May Chin
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Stage named May Chin, Kao Chin Su-mei (traditional Chinese: 高金素梅; pinyin: Gao Jin Sumei; Wade-Giles: kao chin su-mei; born September 21, 1965 in Heping Township, Taichung County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese aborigine (tribe:Atayal) singer, actress and politician. After a brilliant acting career since mid-1980s she was elected into the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in December 2001 and re-elected twice in 2004 and 2008, all in the Highland Aborigines electoral district. She is currently a member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union.
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[edit] Selected Filmography
- Wedding Banquet (1993)
- May Jean (1994)
- Woman Soup (1999)
May Chin also published some 10 albums and showed up in various local TV series and commercials since mid-1980s.
[edit] Business and political Career
Besides acting, in mid-1990s May Chin used to run a wedding photography service shop in Taipei. However this shop caught fire in 1996 and this fire claimed 6 lives. May Chin had to close down this shop and took up the compensation responsibility. Later, May Chin was diagnosed of having liver cancer in 1998. She recovered after performing surgery operation to remove the problematic tissues in 1999.
After entering the Legislative Yuan May Chin has been noted for her outspoken views, traditional Atayal costume and face paint in the shape of traditional Atayal tattoo work reserved for married women. May Chin has also been tightly associated with the pan blue coalition, especially in close cooperation with the People First Party. She is also noted for her anti-Japan and China-friendly standpoints, and ever protested in front of the Yasukuni Shrine in an effort to remove the enshrined spirits of aborigine soldiers who died fighting for the Japanese army during World War II, as well as sued Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for his visiting Yasukuni Shrine.
[edit] Personal life
May Chin never married to date, but she did have some long and lasting relationships since young. Next Magazine and Apple Daily (Taiwan) have been reporting her alleged affairs with a number of local celebrity since 2002.
