A popular Chinese food influencer, Bai Bing, with over 40 million followers, has been fined $2.6 million for evading $1.3 million in taxes. The tax evasion occurred between 2021 and 2024.

A top online influencer in China who was fined 18.91 million yuan (US$2.6 million) for evading nine million yuan in taxes has attracted significant attention on social media. The case of Bai Bing, a food influencer with more than 40 million followers, was revealed by China’s State Tax Administration (STA) in late April, according to the media outlet CCTV. The authorities said that between 2021 and 2024, Bai underpaid a total of 9.11 million yuan (US$1.3 million) of personal income tax,...