After the mysterious absence: chinese star pops up again

The chinese movie star Fan Bingbing is in the west, most known for his roles in ”X-men”films. In september last year was reported to be missing after having been accused of tax evasion by the chinese authorities.

But on Monday evening she appeared at a gala in Beijing Iqiyi, a popular videoströmningsplattform. On his Instagramkonto Fan Bingbing uploaded four pictures of himself during the gala, something that in the west first came to the attention of The Guardian.

the time the 37-year-old actress has been seen since July 2018, when she visited a children's hospital in Tibet. At about the same time she stopped making updates on social media.

the Fan Bingbings disappearance from social media and public events led to the speculation that she fled China, being detained by the authorities or which were in house arrest.

In may 2018, accused the actress for the use of the so-called ”yin-yang contract”, a dubbelkontrakt where one appears up for the state, and the other with a higher total is kept secret in order to avoid tax. Fan Bingbings production company rejected the accusations.

in september 2018 published a list of 100 celebs ”social responsibility” ended up Fan Bingbing last on the list with 0 percent. 60% required to be approved, which only nine people on the list had achieved.

In October, was sentenced to Fan Bingbing, to the equivalent of over a billion Swedish kronor in fines for tax evasion. In connection with the news reported skådespelarskan have posted a public apology on the chinese social network Weibo. In the letter, she wrote that she accepted the decision of the authorities, that she would pay the fine and that she was ashamed for their behavior.

also is a model and actress, according to Forbes China's highest paid actors.