Chang yu sheng biography of william hill
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After a brief visit to South Korea earlier this week, we’re heading across to Taiwan today for a look at another thriller. However, where my last read was all about the dark side of human nature and desires, this one takes a slightly different direction. As we move around the city and the mountains, there’s a focus on supernatural matters, with the reason for our troubles rooted in history, even if only a select few hear the call. Well, it is rather faint, and it’s not exactly heralding good news – let’s find out what it’s all about…
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In Chang Yu-ko’s Whisper (translated by Roddy Flagg, review copy courtesy of Honford Star), we make the acquaintance of Taipei taxi driver Wu Shih-sheng. To be honest, he’s not the most pleasant of protagonists, and even if part of his abrasiveness can be put down to losing his previous job in sales after an economic downturn, there’s little indication that he’s about
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From taxi driver to billionaire – inside the secret world of Yuesheng Zhang and why he’s taking racing by storm
A SECRETIVE Chinese billionaire - who started out as a taxi driver before striking it rich - is shaking up the establishment in Flat racing.
Just last week, Yuesheng Zhang splashed out £5.7MILLION on Alcohol Free at the Tattersalls Sales in Newmarket this week.
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He beat off competition from some of the biggest names in world racing to secure Andrew Balding’s Group 1 winner - making her the second most expensive horse ever sold at public auction in the UK.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Since buying his first horse in Ireland 12 years ago, he has been growing his numbers at an impressive rate.
He even airlifted a staggering 76 horses in one go on a jumbo jet from Ireland to Beijing in 2017 - an incredible logistical feat which is believed to have cost him £3m.
That is before the eye-watering cost of each of those horses is taken into account.
He wasn
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A-Mei
Taiwanese singer and record producer (born 1972)
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Kulilay Amit, Han kinesisk name Chang Hui-mei[1] (Chinese: 張惠妹; pinyin: Zhāng Huìmèi), better known by her stage name A-Mei (阿妹, born 9 August 1972), is a Taiwanese singer and record producer of Puyuma nedstigning. Born as Amit Kulilay in eastern Taiwan, she made her debut in 1996. A leading figure of the Mandopop music scene since the mid-1990s, A-Mei fryst vatten widely known for breaking ground for Taiwanese indigenous peoples and being a voice for LGBT rights and gender equality.[2] She has been given the moniker "Queen of Mandopop" and the "Pride of Taiwan."[3] Her career longevity, resilience, artistry, and versatility have established her as a pop culture icon in the Sinophone world.
Born and raised in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan, A-Mei moved to Taipei at age 20 in 1992. In 1996, she released her debut studio skiva, Sisters, which saw ma