The Wei Chen photo scandal refers to an incident in which a group of photos taken by Wei Chen in front of the West Potala Palace were leaked during China’s Day of Mourning for the Wenchuan Earthquake, and were hotly criticized by netizens.
On May 21, 2008, the National Day of Mourning, Wei Chen took a group photo with his friends in front of the Potala Palace. In the photo, it is clearly visible that the national flag in the background is at half-mast, but Wei Chen is wearing a red coat in the photo. But he and his friends made a funny pose of "bending a bow and shooting a vulture";
In another photo, Wei Chen made the "V" sign for victory.
As soon as these photos went online, they immediately caused an uproar. Many netizens pointed out that Wei Chen not only wore red clothes on the day of mourning, but also looked excited and made a victory gesture, which was no different from Sharon Stone's behavior, and they all asked him to Make a public apology.
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Vision Wei, born on February 22, 1986 in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, is a male singer and film and television actor in Mainland China. He graduated from the Popular Song and Dance Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music. .
In 2007, he made his official debut after participating in "Happy Boys" and winning the third runner-up in the national finals.
In January 2008, he released his first EP "Optimist". In 2009, starring in the youth idol drama "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower", it set a ratings record.
In 2011, with the album "Breaking Dawn", he appeared on the Korean music program M! Countdown stage, becoming the first Chinese singer to perform Chinese songs on the stage.
In 2013, he crossed over into the fashion circle with "Dengfeng".
In 2014, he starred in the campus romance movie "The Year in a Hurry", and then served as music director for the first time and released his sixth album "Hat Trick".
In 2015, Wei Chen’s personal studio was established. In the same year, he also launched the “Hat Trick” concert tour;
In 2016, he starred in the criminal gangster movie “Glacier Chase” Won the New Actor Award at the Beijing Youth Film Festival.
From 2013 to 2017, he was the most popular male singer on the MusicRadio China TOP list for five consecutive years.
In September 2017, he started the "Journey" 10th Anniversary Tour Concert;
In the same year, he joined the anti-war theme film "Eight Hundred" directed by Guan Hu.
In 2018, he starred in the military drama "Sirius";
In August, he was invited to participate in the Asian Games Torch Relay of the 18th Asian Games.
On August 30, 2019, the feature film "Midnight Diner" starring him was released.
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