Well-known Chinese film actress Zhang Ziyi and singer Wang Feng announced their divorce on Monday. "After eight years of marriage, we have decided to dissolve our marriage after careful consideration and deliberation," the two wrote in a joint statement on social media.
In the future, they will raise and accompany the children as family and remain the most trusted parents of the children despite this being the end of their marriage, the once-high-profile celebrity couple noted.
"Wang and Zhang are indeed divorced," a blogger reported earlier. "Wang is raising their daughter and Zhang is raising their son." The last time they were seen in public together was on September 9, when they took their children to dinner.
The bombshell news immediately topped the list of trending searches on the Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, with more than 520 million views as of the press time.
In addition, according to people familiar with the matter, the amount of property divided between the two is as high as 3.5 billion yuan ($4.77 billion). Zhang, 44, is an actress famous for Hollywood films such as Ang Lee'sCrouching Tiger and Hidden Dragonand Wong Kar-wai's more recentThe Grandmaster. Wang, 52, is a popular rock singer and songwriter.
