Beijing - Taiwan pop stars and alleged ex-lovebirds Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai have denied weekend rumours that they are opening food outlets in China.

The rumours had stirred up hot speculation that they are back together again after splitting up four years ago.

A mainland China report had quoted an unnamed Taiwanese artist as saying that the two singers will enter the mainland market at the end of this month with outlets in Shanghai.

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