Basing your decisions as to which women are hot and not from a ladmag makes about as much sense as determining what car to drive from the same magazine — but any list that includes Gong Li can’t be wrong.

In fact, Gong (who is as much a serious actress as she is smoking hot) was on the top of the heap despite the flap over her renouncing her Chinese citizenship for Singaporean citizenship.

Also of note on the list is Shu Qi, No. 4 and previously a porn star but better known as that chick in Jason Statham’s trunk in The Transporter. There’s some kind of joke here about anal sex to be had, but it’s Monday and it’s not coming to me.

Nine hottest Chinese women, courtesy of Complex magazine