Lou Jing (娄婧) a mixed Shanghainese girl (half black and half Chinese) became popular overnight because her mother and she were viciously attacked by the Chinese netizens’ nasty and racist comments. However the western readers seem to be focusing more on the racism issue, but the reason of the attacks is not only because of the racism against black people. but also a large portion of the Chinese netizens were angry about Lou Jing’s mother’s extramarital affair which led to Lou Jing’s birth.

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“Shanghai Black Girl Lou Jing (娄婧)” became popular on the Chinese internet because of the brutal comments and attacks online over her ethnic background and her skin color. Readers also strongly commented on the blog post 2 weeks ago on the issues of racial discrimination in China as well as the moral debate over her mother’s “extramarital affair”. On September 14^th 2009 Netease reports, recently Jing Lou accepted an exclusive interview with NetEase news, responded to the controversy of her personal life and skin color.

Lou Jing’s mother is from Shanghai, father is an African American. With her black skin, Lou Jing stood out among the competitors of “Go! Oriental Angels” competition reality show. But her perfect Shanghainese and Mandarin also shocked the audiences. After she advanced into the top five of “Go! Oriental Angels” in Shanghai district, she was named “Halle Berry of the east”, “Black Beauty”, Lou Jing made into the top 30 of the country. However at the same time the controversial discussions over her personal life on the Chinese internet have never stopped.

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