BERLIN — Fan Bingbing, one of China's biggest film stars, strode onto the Berlinale red carpet on Thursday (Feb 23), marking her return to cinema following a five-year pause. Her reappearance also spotlighted the return of Chinese-language film to the international stage, as mainland China and Hong Kong have eased zero-Covid-19 policies, allowing for international travel. Fan disappeared from public...
Cast member Fan Bingbing attends a news conference during the promotion of 'Green Night' at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb 23, 2023.BERLIN — Fan Bingbing, one of China's biggest film stars, strode onto the Berlinale red carpet on Thursday , marking her return to cinema following a five-year pause.
Her role in Green Night — a racy thriller by Chinese director Han Shuai set in the crime-infested underworld of Seoul, South Korea — brings that chapter to a close, Fan told journalists ahead of Thursday's premiere. Beijing and Hong Kong both employed targeted lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines as part of zero-Covid-19 policies near the start of the pandemic, before easing restrictions towards the end of last year as anti-Covid-19 protests swept the mainland.
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