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Teresa Teng was a prominent pop diva from Taiwan during the 1970s and early 1980s. Her voice won her spectacular fame throughout East Asia and in areas which possess large Asian populations.

For the past three decades her popularity remained unwavering among Chinese communities worldwide. Even today, her mellow voice and tender image remain vivid in the hearts of many Chinese people.

Teresa was known for her folk songs and love ballads. Many of her songs were regarded as the tunes of a generation, such as the song we're listening to now, which is called "Comrades: Almost a Love Story".

As you may have noticed, Teresa's singing style conveyed simplicity and sincerity.

As many of her diehard fans during the 70s and 80s attested to, her songs were extremely important to impressionable young teenagers during this time.

"In the early 1980s, I was a high school teacher. Once, I found students listening to Teresa's songs on a tape recorder. I borrowed the tape out of curiosity. They were really beautiful songs. Later on, I became a big fan of her. I've painted a thousand portraits of Teresa in various styles."

"Teresa's songs have accompanied us all the way from being young girls up until now. Her songs are a part of our lives."

Perhaps Teresa's voice offered spiritual solace for the youngsters of the seventies and eighties. Music has changed a lot since then. But her songs continue to resonate with those she touched long ago and with the new fans that discover her talent every passing year.

In 1963, when Teresa was ten, she began to tour and perform with local bands. This was the same year that she won the first prize at a folk singing contest held by the local radio station with her song "Visiting Yingtai". This proved to be the stepping stone for Teresa's prolific singing career.

In 1967, during her second year of middle school, Teresa made a decisive career choice. She dropped out of education as it was impossible for her to cope with schooling and singing professionally at the same time. Aged just 14, Teresa became a fulltime singer.

Well-known in Taiwan, Hong Kong and other parts of South East Asia, she set her sights further afield and in 1973 she headed for Japan.

What you're listening to now is one of Teresa's most popular Japanese hits, "Give yourself to the flow of Time", which was later covered in Chinese as "I Only Care about You".

Singing in Cantonese, Japanese and English, as well as her native Mandarin, Teng's popularity quickly grew across East Asia. She was also the first Chinese singer to ever perform at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Teresa Teng had been a lifelong sufferer of respiratory difficulties. She died from a severe asthma attack while on holiday in Thailand. She was only 42 years old.

During her lifetime, Teng recorded over 100 CDs, each of which sold over a million copies. Although it's been almost two decades since her death, her music and the love for her displayed by her fans carries on.