English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.

In the early 1980s Bai Ling's parents divorced and later remarried. Personal life
On February 14 2008 Bai Ling was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for shoplifting two magazines and a package of batteries.

In 2011 Bai Ling appeared in the fifth season of the VH1 reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. She speaks both English and Mandarin fluently. Drew which documented her recovery from alcohol addiction.