PoliticsFan Bingbing's huge tax fine reflects ire of ordinary Chinese
Discontent swells as celebrities get richer while many are left behind
The earnings of stars like Fan Bingbing, China's highest-paid actress, rival those in Hollywood.
TETSUSHI TAKAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer
October 5, 2018 02:27 JST
BEIJING -- Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is facing a payment six times the amount of taxes she originally owed to the government, a seemingly harsh penalty that appears to reflect the public's displeasure with soaring celebrity wealth in an officially communist country.