1. The Edison Chen scandal
Edison Chen's sex photo scandal needs no introduction. This was China's biggest and most salacious celebrity sex scandal ALL-TIME and involved a string of Hong Kong stars, including Bobo Chan, Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung and later, lesser known starlets like lesser known stars like Rachel Ngan, Mandy Chen and Candice Chan. Meanwhile mystery man named Kira continued to whet our appetites by releasing the photos in batches and issued a challenge to the police to "catch me if you can".
This subsequently led to a witchhunt which saw Hong Kong police detain a few suspects, only to release them all later after Hong Kongers took to the streets to protest the police's selective application of the law, abuse of power and scapegoat hunting.
It took two weeks before Edison Chen decided to come clean on the affair, admit the photos were his, and apologise to the ladies. He also stunned Hong Kong with his shock announcement that he was leaving showbiz. All that of course, turned out to be a show. Barely two years after the announcement, Edison is back with a vengeance — landing acting gigs, launching fashion stores and appearing on talkshows.
Here on Shanghaiist, the Edison Chen scandal is the NUMBER ONE story all-time and has singlehandedly brought a grand total of 2.8 million pervy pageviews to this site (and counting!).
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