BEIJING • China's decision to slap superstar Fan Bingbing with one of the country's biggest tax-evasion penalties in recent memory sends a reminder that the Communist Party has no plans to loosen its grip on the booming film and television industry.
Fan and companies she is affiliated with were ordered to pay about 884 million yuan (S$178 million) in back taxes and fines, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
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