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[1] Zhang was born and raised in Deyang, Sichuan and is an only child.
She graduated from high school in Beijing in 2006.
Zhang is able to speak Mandarin, Cantonese, and conversational English.
Zhang released her debut album, I am just Zhang Hanyun, in 2005[2] and her second album, Power of Young in 2007.