Summary
Teresa Teng was a Taiwanese singer who gained popularity with her soft-focus image and romantic songs. But when her music reached mainland communist China, she became a superstar - and part of a propaganda battle between Taiwan and the mainland. Lucy Burns has been speaking to Teresa's brother Frank Teng about her life and early death. Image copyright: Teresa Teng Foundation
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| 0:16.0 | Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. |
| 0:19.0 | Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige. |
| 0:21.0 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:24.9 | searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to |
| 0:32.1 | watch night after night the flicking through the endless |
| 0:36.5 | searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the |
| 0:41.5 | telly we share what we've been watching. |
| 0:43.7 | Cladie Aide! |
| 0:45.7 | Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming. |
| 0:48.2 | Lovely. |
| 0:49.0 | Off the telly with me Joanna Paige. |
| 0:51.2 | And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less |
| 0:54.7 | searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. |
| 0:58.9 | Hi and thanks for downloading Witness the history Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:04.0 | Today we're going back to the 1980s and the story of one of China's biggest pop stars, |
| 1:09.6 | Taiwanese singer Theresa Teng. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm Lucy Burns and I've been speaking to her brother Frank. This is the music of Theresa Teng. It's her most famous song, The Moon represents my heart. |
| 1:33.7 | When I listen to her music and many people have told me the same thing, |
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