China Sets Cap on Movie-Star Pay, Targets ‘Yin-Yang’ Tax Dodge

Fan Bingbing

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Some Chinese celebrities may have to rethink their extravagant lifestyles.

The Communist Party’s Central Publicity Department and four other government departments issued a directive on Wednesday calling for an end to “unreasonable pay” and for better oversight of “yin-yang contracts” used to evade taxes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.