Born in June 2nd 1982 to Paul and Janice Bennet, she was christened two months later with Paul's closest friend, Robert Tao a professor at Boston University and his wife being her god parents. Christine was fourteen months old when her parents both perished in a car accident. A pre-arranged agreement between the Bennets and the Taos stated if anything happened to them then Robert and his wife would become Christine's legal guardians.

Robert, his wife Susan, and son Nathan grew an instant liking for the child they took in and treated her as if she was their own. A Caucasian growing up in an Asian family was a difficult experience for Christine to face and she found out the Tao's were not her real parents at age five. At such a young age she did not fully understand but as she grew older it began to sink in that while she was brought up and loved by the Tao's she was not one of them.

Christine thought of herself as an outcast within the community the family while she was treated as a real sister by her brother. This feeling made Christine an average student at school as she constantly wanted to know what her real family was like. This trend continued right up until the 11th grade when she went with her family on a trip around the world. This trip finally broke her shell and she saw herself as one of her family instead of an outcast. The spark of her fire had been lit, Christine decided not to let her past conquer her future and sought to achieve everything she wanted in life with the full support of her family. She made the decision to legally change her last name from Bennet to Tao if only as a formality to be fully a part of the family that loved her. The new look on life sent her to Sierra Falls along with her family after her father accepted the Dean position at the California University in Sierra Falls.
Studying Psychology for two years, Christine felt held back and wanted something more exciting in her life. Originally she intended to join the Air Force but instead she went into the SFPD continuing her studies on a part time basis. Much to the displeasure of her adoptive father who wanted her to continue with an education and not go play cops and robbers.

Entering the academy she found the SFPD to be what she had always wanted in life. Graduating and being sent to South Beach as a patrol officer. It proved to be both fun and boring for her as she yearned
for excitement and action but was met with traffic duties far below what she expected to be an exciting career. Officer Tao was eventually taken aside by her supervisor who took the young officer under his wing to show her that while not being wild chases and extreme shootouts she could make a career out of it and make the most of it.

After her first year she continued a good friendship both working and personal with her mentor who advanced off the field and into a Lieutenant's office. Christine took and passed the detective's exam and not long after was proposed to by her boyfriend and mentor Lieutenant Vince Waldren. Christine accepted and enjoyed what was the highest point in her life when five days after they became engaged
Vince was killed in a shootout at the airport.

Her life as she believed it was over, the loss struck her deeply and she withdrew from her friends and family but refused to take a leave of absence. After four months of agony Christine herself was confronted with a dangerous situation, on a routine patrol she confronted an armed bank robber, with her weapon drawn she hesitated and could not bring herself to shoot him despite him being an immediate danger to bystanders and herself. Christine as a result was shot twice by the man when she shot back only by reflex wounding him in the leg.

Responding officers found her on the ground only to tare open her uniform to see the bullets didn't make it past her Kevlar vest. Awakened to how life was, Christine decided to make the most of it and from that day lived every second of her life and not wasting it.

In mid 2005, Officer Christine Tao made the front page of every newspaper in Sierra Falls when she ran into an apartment building that was on fire and rescued a trapped teenage girl. For this action she was rewarded the medal of courage.

A year later she took and passed the sergeants exam and declined a promotion another year later in favour of transferring to CIDB.

Christine is a talkative person who is outgoing and is generally smiles all around. Her idea of a night out usually goes well on into the morning as well. A firm believe in `Live Every Moment' she loves anything that is adrenaline pumping like sky diving or is an active outdoors activity like rock climbing. Yet despite her lust of adventure Christine also shows a quieter side by also being a lover of the performing arts.

At work she always tries to remain professional and attempts mostly unsuccessfully to not make the same mistakes twice, she is also afraid of confrontational situations as she has a tendency to lock up and hesitate when things become heated. During work hours Christine tries to keep a positive mental attitude even in the worst of situations. She is also hard worker and likes to continually learn and develop herself, she strives to know everything even though she knows she will not.

Christine hates the cinema in favour of live stage shows. She is obsessive with her exercise routine and never misses a moment of it. She is also a family person and treats her adoptive family as if it were her real one. When Christine gets worked up or angry she is like a runaway freight train of doom. Amongst her fears include being afraid of heights.

A lightly built Caucasian. Very fit looking due to her constant obsession to work out and get plenty of exercise. While her fitness remains to high standards Christine is not of muscular build and does not look really threatening. She is one who looks after her physical appearance greatly. She has finally decided to keep her hair short so it doesn't get in the way and isn't hard to style.

On duty she maintains a clean appearance to one within department standards and dresses like a tomboy but when she is off duty she likes to let her hair flow loosely and wear skirts, dresses and high
heels and maintain a feminine appearance but she also is known for wearing a leather jacket and jeans on her days off when she is not going out.

Christine has a tattoo on her back of a dragon

Christine's primary weapon is a department approved Beretta 92, she carries a backup Glock 33 with her in an ankle holster.