Background
She was born in Chongqing but the roots of her family are from Zhejiang.
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Shaw-Lan Wang
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fashion house and newspaper owner
Education
She studied at Shih Hsin University, graduating in 1964.
Career
She has four younger siblings. In 1947, her father Wang Tiwu, a colonel in the army of Chiang Kai-shek, traveled to Taiwan and founded the newspaper United Daily News. Wang studied journalism in Taipei and then worked as a reporter at the United Daily News.
She was asked by her father to return to Taiwan and run the newspaper.
In August 2001, through her holding Harmonie Société Anonyme, Wang bought Lanvin, the oldest fashion house still in operation, from L"Oréal. Shaw-Lan was the director of both Minister Sheng Bao and the Europe Journal until 2006 and 2009.
She earned two Legion of Honor awards as well as a Chevalier de l"Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from France.
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Nationality
People's Republic of China