China film 'goddess' to tie knot with her Korean director

The surprise announcement of a popular Chinese actress's engagement with a foreign filmmaker has elicited a wave of surprisingly tolerant responses from her Chinese fans.

Tang Wei, who gained fame through Ang Lee's Lust, Caution, is widely perceived as a "goddess" for those urban youth who love art and literature. She has maintained the persona as someone who not only possesses beauty but also intelligence - the kind of woman the young and educated generation can identify with.

In 2011, she appeared as the female lead in the South Korean film Late Autumn. She first met Kim Tae-yong, the South Korean director of the film, when shooting the picture in 2009. According to a statement from her management company, they became friends and later fell in love. The wedding is scheduled for this autumn.