From Wang Leehom to Kris Wu: downfall of Chinese celebrities in 2021


By AGENCY
Wang Leehom (left) and Kris Wu have fallen from grace. Photos: Instagram, Handout, Filepic, ANN

Chinese entertainers will point to 2021 as the year the industry went through a seismic transformation.

A number of serious accusations against some of the region’s most famous people coincided with a Chinese government crackdown on the showbiz industry, which it claimed was “misleading” the young generation.

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