From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Annie Yi is a singer, a writer and an actress from Republic of China (Taiwan). Born on March 4, 1969 in Taipei with the birthname of Wu Jingyi, she changed her name after her mother remarried, to a Japanese man and then simplified it to Yi Neng Jing upon returning to Taiwan in 1988 to launch her singing career. She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Japanese, and a little English. In 2010, she was selected as a judge for the television series China's Got Talent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Annie Yi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia