Award-winning filmmaker Zhao Wei disappears from Chinese internet for reasons unknown.

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Award-winning filmmaker Zhao Wei disappears from Chinese internet for reasons unknown.
China’s billionaire film director and actress Zhao Wei (??) has been scrubbed from the country’s internet by the government, for reasons that still remain a mystery.
Zhao’s name was removed from all television series, films, short videos, and promotional materials on platforms such as Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Youku, according to a South China Morning Post article published on Friday (Aug.
27).
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The sudden censorship of Zhao, one of the most prominent women in Chinese cinema, has sparked speculation by the country’s netizens.
By around 7 p.m.
on Friday, the Weibo topic “What’s up with Zhao Wei?” (#?????#) had been viewed over a billion times, according to a What’s On Weibo report.
One theory being circulated is that Zhao is somehow linked to the scandal involving Zhou Jiangyong (???), the fallen Hangzhou communist party chief, who is currently being investigated by China’s top anti-graft agency.

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