KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 19): Titling your autobiography The Most Famous Woman in China immediately tells your audience being “shy” and “retiring” are not part of your lexicon — a fact for which Yue-Sai Kan is completely unapologetic. At 77, in good health and still looking like a million bucks, the Emmy-winning TV host, producer and entrepreneur is, to borrow the popular Gen Z phrase, living her best life. 

Having cemented her role in TV since the mid-1980s, Kan upped the ante by creating the hugely successful and groundbreaking bilingual series One World, which began airing on the national Chinese network CCTV in 1986. “It was the first documentary series produced in the West and shown in China,” she says. 

The show gave many mainlanders their first glimpse of the outside world. Until today, Kan is hailed as the first TV journalist to connect East and West in such a major way. She shares her journey in our Lunar New Year Special. 

Also in this issue are ways in which to get into the festive spirit. We list the top restaurants you should visit for reunion dinner, suggest cocktails — courtesy of AlcoHall — you can DIY from home and take a closer look at fashion designer Meichi Phoon’s stylish CNY collection.

Discover less-trodden destinations for your 2025 holiday that best suit your Chinese zodiac sign or, if you rather focus on the enigmatic Wood Snake, our compilation of serpentine watches are sure to please.

Read more in Options of the Jan 20 issue of The Edge Malaysia weekly.

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