Yue-Sai Kan

People magazine called her the most famous woman in China. Time magazine proclaimed her the Queen of the Middle Kingdom. e Congressional Record deemed her The De Facto Citizen Ambassador! They all accurately, if not completely, describe Chinese American Yue-Sai Kan, whose life straddles the East and West as a best-selling author, Emmy-winning television producer, humanitarian and entrepreneur. In 1986, the television series One World produced and hosted by Yue-Sai Kan aired on China’s national television network CCTV, giving millions of Chinese the first glimpse of the outside world and made her a household name in China. In 1992, she successfully transformed herself from a TV personality to an entrepreneur by creating the Yue-Sai cosmetics brand, which is recognized by over 90% of the Chinese population today. Forbes magazine reported that she changed the face of China one lipstick at a time! For the past 2 years, her life style television series Yue-Sai's World aired nationally in China and has garnered raved reviews, including a phone call from the Chinese President Hu Jin Tao. Yue-Sai Kan’s uncanny understanding of China's needs are shown by the subjects chosen for her 5 best-selling books; On Television Production (when TV was just starting in China), Yue-Sai’s Guide to Asian Beauty (when no Chinese were using makeup), Etiquette for the Modern Chinese (when the Chinese government needed to educate its massive public about good modern manners), How to Be a Beautiful, Healthy and Successful Modern Woman (the first comprehensive life style guide to career women in China) and The Chinese Gentleman (when Chinese men wanted to become the new international gentlemen). Her latest publication is The Complete Chinese Woman, which came out in May, 2007 and is set to further solidify her role as an arbiter of style and taste in China.