https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77 A thorough researched analysis on Faye Wong's star image en-us 2022-10-10 18:44:40 UTC 2025-09-24 12:38:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334077653 Wong's return was marked by her cover of Li Jian's song 'Legend' at the CCTV (Chinese Central Television) New Year's Gala in February 2010, which was watched by 700 million people. This was a remarkable comeback, which created a media and fan fenzy.   ]]> 2022-10-10 18:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334077653 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334099136 Faye Wong performing live in 1994 the song 'Know Oneself and Each Other', a cover of the Alternative/ Indie Pop band Cocteau Twins' song "Know Who You Are At Every Age", whom she is a big fan of, and would later collaborate with.]]> 2022-10-10 19:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334099136 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334101258 The Indian headpiece was seen as a daring clothing choice at the time, ignorant of it's connotations, she began to establish her unconventional persona through fashion.]]> 2022-10-10 19:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334101258 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334103311 Wong's cover of 'Dreams' in Chunking Express (1994)]]> 2022-10-10 19:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334103311 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334105794 The annual CCTV (China Central Television) New Year Gala is the highest watched TV show in Mainland China. Here Na Yin the "Mainland Diva" and Wong the "Hong Kong Diva" team up which built up Wong's Mainland career.]]> 2022-10-10 19:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2334105794 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351670933 This article analyses how Wong has developed an open to interpretation persona by incorporating motherhood and marriage (private/domestic sphere) into her persona (public/professional sphere). Wong's ambition to mix these spheres resonates with fans who are conferring tensions between their own public personae and the traditional expectations of women in Chinese society. ]]> 2022-10-22 14:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351670933 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351671127 This article examines Wong's voice in the context of Chinese mainstream pop voices in the 1990s and early 2000s]]> 2022-10-22 14:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351671127 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351672027 This article examines Wong's persona and how it has influenced her fandom in areas such as Chinese femininity and dismantling traditional Confucius societal standards. It also explains the difference in fandoms in Hong Kong and in Mainland China. ]]> 2022-10-22 14:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351672027 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351700166 Faye Wong (born Xia Lin, in Beijing, in 1969) released 6 low-cost cover albums from 1985 to 1987 under the first of many names, "Miss Charming", while still in high school. These albums mostly consisted of cover songs of Wong's idol Teresa Teng (1953-1995). Teng was one of the most successful female Asian artists of all time and was named "Asia's eternal queen of pop", and was seen as a cultural icon among mandopop. Teng from the start of Wong's career and to present day remains Wong's biggest inspiration.]]> 2022-10-22 14:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351700166 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351722722 Wong migrated from mainland China, Beijing, to Hong Kong, to join her father who lived there and to attend university in 1987. Out of boredom and loneliness because of not knowing the Cantonese dialect (the Chinese dialect spoken in Hong Kong), Wong started singing lessons with Tai See-Chung, a fellow mainlander who had previously tutored Cantopop stars such as Anita Mui and Andy Lau. It was Tai's help which helped her get signed by the music production company, Cinepoly Records. At age 19 she released the Cantonese album Shirley Wong (1989), ditching her Chinese name and going by the English stage name, Shirley Wong. This was an order from Cinepoly Records because mainlanders were seen as 'backwards' and not 'cosmopolitan' in Hong Kong so having an English name was seen as progressive and interesting.  ]]> 2022-10-22 15:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351722722 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351736196 After the commercial failure of her two following albums, Faye became frustrated with her career, eager to learn more and learn more about herself, she purposely delayed her stardom, a trend she would continue in her career and moved to New York in 1991 where she took music classes. ]]> 2022-10-22 15:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351736196 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351740387 Wong was the first Chinese female singer ever to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Here Wong is hailed a "Pop Diva", thus, her international status started establishing.]]> 2022-10-22 15:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351740387 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351746608 In Time magazine Wong stated the reason why she moved to New York, ultimately overwhelmed with her stardom and in need of finding herself, she stated this:

"There were so many strange, confident-looking people. They didn't care what other people thought of them. I felt I was originally like that too, independent and a little rebellious. But in Hong Kong I lost myself. I was shaped by others and became like a machine, a dress hanger. I had no personality and no sense of direction."]]> 2022-10-22 15:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351746608 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351757825 After returning to Hong Kong in 1992 Wong released the album Coming Home (1992) under a homophone of her given Chinese name, Faye, and the word, Jing, a reference to her hometown of Beijing. Here she starts to takes pride in her Mainland identity, instead of hiding it as asked of her before. The album was heavily influenced by R&B and rejected the traditional Cantopop style and even featured an English song, which no Cantopop star was doing at the time.]]> 2022-10-22 16:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351757825 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351772235 In this album she steers away from the traditional Cantopop music style and instead includes Cantonese covers of western alternative songs, in distinctive vocal techniques such as in the songs; 'Dreams' by The Cranberries and 'Know Who You Are at Every Age' by The Cocteau Twins.]]> 2022-10-22 16:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351772235 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351774026 Wong made her debut in the film Traces of the Heart (1990), however, it was Wong Kar-Wai's film Chunking Express (1994) which gained her critical success and international popularity. Wong Kar-Wai is notably one of the most important Hong Kong directors of all time and she later on appeared in his other film 2046 (2004).]]> 2022-10-22 16:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351774026 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351786541 Wong's fashion sense was seen as weird and outlandish, however, now she has been celebrated for her unique fashion sense. Her grunge and artistic fashion choices and Avant-Garde makeup looks played an important role in establishing her unique and alternative persona, one in which was distinguishably different to other Cantopop artists at the time.]]> 2022-10-22 16:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351786541 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351799480 Wong released the Mandarin albums Mystery (1994) and Sky (1994) in Taiwan in 1994 which were popular amongst Mandarin audiences. Then in 1995, she released Decadent Sounds of Faye (1995), a cover album of songs originally recorded by her idol Teresa Teng, which is much like how she started her career. These albums secured her popularity among Mandarin speakers and the Mandarin market demanded more of Wong.]]> 2022-10-22 17:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351799480 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351804814 in 1996 Wong married Dou Wei, the member of the Beijing hard rock group 'Black Panther'. In 1997 they had a child named Dou Jingtong. Once becoming a wife and a mother Wong aimed to incorporate these private and domestic aspects into her professional and public persona. This gave Chinese women in traditional Chinese society an idol whom they could look up. As Wong was a Chinese woman who chose work as well as marriage and motherhood.]]> 2022-10-22 17:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351804814 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351805726 Following an extremely busy 1999 and early 2000s; releasing the albums Fable (2000), Faye Wong (2001) and To Love (2003), in 2005 Wong announced in her last concert of her tour, "If I ever retire from showbiz, I hope you all forget about me". To which she left showbiz and was rarely seen in the media from 2005-2010. During the time of her hiatus Wong rejected multiple deals offering her millions, such as to sing at the Beijing Olympics in 2006. She only appeared in public to sing for charities. ]]> 2022-10-22 17:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351805726 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351811164 In 2008, Wong was voted "Asia's sexiest vegetarian woman" in the poll conducted among members of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). She is a vegetarian because of her religion, Buddhism. Religion is something many Chinese stars never talk about. Again, she is going against the grain and to what is expected of her, she's making her own choices.]]> 2022-10-22 17:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351811164 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351812304 Wong and Li later announced in 2006 that their daughter Li Yan was born with a congenital cleft lip. In 2006 they established the charity 'Smile Angel Foundation' to help children with cleft lips. From then on Wong focused more on this charity rather than stardom.]]> 2022-10-22 17:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2351812304 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352304813 Wong Kar-Wai's films were restored by The Criterion Collection and were released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2008. In March 2021, the film was re-released in a new 4k-based version by Criterion named 'The World of Wong Kar-Wai'. ]]> 2022-10-23 14:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352304813 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352312249 The American director Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of Wong Kar-Wai and screened the films under a limited theatrical release in North America in 1996.]]> 2022-10-23 14:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352312249 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352318989 With Wong starring in Wong Kar-Wai's films, which were critically and economically successful in both Hong Kong and North America, it gave her the opportunity of being an international star. ]]> 2022-10-23 14:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352318989 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352331005 Wong has also experienced a resurgence of popularity within the young Chinese audiences. Here a Chinese fan has uploaded an old video of Wong singing live, the video has 1.952 million views.]]> 2022-10-23 14:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352331005 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352334435 - Independent
- Unconventional 
- Contentious  
- Counter normative
- Rebellious
- Mysterious
- Cool
- Stubborn
- Courageous 
- Unique
- Weird 
- Childish ]]> 2022-10-23 14:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352334435 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352355473 "Especially on the album Restless (1996), Faye Wong’s voice resembles the somewhat nasal vocal delivery of the Irish band the Cranberries and the Scottish band the Cocteau Twins" (Groenewegen, 2010, p. 112).]]> 2022-10-23 15:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352355473 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352361213 2022-10-23 15:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352361213 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352371342 in 1997 after her first daughter was born, Wong signed with the recording giant EMI, a contract worth HK$60 million. While her other albums were sang predominately in Cantonese, Wong started to sing predominately in Mandarin since the signing.]]> 2022-10-23 15:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352371342 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352373581 The choice to sing in Mandarin and hold concerts in the Mainland provided Wong with greater importance in the Mainland. This is because industry executives believed that the Mainland would be of increasing importance after 1997, when the British handed over their colonial power of Hong Kong to China. ]]> 2022-10-23 15:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352373581 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352386566 The CCTV special performance gave Wong increased popularity in the Mainland, and in late 1998 Wong held her first concert in Mainland China, which she then toured another 9 cities.]]> 2022-10-23 15:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352386566 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352390242 "Prior generations of Chinese divas publicly eschewed explicit social ideals and distinctive local identities, but Faye’s new persona is that of a Beijing woman who is independent, assertive and capable of constructing alternative social roles."(Fung and Curtin, 2002, p. 277)]]> 2022-10-23 16:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352390242 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352400915 Wong in songs like ‘You Are Happy (So I Am Happy)’ (1997) publicly expresses her love for her daughter. ]]> 2022-10-23 16:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352400915 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352402904 A fan uploads a video recording of Wong's 1998 concert where a video of her baby daughter is the backdrop of her performance ]]> 2022-10-23 16:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352402904 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352409734 Wong was the first Chinese female popstar to incorporate motherhood in their music, concerts and public persona.]]> 2022-10-23 16:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352409734 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352411889 Before having a daughter Wong often refused to speak to the press, appear publicly and address personal matters. However, once she had her daughter she started to talk publicly about her daughter in interviews and in songs.]]> 2022-10-23 16:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352411889 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352416532 In 1999 Wong divorced Dou and in that same year she started production on Wong Kar-Wai's film 2046 (2004), released an English song on the Japanese video game Final Fantasy VIII, released the album Lovers& Strangers (1999) and became a spokesmen for Pepsi and the Japanese mobile Jphone. In one of Wong's most busiest years, she juggled marriage and family life with her career, proving again her ambitious and empowering persona which Chinese women looked up to.]]> 2022-10-23 16:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352416532 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352423761 2022-10-23 16:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352423761 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352433242 Wong and Nicholas Tse (a singer and actor) sparked dating rumours in 2000 when they were pictured by paparazzi holding hands while leaving Tony Leung’s celebration party for winning Cannes best actor. Their relationship was controversial as Wong was 11 years his senior. At 31 Wong was at the height of her career and Tse only 20, had just started his career. The media made fun of Wong's old age and her willingness to date a much younger man. Wong never replied to the controversy, choosing to ignore the media. However, they broke up in 2002. ]]> 2022-10-23 16:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352433242 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352436724 Wong and Tse got back together in 2014, but are rarely seen together and nothing is known whether they are still together or how their relationship is going. This is because they both refuse to talk about each other in public. Here Tse refuses to acknowledge Wong while she is performing. Wong proceeds to hide her personal life and continue her mysterious persona.]]> 2022-10-23 16:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352436724 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352446965 Wong married Li Yapeng in 2005, later in 2006 they had a daughter named Li Yan. She rarely ever talked about this relationship in public too.]]> 2022-10-23 17:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352446965 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352460886 Wong used this time out of the limelight to focus on what is important to her; family, Buddhism and charity work.]]> 2022-10-23 17:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352460886 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352465227 Wong is a Buddhist, in this article fans claim she has a statue of the Buddha on her balcony. It has also been reported when she reconciled with Tse in 2014, that they went on a religious pilgrimage to India together. She has also released Buddhist songs such as 'Heart Sultra' (2008) which she first performed live in front of the Buddhist Famen Temple in 2008. ]]> 2022-10-23 17:33:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352465227 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352472853 Wong went on an Asian tour during the years of 2010-2012. The tour was a huge success with most tickets selling in a matter of hours and audiences consisting of not just Chinese women but Chinese women and their families. ]]> 2022-10-23 17:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352472853 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352478589 2022-10-23 17:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352478589 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352485129 In 2009, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, a government online poll named Wong the second Most Influential Chinese Cultural Celebrity in the past 60 years, second only to the deceased Teresa Teng, Wong's idol. Teng proves again to be a big part of Wong's career.]]> 2022-10-23 17:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352485129 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352489290 Wong was the inspiration behind the popstar Lily Chou-Chou in the Japanese film All About Lily Chou-Chou (2002). This reaffirms her cultural impact in Asia as she is the model Asian popstar. ]]> 2022-10-23 18:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352489290 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352495288 In 2013 Wong wrote on her Sina Weibo blog "Our fate as husband and wife ends here. I am very well. You take care too.” announcing her divorce with Li. Her blog was discovered in 2010 and had 22 million followers, but it has not been active since 2015 and has since been disabled. Wong finally started to share her personal life in the public sphere, however, after a major personal matter got exposed, she suddenly stopped sharing her personal life.]]> 2022-10-23 18:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352495288 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352501609 Wong seems to dip in and out of stardom, choosing when she wants to be famous and when she doesn't. She is a diva in this aspect, she takes charge of her career and only she makes the decisions in her life. ]]> 2022-10-23 18:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352501609 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352642885 Wong has a Tumblr page which acts as an English resource for worldwide fayenatics (Wong's fanbase).  ]]> 2022-10-23 22:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352642885 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352647540 Wong has regained popularity for her unique fashion, here the magazine ID recall her iconic looks on the app Tiktok.]]> 2022-10-23 22:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352647540 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352648959 Wong has now been popular within the anglophone sphere, here a girl on Tiktok talks highly about Wong's Avant-Garde looks and dreamy music style, reminiscent of the Cranberries.  ]]> 2022-10-23 22:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352648959 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352664891 It was only when I watched Chunking Express and asked my Chinese-British mixed dad who Faye Wong was, whom he knew of her from the 1990s and her popularity among Chinese people overseas, I became listening to Wong and eventually became a fan. This is a limited edition and extremely rare DVD selection of Wong's concert in Hong Kong in 2003. Wong's albums are not on the market at the moment (2023), the only way you can buy them are on second hand websites. It's almost like Wong has had enough of selling herself as a star and has chosen not to be one. ]]> 2022-10-23 23:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352664891 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352665963 2022-10-23 23:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352665963 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352671381 2022-10-23 23:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352671381 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352675205 Wong has released some singles, her latest one in 2021, and occasionally appears on Chinese TV for singing competitions or charities. She also has been in a couple of commercials in China, but she has yet again steered away from showbiz and in recent years can be seen spending time with her family and dancing freely, not caring what anybody thinks of her, true Faye Wong style.  ]]> 2022-10-23 23:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352675205 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352680151 The Interviewer introduces Wong as the star who broke the mould, rejecting the trappings of conventional Cantopop and pursues music according to her own artistic senses.]]> 2022-10-23 23:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352680151 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352681205 The interviewer states that between singing and acting she has gained popularity beyond Asia to fans worldwide with the help of the film Chunking Express (1994) ]]> 2022-10-23 23:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352681205 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352683318 When asked about her rebellious reputation the interviewer asks Wong how easy does she find it to be different, to which she replies：

"I have to face some pressure...If I feel like I am not personally doing that wrongly then...I won't care what people think about it" ]]> 2022-10-23 23:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352683318 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352687378 "like most Chinese women, values of patriarchy still played a large role in her domestic relationships. One of Faye’s most popular songs, ‘Chess’ (1994), conveys some of these tensions: 

While intending to escape from your trap, 
I am entrapped by another predicament. 
I don’t have the courage to decide to win or lose; 
Neither have I the fortune to escape. 
I am like chess. 
Your decision controls my next move. 

Faye explicitly interrogates the power dynamics of romantic relationships and family life from a woman’s perspective"(Fung and Curtin, 2002, p. 281)]]> 2022-10-23 23:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2352687378 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353359007 One of Wong's most famous quotes, is where she said (which has been translated into English): "I'm lazy, only manage to jog for 2 days. I smoke, an act of damaging health. I'm a straightforward person, therefore offending someone becomes part of everyday life. I love to throw my temper around, not knowing how to control them. I'm an impatient person; especially to things that do not interest me. I'm confident yet feel inferior, very contradicting. Facing my fans, I'll feel embarrassed. I'm not motivated, always thinking of holidays. I'm not an obedient person, even my mum can't change this fact. I'm not an idol, please don't treat me as one. Thanks to all who loves me. Hope that I'll reach my definition of perfection one day; you'll still be proud of me."]]> 2022-10-24 10:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353359007 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353397135 Wong presents herself as imperfect; just like us (the ordinary people). She smokes, has a bed temper and is impatient. ]]> 2022-10-24 11:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353397135 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353401125 She's like a rebellious child, she doesn't listen to her mum and does things on her own accord.]]> 2022-10-24 11:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353401125 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353412853 2022-10-24 11:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353412853 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353421181 "The lady is back"]]> 2022-10-24 11:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353421181 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353428841 With Wong's extremely secretive private life, Fayenatics were delighted to see her in this latest photo.]]> 2022-10-24 11:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353428841 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353449520 A meme joking about Chinese singers, comparing Wong and Teng to Mao Zedong (the founder of the People's Republic of China), further conveying just how much of an impact all three people have had on China.]]> 2022-10-24 12:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353449520 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353570084 Wong pictured with her two daughters.]]> 2022-10-24 13:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353570084 201495821 https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353822531 2022-10-24 15:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201495821/p2uzcig33topj77/wish/2353822531