00:00Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the
00:062001 soap opera Meteor Garden, has died of influenza, aged 48, while on a family holiday
00:13in Japan.
00:14Her sister, Dee Hsu, broke the news Monday, and it became the most sought-after topic
00:19on China's Weibo microblogging service.
00:22The sister's first found fame with her pop group SOS, Barbie Hsu became a household name
00:28from playing Shan Cai in the TV drama Meteor Garden, an adaptation of Japanese manga Boys
00:33Over Flowers.
00:34Hsu's character was a poor teenage girl who attends a school for wealthy students and
00:40encounters four spoiled, arrogant boys known as the F4.
00:44Beijing had banned Meteor Garden in 2002, describing the Taiwan-made soap as electronic
00:50heroin for young people.
00:52The late Hsu had been married to Korean rapper Koo Jun-yup, also known as DJ Koo, since 2022.
00:58She left behind two children from a previous marriage with Chinese entrepreneur Wang Xiaofei.
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