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Chan was born in London to a Hakka family in the United Kingdom.
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Jason Chen
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SOAS, University of London.
Career
He started off at TVB hosting a variety of English Pearl lifestyle shows, which required the use of his proficiency in various languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, French, and Latin. He is the second of four children. In the United Kingdom, Chan"s family runs a Chinese restaurant.
Chan received a bachelor"s degree in modern and classical Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and a post-graduate diploma in economics at the University of London.
During university he had often helped out at his father"s restaurant waiting tables, and had taken on various translation jobs. After graduation, Chan worked for two years in hospital management, before finally deciding on a career in television In his first year in Hong Kong, Chan worked as an English tutor at his aunt"s education centre.
In 2005, Chan joined TVB and graduated from TVB"s 20th Artist Training Class in 2006. The following few years, Chan hosted a lifestyle show on Pearl and anchored, whilst at the same time taking on various roles in television dramas.
In 2010, Chan was offered his first major role in the sitcom, Be Home for Dinner (2011).
In 2012, he was given his first leading role in the drama Missing You. 10 August 2014, Sarah had posted a photo of herself and Jason Chan. The two were on a dinner together as a celebration of Sarah Song"s 29th birthday.
In the photo, the sweet couple were smiling happily as the former Mission China International contestant wraps her hand across the Jason"s shoulders.
Sarah Song captioned her photo, saying, "Thank you for another birthday. More wonderful birthdays ahead..but hopefully not wrinkles." This post was then regarded by the public as her confirmation that she is in fact in a relationship with Jason Chan.
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