Jack Cheung [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

6. China's pop king Jack Cheung becomes China's 'crime-fighting' star

Hong Kong superstar Jacky Cheung is known as the King of Songs and is so popular that fugitives are willing to risk their freedom just to see him perform live.

Cheung, 57, has developed the reputation for being an unwitting crime buster, with several reports of wanted criminals arrested at his concerts in the last year.