Zheng Zhihua (; born 14 November 1961) is a

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singer. When he was two, he contracted

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and became permanently paralyzed from the waist down. He started his career in the late 1980s and enjoyed great success and popularity during the early 1990s in both

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and

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. He announced his retirement in January 1999, but in 2005 he reemerged. Zheng's most famous songs are ''Sailor'' ( zh, 水手) and ''Star Lighting'' ( zh, 星星点点). His other famous songs are ''33 Pieces'' ( zh, 三十三块), ''Snail's House'' ( zh, 蜗牛的家), and so on. Zheng Zhihua now lives in Taipei.

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* Wuyontana Zheng is currently living in Taipei with his family. He frequently travels to China to perform and oversee other business interests.

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Union of Zheng's Fans (in Chinese)
1961 births Living people Musicians from Taipei Taiwanese singer-songwriters People with polio National Taipei University of Technology alumni 20th-century Taiwanese male singers {{Taiwan-singer-stub