Chinese Heart 2025-06-05: Popular mainland actor Chen Xuedong, who rose to fame with the movie “Tiny Times”, was involved in a serious car accident at the beginning of 2023, resulting in a shattered bone in his left leg. He had to use a wheelchair for mobility after the surgery. In September last year, he expressed on Weibo that he had undergone his third surgery, saying, “This should be the last time.” However, he recently revealed on Instagram that he has undergone another surgery.
Chen Xuedong, who has been out of the public eye for a long time, was spotted by netizens on June 4th, updating his overseas Instagram account on May 5th. This is the first time he has shared an update in nearly a year since his birthday on June 28, 2024. In the picture, he is lying on a hospital bed, holding a phone and taking a mirror selfie, with someone pushing the bed, seemingly preparing to take him into the operating room. He captioned the post: “Hope this is the last surgery.” With a hint of helplessness, the topic quickly rose to the top of China’s entertainment hot search list on June 4th.
Chen Xuedong was involved in a car accident in February 2023, resulting in serious leg injuries. He didn’t make a public appearance until February 2024, when he posted a video informing his fans about the incident. In the video, numerous stitches could be seen on his leg, along with a cast. However, he remained optimistic at the time, consoling himself in a joking manner, saying he was fortunate the injury was not on his face and expressing his determination to recover positively.
In September of the same year, Chen Xuedong once again revealed the extent of his injuries, stating that his left leg had not fully recovered since the accident, despite undergoing a third surgery. He lamented, saying, “This should be the last time! Finally, the whole process is complete.” He thought he wouldn’t need another surgery, but the doctors warned him that he would definitely develop rheumatism in the future.
In the hospital bed photos he posted at the time, he appeared pale and haggard, with thick bandages wrapped around his foot. It seemed that major surgery had been performed on his leg, with holes and scars on both sides of his lower leg indicating the presence of steel nails and sutures. Additionally, there were markings on his leg, possibly indicating surgical plans. In one photo, he had an oxygen mask in his nose, with needles inserted in his body, and his eyes closed; in another photo, he was awake, taking a selfie on the hospital bed, wearing a mask, with gray hair, looking somewhat alarming.
Around the end of last year and the beginning of this year, someone claiming to be “informed” leaked that “Chen Xuedong may have settled in the United States.” At that time, the keyword “Chen Xuedong suspected of retiring to settle in the United States” instantly ranked first on Weibo’s hot search, sparking heated discussions.
At the age of 34, Chen Xuedong rose to fame with his role as “Zhou Chongguang” in the “Tiny Times” film series and starred in subsequent dramas such as “Yes! Mr. Fashion” and “Far Away Love” directed or written by Guo Jingming, as well as movies like “Fallen City” and “The Great Hypnotist”. To date, he still has 38.56 million followers on Weibo, but his promising career seems to have been interrupted by a car accident.
However, just before Chen Xuedong’s accident, at a time when the public thought he was on the brink of success, his co-stars in the movie “The Great Hypnotist”, Fan Bingbing and Kris Wu, were successively blacklisted by the authorities, and Kris Wu was even arrested and imprisoned. In addition, Zheng Shuang, who starred with him in the drama “Far Away Love”, was successively embroiled in “surrogacy abandonment” and tax evasion scandals, leading to her withdrawal from the entertainment industry, the removal of her works, and a court-ordered fine totaling more than 200 million yuan.
Affected by the negative events involving his co-stars, many of Chen Xuedong’s major works have been taken down, leading to sarcastic comments such as “These years have been in vain” and “After ten years in the industry, he returns as a newcomer.” Many netizens expressed their sympathy for his unfortunate turn of events.