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[haidian]

They announced it 3 months after she disappeared

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3524674
Having mysteriously disappeared for three months after being accused of evading taxes with "Yin-Yang contracts," China's state-run Securities Daily (證券日報) yesterday (Sept. 6) reported Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing (范冰冰) is "under control, and will accept the legal decision."

In the Securities Daily report, which was taken offline a few hours after it was posted, an influential figure in Beijing told the newspaper that Fan is still in prison and "it's really tragic, and won't be able to get out." The article also stated that the scandal related to her contracts are only the "tip of the iceberg" of her legal problems, which could extend to involvement in bank lending and corruption cases.

In May of this year, CCTV anchor Cui Yongyuan (崔永元) leaked details on a social media post of a set of Yin-yang contracts - double contracts for the same project - Fang had allegedly signed for the Feng Xiaogang film "Cell Phone 2." One of the contracts was worth US$2 million, while the second contract was worth $10 million, reported Asiaone.

Cui alleged that instead of paying US$12 million in total earnings, the first contact would be the only one reported to tax authorities, while she could purportedly pocket earnings from the second contract tax free.

At the time the 36-year-old actress denied any wrongdoing and hired a team of lawyers for her defense. Fan last posted to her Weibo account on June 2 and has not been seen in public since.

ETtoday reports that Fan was initially taken into custody in late June, but was released after two days. However, the report stated that she was again arrested in early August and has been in prison since then, with industry insiders saying this is already the equivalent to "death sentence" in the entertainment business from which she "really cannot come back from."

If she is indeed detained and under investigation but not convicted, she can choose her way to deal with the press, it happened for a reason, she was not snatched off the street for nothing like you claimed.

US is a prison country which holds the highest number of inmates in the world, you have prison facilities all across the country, as an American, the chance of being detained and behind bars is multiple times higher than that of an average Chinese, isn't that hilarious that the world biggest prison nation accuses another country of detaining people?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

If she is indeed detained and under investigation but not convicted, she can choose her way to deal with the press, it happened for a reason, she was not snatched off the street for nothing like you claimed.

US is a prison country which holds the highest number of inmates in the world, you have prison facilities all across the country, as an American, the chance of being detained and behind bars is multiple times higher than that of an average Chinese, isn't that hilarious that the world biggest prison nation accuses another country of detaining people?

At least the prison count and who are in them is public information. You aren't even sure if a famous person is in a Chinese jail. How are you supposed to know the total count of the people who aren't famous?

 

[haidian]

At least the prison count and who are in them is public information. You aren't even sure if a famous person is in a Chinese jail. How are you supposed to know the total count of the people who aren't famous?

We don't assume every celebrity staying away from the press prying eyes being in prison. I know both countries well and Americans are more likely to be locked up at some point of their lives than the average Chinese, that's a fact, deny it as you will.

 

[AViet]

China has been under those China bashing western propoganda for decades and is pretty much used to that, we don't try to explain cause we always know that's useless and they'll keep at it anyway, but, China always comes out stronger through those bad propaganda, they only make China stronger, the west can always bring it on. The more they badmouth us , the more it shows how they fear us.

It is true, however, propaganda plays an important role in modern world. You can call it brainwashing or whatever, but it does work. Vietnam winning the war against the US was contributed a lot by our propaganda machine.

China should start to build a strong propaganda machine as well, to prepare for its bigger role on the world stage.