Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ando was born to Taiwanese parents in Kagi ( currently Chiayi ) , Taiwan and grew up an orphan in Tainan City .
Simplified: Ando was born Wu Pai-fu into a wealthy Taiwanese family in Kagi ( today Chiayi ) , Taiwan in 1910 , when Taiwan was a part of the Empire of Japan . Ando 's parents died when he was at an early age .