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Yue-Sai Kan
Emmy-winning television pioneer · founder of Yue Sai Cosmetics · the original bridge between China and the West
People magazine called Yue-Sai Kan 'the most famous woman in China.' Her 1986 CCTV series One World reached 400 million viewers a week and made her a household name on both sides of the Pacific. In 1992 she founded Yue Sai Cosmetics, built specifically for Chinese women; it became one of China's leading beauty brands, sold in more than 800 outlets, and was acquired by L'Oréal in 2004. An Emmy-winning producer, bestselling author and philanthropist, she has spent five decades doing exactly what Other Jing exists to do: take Chinese brands and stories to the world, and bring the world to China.