Fan Bingbing is one of China’s biggest celebrities, a ubiquitous actress, model and singer who earned more in 2016 than Hollywood A-listers such as Amy Adams and Charlize Theron, according to Forbes. But in July, the “X-Men” actress suddenly vanished. And in the weeks since, the mystery surrounding her disappearance from public view has only deepened amid speculation that she ran afoul of Chinese authorities.
In June, days before Fan disappeared from all public events and stopped posting on social media, the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department, which plays a key role in media regulation and censorship, issued a notice chastising the film industry for “distorting social values,” “fostering money worship tendencies” and encouraging Chinese youths to “blindly chase celebrities.”
Li Chen, Fan’s fiancé, has also not been seen for months.
Analysis | A government institute gave China’s biggest celebrity a low ‘social responsibility’ rating. She hasn’t been seen for months.
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