Wang Shaw-lan (; born 1941) is a

Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...

businesswoman who serves as the

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of the

United Daily News ''United Daily News'' (UDN; ) is a newspaper published in Taiwan. It is considered to support the pan-Blue Coalition in its editorials. History UDN was founded in 1951 by Wang Tiwu as a merger of three newspapers, ''Popular Daily'' (全民� ...

and the publishing-ceased

Min Sheng Bao ''Min Sheng Bao'' () was a tabloid newspaper based in Taiwan, and was a sister publication of ''United Daily News ''United Daily News'' (UDN; ) is a newspaper published in Taiwan. It is considered to support the pan-Blue Coalition in its ed ...

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. She studied at Shih Hsin University, graduating in 1964. She was born in Chongqing but the roots of her family are from

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. She has four younger siblings. In 1947, her father Wang Tiwu, a colonel in the army of

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, traveled to Taiwan and founded the newspaper

, in 1951. Wang studied journalism in

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and then worked as a reporter at the

. She married an air force pilot and lived in Switzerland with her husband. She was asked by her father to return to Taiwan and run the newspaper. In August 2001, through her holding Harmonie SA, Wang bought

Lanvin Lanvin () is a French Luxury goods, luxury fashion house based in Paris. Founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin, it is the oldest French fashion house still in operation. Since 2018, it has been a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Lanvin Group. Bruno Sialel ...

, the oldest fashion house still in operation, from

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. During the same year, Wang hired Albert Elbaz as Lanvin's designer. Shaw-Lan was the director of both

and the Europe Journal until 2006 and 2009. She earned two

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

awards as well as a

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award from France.

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