 Her real name is Li Li (李麗 "Lǐ Lì") -- "Muzi" (木子) becomes "Li" (李) when the characters are arranged vertically, and "Mei" (美) and "Li" (麗) are synonyms (both mean "beautiful").She studied in the Department of Philosophy in Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, and graduated in 2001.In 2003 she was the topic of heated discussion and controversy in print media, bulletin boards and Internet chatrooms across China, and was even mentioned in stories in the "New York Times", "TIME" (December 12, 2005, European edition.