It's an inter-racial pairing that has piqued the public's interest: Dr Priscilla Chan, newly minted medical doctor, and Mr Mark Zuckerberg, tech billionaire, who tied the knot over the weekend.

But, going by the snide remarks posted online following Dr Chan and Mr Zuckerberg's Facebook status updates, it seems that a new update - of wives who, while married to prominent husbands, are also over-achievers in their own right - has yet to go viral.

Fairy-tale, Cinderella-esque couplings - such as that of Prince William and Kate Middleton - and gold-digger gossip that makes for salacious tabloid fodder (see Anna Nicole Smith) are two sides of the same coin, really.

It's a familiar narrative that reduces every couple to the familiar equation of moneyed husband and trophy wife.

It can get even more complicated when race comes into the picture. After all, aren't Asian wives supposed to be docile and submissive?

Judging by those who have been in the news recently, I'd say, no.

In the past year, more than a few prominent Chinese wives who pack a punch have hogged the headlines, including one who, quite literally, threw one.

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