She maintains the site herself with the help of a professional developer. As Asians increasingly get wired, the region's superstars are rapidly moving their publicity campaigns online. In recent weeks, Hong Kong actor Ekin Cheng and Taiwan-born sex goddess Shu Qi have announced official websites. International superstar Jackie Chan will soon weigh in. The Asian fansite is, in fact, proving to be one of the most powerful online draws in the region.
People here follow the pop scene to an unbelievable and extreme extent.
Most Asian celebrities have been rather tardy as IT trailblazers. The huddled masses, not the elite, discovered the electronic fan club. The Deadhead's pioneering board was a decidedly uncommercial venture, as are most of the hundreds of amateur webpages that worshippers have erected as monuments to their idols. He says no one ever sends him e-mail. Today, it is not love but money that is driving Asian artists online.