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>25 January, 2002 13:20 GMT+08:00
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>Chinese actress Vicki Zhao Wei told Reuters on January
>24 she meant no harm when she appeared in a dress
>styled with Japan's World War Two flag. REUTERS/Kin
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> By Chee-may Chow
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> HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hot
>young Chinese actress Vicki Zhao Wei, whose soaring
>career was threatened after she appeared in a
>mini-skirt decorated with Japan's war-time flag, says
>she has no regrets and is hopeful the controversy will
>blow over.
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> "It's useless crying over
>spilt milk. I meant no harm. I try not to let it get
>me down," Zhao, 25, told Reuters in an interview on
>Thursday.
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> Chinese media launched a
>blistering attack on Zhao, casting a shadow over her
>career, after a fashion magazine published pictures of
>her wearing the mini-skirt styled with Japan's World
>War Two flag.
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> The attack was fuelled by
>bitterness in China toward Japan's past aggression and
>occupation of the country.
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> Zhao published a letter of
>apology in China's state media after a tabloid based
>in Nanjing, where Japanese troops killed hundreds of
>thousands of people in 1937, demanded a boycott of her
>and advertisements in which she appeared.
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> The apology failed to
>placate critics and she was attacked during a singing
>performance in the southern Chinese province of Hunan
>in December. Her name was also pulled from a New
>Year's programme by state television.
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> Asked if she thought the
>publicity had damaged her career, she said: "Until
>now, I see no negative impact. Many things that may
>seem earth-shattering right now will feel
>insignificant when you look back on it."
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> The actress shot to fame a
>few years ago after playing a cheeky princess in a
>Taiwanese television series "The Pearl
>Princess".
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> She said the flag incident
>had affected her mood but she was able to put the past
>behind her thanks to the support of friends.
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> "Even friends who don't
>normally show up in my life started calling me to ask
>me how I was. I was very touched," Zhao said.
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> "I acted in a comedy at a
>time when everyone expected me to be in my worst
>state," she added, referring to "Double Odyssey 2002"
>to be released in Hong Kong on February 8.
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> Zhao worked almost solidly
>last year and made three films. She will head home to
>Beijing for Chinese New Year and spend the next few
>months taking a well-earned break.
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> And how about her wish for
>the New year?
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> "I want to travel on my
>own to the Mediterranean and swim in it naked!"
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