Chang 1st Wang 2nd what third most common Chinese name?
Chinese name during the late Spring and Autumn period, but the process took several centuries to complete, and it was not until the late Han dynasty (1st and 2nd centuries AD) that all Chinese commoners had surnames. Although there are currently over 4,000 Chinese surnames (, "xìng") in use in China, the colloquial expression for the "Chinese people" is Bǎixìng (百姓) "Hundred Surnames", and a mere hundred surnames still make up over 85% of China's 1.3 billion citizens. In fact, just the top three—Wang (王), Li (), and Zhang (張)—cover more than 20% of the population. This homogeneity results from the great
Nora Chang Wang Nora Chang Wang Nora Chang Wang is the current Chair of New York City's Shuang Wen Academy Network (SWAN), the 501(C)3 organization that started PS184M, America's first Chinese/English dual language public school since 1996 in collaboration with New Visions for Public Schools. Wang is most recently associated with turmoil at Public School PS184M regarding the unpopular, and possibly illegal, tuition policy of what NY1 News interviewed her as primary advocate. The controversial policy was implemented by Wang in June 2009 when the organization lost funding from the City. It has subsequently led to Department of Education (DOE) investigations into the