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IMDb should fix her name.

posted 13 years ago by IAmNo4
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It's like having 'Jolie Angelina' on top of Angie's page.

[–] Norexan 12 years ago

No, not quite. Zhang is her family name. Ziyi is her given name. It is Chinese naming custom to have the family name first, which is why she is usually credited as Zhang Ziyi. She is sometimes credited as Ziyi Zhang, especially in her later Western-made movies. IMDB is using the Western convention of listing her given name first.

[–] mentasm 12 years ago

I think that's what the OP was getting at.

[–] KissableLips 12 years ago

I don't think that's what the OP meant.

[–] ibrarules 12 years ago

well it it is just like having Jolie Angelina on a Chinese site

[–] Synetech 12 years ago

Which is normal and expected. Now if this were imdb.cn or her name were listed the other way around on zh.wikipedia.com, that would be another matter.