Chinese Women Western Men Celebrity Couples

Wedding picture of Wendi Deng (29) and Rupert Murdoch (66)

Statistics claim that the most common pattern among interracial couples is the one where White men are married to Asian women.
In such case it shouldn’t be difficult to find also celebrity couples following this pattern. So, I decided to do some search and it resulted in the list of 10 couples in which Chinese woman is dating or married to a non-Chinese man, and at least one of them is a well-known personality.
These couples are presented in the reverse order (from 10th to 1st) according to my subjective perception of their celebrity status.

Zhu Chen and Mohammed Al-Modiakhi

Zhu Chen is the former World Chess Champion among women. She held this title from 2001 to 2004. In 2001 she married a Qatari grandmaster Mohammed Al-Modiakhi. They met during one of the chess tournaments in Malaysia and it was love from the first sight. Today Zhu Chen lives in Qatar and represents this country in chess tournaments.

Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt

Michelle Yeoh is the Malaysian actress of Chinese origin best known to Western audience as a “Bond girl” in the movie “Tomorrow never Dies”. People Magazine few times included her in the list of most beautiful women and that’s why her relationship with the former CEO of Ferrari racing team Jean Todt is sometimes called “Beauty and the Beast”.


 Laura Ling and Iain Clayton

Iain Clayton meets his wife Laura ling after her release from North Korea

The journalist Laura Ling is famous for being detained for few months in North Korean prison. Sentenced to 11 years of labor camps she has been released only after the personal intervention of the former U.S. president Bill Clinton. Upon her arrival home she was met by her husband Iain Clayton – pictures of this meeting becoming popular all over the world. And less than a year later the couple welcomed their first baby.

7. Jennifer Chun and George Soros

George Soros is not only a famous businessman and philanthropist. He is also a well-known “womanizer” constantly changing his romantic interests. One of his latest interests was the Chinese American violinist Jennifer Chun.

6. Lucy Liu and Zach Helm

No – they didn’t make it to altar. But one of the “Charlie’s Angels” has been dating and even engaged to Zach Helm – American writer and film director. He possibly regrets the missed chance. After all, in 2007 Lucy Liu was featured in the list of 100 sexiest movie stars.

Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld

"Tiger Mom" and her family

Yes, the famous “Tiger Mom” who presents herself as a symbol of strict Chinese parenting is not married to Chinese but to a Jewish American – Jed Rubenfeld – who is also teaching Law in Yale University. Curious fact: as Amy Chua says herself her two daughters “can speak Chinese, and they have been raised Jewish”.


 Zhang Ziyi and Aviv Nevo


Zhang Ziyi is one of the best known to Western audience mainland Chinese actresses. She is also considered by many as one of the most beautiful women in China. Maybe this is one of the reasons why some Chinese felt “betrayed” when she started dating an Israeli venture capitalist Aviv Nevo. Last year, however, the couple split – Zhang Ziyi quoting cultural differences as the main reason for their break-up.

Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch

If you look for the epitome of gold-digger, look no further. Wendi Deng is a perfect example. First she got acquainted with American couple (Jake and Joyce Cherry) who were doing business in China and used them to get a student visa to America. Later she broke this couple and married Jake Cherry earning the green card. But soon they divorced because Wendi started seeing another man. And her searches for Mr. Right have finished only when at the age of 29, she met the multimillionaire Rupert Murdoch – then 66 years old – and married him 2 years later.

Tinglan Hong and Hugh Grant

There are rumors that Hugh Grant's Chinese girlfriend is pregnant!

When Hugh Grant came to Hainan to participate in the golf tournament for celebrities, he possibly was infected with “Yellow fever”. How else can you explain his words at one press-conference:

“I am very happy to contemplate (getting) a Chinese girlfriend. I must say I’m very charmed by Chinese women, so far. I’ve been here only 24 hours, but I’ve fallen in love four times.”

And it seems that he indeed has found a Chinese girlfriend – 19 years his junior Tinglan Hong.

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zu

ckerberg

Not all millionaires are old and bald. Take, for example, Mark Zuckerberg – the founder of social network Facebook. At the age of 27 his personal wealth is estimated to be $13.5 billion. And there was always a high probability that the girl who could share this money with him would be of Asian origin. On his Friendster page (from pre-Facebook period?) in the section “What I enjoy doing” Mark wrote… “asian girls”. And it seems to be true. Since recently his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan became official

source: http://www.lovelovechina.com/celebrities/chinese-women-western-men-celebrity-couples/

Turning 60 no longer means that you're getting old

Why turning 60 no longer means that you're getting old: Number being affected by age-related illnesses almost halves in a decade 

• Proportion of men and women with serious illnesses halves in a decade 
• Improvements in diet, exercise and the use of statins credited with upturn
• 7.7 per cent of those aged 60 to 64 have dementia, cancer or Parkinson's 
• That is almost half the figure for those in 2002 who were seriously ill

Don’t be scared of retirement – sixtysomethings are no longer old.

The proportion of men and women in their sixties blighted by heart disease, cancer and other serious illnesses has almost halved in a decade, research shows.

Improvements in diet, reductions in smoking and the use of statins and other drugs designed to stave off ill health, are credited with bringing about the ‘dramatic’ upturn.

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The proportion of men and women in their sixties blighted by serious illnesses has almost halved in a decade (pictured posed by models)

The first study of its kind found that just 7.7 per cent of the 60 to 64 age group in England had dementia, cancer or Parkinson’s disease in 2012 or had survived a heart attack or stroke.

This is almost half the 2002 figure of 13.8 per cent. Among the 65 to 69-year-olds, 11.7 per cent have one or more of the five serious illnesses studied – down from 17.3 per cent.

When all age groups are taken into account, the proportion of those aged 50-plus who are seriously ill has fallen from 15.8 per cent to 13.6 per cent.

Serious Illness in the Over 50s, attributes much of the drop to a fall in the number of heart attacks and strokes.

It says this could be down to people taking more care of their diet, realising the importance of exercise and quitting smoking.

The prescription of blood pressure pills and cholesterol-busting statins may also have played a role.

The fall in heart attacks and strokes may be linked to people taking more exercise and having a better diet (picture posed by model)

However, the golden years don’t last forever. The study, by the International Longevity Centre-UK think-tank, shows that ill-health is simply delayed.

Today, a bigger proportion of those aged 80-plus in bad health than in the past.

There are also more people aged 50-plus living with cancer, although this could be due to improvements in diagnosis and better treatments that increase survival. Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia also on the rise.

The report states that this is ‘also likely due to better diagnosis but also general improvements in life expectancy and longevity, which mean more people reach older age and develop the condition’.

Experts said statins may also have helped prolong elderly people's health 

The analysis, commissioned by insurance company Engage Mutual, is based on a decade of data on the health of over-50s in England.

In all, an estimated 2.6million men and women are living with serious illness. This could increase to 3.4million by 2025, as the population ages.

Across the UK as a whole, the current figure of 3.1million people could rise by almost a million.

Ros Altmann, the government tsar for older workers, said: ‘It’s fantastic news. Most older people in their 60s will not be old in the conventional sense.’

David Sinclair, director of International Longevity Centre-UK, said told the Sunday Times that the NHS has got a ‘temporary reprieve’.

He added: ‘The research shows that even over a short period of time we have successfully reduced serious illness among older people.

‘But we must not be complacent. Our ageing society is going to put increasing pressure on the NHS over the next ten years.

‘On the one hand, the research paints a picture of a potentially healthier older population aged under 70. A success story perhaps part'y attributed to effective preventative treatments such as statins. But it also paints a bleak picture of more people in their 90s suffering from serious illness.

‘This research suggests that health interventions have helped us live healthier for longer. And it strengthens the case for continued investment in the prevention of ill health in old age

Source: the mail