Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi made Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people, which hits newsstands on April 11.
Big names among the list include President Bush, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx and domestic diva Martha Stewart.
The eclectic list, ranges from the inventors of the Blackberry, to terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and to Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.
Hailing from 31 different countries, and including rappers, designers, world leaders and a tsunami survivor, the listed newsmakers have shaped the world in some way.
Those named were profiled by people who have themselves been in the spotlight.
(CRI April 12, 2005)