"The thing is in China, not many men like a woman to be strong, independent and more successful than men"
That's load of crap. I am from Hong Kong and there are plenty of women who are strong, independent and more successful than their male counterparts but they are not as detested as Zhang Ziyi in Hong Kong. The reason she is so hated in the media is her off screen antic, and her ever so remindful to people of her "international star" status, which people in US don't often get to experience.
If you still don't believe it, try to compare her with Wei Tang, the actress from the movie "Lust, Caution". Tang didn't receive the same kind of condemnation from the public as Zhang Ziyi, even if both shoot to stardom through a international success directed by Ang Lee.

Zhang Ziyi likes attention? Really? And what actor or actress gets into movies in order to maintain their privacy?
We see by posts here that Gong Li is liked even called "classy" and "role model" despite her PUBLIC affair NOT "classy" or the conduct of a "role model" with Zhang Yimou.
No, the attacks against Ziyi are essentially jealousy. Hatred of the successful. Especially when those are contrasted with the nonsense that Gong Li is "class" and "role model".

Pride? is that what she is trying to show? She likes attention and she got into the right business for it. There are s2000everal Chinese actresses who are independent and strong and successful and are not disliked.

The thing is in China, not many men like a woman to be strong, independent and more successful than men. Even today in China, women could go after their dreams and be successful, but they have to keep their voice down. Can not show their pride too much, otherwise some men would viciously attack them. Zhang Ziyi just happen to be one of these successful women who does not want to keep things quiet.

no one hates her unless they are mentally ill.
She is a huge star around the world and one of the greatest actress' of the present time.
She is beautiful, and fits into this movie perfectly.
Repeating hateful rumors is hateful in itself.

no one hates her unless they are mentally ill.
She is a huge star around the world and one of the greatest actress' there of the present time.
She is beautiful, and fits into this movie perfectly.
Repeating hateful rumors is hateful in itself.

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I got the impression that she is mostly hated by chinese men, who can't stand Zhangs aplomb and self-confidence. I know a lot of women from Beijing and Guangdong area who adore her right for this, because Zhangs behaviour encourages them to become strong and self confident women who can handle their lifes well and without dependence from a chinese man who will look for a concubine after 5 or 10 years of marriage, like a lot of chinese men do. Go to Shenzhen, you will find a complete quarter where thousands of concubines of hong kong men live.
Go on Ziyi, you do right!

I have noticed a lot of hate speech like this, mostly toward women actors. This kind of comment does not belong on a web site for fans. It is the most base and horrific kind of comment, with no basis in anything. Can you please remove this! I am tempted to report it to the site managers.

Cater to Westerners' taste ? The Chinese like her too. Her Chinese movie Sophie's Revenge was a box office success in China.
Gong Li was condemned by some Chinese too in the 90s, so was Joan Chen in the 80s. The Chinese are known for jealousy on their own people who made it big overseas.
Tang Wei was banned by the Chinese government from making movies in China and the ban was lifted only recently.
Grow up, Chinese kid.

"Chinese do hate her (just look at the amount of negative media exposure in China about her - you don't get that much concerted negativity for nothing) and most Chinese cannot understand why shes chos5b4en over and over again by Western media as the most beautiful or most influential actresses out of China. Shes more famous in China for being Cosmetics spokesmodels and gossips about her "digging" high-power men than her acting. "
EhThat pretty much sounds like jealousy to me, man.
There is a difference between "not-caring" and "hating". If people hate her for the reasons you mention than that is pretty much the definition of jealousy.

"you don't get that much concerted negativity for nothing)"
Yes you can. Just look at rich people.
Like i said, jealousy is an easy emotion to come by. Most people hate others for having something they don't.

Gong Li had problems with the aiffair with the married Zhang Yimou.
And, yes: the "hate" is largely jealousy.
And what is gossip worth? What does it say about the purveyors of it that they're about truth? Or simply about inventing and spreading rumors?

(and also those movies are to please the western world instead of pleasing chinese)
Her early Chinese films were made to appeal to the western world?. Zhang Yimou and GL had no idea their films would appeal to the western world. It just turned out that way. Those two introduced Chinese art films to the world.

'How she arose to fame is luck, timing and a face that caters to Westerners’ taste'
its not fair to say this. gong li also got her fame from acting a series not-so-good chinese women and also those movies are to please the western world instead of pleasing chinese. if you trust rumor, why just believe that zhang ziyi is a gold digger and gong li didnt break's zhang yimou's family to get her current position in movie world?

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In Hero ZZ is such a toy. She's either slept with the guy or angering the guy that sees the other woman as a sister.

(I bet the only reason why she got so famous in the west is because the media elite chose her as an example of a worldwide act to whitewash asian people)
Um. You know she became known in the west doing CHINESE martial arts films right? Crouching tiger and Hero.

AMEN my brother. you said it all. Just another Asian female to satisfy disguisting Westerners asiaphiles. I bet the only reason why she got so famous in the west is because the media elite chose her as an example of a worldwide act to whitewash asian people. I think its a conspiracy and she thinks shes playing the game right, whereas one day, shes gonna get dumped or goes through a majob68r brakeup when the media elites dont need her anymore. Relax, in the future, the real market will be China, and as Chinese dont like seeing her or any new successors of her, western media will finally adjust their act to make films that suits the Chinese market. And that means no asiaphile male pursuing dragon ladies, no jungles and definitely no WMAF!
Long Live China and the Communist Party!

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People magazine really is a popularity contest. It's not who's most beautiful, because the list would stay pretty much the same from year-to-year. It depends on how much exposure and who gets a positive vibe when people 5b4buy things like magazines (by who's on the cover) or movie tickets (with the people that star in it).

Seriously, that's not decided by the people. Furthermore, beauty polls hardly equal popularity.

("If the Chinese hate Zhang Ziyi why she is elected again and again in China as one of hundred of the most beautiful and influential persons in the world?")
The PRESS decides that . Not "The people."

I wonder about your opinion. If the Chinese hate Zhang Ziyi why she is elected again and again in China as one of hundred of the most beautiful and influential persons in the world?
For example:
China's Most Beautiful Person
Gong Li was voted as "China's most beautiful person" in a newspaper poll on May 20, beating Li Yuchun, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Ziyi into second, third and fourth place respectively.
http://asialove.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html
and here:
Chinese actress Gong Li (left) lands at 34 on the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007, while Zhang Ziyi (right) ranks at 83
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/05/content_5696952.htm
If the Chinese woul2000d detest her they shurely wouldn't elect her for rank 83 of hundred.
I know some women from China and they all adore Ziyi for her self-confidence and her strong will to walk her own way.

I'll say.