eighth at the Miami Open, he was defeated in the second round by James Duckworth. Seeded 11th at the Monte-Carlo Masters, his first clay-court tournament of the season, <mask> reached the quarterfinals beating Marin Čilić, qualifier Marco Cecchinato, and fifth seed Alexander Zverev.He was eliminated in his quarterfinal match by Dan Evans, who had upset world number one Novak Djokovic in the previous round. Seeded eighth at the Barcelona Open, he retired during his third-round match against Cameron Norrie due to a leg injury. He returned from injury in June at the Italian Open. Seeded 12th, he was beaten in the second round by qualifier Federico Delbonis. Seeded fourth in Lyon, he lost in the second round to Aljaž Bedene. Seeded 13th at the French Open, he was defeated in the first round by Lorenzo Musetti. Turning to the grass-court season, <mask>, the seventh seed at the Halle Open, retired in the first round against Corentin Moutet due to an ankle injury.As a result, he missed Wimbledon due to the same injury. <mask> returned to the scene in August at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Seeded 15th, he was beaten in the first round by Guido Pella. Seeded 27th at the US Open, he was defeated in the first round by American Mackenzie McDonald. On September 9, 2021, he announced on Instagram that he would miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury. Personal life
Since 2018 <mask> has been in a relationship with Stephanie Tuccitto, whom he married on September 18, 2021. Career statistics

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Current through the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships.Year-end championships

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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<mask> (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress, model and interior designer. She made her Hindi film debut in the musical romance film Mohabbatein (2000), which earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. She went on to do films including Bewafaa (2005) and Cash (2007). Following this, she participated in several reality television shows like Bigg Boss 3 (2009) and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2015). Later, she was a finalist on the stunt-based show Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 (2019) and the game reality series Bigg Boss OTT (2021) and Bigg Boss 15 (2021–2022). Early life
<mask> was born in a Tulu speaking family, in Mumbai. Her late father Surendra and her mother Sunanda were manufacturers of tamper-proof water caps in the pharmaceutical industry.Shilpa <mask> is her elder sister. She did her schooling from St. Anthony's Girls' High School, Mumbai. After completing her degree in commerce from Sydenham college, Shetty did a fashion designing diploma from SNDT College, Mumbai. After this, she started her internship with fashion designer Manish Malhotra, but Manish saw a spark in her and suggested to prep her for her acting career. In 2011, <mask> decided to follow her passion in interior design. Her first solo project was Royalty, a club in Mumbai. Later, her love for interior design pushed her to do a diploma from Central Saint Martins and Inchbald School of Design in London.Personal life
<mask> is a fitness and wellness enthusiast who promotes yoga and meditation. She started dating actor Raqesh Bapat in 2021. Career

Mohabbatein and early success (2000–2013)
<mask> made her film debut in 2000 with the Yash Raj Films movie Mohabbatein, directed by Aditya Chopra. Her portrayal of Ishika earned her the 2001 IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Soon after, she gave hit dance numbers to Bollywood, including Sharara Sharara in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Chori Pe Chori in Saathiya (2002) and Mind Blowing Mahiya in Cash (2007). She was appreciated for her acting in the film Zeher (2005), for which she was nominated for the Stardust Award as Star of the Year Female (2006). She worked with her sister Shilpa <mask> in the film Fareb.She also starred in multi-star projects like Bewafaa (2005) and Cash (2007). In 2009, she participated in the reality television series Bigg Boss 3. After 42 days, she left the show to attend her sister Shilpa <mask>'s wedding. She was the only contestant who wasn't nominated even once during her stay in the Bigg Boss house. Focus on interior design and entrepreneurship (2013–2017)
Alongside her acting career, <mask> decided to focus on her passion for interior designing. After completing an interior designing course in London and finishing an internship with an architect's firm, she launched her own interior designing company Golden Leaf Interiors. Her first interior designing project was Royalty, a club in Mumbai.She designed her sister, Shilpa <mask>'s son Viaan's room. She won the Best Interior Design Award at the Asia Spa Awards for designing Chandigarh Iosis Spa. Further work, Bigg Boss and recognition (2017–present)
In 2017, <mask> appeared on the dancing reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. She then starred in Voot's comedy web series Yo Ke Hua Bro, also co-starring Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey and Ridhima Pandit. In 2019, she participated in Colors TV's stunt reality show Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi, ending up as the third runner up. In 2020, she starred in the film The Tenant as Meera. <mask> then portrayed Kavita Tharoor in ZEE5's thriller film Black Widows.The Indian Express said that “<mask> <mask> brings a vivaciousness to her role.” In 2021, The Tenant was screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. It won the Best Film Award at the Indian Film Festival Stuttgart 2021. In September 2021, she participated in Voot's Bigg Boss OTT, finishing as the second runner up. In October, she participated in Colors TV's Bigg Boss 15. She became the first and the last captain of the season, and the only contestant to become the captain twice. <mask> also won the Style Icon Award. She finished her journey as the third runner up.Philanthropy
In 2012, <mask> walked the ramp for charity fashion show Caring With Style to raise money for children suffering from cancer. In 2013, she starred in Betiyaan, a government initiated social cause music video for the Save The Girl Child campaign. In 2017, <mask> collaborated with an NGO that is dedicated to the cause of providing care for stray and abandoned cats. She also walked the ramp for Roopa Vohra at the fashion show for a social cause She Matters. In 2018, she joined hands with Help Age India, an NGO that works for the welfare of the elderly. <mask> took part in a digital literacy initiative and said that familiarising the elderly with latest technology is crucial in keeping them connected. In 2019, <mask> flagged off a walkathon on the International Day for Older Persons, vouching for the government to increase pension for the elderly.<mask> visits an orphanage on her birthday every year and spends time with the elderly, bringing them packed surprises. Brands, other work and media image

Brands and associations
<mask> has endorsed Pantene with sister Shilpa <mask> for a year. She has been associated with brands and companies like Aldo, Audi and the IIFJAS Jewellery exhibition. Rampwalks
In 2016, Shetty walked the ramp during Lakme Fashion Week for Divya Reddy. In 2017, she walked the India International Jewellery Week ramp for Surya Golds. She also walked the ramp for  Swarovski Gemstones at GJC NITE 2019. In 2020, she was the showstopper for designer Priya Machineni's spring collection at Lotus India Fashion Week.Magazine covers
<mask> has featured on covers of magazines like The Lifestyle Journalist, G Magazine, Stuff Magazine, iCraze, Women Fitness Magazine, Femina India and Fitlook Magazine. Filmography

Films

Web

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

See also
 List of Indian film actresses
 List of Bollywood actresses

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21st-century Indian designers
Actresses from Mumbai
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) contestants
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi participants
Female models from Mumbai
Indian film actresses
Indian interior designers
Indian women designers
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<mask> (; 30 November 1921 – 15 October 1968) was the first female director of modern spoken drama (Huaju) in Chinese history. <mask>'s father was killed by the Kuomintang (KMT) in 1927, and <mask> was eventually adopted by Zhou Enlai, who later became the first premier of the People's Republic of China. While in Yan'an, <mask> aroused the enmity of Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, beginning a rivalry between the two that lasted throughout <mask>'s life until her ultimate death at Jiang's hands. During World War II, <mask> lived in Moscow, studying theater. Lin Biao was also in Moscow at the time and proposed to <mask> before returning to China in 1942, but <mask> rejected him. Lin married another woman, Ye Qun, in 1943. Ye held a lifelong grudge against <mask> for her earlier relationship with Lin.After the end of World War II, <mask> returned to China and became active in acting and directing in Chinese theater. In 1950, shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, <mask> was invited to become the director of the China Youth Art Theater, and married one of the most famous actors then in China the same year. Over the next several years <mask> staged a number of performances that were critically well-received, some of which became famous across China. In 1956, <mask> became the artistic director and vice-president of the Chinese Experimental Theater, staging a number of critically well-received plays over the next decade. When the Cultural Revolution occurred in 1966, Zhou Enlai sent <mask> and her husband to work in Daqing to protect them from political persecution, but Jiang Qing and Ye Qun conspired to have <mask> secretly arrested in 1968 while visiting Zhou Enlai in Beijing. <mask> was sentenced without trial, and was tortured in a secret prison for several months before dying. After <mask> died, Jiang Qing made arrangements for <mask>'s body to be cremated before an autopsy could be performed, and for her ashes to be disposed of before Zhou or <mask>'s other relatives could take possession of them.<mask>'s husband was not informed of <mask>'s death until his release, in 1975. Biography

Family background
<mask>'s father, <mask>, was recruited by Zhou Enlai to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Germany, and subsequently became a close friend of both Zhu De and Zhou Enlai. After studying abroad in the Soviet Union, <mask> returned to China in 1924 and joined the faculty of Whampoa Academy. In 1926, <mask> was appointed the General Secretary of the General Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army. After the relationship between the KMT and CCP deteriorated <mask> was arrested on 16 April 1927 and executed four days later, during the White Terror. When <mask> died <mask> was only six years old. Following her father's death, <mask>'s mother, Ren Rui, took the family into exile, raising <mask> and her three siblings alone while participating in CCP underground work.In 1935, when <mask> was only fourteen, <mask>'s mother entrusted her to a leftist acting troupe based in Shanghai. In order to hide her identity and keep her safe, <mask>'s name was changed to "Li Lin" until 1937. Ren Rui died on 11 April 1949, reportedly due to illness from overwork. <mask> had three siblings, one sister and two brothers. One of <mask>'s brothers, <mask>, was imprisoned with his father in 1927, when he was only twelve. <mask> was eventually released, became Zhu De's personal assistant, and became the president of Renmin University after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 1967 Jiang Qing accused <mask> of being a spy for the Soviet Union, the Japanese, and the Kuomintang, and <mask> was tortured and killed by Maoist Red Guards in the basement of his own university.<mask>'s other brother, <mask>, died in combat fighting for the CCP against the KMT. <mask>'s sister, <mask>, taught at the Foreign Languages Department at Peking University. In 1975 <mask> married <mask>'s widower, Jin Shan, who had been imprisoned throughout the Cultural Revolution for his association with <mask>. Joining the Chinese Communist Party

In 1937, when she was only sixteen, <mask> traveled to Wuhan to request permission to travel to the Communist base in Yan'an, but was refused due to her youth and lack of political connections. <mask>'s father's old friend, Zhou Enlai (who was childless), found <mask> crying outside of the Eighth Route Army Liaison Office, and promptly adopted <mask> as his daughter. With Zhou's assistance, <mask> was able to travel to Yan'an, and promptly joined the CCP in 1938. After arriving in Yan'an, <mask> was introduced to Mao Zedong and Zhou's wife, Deng Yingchao, and got along well with them both.Lin Biao was rumored to have developed a romantic interest in <mask> while they were both in Yan'an, but <mask> did not reciprocate due to Lin's age. In Yan'an <mask> enrolled in the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University with her mother, and became active in theater. Jiang Qing, when she was single and new to Yan'an, once auditioned for a play with <mask>. Jiang was given a minor role, while <mask> was given the lead. In comparison to Jiang, <mask> was compared as being a far superior actress, more attractive, and seven years younger. Jiang never went onstage again. Soon after arriving in Yan'an, Jiang began a romantic affair with Xu Yixin, a senior teacher at Lu Xun College, and fell in love with him.Xu soon became infatuated with <mask>, and <mask> reciprocated this affection. Jiang's jealousy over <mask>'s acting ability, and <mask>'s ability to attract men that Jiang was also attracted to, was the beginning of a long-lasting hatred that Jiang held for <mask>. Education in Moscow

<mask> accompanied Zhou Enlai to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1939, when Zhou flew to Moscow to seek medical treatment for a broken arm. <mask> accompanied Zhou as his personal assistant, and studied Russian in her spare time. <mask> remained in the Soviet Union when Zhou returned to China in 1940, studying theater at Moscow Oriental University. In 1937 Lin Biao was injured in an incident with the army of Yan Xishan, flew to Moscow for medical attention, and remained there until 1942. Before returning to China Lin proposed to <mask> and promised to divorce his wife, from whom Lin was estranged.<mask> was not able to accept Lin's proposal, but promised to consider marrying Lin after completing her studies. Lin divorced his wife after returning to China in 1942, and married another woman, Ye Qun, in 1943. The relationship between <mask> and Ye was notably bad. <mask> completed her studies and returned to China in September 1946, and participated in the land reform movement in Shanxi. <mask> then joined the cast of a traveling theater group, performing in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hebei. In 1949, <mask> was the head of the interpreting team that accompanied Mao Zedong on his state visit to the Soviet Union. After <mask> returned to China, Jiang Qing, who was now Mao's wife, continued her rivalry with <mask>.Early artistic career

Shortly after <mask> returned to China, in the spring of 1950, Liao Chengzhi invited <mask> to become the artistic director of the China Youth Art Theater, which he had founded. <mask> enthusiastically accepted, and began work on establishing the first professional theater to stage shows in colloquial Mandarin in the PRC. The first play that <mask> directed was How Steel is Made, a play based on a Russian novel written by Nikolai Ostrovsky. How Steel is Made, based on its author's own experiences, was a story about a revolutionary named Pavel Korchaghin who had been crippled while fighting in a revolutionary war, but who eventually overcame great difficulties to become a successful writer. The play was extremely successful, and is considered the first example of modern spoken drama produced in the PRC. The lead character of Pavel (played by Jin Shan) became a household name in China during the early 1950s. In 1952 <mask> produced "the most successful foreign classic ever mounted on the PRC Stage", Gogol's the Inspector-General.In 1952 <mask> also produced a play in celebration of the founding of the Children's Art Theater, Little Rabbit. Little Rabbit was made into a film by the Beijing Film Studio in 1953, and is still considered one of the best children's plays ever produced in the PRC. In 1954, on the fiftieth anniversary of Anton Chekov's death in 1904, <mask> produced one of Chekov's plays, Uncle Vanya, in collaboration with a Soviet expert. From 1954 to 1956, <mask> also worked as the principal instructor of directors with the China Central Drama College. During the 1950s <mask> also translated numerous other foreign plays, including, the Servant of Two Masters. One of the plays she directed during this period was based on the life of Princess Wencheng. Marriage

Following the production of How Steel is Made, <mask> began a romantic affair with Jin Shan, who had played the male lead, Pavel.The affair caused a controversy within Communist circles when it became public, since Jin was still married to actress Zhang Ruifang at the time. The two eventually married on 14 October 1950, after Jin divorced Zhang, a famous actress who played Pavel's lover in the play. By the time that <mask> and Jin met, Jin was already a famous film and theater actor, "the Clark Gable of the Shanghai stage". When he was young, Jin was adopted by the Shanghai gangster Du Yuesheng, and encouraged to join the Communist Party in order to facilitate collaboration between the CCP and the Green Gang. In the 1930s Jin became an agent of Zhou Enlai, and gathered information for the Communists. During the Second Sino-Japanese War Jin toured areas of China not controlled by the Japanese, staging patriotic anti-Japanese plays. <mask> and Jin were married on 14 October 1950 at the Beijing Youth Palace.<mask>'s wedding gift from Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao was a copy of the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China. Jiang Qing gave her a pair of embroidered quilts. Shortly after his marriage to <mask>, Jin was sent to the camp of Kim Il-sung to stage a play for Communist soldiers serving in the Korean War. While in Kim's camp, Jin was accused of having an affair with one of Kim's female secretaries. When Kim discovered the affair he had the secretary shot, and turned Jin over to the commander of the Chinese forces, Peng Dehuai. Peng sent Jin back to Beijing with the recommendation that Jin be executed. In the end, Jin was briefly imprisoned and expelled from the CCP, but was saved from execution through the intervention of <mask> and Zhou.<mask> and Jin had a daughter, <mask> (). She was one of the twin daughters of actress Duan Mulanxin. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, <mask> was separated from her mother and, following the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949, she was adopted and raised by <mask> and Jin Shan. Late artistic career

In 1956 <mask> became the artistic director and vice-president of the newly created Chinese Experimental Theater. While working with the Experimental Theater, <mask> attempted to create a new style of socialist art by combining Stanislavsky's system with dramatic techniques found in traditional Chinese opera. In June 1956 <mask> produced the play Joys and Sorrows, a drama about a romantic triangle between a CCP official and two women. The play was warmly received for its verisimilitude, portraying CCP officials as prone to the same weaknesses as other people.Because Joys and Sorrows focused on the personal life of a CCP leader, both it and <mask> were criticized during the Anti-Rightist Movement of 1957, initiated by Mao in order to persecute those potentially critical of him. In 1957 <mask> produced her second play for the Chinese Experimental Theater, Peach Flower Fan, a period play in which <mask> utilized features of Chinese opera and folk dance. In 1957 <mask> also produced a comedy, Portrait of One Hundred Clowns, in order to defend herself against her political critics by shallowly promoting the Anti-Rightist Movement. In 1961 <mask> produced a play, the Hatred of Black Slaves, based on the American novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. In the Hatred of Black Slaves <mask> experimented with techniques found in Chinese opera (the same which had inspired Brecht's concept of "alienation effects") in an effort to break down the "fourth wall". The Hatred of Black Slaves was notable for its attempts to expand the play's dramatic action beyond the confines of the stage. After the success of the Hatred of Black Slaves, Zhou Enlai directed <mask> to produce a play portraying the heroic deeds of oil workers in Northeast China.<mask> and her husband, Jin Shan, moved to the oil city of Daqing and worked for several years with oil workers and their wives, eventually producing the play the Rising Sun. The plot of the Rising Sun focused on the contributions that women made in agriculture and the construction of oilfields, and featured a cast made up exclusively of local people. The play was well received in Daqing, Beijing, and Shandong. Encouraged by the play's success, <mask> and Jin returned to Daqing in order to produce more plays based on oil workers, but were not able to complete their work before the advent of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The Rising Sun was the last play that <mask> would ever produce. In 1963, while directing the play "Azalea Mountain", Jiang Qing approached <mask> and asked if she could be involved in the production of the play. <mask> rejected Jiang's request, saying that, since the play was being produced by the Youth Theatre, it wouldn't be appropriate.The Rising Sun (1965) was the first time in the history of Chinese drama that experts and the public collaborated to create art. Due to the influence of the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s, <mask> worked hard to understand and explore the theme of that particular social period and sought to show the unique spiritual outlook and relationship between people under dramatic social change. She pursued the significance of women and female rights in the context of turbulent social development, a vital element of her creation. The Rising Sun has the characteristics of political and gender representation, making the work not only reflect the distinctive features of her time but also enriching the public image of women. The play includes numerous female characters, which was rare in the 1960s. Political persecution and death

When the Cultural Revolution began in 1966, Zhou Enlai's power became circumscribed, while Jiang Qing gained power. Although Zhou still held the formal position of premier, he was not able to prevent the arrest of <mask> or even his own brother, and personally signed their arrest warrants in fear of angering Mao.After forcing Zhou to sign <mask>'s warrant, Jiang ordered officers from the Air Force (loyal to Lin Biao, Jiang's ally) to arrest and secretly imprison <mask>, so that Zhou could not intervene to protect her. <mask> and Jin Shan were both imprisoned on 1 March 1968. After <mask>'s arrest Jiang confiscated and burned many of <mask>'s personal belongings, and arranged for <mask>'s name to be officially changed to "" ("<mask>, the Hypocrite", which sounds like "<mask>"). Jiang gave orders that <mask> be sentenced without trial, and directed that <mask> be tortured at leisure, but not killed. After being imprisoned, <mask> was tortured for seven months, and eventually died in prison on 15 October 1968. Her body was found naked with her arms and legs still shackled. There were no female guards in the prison.Interviews with a guard a decade later implied that "higher-ups" had ordered her to be repeatedly raped. Two other prisoners gave an account of seeing the guards handing <mask> over to several male convicts in the prison to be raped. These accounts match written or eyewitness accounts of other female prisoners who were tortured to death in the era, notably Zhang Zhixin and Lin Zhao. After hearing of <mask>'s death and her condition at the time of her death, Zhou Enlai ordered an autopsy, but Jiang intervened and had <mask>'s body quickly cremated. After cremating <mask>'s body, Jiang had her ashes disposed of, in order to prevent <mask>'s family from taking possession of them. Jin remained in prison until his release in 1975, after the Cultural Revolution ended. Jin was not informed of <mask>'s death until after his release.After Jin's release, the Rising Sun was re-staged as part of a larger criticism of the Gang of Four, who many blamed for <mask>'s persecution and death. The occasion of the play's first staging after 1975 was reported as being particularly solemn. <mask>'s daughter <mask> was transferred to  to study nursing. Before that, she met her biological mother in Shanghai before her death few years later. After finishing school, <mask> moved to Qixia, Nanjing, and worked as a nurse at a local Petroleum Pipeline Bureau hospital. She changed her name to 'Ouyang Shibing'. After working for a few years, she immigrated to Canada and settled there forever.Following the end of Cultural Revolution, she was posthumously rehabilitated in June 1977. On 9 June 1977, a statue of <mask> was placed in memory of her at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing by the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. In 2012, on the 91st anniversary of her birth, Xinhua published a biographical book about her, Innocent Heart. The book consists of memories and articles of <mask>, from her relatives, people and artists who collaborated with her. On 26 December 2012, the National Theatre Company of China held a press conference regarding her biography, Innocent Heart, to memorize <mask> and her 91st birthday. In the press conference the National Theatre Company stated that it considered <mask> one of the three greatest directors in the history of People's Republic of China. Footnotes

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