Fan Bingbing, Li Chen spotted together 3 days after announcing split

Fan Bingbing and Li Chen. Photo: Instagram/Fan Bingbing

When actress Fan Bingbing was not seen in public for several months last year, rumours swirled over her fate. Then, she was being probed for tax evasion and talk had it that she had either been arrested or fled to the United States to avoid punishment.

She has since reappeared, taking calculated steps to repair her tainted image, after the authorities ordered her in October to pay $177 million in overdue taxes and fines. But the rumour machine is now back at full throttle again, this time over her love life.