Zheng Zhihua (; born 14 November 1961) is a Taiwanese singer. When he was two, he contracted

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and became permanently paralyzed from the waist down. He started his career in the late 1980s and enjoyed great success and popularity during the early 1990s in both

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and

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. He announced his retirement in January 1999, but in 2005 he reemerged. Zheng's most famous songs are "Sailor" ( zh, 水手) and " Star Lighting" ( zh, 星星点灯). His other famous songs are "33 Pieces" ( zh, 三十三块), "Snail's House" ( zh, 蜗牛的家), and so on. Zheng is currently living in Taipei with his family. He frequently travels to China to perform and oversee other business interests.

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Union of Zheng's Fans (in Chinese)
1961 births Living people Singers from Taipei Taiwanese singer-songwriters National Taipei University of Technology alumni 20th-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese people from Fujian People from Fuzhou {{Taiwan-singer-stub