Anyone who caught “Lost” this week is probably wondering the same thing I am. Who on earth is the Chinese girl who plays Jack’s Thai lady friend? I mean it’s not so often you see a Chinese actress having some dirty floor sex on American television. So I did some research and found out that this lovely lady is Bai Ling, who despite many magazine, film and television appearances, is fairly unknown in the United States. Bai Ling hails from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. She began acting in China as a teenager and gained fame in her home country for the 1989 film Arc Light. Ling claimed to have participated in the Tiananmen Square protests that same year, though many believe this not to be true as the Chinese government allowed the actress to attend 1989 Moscow Film Festival as part of an official delegation. In 1991, she came to the U.S. to attend NYU film school and three years later starred in The Crow with Brandon Lee. While her acting career has never really taken off in the U.S., she appeared as the hot Chinese chick in an episode of “Entourage” and the hot Chinese chick in the 2005 film Lords of Dogtown. Okay, now to the interesting facts. The New York Daily New reported that Ling is bisexual. She also claims to have done a 3-year stint as a soldier in China’s People’s Liberation Army in Tibet, however this is unverifiable by anyone but Ling. But Bai Ling’s crowning achievement came in 2005 when she became the first Chinese woman to grace the cover of Playboy. While her steamy spread alienated the Chinese establishment, it certainly did not alienate yours truly. In fact, it is one of the coolest spreads I have seen in Playboy. I’m not sure why it turns me on so much. Maybe because these type of racy photos are not so common in China. But more likely because Bai Ling represents the opposite of most every Chinese sexual custom. Or maybe it’s her peculiarly placed tattoo.

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