Ting Ting was born in ShanXi province and moved to Beijing to study acting at the Beijing Film University. This is the only Film University in China and Ting Ting was selected from many thousands ...

The Associated Press reported that in an app popular with Chinese film buffs, Douban, searches for "Nomadland" and "Zhao Ting," Zhao's name in Chinese, came up with "the search results could not ...

A popular movie app, Douban, banned even searching for “Nomadland” and “Zhao Ting.” Zhao left China at the age of 14 to go to boarding school in London and later moved to Los Angeles.

People instead had to resort to using the term "zt" - the initials of Zhao's Chinese name Zhou Ting - to be able to discuss the matter. Image: Zhao won both Best Director and Best Film for Nomadland.