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In April 1998, a China-Taiwan jointly-produced TV costume drama - Princess Huanzhu (还珠格格) - was aired in two countries. It is a comedy about a Manchurian princess of 18th-century Qing Dynasty.

Vicki Zhao (赵薇), a 22-years-old tomboyish actress, played the princess. Because of this comedy, Vicki turned into a superstar in China, almost all audience of all ages and all genders liked this girl.

Unfortunately in 2001, Vicki suddenly became "people's enemy". The reason was that she wore a short skirt with a Japanese military flag pattern on the front during an international fashion show.

In 2017, Vicki became "state's enemy" again, because she and her billionaire husband plotted a notorious securities fraud. After that, Vicki completely disappeared from China's show business.