![]() Her father, one of China's wealthiest men, then remarried a Eurasian girl in her late teens. And when you meet her gentle, loving husband, and she shows you pictures of a beautiful grandson, you would certainly not guess that here is a woman who survived a childhood of horror and deprivation.Īdeline Yen-Mah's mother died two weeks after Adeline was born. There is no edginess about her, no hint of anxiety, that would let you know that here is a woman who has broken one of the Chinese world's most deeply-felt taboos: "Jia chou bu ke wai yang (family ugliness should never be aired in public)". She has short black hair, and is wearing a black body under a turquoise suit with muted gold jewellery on her ears, neck and wrists. The woman who answers the door of the Chelsea penthouse in London is tiny, elegant and composed. ![]()
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