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Zhang Ziyi and Jackie Chan's ambiguous scandal

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Zhang Ziyi and Jackie Chan's ambiguous scandal

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When searching Baidu or Google for "Zhang Ziyi" (Zhang Ziyi in Chinese), it is often bound with the name of Jackie Chan. They starred in and co-starred in rush hour 2. The series of intimate images were taken at Chan 's birthday party. Tabloid messages, however, tend to focus on the relationship they seem to have so unseemly (see chart 1). In reality (see figure 2), Zhang was hugged by another actor at the same time. But this photo (figure 2) hardly shows up in relevant entertainment news. Those deliberately rendered words not only insult Zhang 's image, but also almost at the same time Jackie Chan portrayed as a love of beauty male. Eventually, the flurry of speculation and attacks also dampened Zhang's and Chan is lewd and dirty to work together again, leading to a stalled film career.

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How significant is China’s new crackdown on pornography?

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How significant is China’s new crackdown on pornography?

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The news appeared to have no direct connection with zhang, but the picture showed zhang in a bikini on a private beach vacation with her then-boyfriend. It's easy to relate normal relationships to the key words in the title. Thus causing damage to zhang ziyi's reputation.
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Is the Chinese government's web-wide crackdown on pornography, announced today, just about stopping porn? Given larger socio-economic issues in the country and the wide range of Chinese internet companies singled out for "severe punishment" by the Chinese government - leading search engine Baidu, foreign contender Google, and portals like Sohu and Sina - we wonder if it is a pretext for a broader crackdown on web companies. Could it be a ruse to disguise more general web censorship, especially against political dissent?

We asked some VentureBeat readers in China what they were seeing. Here are their responses.

First, from a well-placed entrepreneur and investor who chose to stay off the record:
China does these campaigns every year, though I don't remember seeing seven ministries/agencies doing it jointly. They tend to fade after about a month. I think this year's will have more teeth. This may be the most sensitive year since the internet hit China: it's the 60th anniversary of the country's founding, the 20th anniversary of [the Tiananmen Square protests], 50th anniversary of the Tibet invasion, all in the context of a rapidly weakening economy. I think you will see much more rigorous web censorship and controls this year, and I would expect them to have more staying power than previous campaigns. By the way, in exquisite timing, these [Not Safe For Work] pictures of actress Zhang Ziyi [excerpt above] hit the web hours after the new campaign was announced.
Another reader, a veteran of Chinese and foreign companies who also chose to stay off the record, added this colorful perspective:
Porn has always been a problem in the Chinese government's eyes. There were multiple efforts in the past few years to curb the rather rampant soft core porn that is regarded as "unhealthy." In recent months, the amount of explicit content has gone up significantly, so a crackdown is just due. But the Chinese government is very good at accomplishing multiple aims with one initiative, so the timing now of course has to do a bit with nervousness about the economy. By the way, crackdowns like this usually happen before Chinese New Year (January 25th) in order to drive a "harmonious" holiday. The government has a pretty good control on other "inappropriate" content already, so this is not a big deal in China. More generally, this has been a very eye-opening year for the internet in China. There is the Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen's naked pictures with a number of famous pop starlets; video porn on 56.com; Olympic "sex parties," and most recently China's most famous female star, Zhang Ziyi, has been caught with suggestive pictures with Vivo Nevi on a beach (see link above). In the U.S., this is no big deal, but China is still a very conservative, Confucian, Oriental society, far from the openness of western countries. Just because the same internet technology is used in China doesn't mean Chinese have the same value system as the U.S. Porn in China is considered as bad and sometimes worse than political dissent. For example, a year ago, a man was sentenced to death for operating an explicit porn site, while typically many political dissidents were just detained.
Lastly and most publicly, here's what Kaiser Kuo, the group director of digital strategy for Ogilvy China, had to say:
I don't think it has a thing to do with dissent: it's just what it is, a crackdown on porn. They targeted some of the biggest web properties in China (Sina, Sohu, Tencent, Netease) as well as many other smaller sites, and they're just trying to get rid of porn, which is still pretty pervasive on the Chinese internet despite many similar crackdowns in years past. They're not dissuading anyone from using the internet. And they don't use porn sites for cover the way hacks (warez, etc.) used to do it in the States. Keep this in context: look at what Australia's doing to combat kiddie porn, even cracking down on peer-to-peer file sharing! Same kind of thing, but this has only taken the form of stern warnings so far. Second-guessing the motivations of the Chinese state when it comes to internet policies reminds me of what Freud said. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Sometimes, though, you're right to see everything as a phallic symbol. Sure, there might be political motivations behind these sorts of crackdowns, and perhaps targeting these very high-profile websites like Baidu, Google, Sina, Sohu, Netease and Tencent is meant to send a message ahead of a sensitive year. It's equally possible that with sex-related content all over the Chinese Web in 2008, from the Edison Chan photo scandal to people like "Kappa Girl," they really are simply trying to crack down on people showing off their naughty bits.

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Is the Chinese government's web-wide crackdown on pornography, announced today, just about stopping porn? Given larger socio-economic issues in the country and the wide range of Chinese internet companies singled out for "severe punishment" by the Chinese government - leading search engine Baidu, foreign contender Google, and portals like Sohu and Sina - we wonder ...

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3）Pick up of the image(2020s): a wife and mother, not just an actress

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3）Pick up of the image(2020s): a wife and mother, not just an actress

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After the first stage of the scenery and honor and the second stage of the attack and defeat, Zhang and the her team through the integration of variety shows, we media and other ways, a new round of star image. It is worth noting that in this process, China's social and cultural environment has also undergone great changes and progress. With the abundance of material life, people are more willing to spend money on entertainment. Therefore, the relaxed cultural environment has cultivated a large number of Chinese audiences, who can be more sensitive to the quality of film works and variety shows, so as to understand the value of stars and the meaning of star images more objectively and inclusively. Therefore, zhang ziyi first returns to the public's perspective through excellent works, which is an affirmation and promotion of her own value as an actress and a celebrity. And as her identity changed in real life, as a wife and mother, her personality softened. This makes her label richer and her star image softer.

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1）	Early career (2000s): a turdy and determined young Chinese lady

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Throughout the various images created by Zhang Ziyi, she has experienced the evolution from single to multiple roles. In The first stage, pure female images were presented on the screen, representing The Road Home (1999). The second stage mainly focuses on the image of chivalries. With the success of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2007) in the international film festival, Zhang also finds the new screen image positioning, and then successively ACTS in Rush Hour 2, Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004) and other films. The image and performance of ‘a master of sword’ or ‘heroine’ has been the of international film festival judges and foreign media. Thus, the image of Oriental face and independent values helped Zhang open the door to the international stage. After successfully entering the international stage, she began to focus on the exploration of diversified screen role types. He starred in films such as 2046(2004), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and so on. There seems to be no more ‘heroine’ in these works. While expanding the scope of the play, Zhang is also trying to play more types of roles.

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2）Hard times (2010s): bad image leads to backlashes in movie career

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2）Hard times (2010s): bad image leads to backlashes in movie career

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Zhang ziyi's star image is complex and special because, to a large extent, it is related to the film's publicity. Under the cooperation of the brokerage company and the media, zhang ziyi's name and photo were sent to the headlines of major media websites again and again, in order to attract the audience's attention, traffic and attention. Her image is created by the media text, and the audience becomes the potential target of "star phenomenon" consumption. Chinese audiences' attitude toward zhang ziyi has little to do with her on-screen role and more to do with negative images in off-screen media texts. If the audience can realize that zhang ziyi's star image is jointly constructed by multiple media texts, such as movies and mass media, it will be easy to understand that zhang ziyi's star image is destined to present a huge contrast in different texts. The character image created by zhang ziyi on screen cannot be simply equated with the image created off screen. The image created by zhang ziyi on and off screen is not caused by her alone, but is the result of the joint construction of filmmakers, agents and media.

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In 2018, zhang served as a mentor on a variety show. This is a competitive program in which contestants get comments from their mentors by performing on stage and making videos. In this process, zhang acted as a stern and principled mentor. In one episode, she criticized the impetuous and lax attitude of contemporary actors, which aroused support from the audience on the Internet.

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Zhang Ziyi gives birth to 2nd child on New Year's Day (2020)

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Zhang Ziyi gives birth to 2nd child on New Year's Day (2020)

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As zhang's star image has softened, some media have been focussing on her happy family life.

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Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi announced on Friday that she gave birth to a baby boy on New Year's Day. This is her second child with her husband, Chinese rock musician Wang Feng.

"On Jan. 1, 2020, our life has a new 'him' and now we have another one to happily care for. This is the best new year gift for us, I feel very grateful. What a new year! Happy new year to everyone!" Zhang, 40, wrote in a microblog post on her Sina Weibo account. She also attached three photos to show her baby but without revealing his face.

The media reported that she delivered her son in California. The actress previously mentioned in a media interview that she would have a new baby when she was 40.

Wang Feng, a 48-year-old veteran rock musician, also shared this post on his account and commented in more detail, "It was the second time I stood by my wife, holding her hand tight, and welcoming our baby. Once again I feel the hardships and greatness of a mother. Thank you my wife, thank you for giving this family a super-healthy and super-loud son weighing 3.6 kg on such a wonderful day - the very first day of the 2020 decade. I'm extremely happy and mother and son are both safe and sound."

Though Wang had several love affairs in the past, this is his first son. Wang has three daughters: two from his previous marriages, and a third daughter nicknamed Xing Xing who is now 4-years-old. Xing Xing is the first child that Zhang Ziyi and he had.

Zhang and Wang got married in May 2015. Zhang Ziyi who became famous for her roles in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hero" and "The Grandmaster," is now enjoying her family life more. She only starred in two films in 2019 - "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and "The Climbers." Wang Feng was working on a new album that was supposed to be released in 2019, but due to the new baby, the album release has been postponed.

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Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi announced on Friday that she gave birth to a baby boy on New Year's Day. This is her second child with her husband, Chinese rock musician Wang Feng. "On Jan. 1, 2020, our life has a new 'him' and now we have another one to happily care for.

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In the spring of 2019, zhang appeared on the variety show Wife's Romantic Travel Season 2. She and her husband, Chinese rock singer Wang Feng, have a "warm love". They choose to escort each other, to face bravely together, hand in hand to enjoy every warm moment of life. Zhang ziyi also releases the softness of the heart under the care of love, the life of two people together is tacit understanding sweet.

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A search for "Xing" (her daughter's name) in Chinese on Zhang's weibo page has turned up nearly 50 messages related to her daughter with text, pictures or videos since 2016.
Translate the text of Weibo: Happy birthday, my dearest baby! Thank my children for making me feel the joy of being a mother. Everything around is so beautiful and ture!

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Zhang Ziyi Wins Ten Film Awards for 'The Grandmaster' （2013）

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Zhang Ziyi Wins Ten Film Awards for 'The Grandmaster' （2013）

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Since playing The Grandmaster (2013), zhang has won 12 trophies (best actress). The 12 trophies include all the most valuable and valuable awards for chinese-language films. This also allows zhang ziyi's strength to obtain the recognition of the industry and the audiences.

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In 2013, Zhang Ziyi co-stars in a new film, The Grandmaster, where she plays a fierce martial artist who stops at nothing to protect her family's legacy. But she says she can "do better than just kicking ass." She can seriously act, too. The film is about the struggle to become a kung fu grandmaster and the tension of forbidden love.

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On Dec. 23, 2009, a group of men dressed in black splashed ink on a giant poster of zhang ziyi outside a building near her home. Meanwhile, the newspaper claimed the move was in retaliation for zhang's improper relationship with a wealthy businessman. Confusingly, however, all the news came out much later than the day of the incident. Also involved are other celebrities or celebrities. But as the spearhead against zhang ziyi, all the clues let zhang ziyi's reputation from bad to worse.

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When a poster featuring movie star Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) outside a luxury Beijing hotel was splashed with black paint, nobody could have foreseen what was about to ensue: a cat fight between China's most famous celebrity and an outdated singer who was later alleged to be the proud concubine of a national founder's son.

One Netizen chirped, "Who would have thought to see the red version of Gossip Girl? This is hilarious." Others gaped, "What a dog-bite-dog farce!" People like the late General Ye Jianying and Israeli multi-millionaire Vivi Nevo all enjoyed the "fortune" of having their names bandied about in the fray. Once again, Tianya forum buzzed with scandalous details about the lives of the powerful and/or the rich.

Events Recap

Black Paint Incident (泼墨门)
On December 23, 2009, several reporters received a tip on the secret engagement between movie star Maggie Cheung (张曼玉) with her German boyfriend, about to take place in Park Hyatt Beijing Hotel. Although the tip was later proven to be a false lead, it drew more than enough paparazzi to the site to witness the black paint incident.

Past midnight on December 24, just when disappointed reporters were packing up, a group of men with Dongbei accents walked into Park Hyatt hotel where Zhang Ziyi supposedly bought an luxury apartment. Failing to obtain Zhang's exact room number from hotel security, they began to swear, calling Zhang "a stupid cunt, cheating people of their money and seducing married men."

The pararazzi were shocked inmobile, for never in their wildest dream did they expect such a scene. By the time some recovered to take pictures, the men had already left.

30 minutes later, another group of men came by the hotel to spray paint on Zhang's posters outside the hotel. As one reporter recalled, the men were calm and organized.

The black paint incident intrigued many. It appeared to be superbly orchestrated, its target clearly being Zhang Ziyi. In addition to the Maggie Cheung false engagement news used to bait the media, there were microblogs reporting the whole incident live. "The most famous female star now in a huge mess. One woman claimed that the star conned 1,000,000,000 yuan from her and seduced her boyfriend," a microblog wrote, "A group of burly men cussed the star loudly in the lobby of XX hotel lobby. But she never showed up."

The smeared poster

Hong Huang (Hung Huang, 洪晃) Chimed in as Zhang's Ally
The black paint incident caused many to speculate that Zhang shortchanged some business partner. Just when rumors of Wendi Murdoch being the mastermind behind the attack start to take root, media morgul and blogger Hong Huang announced otherwise on her microblog: "As far as I know, the woman who hired these thugs does not have a husband, because she is someone's mistress. Of course, for someone to keep mistresses so openly and for the mistress to act so boldly, it cannot be just any ordinary family. I suggest entertainment reporters look for this socialite." In addition, she scoffed at the idea that Mrs. Murdoch was in any way responsible.

During an interview later, Hong praised Zhang Ziyi's professionalism, such as being prompt to respond to any filming requests and never arriving late at photo shoots. Hong also said that Zhang cherishes her reputation very much.

Identity of the Mastermind Revealed
With the lead from Hong Huang and help from the human flesh search engine (including perhaps gunmen), Netizens quickly had a name: Zhao Xinyu (赵欣瑜). Officially, Zhao is the Beijing Socialite and Party Queen, who never misses a single fashion party and who always sits in the front row of any top Beijing fashion show. Unofficially, Zhao is a kept mistress, whose paramour descended from one of new China's most prestigious political families. If the sources did not err, then Zhao's lover is Ye Xuanlian (叶选廉), the third son of General Ye Jianying. Ye Xuanlian has an official wife and daughter but no son.

Netizens also found an old published article in which Zhao Xinyu talked with great pride about her illicit love and her paramour who encouraged her to have a son because he only has a daughter.

Since polygamy is outlawed in the People's Republic of China and because the new Chinese slogans condemn extramarital affairs, mistresses are not quite lauded as the pillars of morality. As a result, Zhao received epithets such as "Professional Xiao San" and "Outdated Singer" once her background and status came to light. In response to these nicknames, Zhao calmly told a newspaper:

"I love my Mister. Even though we never married, it didn't prevent me from giving him a son!" Zhao revealed that she and the "mister" fell in love in the 1980s and had a male child together. "My son attended Beijing Jingshan School. It has Beijing's best elementary school. Most scions from powerful political families go there. My son is 16 years old now, and we still live together." Zhao never intended to hide her relationship from public, "I love him. I want to give him a child. Did this harm anybody?"

Zhao's sister Songli Zhao (赵松丽) was more emotional: "All this happened 20 years ago. You need more than this stale old story to damage her reputation. Everybody already know about her status."

Zhao Xinyu's shoe closet

Zhao in her party costume

A video of her singing: http://v.sohu.com/20091223/n269165881.shtml

Zhao commenting on Zhang
In one interview, Zhao Xinyu explained a few events that occurred prior to the black paint incident. At a 2008 BAZAAR charity event, Zhao introduced her then friend Zhang Ziyi to a married Shanghainese business man. The two soon took up a more serious relationship, even though Zhang still had not split from fiance Vivi Nevo. While they were dating, the infatuated businessman gave Zhang expensive gifts, many of which were jewelry. "A separate anonymous email" sent to the reporter earlier confirmed what Zhao told him: "Zhang Ziyi was dating Nevo and the Shanghai man simultaneously. The man gave Zhang a limited edition Tiffany necklace, diamond earrings and necklace, a Hermes diamond lascote handbag, an Audi luxury car, and two paintings worth several hundred thousand US dollars." The gifts totaled about 2,000,000,000 yuan.

In 2009, the Shanghai man's wife found out about the illicit relationship between her husband and Zhang Ziyi. The wife blamed Zhao for introducing the two, while Zhang Ziyi believed Zhao was the snitch. Right before the paint incident, Zhang Ziyi's brother Zhang Zinan sent a threatening text message to Zhao.

Zhao further delineated differences between herself and Zhang, which ultimately caused them to go separate ways. For example, when Zhao attends charity auctions, she buys expensive objects without regard to the price, whereas Zhang will even sell jewelry to friends for money.

During the interview, Zhao also confirmed the break up between Zhang and her fiance Nevo, citing disagreements on financial arrangements as the reason.

Despite of this chat, reporter expressed some doubts, for none of the reasons given by Zhao Xinyu can explain the deep antagonism between the two women. Zhao was not completely forthcoming about the truth, he finally decided.

Vivi Nevo coming to Zhang's rescue?
Early January, Zhang Ziyi produced a statement from her fiance Vivi Nevo, who had not been heard from for many months. The document expressed unconditional support for Zhang. A photo of it is shown below.

Many Chinese question the letter's authenticity, because it ostensibly lacked Nevo's signature.

Zhang Ziyi goes to court
Following the news report about Zhang Ziyi's supposed affair with the Shanghai businessman, Zhang filed a defamation lawsuit against the media company.

In a separate news article, Zhao Xinyu finally admited that one of her friends instigated the black paint incident, because the friend had found out about Zhang Zinan's threatening text message. Zhao claims she does not fear lawsuit over what she said. In the end, Zhang will lose face more than she does (Zhang is not suing Zhao for some reason).

Netizen Reactions
At the current stage, what caused or didn't cause the black paint incident is no longer the focus of gossips. Other than the "excitement" that accompanies watching any fight, Chinese Netizens generally expressed disillusionment.

In a country claiming complete break from ancient feudal China, how can offsprings of its founding fathers so publicly keep mistresses? In addition, where does Zhao get all the money she splurges since she does not work (hypothesis: taxpayer money and graft)? Many disappointed young women claimed nausea at Zhao's so-called love for her Mister.

As for Zhang Ziyi, who has always been quite controversial in China, her reputation is further tarnished by the news reports that paint her as a wanton gold digger toying with married men. Tianya Netizens are now busy examining Zhang's donation record, for there are supposedly inconsistencies between various news articles and her official donation records. Netizens suspect Zhang of either lying or stealing some of the earthquake donation funds.

Still, others who work for entertainment media believe this all is just a ploy on both women's part to gain publicity.

Sources:
http://yoka.chinadaily.com.cn/renren/women/2009/0112136689.shtml (News article 名媛赵欣瑜：生活中的PARTY QUEEN)
http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=style&MsgID=1329399 (我所知道的赵欣瑜)
http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/funinfo/1/1754308.shtml (向章子怡泼墨的老三是谁？根据洪晃的线索，难道是她？)
http://www.qlwb.com.cn/display.asp?id=479229 (News article 赵欣瑜不求和奉陪到底 章子怡告媒体决不手软)
http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-01/16/content_19249710.htm (News article Zhang Ziyi sues newspaper, Vivi Nevo issues statement)
http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/funinfo/1/1772735.shtml (Forum thread 组图：章子怡"泼墨门女主角"现身 揭秘真相(转载))
http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2010-01-22/06302853156.shtml (News article 章子怡"泼墨门"是一场事先张扬的网络事件？)
http://www.beelink.com/20100115/2706436.shtml (News article 泼墨者"赵欣瑜曾患产后抑郁想自杀 是未婚妈妈)

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From "Black Paint Incident" to Royal Concubines

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When a poster featuring movie star Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) outside a luxury Beijing hotel was splashed with black paint, nobody could have foreseen what was about to ensue: a cat fight between China's most famous celebrity and an outdated singer who was later alleged to be the proud concubine of a national founder's son.

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Exclusive interview with Zhang Ziyi: Clearing her nameBy Raymond Zhou (China Daily) (2010)

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Exclusive interview with Zhang Ziyi: Clearing her nameBy Raymond Zhou (China Daily) (2010)

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The news comes from the English edition of China Daily. It included zhang's interview after "donation gate" and "black paint incident". The second half of the news presents the two events in a timeline with many details. As the mouthpiece of the Chinese government, China Daily is also an important propaganda media that dominates mainstream values. In other words, on the one hand, it seems to be reporting the event fairly and trying to be as true as possible. On the other hand, for the celebrity image, the huge influence of "China Daily" further intensifies the negative emotions of the public towards such events, and leads the negative attitude to zhang ziyi.

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By Raymond Zhou (China Daily)
2010-03-16 11:01

A video monitor shows Zhang Ziyi giving an interview, in which she gives

her side of the story regarding donations to earthquake relief.

Provided to China Daily

Zhang Ziyi has been criticized for not replying to accusations of charity fraud leveled against her, but in an exclusive interview with Raymond Zhou she tells all

Zhang Ziyi's troubles started with a splash - literally. In late December, last year, a bunch of people stormed into Beijing's Park Hyatt and splashed black paint over a window advertisement with Zhang's image on it.

Shortly afterwards, a woman named Zhao Xinyu told the press she was behind the incident and the reason was Zhang, a former confidante of hers, had received jewelry and gifts worth 200 million yuan ($29.3 million) from a businessman who was married and thought Zhang was serious about him.

Zhao said she was the one who introduced them.

That story could not be confirmed because Zhang refused to respond.

Then, someone found discrepancies in Zhang's charity account. It soon ballooned into a full-scale scandal as new allegations popped up almost on a weekly basis.

Millions of netizens participated in the digging for dirt. After an initial attempt to explain through her representative, Zhang remained silent while the public reaction turned negative.

China Daily initiated contact with Zhang's people before the Spring Festival. Her schedule was so tight it was hard to fit in an interview of this nature, which might take several hours - and much longer to prepare.

After long deliberation, the interview took place in the wee hours of last Friday, in a small city in Liaoning province, not far from the location where she is shooting her current film.

Zhang appeared gaunt and exhausted. She had been working several long nights in a row, doing action scenes. She was solemn most of the time, quite unlike the jovial persona she projects for her public appearances.

She frequently consulted a legal document prepared by a Los Angeles law office, Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, llp, that contains details of her donations.

The document was released at the same time as the interview, available in both English and Chinese, as well as the entire interview, in both video and transcript form in Chinese, on China Daily's Chinese website.

It was predetermined the interview would focus on the donation controversy. She gingerly stepped around questions about her fallout with Zhao.

Zhang Ziyi discusses "Donations Gate" at a hotel in a small city in Liaoning, near where she is shooting her new movie. Provided to China Daily

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By Raymond Zhou (China Daily) 2010-03-16 11:01 A video monitor shows Zhang Ziyi giving an interview, in which she gives her side of the story regarding donations to earthquake relief. Provided to China Daily Zhang Ziyi has been criticized for not replying to accusations of charity fraud leveled against her, but in an exclusive interview with Raymond Zhou she tells all Zhang Ziyi's troubles started with a splash - literally.

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Chinese Actress Zhang Ziyi Suspected Embezzling Earthquake Relief Funds (2010) 

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Chinese Actress Zhang Ziyi Suspected Embezzling Earthquake Relief Funds (2010) 

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In January 2010, donation gate became a hot topic on the Internet. A netizen online questioned zhang for illegally taking some of the money she had promised to donate to the sichuan earthquake. Later, netizens used big data and other means to compare the amount of donations mentioned by zhang ziyi in the media interview with the actual amount found in the current search and questioned whether the amount was fully in place and where the money would go. It was discovered what had been raised by Ms. Zhang Ziyi is unaccounted. The media started reporting the issue.

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Zhang steps into the shoes of a legend whose lover is an even bigger legend of Peking Opera.

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Zhang plays a scheming queen in the spirit of Lady Macbeth.

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Zhang’s second Japanese role is played for a Hollywood production.

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Zhang joins a stellar cast in China’s first big-budget block-buster.

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Zhang plays a villainess out to what Jackie Chan.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(2007) is Zhang’s breakout role on the international stage. Zhang Ziyi plays a complicated three-dimensional female figure yu jiaolong. Zhang Ziyi plays yu Jiaolong, an extremely rich and ever-changing character. At the beginning of the film, she appeared as a seemingly quiet and gentle noble princess. As the story developed, she gradually revealed her rebellious and perverse personality and individualism full of freedom yearning. What she pursues is the individual value concept which deviates from the cultural concept and value tradition of China for thousands of years and has the western color obviously. Through zhang ziyi's performance, these two traditions and avant-garde values have a fierce collision, and the stubborn, rule-breaking, brave and avant-garde female image.

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The Road Home (1999) is the screen debut of actress zhang ziyi. Zhang ziyi plays a young woman in an isolated Chinese village, presenting a beautiful and innocent screen image. Although the heroine reveres and adores the hero, she never tells her mind in words. This reflects the traditional Chinese introverted view of love. At the same time, she just silently took action to pursue their love, even if encountered resistance will not retreat, for the pursuit of love and struggle.