Beijing Pops: Aftermath of Zheng Shuang's Surrogacy Scandal
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Follow-up of Zheng Shuang’s surrogacy scandal: Works taken down, award taken back
Innocent as she may appear, Zheng seems to have demolished her entire career by her own actions
So far, no follow-up has been heard from her boyfriend.
Xu's independence is just selfish in some people's eyes.
Zheng‘s scandal has opened up a conversation about the ethics surrounding surrogacy in China. Although it’s illegal within the country, it’s an open secret that a lot of people, especially celebrities, have hired or plan to hire surrogates in other countries.
Labeled “talented” and “independent”, Beijing born actress Xu Jinglei is being targeted online recently, because of a resurfaced comment on this controversial issue years ago. In an interview clip dating back to 2017, she frankly admitted that she had frozen eggs abroad and was open to surrogacy.
“It is actually a commonplace around me,” said Xu, “Many of my friends have made such plans." As the controversy grew over the comments, Xu just later stated, “Let them talk. People have mouths.” Xu is considered to be a representative among modern independent woman in China, but was silent on controversial issues for years. When blogging first surfaced as a phenomenon in China around 2005, her blog was one of the most viewed on Chinese blog platforms. She’s also a celebrated director. Her film “Letter from an Unknown Woman” won a Silver Shell in San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2004.advertisement
Zhang has been spotted wearing sneakers under her fancy costume
What’s more, in the most recent episode, viewers noticed that Zhang wears a sneaker under her fancy costume, sparking a Starbucks-in-Game-of-Thrones-esque scandal. The goof drew fierce criticism online against Zhang for being unprofessional, but as it turned out, the ordeal was not her fault at all. The crew later made an announcement saying they used the wrong clip and apologized to Zhang for issues they caused.
Philanthropist singer Han Hong gives out porridge and sweeps streets with sanitation workers on Laba Festival
Han Hong is a singer as well as a philanthropist.
Last Wednesday, China celebrated the traditional Laba Festival (check our previous blog on the story behind eating porridge on Laba Festival). Famous singer Han Hong organized a charity activity with several celebrities in Beijing, to give out porridge to sanitation workers and help them sweeps street. Forty-nine-year-old Han was born in Tibet and is well-known for her outstanding achievement in folk and pop music. From 2003 to 2012, she has been nominated the best female singer every year and was awarded five times. Apart from her music career, she is known for putting a lot of effort into charity. She established Hanhong Love Charity Foundation in 2012 and organizes charity activities every year, and during the epidemic, she called on celebrities and friends to donate to Wuhan’s hospitals, raising over RMB 270 million in total.
READ: Beijing Pops: Break up, Surrogacy, Abandonment… Chinese Actress Condemned for Leaving Children
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