Although Zhang Ziyi's photos are very tame compared to Edison Chen?s collection, given that she is a much bigger star than all the victims in the Edison Chen saga, I am quite curious how big this is going to develop online. -- from 'Alvinology' blog

You are right. Anyway breast-revealing is a shame for women. Zhang Ziyi looks like a streetwoman. -- loststar (Mr.Lobster) on the Chinadaily.com forum

Many of the comments were angry shouts by Chinese men. Even though they are somewhere else on the Internet, you can still imagine the masses of mouths and the millions of tongues wagging in anger.

Netizen 'Club.ChinaRen' made a strong demand at the official Zhang Ziyi website for a shutdown. People asked: 'What has Zhang Ziyi done to gain glory for China and work to the benefit of its people?' They pointed out, 'The official Zhang Ziyi website's webmaster must be brain dead, or else he has some ulterior motive.' -- from 'EastSouthWestNorth' forum

This has the feel of a manufactured controversy to me though. As we have remarked in the past, you can find anyone saying anything you want on the vast spaces of the Chinese internet. In fact, this is likely much more about people wanting to post the racy pics to boost traffic to their websites and blogs than getting into a tither about Zhang's patriotism or lack thereof. -- from 'The China Blog', Time.com