Chinese newspaper publishes 'Wanted' poster for missing film director "Where exactly is he now?" the newspaper wondered. The mock poster was the latest chapter in an increasingly farcical "hunt" for a high-profile filmmaker who has won prizes including the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear, the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the claims that Mr Zhang had gone into hiding last week, confusion has reined in the Chinese media over his whereabouts. Government officials told local media they had employed "every possible means" to find the elusive director but it was unclear just how hard they had been trying. For while Hong Kong's South China Morning Post claimed "mystery" surrounded Mr Zhang's location, in fact there was no mystery at all. An online report by Sohu, a leading Chinese internet portal, pointed out that the director was actually working on his latest project, Return, on a set in the western suburbs of Beijing. A grinning Mr Zhang was caught on camera last Friday alongside Tsui Hark, a Hong Kong-based film director, who had stopped in on the set for a one-hour chat. Meanwhile a social media account for Mr Zhang's new film has been offering regular updates on the shoot. The "hunt" for Mr Zhang comes in the wake of Beijing's decision to partially relax the one-child policy allowing couples in which one member is an only child to have a second child. China's highly controversial one-child policy was introduced in the 1970s and resulted in 400 million fewer births, according to the government. On Tuesday, some Chinese internet users said they were more interested in what Mr Zhang's case said about Chinese society than in tracking down the director himself. "What people are interested in is not whether Zhang Yimou has seven children," wrote one user of the Weibo social media site. What matters is whether violating the one-child policy is a privilege of the powerful. Attempts to contact Mr Zhang through production companies and an agent were unsuccessful on Tuesday. Additional reporting Tianchi Tian