Stars questioned Forbes's China Celebrity List

Chinanews, Mar.10 - Forbes Magazine's China Celebrity List was unveiled in Beijing on Thursday. This is the third time that this US magazine analyzes the income, media exposure and status of Chinese celebrities on the basis of detailed statistics. NBA giant Yao Ming remained on top of the list, while Super Girl winners were quite eye-catching on the list.
The 2006 China Celebrity List crowns Yao the No. 1 in comprehensive ranking and annual income for the second time, and his income rose 20 million yuan (US$2.5 million) over a year earlier to 170 million yuan. Zhang Ziyi, who ranked No. 2 last year, had to hand over her place to Zhou Xun whose excellent performance in the musical opera "Perhaps Love" brings her a high exposure rate and 19 million yuan of income.
Compared with last year's list, 35 new faces show up in Forbes's 2006 China Celebrity 100 List. Super Girl champion Li Yuchun and second runner-up Zhang Liangying ranked sixth and 55th respectively on the list and won the "annual new star" and "most potential star" awards which were set up this year. Super Girl winners He Jie and Zhou Bichang as well as Super Girl hosts Li Xiang and Wang Han and even last year's Super Girl second runner-up Zhang Hanyun also made the list.
Most celebrities, however, said that this Forbes list made an untrue estimate of their incomes. Judging from the attitude of Li Yuchuan's manager Man Chun, her income was far higher than the figure revealed on the list last year. According to Zhou Xun's manager Ms. Tao, she just talked with Zhou Xun about this, and Zhou asked with wide-opened eyes, "Really? How could I make that much money?"