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‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave

  • Written by: Xianda Huang, PhD student in Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
imageTeresa Teng, who died in 1995, still has legions of fans around the world.Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette tape in a Tokyo warehouse while sorting through archival materials. On it was a recording by the late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng that had never been...

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