Forbes list of China’s Successful People

This year, when it came to the Forbes magazine list ofto shock you. Well, this holds good for our former
China’s most successful celebs, I guess theworld 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 dueHe’s been in the news for traveling to the U.S for
to recent success of the Beijing Olympics in thehis surgery. He has retained his endorsements with
world’s most populous nation.Nike and Coca- Cola still.
The annual China celebrity list considers parameters6. The glamour world of acting had to get Beijing-born
like earnings and media appeal to decide theactor Jet Li to the sixth position. Known for his
nation’s most accomplished stars. Here’s a listexceptional 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 NBAbeing the philanthropist. His One Foundation has been a
Houston Rockets, is the man on top for the sixth yearpowerful force to reckon with disaster relief.
now! Being the flag bearer in the Beijing Olympics, his7. 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 andepic ‘Red Cliff’ set in the 2nd and 3rd centuries
McDonald’s make him the numer uno with thedirected 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 coveted27th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony.
top five, Actress Zhang Ziyi has been given high8. Fan Bingbing earned her publicity from a martial arts
acclaim for her acting skills in the movie, "Forevermovie, ’Flash Point’ and a light hearted romantic
Enthralled". Her recent romantic ties with with Israelicomedy, ‘ Tao Hua Yun’. She has also been
media mogul Vivi Nevo has had the paparazzi goingthe 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 appearingappearance in the film ‘Wa Pei’ got this
in ads like McDonalds and Nike, thus upping up hisinternationally 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 thetremendous ten with her acting caliber in ‘The
grandson of late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok andForbidden 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