Chinese actress-turned-director Vicki Zhao finally responded to the recent online boycott of her latest movie 'No Other Love Montae Nicholson Jersey ,' a week after netizens slammed her for casting a "pro-independence: Taiwanese actor in the lead role of the project.

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The Communist Youth League, long a training ground for elite positions within the Chinese Communist Party, has waged a social media campaign over the past week criticizing Zhao (also known as Zhao Wei) for casting Leon Dai (Assassin, Double Vision) in the lead of her upcoming romance No Other Love.


In an article entitled "Zhao Wei’s New Film Met with Universal Boycott by Internet Users," the nationalist organization has alleged that Dai is a supporter of Taiwanese independence and Hong Kong's pro-democracy Umbrella Movement.

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In her weibo posting, Zhao said Leon Dai told her expressively he is not a supporter of Taiwanese independence.


Responding to rumors that she is now a Singaporean citizen, the director, married to a Singaporean businessman, said she still holds a Chinese passport.


Zhao is one of China's most dynamic stars. After a successful run as a leading lady in films such as Shaolin Soccer (2001), Red Cliff (2008) and Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), Zhao debuted as a director in 2013 with romantic drama So Young, which grossed $118 million from a budget of $5 million. Nicknamed "China's showbiz Warren Buffett," Zhao is also a noted investor. Prior to last summer's stock-market meltdown in China, her net worth was estimated at over $1 billion. She's also a successful pop singer.


No Other Love is backed by Alibaba Pictures and China Film Group, among other production partners.




KABUL, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five-year-old Murataza Ahmadi became an internet star after his photos dressed in a makeshift Lionel Messi jersey made from a plastic bag was posted on Facebook by his elder brother Hamayon a couple of weeks ago.


Initially, an Iraqi television by aired the footage of a child claiming that the boy was from Kurdistan in Iraq.


But following the posting of the photos of the little fan of soccer legend Lionel Messi who plays for FC Barcelona, countless internet users and curious journalists tied to correctly identify the boy and locate his whereabouts.


Among such inquisitive journalists to spot the little Afghan soccer aficionado was Xinhua reporter, Rahmat Alizada, who was the first to brave the journey to visit the mountainous Jaghori district, meet Murtaza Ahmadi at his parents' resident and take pictures with the young sensation in person.


After locating the small boy in his home village, Alizada contacted soccer star Messi via a fan page on Twitter in a bid to let the Argentine superstar know about Murtaza and his unbelievable admiration for both him and Barcelona.


The Xinhua reporter had also provided the contact number of Murtaza's father Arif Ahmadi to Messi via Twitter so that the five-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winning star could personally contact him.


"Mini-Messi" or Messi-e-Kochak, as he is known locally among villagers and playmates in the Jaghori district of the eastern Ghazni province in conflict-ridden Afghanistan, has reportedly received an invitation from Messi after Alizada's work paid off.


Messi, as well as giving the young lad a real jersey to replace his blue and white plastic bag, has promised to take Murtaza to the Camp Nou stadium, home of FC Barcelona in Spain, reports have said.


The soccer star also thanked Xinhua's Alizada for his efforts to locate one of his youngest fans, Murtaza, in the restive Ghazni province.


The Spanish embassy in Afghanistan has reportedly been in contact with Murtaza's family.


"Rahmat Alizada is the first journalist who braved security problems to travel to the Jaghori district and met Murtaza in his home village. No doubt, his service deserves all kinds of appreciation," local employee of a UN office in Kabul, Hamayon Ahmadi, remarked on Facebook.


"Dear Alizada, your courage as journalist is appreciable, you have established the contact between the Afghan child Murtaza and football star Messi. Thank you Alizada for doing such a tough job," another Afghani user, Sayed Ismael Jahangir, said.


To appreciate Alizada's tireless efforts, local officials and civil society entities are going to hold an exhibition of photos taken by Alizada, in Ghazni's provincial capital Ghazni city next week, local official Kamran Farotan said.

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SHANGHAI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai will add more free trade accounts, a measure aimed at easier financing for companies in the city.


A total of 70,000 free trade accounts have already been opened in Shanghai and total financing exceeded 1.1 trillion yuan, said Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, on Monday.


The accounts became operational starting from 2014 in the free trade zone in Shanghai, located in the Pudong New District. Companies registered in the FTZ use the accounts for financing, investment and other cross border transactions.


The accounts enable funds to move freely between the FTZ and offshore entities, while curbing speculative risks from overflowing in the onshore financial system.


Ying said the free trade account system was an important innovation in financial reform. ""Shanghai will allow more companies to open free trade accounts,"" he said.


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