Taiwan cheers Lee’s Oscar win
Taiwan on Monday cheered a local boy who made good: Ang Lee, who won the best director Oscar for “Brokeback Mountain.” He is the first Asian to win one of Hollywood’s highest accolades. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian immediately issued a statement hailing Lee’s success, calling the filmmaker the “glory of Taiwan.”
“We grew up watching the Oscars. Now it’s like the dream comes true,” said Khan Lee, the director’s younger brother, popping a bottle of champagne in his Taipei office, where he watched the Academy Awards with his mother and friends and a crowd of reporters and cameramen.
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