The Mainland media did not report on Feng Xiaogang and his two companions evading taxes, but the Hong Kong media did.
Hong Kong, after all, was an international metropolis with a large foreign population. While the Beijing Circle wielded massive influence, it still could not reach the point where the authorities completely ignored how foreigners viewed China's public integrity.
The moment the authorities prepared to launch an investigation, insiders in the Beijing Circle caught wind of it. Feng Xiaogang and Chen Hong immediately rushed to pay the back taxes and fines. Nationally, the standard punishment for a first-time tax evasion offense was simply paying the owed taxes plus a fine. Fan Bingbing's case had blown up into such a massive public spectacle that they had simply been forced to make an example of her to warn others.
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