May Chin

Stage named May Chin, Kao Chin Su-mei is a singer, actress and politician. After a brilliant acting career since mid-1980s she was elected into the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China in December and re-elected twice in and , all in the Highland Aborigines electoral district. She is currently a member of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union.

Selected Filmography

*''Wedding Banquet''
*''May Jean''
*''Woman Soup''

May Chin also published some 10 albums and showed up in various local TV series and s since mid-1980s.

Business and political career

Besides acting, in mid-1990s May Chin ran a wedding photography service shop in Taipei. However this shop caught fire in 1996 and the fire claimed six lives. May Chin had to close down this shop and she took up the compensation responsibility. Later, in 1998, May Chin was diagnosed with . She recovered after having surgery to remove the diseased tissues in 1999.

Since 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 even protested in front of the Yasukuni Shrine in an effort to remove the enshrined spirits of Aboriginal soldiers who died fighting for the Japanese army during World War II, as well as sued Junichiro Koizumi for visiting Yasukuni Shrine.

Personal life

Her father was and her mother was a member of the Ayatal tribe. May Chin never married to date, but she did have some long and lasting relationships since young. ''Next Magazine'' and ''Apple Daily '' have been reporting her alleged affairs with a number of local celebrity since 2002.