Guo Nian Zhu, 39, who was married with one son, aged 15, and two teenage daughters.

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Lei provided startup capital for both companies after taking a shine to David Zhao and Chen Nian, the founder of Vancl.

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Her own husband, Daniel Fong-Nian Chiang, whom she met at National Chengchi and who also attended graduate school in Dallas, joined in 1990 as president.

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But the company postponed the public offering reportedly due to financial loss, though CEO and founder Chen Nian denied speculations that the company faces cash flow problems.

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Jet Tila explained that red is considered especially lucky as lore has it children who were wearing red were able to ward off the evil Nian, a monster which appeared on the first day of the new year to eat livestock, crops and children.

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