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You Zhangjing

Malaysian singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ51884799
Source-derived summary

You Zhangjing (simplified Chinese: 尤长靖; traditional Chinese: 尤長靖; Jyutping: Jau4 Coeng4 Zing6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iû Tióng-chēng; born 19 September 1994) also known as Azora Chin, is a Malaysian singer and songwriter based in mainland China. He was the main vocalist of Chinese boy group Nine Percent created by 2018 Chinese survival show Idol Producer. He released his first solo single Yesterday in 2018.

Personal life

You Zhangjing was born and raised in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. His early education was in the Chinese schools in Batu Pahat. His alma mater is Chinese High School Batu Pahat. His family consists of his father, mother, a younger sister and him. He moved to China to be in the undergraduate programme of pop music in the University of Nanjing Arts.

Endorsements

Ninepercent was an endorser for many popular brands in China – Innisfree, PizzaHut and Fendi in 2018, Individually, You Zhangjing was chosen to be the endorser and spokesperson for chewing gum brand, Wrigley's, and skin care brands, Mistine, Tripollar and Snail White and Hong Kong–based food brand Wan Chai Ferry Peking Dumplings. In early 2019, he was chosen to represent technology giant Panasonic and since early June, he has been appointed the spokesperson of Tropicana China.

Editorial summary

“You Zhangjing” enters the record as malaysian singer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zhangjing, Malaysian and singer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994, 2018, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1994-09-19. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Zhangjing, Malaysian and singer.
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Why this record matters

“You Zhangjing” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Zhangjing, Malaysian and singer provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q51884799. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2018 and 2019.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from You Zhangjing” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.