The above flowchart shows all the women that Edison Chen - a Canadian-Chinese actor/singer based in Hong Kong - has been connected with in recent years. A couple of weeks ago, the HK media was rocked by the release of pornographic images of Edison and three of these women. They were allegedly leaked by the tech guy repairing Edison’s computer, who has since been arrested.
Girlfriend List of Edison Chen include:
1997: Xie Kai-shan
2000: Maggie Q, Yan Ying Si, Amanda S.
2001: Chen Wenyuan, Zhongxindong Lee Choi-wah, Xiaoehan
2002: FU Ying, Denglixin, Zhouliqi
2003: Cecilia Cheung, Chiu Chung Yu
2004: Yin Choi Yee , Rosanne, Choi Yee Lam
2005: Fiona Sit
2006: Zhengrong, HUANG Rong, Yang Yong Qing (current girlfriend)
Not just Bobo Chan and Gillian Chung are involved with this sex scandal, in fact Maggie Q, Stephy, Amanda S, Cecelia Chung, Rosanne and some other artists. are deep in this mess too. It is rumored that there is a 32 mintute sex tape of Edison and Maggie Q. Edison Chen's sex video with America-born actress Maggie Q was leaked today. The video reportedly showed a naked Maggie Q was lying on her stomach on bed while Edison Chen engaged sexual acts on her. A link on Hong Kong Discuss Forum has already been deleted by Hong Kong officials.
For those not familiar with the Chinese entertainment world, most of the women on the chart are singers and actresses, with a few models thrown in for good measure. The most famous one to Western audiences is Maggie Q (near the top right), who has appeared in MI:3 and Die Hard 4.0.
Of all the pictures obtained by the computer tech, there were 6 women involved. For the investigating police, only 4 are known to them. Three of these 4 women (2 singers and 1 actress, with the actress being currently married to one of Edison’s friends, Nicholas Tse, an actor/singer) were the unfortunate ones to have been exposed before the police and the courts put a stop to it by warning that anyone caught distributing the photos risk being arrested.
Photos of 6 women were found on this one computer. Are there more saved on other computers stashed away in his home? How depraved is this guy, really? And what would his fans think of him now? He may be able to shrug this off and become more “adult” and edgy with his image - that’s what I’d do anyway if I was his PR, but the women involved probably do not have this luxury. It’s still very much a double-standard world.
Hong Kong celebrities Edison Chen (陈冠希), Maggie Q (李美琪), Bobo Chan (陈文媛), Gillian Chung (钟欣桐) and Cecilia Cheung (张柏芝) are currently embroiled in an embarrassing sex photo scandal that has whipped up a storm in the territory and the rest of the Chinese-speaking world. It all started on 27 January when various photographs of people resembling the above-named celebrities were all posted one after the other including the Hong Kong Discussion Forum and free.photo.girls.hk. The photos in question included:
- A girl resembling Gillian Chung (from the squeaky-clean group Twins) with breasts peeking out from her bikini and her legs spread apart. In another picture, a man resembling Edison Chen performs cunnilingus on her.
- A girl resembling Bobo Chan (Edison Chen's ex girlfriend) performing fellatio on him, with his love lollipop in full glory.
- A dazed-looking Cecilia Cheung posing in uniform in one picture, and nude in a bathroom in another.
Edison had asked for people to stop spreading and to take down the images. People in HK may be compelled to do so, but at this stage it’s spread beyond HK’s borders and its laws. Unlike printed photos with negatives, once it’s out there it ain’t coming back. The Internet is a bitch like that.
In the latest video released yesterday, a contrite-looking Edison apologised to all the victims who've been "been affected by this strange, strange ordeal" and urged viewers in possession of those pictures to "please destroy them immediately". (And if you're wondering why Edison's speaking in English, he's Canadian)That, unfortunately, may have come too little, too late. Reports are now saying that Gillian has attempted suicide following the scandal. And Cecilia's husband Nicholas Tse 谢霆锋 (who used to date Faye Wong 王菲), has threatened divorce, although his father Patrick Tse 谢贤 has since denied those rumours.
It’s so big news that it’s even got CNN talking about it yesterday, which probably caused a lot more people to go google it.
The glorious Internet age eh?
One thing’s for sure: these people are not going to have a very happy Chinese New Year.
