Why Taiwanese actor Chang is dream husband of so many Chinese women
HONG KONG: Taiwanese actor Joseph Chang is the dream husband of a surprising number of Chinese women in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China.
Whether or not the list would eventually include Malaysia is debatable.
Chang, 33, has this aura of being Mr Nice Guy, giving hope to women who have lost faith in men.
Reckoned Charlotte Fong, 32, a marketing executive: “He radiates this warmth that makes you want to touch him and hold him. He appears to be the kind of guy a woman can trust. He gives people a sense of security, which is something most Hong Kong men cannot offer.”
In Hong Kong, the gossip pages of newspapers and magazines are littered with stories of wealthy businessmen openly flaunting their mistresses, and the women’s machinat ions to vie for the top mistress spot. Casino mogul Stanley Ho, for example, has four wives— the family broke out into open warfare ( paywall) over the division of Ho’s assets in 2011 when the tycoon, then 89, fell seriously ill. Real- estate billionaire Joseph Lau, who has a long-term partner, published a full-page ad in a local newspaper last year clarifying his breakup with an ex- girlfriend, including the financial details. He has children with both women and a late wife. Actor Jackie Chan had a child with his mistress. The husband of Hong Kong’s new leader Carrie Lam had to publicly deny rumours that he has a mistress in the UK. So that’s why people like Chang are suddenly in demand.