Chu Mei-feng (璩美鳳), disgraced after she was filmed having sex with a married man, is planning to marry a Chinese man and settle in Shanghai, a report said yesterday.
Chu's new love is a man from the Shanghai literary circle who was introduced to her by former legislator Elmer Fung (馮滬祥), the China-based Yangcheng Evening News said.
The report cited Fung as saying Chu and her boyfriend, identified only by his surname Xu, were planning to get married this month, but because of their hectic schedules they will delay the wedding until the end of the year.
Xu is a Nanjing native who studied abroad in Spain and loves music and literature, it said.
Chu shot to notoriety last December when she was filmed by an estranged friend having sex with a married man.
The 40-minute video compact disc was given away free by a tabloid magazine, Scoop, and spread throughout Asia via the Internet and black markets.
Pirated copies of the video were snapped up by a curious public in China, not used to having access to any juicy details about the private lives of politicians.
A book about Chu, which she authorized a ghost writer to pen and published in China, has become a bestseller, despite a lack of promotion.
Chu was quoted in the book saying she was disappointed in Taiwanese society and has found some peace of mind since moving to China.
"She gave her younger life to Taiwan society, but now, when she watches Taiwanese television, she changes the channel whenever she sees a political figure," the report said.
Chu has cashed in on her notoriety by launching a singing career, and has performed to sell-out crowds in both Singapore and Hong Kong.
However, she was banned from performing in Malaysia on the grounds that she was a bad role model for young people.
She has also been criticized for her singing ability.
Now, Chu is planning to become an English-Chinese interpreter, the report said.
The former politician dismisses criticisms of her behavior, considering herself brave for bouncing back after the scandal, it said.
"She likes herself better than before," the newspaper report quoted the book as saying.
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