The Mandopop artist known as Deserts Chang was born Chiao An-p'u on May 30, 1981
in Taiwan. The daughter of a government official, she began writing original
material at the age of 13 and quickly accumulated over a hundred songs. Her
first brush with fame arrived when she was a member of the band Mango Runs,
which won the Indie Music Award at the Hohaiyan Rock Festival in Taipei County
in 2003 and was featured on the 2004 documentary Ocean Fever. This helped
Deserts Chang land a contract with Sony BMG, who issued her studio debut My Life
Will… in 2006. The album contained many so...