Top Scandals That Rocked China in 2018

Top Scandals That Rocked China in 2018
Chinese movie star Fan Bingbing was ordered to pay taxes and penalties $130 million for tax evasion in October, 2018. Reuters/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
Cathy He
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Fan Bingbing

For three months, Fan Bingbing, China’s highest paid actress, disappeared from social media and public life. This came after accusations the 36-year-old was using “yin-yang” contracts to mislead tax authorities on how much she was getting paid for her films. Such contracts are a dual system where the true value of money exchanged is under-reported to the authorities in a bid to avoid taxes.

Then in October, Fan resurfaced on Weibo, a Chinese Twitter-like platform, with a letter to fans in which she apologized for tax evasion. Tax authorities ordered Fan to pay 884 million yuan ($129 million) in overdue taxes and fines.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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