Tuesday December 04, 2007 Hong Kong Want to know what kind of Chinese man Western women want to marry? Take a close look at Hong Kong actor Andy Lau. The movie star came out tops in a survey of 108 Western women living in Shanghai, where respondents were asked to rank Chinese male professionals they would want to marry. kungfu star Jet Li came in second in the poll. "Though Li is less famous than Jackie Chan, he looks more attractive to Western women," said Zhang Jiehai, a professor with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, who led the survey team with 11 members from China, France, the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. The team showed interviewees headshots of 18 Chinese men including Jet Li, Jackie Chan and movie director Wong Kar-wai, and asked them to pick out the ideal husband. The interviewees were also asked to choose lovers and work partners, and to rank the most and least handsome. Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is half-Japanese, was ranked first in terms of looks and being the best lover. Tony Leung, the actor in Ang Lee's latest movie "Lust, Caution", was ranked fifth in the looks department. Popular TV actor Li Yapeng was viewed as the least handsome for his long hair - said to be out of fashion. Wong Kar-wai, who directed the movie "2046", was picked as the second least handsome for always sporting sunglasses and having a cigarette in his hand. "For many Chinese, Wong is considered cool but Western women don't like that," Zhang said. "He seems to want to hide himself with the glasses." Zhang said that they conducted the survey in order to find out the images Chinese movies are bringing to the world. "Movies are the most influential way to build up images of people from different countries," he said. credits: asianbite.
"Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro, who is half-Japanese, was ranked first in terms of looks and being the best lover." how the heck would the interviewees know hes a good lover ?!?!
^good question haha....anyways surveying western women in shanghai, still not complete "western" woman lol...
Women like really good looking rich and famous guys??? That can't be!!!! SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH!!!!! Next week, Chinese men throughout China will be surveyed who they rather screw, Scarlett Johansson or a bucket of steaming acid
well, out of all the stars, andy lau still seems to be the most down to earth person of them all. come on now, he still messed up at interview; saying stuffs he "shouldn't" have said ... anyway, even such, I don't think he should be the most popular. 18 selection; wow, that's not a lot to begin with ... when one refers to "Chinese", it includes everything, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. God knows if participants selected him based on limited selections and not based on true belief.
haha, hard to comment! he is one of the best looking actors who reached to international standards! PLUS he is single! unlike Chow Yuen Fat and Tony Leung! hehe thanks for sharing
