After tiger mom, here comes the tiger wife
When Wendi Deng made a rare public appearance a month ago at the Shanghai International Film Festival, together with her husband Rupert Murdoch, the strongest impression she left on my colleague was her height: "She is really tall and stands out," I was told.
Deng, possibly the most powerful woman on the global scene by family association, enjoyed something of a dubious reputation back in her home country. Suffice it to say, she was not universally loved or admired in China.
On the contrary, she was seen as the classic gold-digger. Her detractors constantly point out her less-than-glorious history: She was sponsored by an elderly American couple to pursue higher education in the United States, where she ended up marrying the husband - just long enough to obtain her green card.
