Photo: Fan Bingbing/Instagram Fan Bingbing is slowly easing back into the spotlight afterdipping out of the public eyeamid a$70 million tax evasion scandal. China’s highest-paid actress made her first public appearance in almost a year this week in Beijing, walking the red carpet at the IQIYI Ninth Anniversary Gala. Fan, 37, shared photos of the event to Instagram, showing off her lacy black pantsuit and pink and black blazer. The post received love from stars like Jessica Chastain, who commented, “Beautiful” with a heart....

Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via GettyA Chinese journalist who was jailed last year after reporting on the severity of Wuhan’sCOVID-19outbreak and the government’s handling of the public health crisis is reportedly near death amid a hunger strike.Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer,was found guilty in Decemberof “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyers said, according toCNN, which noted this charge in China is often used to punish anti-government activists. She was sentenced to four years in prison after being accused of spreading misinformation....

Photo: Weibo Citizens posted on China’s Weibo and WeChat social media sites with the hashtag #WeWantFreedomOfSpeech to express their outrage over the Chinese government’s early attempts tohide the threat of disease, as well as anger about Dr. Li Wenliang’s death. Li returned to work at the hospital, where patients were coming in with the deadly respiratory illness. He developed a cough on Jan. 10 and was formally diagnosed with coronavirus on Saturday....

Photo: Weibo A Chinese doctor who had tried to warn citizensabout the new coronavirusbefore the outbreak died Thursday from the disease, according to friends and colleagues,The Washington Postreported. Li Wenliang was a 34-year-old ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital inWuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. He had told his medical school alumni group about the threat of a new, SARS-like virus in late December — before the Chinese government had publicly shared that the deadly respiratory illness was spreading throughout the country....

Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been handed an eight-year suspension for violating a 2018 doping test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled Friday. The 28-year-old swimmer is the first major Chinese sports figure to be given the eight-year ban — which is the maximum that CAS can issue — and the ruling will keep him from competing in the2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Over his historic career, Sun has taken home three gold medals, two at the 2012 London Olympics and the third from Rio de Janeiro in 2016....

Photo: Miao Ruizhe/Red Star News/VCG via Getty A Chinese couple who never gave up searching for their abducted son have finally reunited with him for the first time since he went missing in 2007. According toCNN, Sun Zhuo was abducted in 2007 when he was 4 years old while in the city of Shenzhen. Since his disappearance, his parents — father Sun Haiyang and mother Peng Siying — held on to hope they would see their son again....

Photo: Jewel SAMAD / AFP According to theSouth China Morning Post, China’s relay team was in contention to medal at the championships on Saturday night until two of their runners fumbled a handover right before the final stretch of the race. In a video of the moment (whichyou can watch here), the runners are seen sprinting back to the start of the passing zone to try it again as the other teams race toward the finish....

Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP/REX/Shutterstock A Chinese researcher said he developed the first-ever gene-edited babies — but the claim has yet to be substantiated. He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, said that healtered the embryosof twin girls, born earlier this month, to make them resistant to HIV. Their father is HIV-positive. The idea of altering embryos to create “designer babies” is banned in most countries, including the United States....

Photo: Kin Cheung/AP/Shutterstock A Chinese scientist has been sentenced to three years in prison after he claimed to have created the world’s first gene-edited babies, several outlets report. On Monday, the Chinese court found He Jiankui guilty of “illegal medical practice,” and fined him about $430,000 in addition to his prison time, according toThe Washington PostandThe New York Times. Dr. He pleaded guilty to forging approval documents from ethics review boards to recruit couples in which the man had H....

Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty A large portion of a rocket that helped take the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit may fall back to Earth this weekend — and researchers are unsure where it will eventually land. The100-foot long sectionof the Chinese Long March 5B rocket is expected to make its reentry in the next few days,U.S. Space Commandsaid on Tuesday. “U.S. Space Command is aware of and tracking the location of the Chinese Long March 5B in space, but its exact entry point into the Earth’s atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until within hours of its reentry, which is expected around May 8,” they explained in a statement....

Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonstarChow Yun-fathas big plans for his massive fortune.The Chinese actor, 63, told Hong Kong movie siteJayne Starsin an interview last week that he planned on donating his $714 million fortune to charity.“My dream is to be a happy and normal person,” he told the outlet. “The hardest thing in life is not about how much money you earn, but how to keep a peaceful mindset and live the rest of your life in a simple and carefree manner....

Fan Bingbing, the Chinese star whomysteriously disappeared from the public eyelast year, has split from her fiancé, actor Li Chen. The actress confirmed the news onher Weibo pageon Thursday, which has been translated to English. “People’s life may experience various farewells,” Fan, 37, wrote. “The love and warmth that we have gained in our encounters are turned into eternal power. Thank you for all your giving, support and love. Thank you for your care and love in the future....

Photo: Zhizhao Wu/Getty Peng Shuaihas denied making any claims of sexual assault, after a since-deleted post on Chinese social media last monthraised concerns about her wellbeing. PEOPLE did not translate the video and was unable to confirm the circumstances under which Peng made the statements. Peng claimed in the video that she’d “been staying at home” in Beijing and she’s “always been free,” after her public absence raised concerns in the three weeks following her Nov....