Wife of Chinese Director of Beijing Olympics Ceremonies Fears for His Health Due to Enormous Work Pressure

Chinese authorities have fined Chinese film director Zhang Yimou and his wife Chen Ting $1.23 million for the couple's breaching of the regime's one-child policy, according to an official announcement on Jan. 9, 2014. Zhang and Chen had given birth to three children before they got married in 2011. Epoch Times

Chinese film director Zhang Yimou has experienced health problems from the pressure involved in creating the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, his wife posted on Feb. 13. She said she eagerly wished for the Feb 20 conclusion of the Games, when her husband can take a rest.

“He is completely unaware that he is spending his life shouldering the almost frantic workload and living an extremely unhealthy lifestyle,” Chen Ting posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo. “In the last few months of the opening ceremony, [Zhang] relied on medicine to support him being able to speak.”