For Yau-Man Chan, quite a lot ... Chan bolsters his smarts with kindness. In Survivor: Fiji, Chan, 55, wasn’t expected to last long against his younger, more athletic rivals.

Within the bowels of the Giauque Low Temperature Laboratory underneath Hildebrand Hall, Yau-Man Chan works ... the logo of the “Survivor” reality television series. Chan was raised in Borneo ...

But none of that matters when it comes to Yau-Man Chan. Defying meager expectations ... how to become one of the main attractions on “Survivor: Fiji.” Going into Thursday’s episode of ...

In 2007, then 36-year-old California-based ad executive Earl Cole competed on Survivor: Fiji (Season 14). Early in the game, he built an unlikely close alliance with tribemate Yau-Man Chan.

Yau-Man Chan, the Martinez resident who came oh-so-close to winning $1 million on “Survivor: Fiji,” swears that he tries not to torture himself with all the wouldas, couldas and shouldas.

Survivor: Fiji held its conclusion Sunday night ... Thanks to a genius play by Yau-man which saved his life in the game for one more tribal council, Stacy was voted out with only two votes ...

Yau-Man looks pretty darned happy to be wearing the immunity necklace. It seems like everyone is targeting Boo, who they have been wanting to get out for a while. Dreamz asks if he is going and ...

On Survivor: Fiji, nice girls finish ... just because I felt very strong with my alliance with Earl and Yau-Man, when we knew we could get Cassandra and Dreamz on our side and it would be ...

No offense to Yau-Man Chan, the whip-smart contestant who made it to the Final Four on TV’s “Survivor 14,”and became a fan favorite during Survivor 14, but it’s easy to see why he was ...

This season, viewers of "Survivor: Fiji" saw Andria "Dreamz" Herd betray Yau-Man Chan, effectively costing Yau-Man his chance at the $1 million prize. For those of us who are from Borneo ...

Survivor: Fiji saw the relatively quiet Boo go out fifth, as Yau-man sat comfortable with the immunity necklace to keep him safe. Although Boo seemed to be the man without a country, he managed to ...