The First Intimate Contact (1998)
- Original title
- 第一次的亲密接触
- Directed by
- Roy Chin
- Genre
- drama television series
- Country
- Taiwan
- Rated
- IIA
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man meets his love interest through internet chat rooms. Their relationship grows until she passes away from a fatal illness.
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What happens
The First Intimate Contact (traditional Chinese: 第一次的親密接觸; simplified Chinese: 第一次的亲密接触; pinyin: Dì yī cì de qīn mì jiē chǔ) is a 1998 novel by Taiwanese writer Tsai Jhi-heng (蔡智恆, with pen name 痞子蔡 and userID jht). The novel was influential in the development of Chinese online literature. It tells the story of a young man who finds love through the internet, but his love interest dies of a fatal disease. First Intimate Contact circulated widely online and its print edition quickly became a best seller. It has also been adapted into a movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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