The judges’ and netizens’ compliments on my dancing still remain in my heart,” noted the champion, who is known on the show as Ah Fei – a nickname meaning “fat” that she has embraced.

The startling contrast between old and new Taiwan is the subject of Wan Jen's epic of traditional identities coming into conflict with an urban life, emphasizing the situation of women.

Ah Fei, a Vietnamese who left home to work in Taiwan, escapes from his Taiwanese employer in hope to earn more money to send back home to his father. One day, he runs into Ah Hai, a police patrol ...