China Fines Movie Star Fan Bingbing in Tax-Evasion Crackdown

Fan Bingbing poses at the 71st Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Ash Is Purest White" in Cannes, France on May 11, 2018. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
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BEIJING—China has ordered A-list movie star Fan Bingbing to pay about 884 million yuan ($129 million) in overdue taxes and fines, state-run media Xinhua said on Oct. 3, as a crackdown on tax evasion in the entertainment industry gathers momentum.

The 37-year-old actor, whose June disappearance touched off speculation about her whereabouts, has appeared in the “X-Men” and “Iron Man” film franchises, and has more than 62 million online followers in China.