Young Chinese Film Star Takes Government Job as Economy Slows
- Jackson Yee shutters his firm, joins National Theater of China
- Movie industry has struggled with cinemas closing due to Covid
Jackson Yee
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One of China’s most popular young actors has shuttered his entertainment firm and taken a job with a government-sponsored theater, a move that was greeted by social media users in the Asian nation with understanding given the state of the economy.
Jackson Yee, a 22-year-old who rose to fame as a member of the popular boy band TFBoys and later appeared in films like war epic The Battle at Lake Changjin, has been provisionally accepted into the National Theater of China as an actor, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.