LAST October, 55-year-old Liao Xiaoyi was listed one of Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment 2009. This was not the fir st time she received an award. In 2000 she became China’s f irst individual winner of the Sophie Prize, aka the Nobel LAST October, 55-year-old Liao Xiaoyi was listed one of Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment 2009. This was not the fir st time she received an award. In 2000 she became China’s frst Individual winner of the Sophie Prize, aka the Nobel