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Zhang Ziyi crying over award dropout or Sophie's Revenge?Posted by Alice Xin Liu on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 5:17 PM
 Oriental Morning Post, March 18, 2010 Zhang Ziyi is on the front page of today's Oriental Morning Post, crying and holding a tissue up to her face; the earthquake donation gate and fraud charges against Zhang are obviously still being spotlighted. The caption of the photo reads:
What's striking about this report, however, is that the image used is credited to "CFP, file photo" (CFP 资料) with no other details. It turns out that the image of Zhang crying comes from a promotional press conference for the film Sophie's Revenge (非常完美), and not as a reaction to yesterday's announcements. The film was produced and co-financed by Zhang, and released in August, 2009. It seems that Oriental Morning Post had simply lifted the photo and placed it on their front page. According to many reports from the time of the photo, Zhang Ziyi arrived 15 minutes late to a press conference in Nanjing. The presenter stated that she had also been late at the Hangzhou press conference, and that she had lied about the reason for her late arrival. Upon hearing this, she suddenly burst into tears. There was speculation about why she was crying, including work pressure and media stories, she is reputed to have said:
The media has been covering Zhang Ziyi's fraud charges, culminating in a personal interview by China Daily's Raymond Zhou. ESWN also has a translation of an insightful Southern Metropolis Daily article, which interviewed Zhou about his interview with the international star. In other news, actress Li Bingbing (李冰冰) has just been voted the most popular actress of Asia 2009 in a poll by the 4th Asian Film Awards. One of the stars of The Message (风声), will she take over the helm of China's favorite actress? Links and Sources
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Comments on Zhang Ziyi crying over award dropout or Sophie's Revenge?
Zhang is china's favorite actress ? Could have fooled me...
Was Zhang Ziyi "CHARGED" with fraud -- which is a formal legal proceeding? No, she was not. Instead, she was ALLEGED to have committed fraud -- particularly, and most obsessively and maliciously, by "'Netizens" who know nothing about actual law, but do know how to smear those they hate.
Get a clue: on its face such allegations are TRANSPARENT NONSENSE:
(1) She is a multi-millionaire, so needn't commit financial fraud (the similar UNEVIDENCED allegation being "embezzlement");
(2) she is a friend of multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch, so if she needed money could borrow it;
(3) she is a business partner with Rupert Murdoch's wife, so if she needed money could borrow it; and
(4) she has a multi-millionaire/-billionaire boyfriend, so if she needed money could borrow it.
But it's so much easier -- and "delicious" -- to substitute hateful defamation for mature, intelligent, critical evaluation of the allegations.
Here IS evidence: that she was not "CHARGED" with fraud not only means she was not "CHARGED" with fraud, but also that there are no grounds for such charge; were there such grounds she would have been "CHARGED". So how about ceasing the repetition of the hogwash and instead treat the haters who make up such smears for what they are: jealously malicious losers.