China’s Most Famous Actress, Missing For Months, Confesses To Tax Fraud

Last month, Fan Bingbing, who had not been seen or heard from since early July, was getting public denunciations from government-related bodies and seemed on the way to being made a non-person, old-time-Communist-style. Authorities have now declared Fan and her companies liable for a total of up to $129 million in back taxes and fines, and she has posted a public apology and acceptance of punishment on social media.