Forbes China has become famous in the last few years because of its annual list of the country’s 100 richest people. In the last month, the magazine has been generating a buzz for a new list: China’s 100 most influential celebrities.
The celebrities are ranked according to a number of factors, including income and number of media reports, TV interview appearances and magazine covers.
Basketball darling Yao Ming is number one.
The rest of the top ten are:
2. Zhang Ziyi – actress
3. Zhao Wei – actress
4. Wang Fei – pop singer
5. Gong Li – actress
6. Zhang Yimou – director
7. Zhou Xun – actress
8. Leon Lai (Li Ming) – actor and singer
9. Sun Nan – singer
10. Jet Li (Li Lianjie) – actor
The Forbes list then became the cover story of Sanlian Life Weekly (sanlian shenghuo zhoukan).
That’s Zhang Ziyi on the cover. The large coverline can be translated as: Forbes celebrity list: it’s just show business.
The small coverlines are:
– How to rescue you, AIDS orphans
– People caused the coal mine explosion in Lingshi, Shanxi