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Time Magazine in 2014 named Yao Chen as one of the world's 100 most influential people, calling her "a Chinese superstar with an activist streak".
PHOTO: COURTESY OF YAO CHEN
SINGAPORE - Chinese actress Yao Chen was formerly known as the "Queen of Weibo" for having the most followers on the Chinese microblogging site.
In 2014, Time Magazine even named her as one of the world's 100 most influential people, calling her "a Chinese superstar with an activist streak".


