The Story of Lou Jing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Jing is one of courage and opened up China's internal race relations to the world.

Location: Shanghai, People's Republic of China

Lou Jing was born in China to Chinese mother and an African-American father who left before she was born. She gained worldwide media attention after her appearance on a Chinese adaptation of American Idol called Let's Go! Oriental Angel in August 2009.

During her time on the show she was frequently called "Chocolate Girl" and the judges and viewing audience put a great deal of her attention on her skin color, rather than her ability to sing and model. While her time on the show was generally well received, internet in China exploded with many supporters and many critics. Many attacked Lou Jing with statements that she wasn't Chinese and that she should never have been born. Others attacked her mother for "creating such an abomination". Lou Jing herself remarked that she ignored most of the racist attacks she received and said the media blew the internet controversy out of proportion.

The remarks that attacked Lou Jing's Mother were overtly racist and were first widely reported by British newspapers. The seemingly endless racist comments were not about the fact that Lou Jing was black, but that a Chinese woman slept with a Black man. When being interviewed by a reporter from the BBC, Lou Jing stated that racism exists in all countries but she found it interesting that Chinese people mixed with White ancestry do not receive as much attention she did. China has a growing immigrant population, especially from Africa. Chinese companies have been pouring money into Africa for the past decade and have been giving out scholarships to African Students to attend Chinese universities and colleges. Guangzhou the capital Guangdong Province is home to the largest African population in Asia.

Lou Jing reportedly turned down an interview with Oprah claiming she didn't feel like anyone special and that her ordeal did not change her opinion of her home country. She resurfaces in minor media outlets hoping to check on her progress since her ordeal.