Pai Ping-ping

Pai Ping-ping (白冰冰, Hanyu Pinyin: "Bái Bīngbīng") is an actress [" [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/09/08/102021/wiki Studious inmates to be honored by Ministry of Justice] ." "Taipei Times".] , entertainer" [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/taiwan%20issues/2008/04/25/153494/Taiwan-must.htm Taiwan must not abolish its death penalty] ." "China Post".] , singer, comedian, [" [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32E96C68E7C00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM TAIWAN OFFICIALS FEEL PUBLIC'S IRE AFTER A DEATH PEOPLE ARE SCARED. BUT MANY ARE ALSO SCORNFUL OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA.] " "The Philadelphia Inquirer".] and personality [" [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/09/09/102164/print NTU and victim offering convict financial support] ." "Taipei Times".] from Taiwan, Republic of China.

Richard Lloyd-Parry of "The Independent" described Pai as the "Cilla Black of Taiwan."" [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970713/ai_n14124288 Celebrity killings stir rage in Taiwan] ." "The Independent".]

History

Born in Keelung, Pai became known for bantering in her local dialect. Beginning as a pop star, she later hosted a variety show.

For a period she was married to Ikki Kajiwara, a Japanese comics writer. She had one daughter with Kajiwara, Pai Hsiao-yen, born in 1980. [" [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2000/04/21/33136 Tragic Pai kidnapping had hidden benefits] ." "Taipei Times".] [" [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6C012131F16B4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM KIDNAPPED TEEN DAUGHTER OF ENTERTAINER IS FOUND SLAIN VICTIM GONE 15 DAYS IN TAIWAN] ." "Akron Beacon Journal".] After Hsiao-yen was kidnapped and murdered in 1997, Pai Ping-ping became an advocate in favor of retaining the death penalty. Lloyd-Parry described the attention around the murder of Pai's daughter as giving Pai "a greater, though more terrible, fame than she had as an entertainer."

After Hsiao-yen's death Pai Ping-ping walked beside Master Xingyun in the lead during a parade at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial; the parade inaugurated the "Campaign of Compassion and Love." [Chandler, Stuart. "Establishing a Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization". "University of Hawaii Press". 2004. [http://books.google.com/books?id=OkEy4_yTr-cC&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=%22Bai+Pingping%22&source=web&ots=RKsYJeScJ0&sig=F9jeT-FvUPIqMZLKXADMeaMc56Q&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result 328] .]

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