| This year, when it came to the Forbes magazine list of | | | | to shock you. Well, this holds good for our former |
| China’s most successful celebs, I guess the | | | | world recorder Liu Xiang who shockingly withdrew |
| dauntless scored higher than the entertainers. | | | | from the Olympic preliminary race due to leg injury. |
| Olympians dominated the top of this year's ranking due | | | | He’s been in the news for traveling to the U.S for |
| to recent success of the Beijing Olympics in the | | | | his surgery. He has retained his endorsements with |
| world’s most populous nation. | | | | Nike and Coca- Cola still. |
| The annual China celebrity list considers parameters | | | | 6. The glamour world of acting had to get Beijing-born |
| like earnings and media appeal to decide the | | | | actor Jet Li to the sixth position. Known for his |
| nation’s most accomplished stars. Here’s a list | | | | exceptional performance in ‘Hero’ and ‘The |
| of our tremendous ten: | | | | Warlords’, he has been in the news more so for |
| 1. Basketballer Yao Ming, superstar centre for the NBA | | | | being the philanthropist. His One Foundation has been a |
| Houston Rockets, is the man on top for the sixth year | | | | powerful force to reckon with disaster relief. |
| now! Being the flag bearer in the Beijing Olympics, his | | | | 7. Zhao Wei, who also goes by the name Vicki Zhao |
| exemplary Olympic performance augmented by some | | | | ,became the cynosure of all eyes with his acting in the |
| great propitious endorsement deals with Visa and | | | | epic ‘Red Cliff’ set in the 2nd and 3rd centuries |
| McDonald’s make him the numer uno with the | | | | directed by Hong Kong-American John Woo. This film |
| highest ‘exposure index”. | | | | is also being nominated in the best film category in the |
| 2. The only non-Olympian to make it to the coveted | | | | 27th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony. |
| top five, Actress Zhang Ziyi has been given high | | | | 8. Fan Bingbing earned her publicity from a martial arts |
| acclaim for her acting skills in the movie, "Forever | | | | movie, ’Flash Point’ and a light hearted romantic |
| Enthralled". Her recent romantic ties with with Israeli | | | | comedy, ‘ Tao Hua Yun’. She has also been |
| media mogul Vivi Nevo has had the paparazzi going | | | | the face of Olay. |
| berserk and getting her to the second spot! | | | | 9. Endorsements of Motorola and Olay products have |
| 3. Yi Jianlian , Yao’s Olympic teammate, came third, | | | | kept Zhou Xun pretty much in limelight. Apart from that, |
| playing for the NBA New Jersey Nets and appearing | | | | appearance in the film ‘Wa Pei’ got this |
| in ads like McDonalds and Nike, thus upping up his | | | | internationally acclaimed Chinese actress and singer |
| popularity. | | | | into the forefront. |
| 4. Our winning Olympic lady in gild, Guo Jingjing, | | | | 10. Actress and singer Li Bingbing got into the Forbes |
| launched her way up with her high- profile with the | | | | tremendous ten with her acting caliber in ‘The |
| grandson of late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok and | | | | Forbidden Kingdom’ where she acts alongwith |
| having appeared in ads like Coca – Cola , | | | | Jackie Chan. The Harbin native graduated from the |
| McDonald’s and Avon augmented her star status. | | | | Shanghai Drama Institute. |
| 5. Stars aren’t stars if they don’t have the ability | | | | |