Pai Hsueh-hua (born 17 May 1955), born Pai Yueh-o, better known by her stage name Pai Bing-bing (also spelled Pai Ping-ping), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, media personality and social activist.
Early life Born to an impoverished family in Keelung, Pai dropped out of formal education in her teenage years.
Career In 1973, she won a prize in a singing contest held by Taiwan Television and following this success she pursued a career in the local entertainment business. Since mid-1980s, Pai gained popularity for her bantering style, becoming one of the best-known Taiwanese entertainers. Richard Lloyd-Parry of The Independent described Pai as the "Cilla Black of Taiwan".Lloyd-Parry, Richard. "Celebrity killings stir rage in Taiwan ". The Independent. Sunday 13 July 1997. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
Besides her entertainment career, Pai also had significant investments in local catering service industry.
Personal life and social activism In 1975, she moved to Japan to study singing and acting. At this time she had a relationship with Japanese comics writer Ikki Kajiwara and they later married. Their daughter Pai Hsiao-yen was born in 1980 but their marriage was quickly dissolved the next year after Kajiwara engaged in an extramarital affair and committed domestic violence. Pai Bing-bing had to return to Taiwan and raised Hsiao-yen as a single mother. In 1997, Hsiao-yen, 16 year old at the time, was kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered. This event made the elder Pai into a social activist advocating the use of death penalty; Pai founded the Swallow Foundation and chaired it to date to advocate capital punishment as well as provide legal support to local crime victims. Lloyd-Parry described the attention around the murder of Pai's daughter as giving Pai "a greater, though more terrible, fame than she had as an entertainer." In 2010, in the wake of the global anti-capital punishment movement, Pai successfully held a protest against former Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng, resulting in Wang's resignation and the resumption of executions in Taiwan.
Pai has a four-storey property in Linkou District.
Filmography Film YearEnglish titleOriginal titleRoleNotesRef.1978Karate Warsカラテ大戦争Chen Ling-lan1983Chinese Magic中國法術1990The Hilarious Army大笑兵團鬼出嫁HuaSeventh Moon七月鬼門開Bing-bing1992Kung-Fu Kids沒大沒小Nanny Gu1994Lonely Hearts Club寂寞芳心俱樂部Chen Chunnu1997Yours and Mine我的神經病2010Comedy Makes You Cry拍賣春天Lingling2016Like Life人生按個讚Hsu Chuan-chenalso co-writer, supervising producer
Television series YearEnglish titleChinese titleRoleNotesRef.1994The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants七俠五義Gu Atao2006Emerald on the Roof屋顶上的绿宝石Fang Min2007Love at First Fight武十郎Lei LaohuI Shall Succeed我一定要成功Chen Suchun
References
External links
The Swallow Foundation (in Traditional Chinese) Pai Bing-bing Official blog (Traditional Chinese)