Some US users have started replying to “Li Hua,” a name commonly used in Chinese middle school English exams. For decades, writing letters in English exams to an imaginary English-speaking ...

Veteran Chinese actress Li Li-hua, who starred in more than 120 movies between the 1940s and 1970s, including the Hollywood romance “China Doll,” died in Hong Kong on Sunday. She was 92.

The upsurge in letter writing followed an outpour of kindness and enthusiasm from Chinese rednote users, some of whom welcomed the English-speaking newcomers in the persona of Li Hua and with a ...

These responses aren't just casual notes. They are heartfelt replies to letters written by Chinese students in the persona of "Li Hua," a fictional character once used in English assignments.