tirsdag 31. august 2021

Chinese actor Zhao Wei has been deleted from video platforms there – here's what we know

One of China's biggest stars has had her name erased from Chinese video platforms, making her the latest public figure targeted by Beijing in its crackdown on "celebrity culture". Billionaire Zhao Wei, also known as Vicky Zhao, is an award-winning Chinese actor and filmmaker. She first found fame in the late 1990s in a Chinese TV series called My Fair Princess, in which she played the lead, before becoming one of China's biggest stars as an actor, filmmaker and businesswoman.  Western audiences might remember her from comedy action film Shaolin Soccer.

Here's what we know about her 'disappearance' in China.