04.21.08
Posted in China, Economy at 3:22 pm by william_lee_intern
About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan and India have risen as world powers to become strategic competitors to the U.S. economy and military.
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04.18.08
Posted in Culture, China at 8:55 am by william_lee_intern
The contrast in cultures was obvious to the visitors from Beijing the moment they set foot in Naperville North High School on Thursday. Xiao Xiao, (center) part of a children’s performing troupe from Beijing, waits with other dancers and acrobats to perform at Mill Street School in Naperville on Thursday.
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04.17.08
Posted in World News, China, Editorial at 8:52 am by william_lee_intern
Washington-based World Chinese League Wednesday urged U.S. TV network CNN to sincerely apologize for one of its political commentator’s insulting remarks about Chinese. The Chinese American organization said in a statement that all Chinese-Americans and Chinese were infuriated by Jack Cafferty’s outrageous comments aired on April 9 when Beijing Olympics torch relay was held in San Francisco, California.
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Posted in China, Economy at 8:47 am by william_lee_intern
About 225 people filled the seats in the SIU Law Auditorium, putting the room near capacity, to hear David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, lecture. Focusing much of his lecture on China, a country Sanger said has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, he examined how China, Japan and India have risen as world powers to become strategic competitors to the U.S. economy and military.
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04.16.08
Posted in Media and Entertainment, China at 8:48 am by william_lee_intern
The filmmaker Arthur Dong was amazed when he uncovered the earliest known Chinese-American feature film which had been in one family’s possession since 1916 and which is still shedding light on the lives of Chinese Americans in the Bay Area. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences considers this a gem because the Asian images you see in this silent film are in stark contrast to the ones people were viewing in the big Hollywood movies of that time which portrayed Asians as mysterious, opium smoking deviants.
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04.10.08
Posted in Sports, China at 8:48 am by william_lee_intern
The Olympic torch concluded a topsy-turvy tour of San Francisco on April 9, its only North American stop, after chaotic protests in Paris and London. After its parade route was shifted and shortened to prevent disruptions by massive crowds of protesters, the closing ceremony planned for the San Francisco Bay waterfront was canceled and moved to San Francisco International Airport. The flame was put directly on a China Airways plane and not displayed.
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04.08.08
Posted in China at 9:46 am by william_lee_intern
With an annual springtime transformation, color is returning to Beijing with a wide spectrum of greens, yellows, pinks and whites as the capital city of the People’s Republic of China prepares to host the 2008 Summer Games. Beijing not only doubled its subway system but also opened the dragon-shaped Terminal 3 at Peking Capital International Airport to help move the huge influx of Olympic visitors. However, it still has plenty of Olympic-venue and Olympic-support projects to complete in the coming months before August’s Games.
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03.31.08
Posted in China at 9:13 am by william_lee_intern
Renowned Chinese agricultural scientist Yuan Longping, with film actress Gong Li and action star Jackie Chan sitting by his sides, at the “You Bring Charm to the World” awards ceremony in Beijing on Saturday, March 29, 2008. The three were among a dozen individuals or groups honored at the annual awards as influential Chinese people of the past year.
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03.26.08
Posted in China at 9:19 am by william_lee_intern
In Gamasutra’s latest China Angle column, Frank Yu says that with the booming of China’s online population, the games industry is growing increasingly nervous about government crackdowns following the shuttering of online video sites, and looks at recent controversy over the Beijing Olympics website’s co-option of some casual games. China has got the largest Internet population in the world with 228 million users vs. the 217 million in the U.S. More users also mean more gamers as expectations rise on the continued growth of the China game industry. All this goodness comes with a bit of trepidation as other events unfold that could rain on the parade. The China game industry is cautiously observing how the government has been dealing with video sharing sites and is asking itself “when is it my turn?” The government has shut down 25 “illegal” video sites and served warnings to the #1 domestic site Tudou and 32 others in the latest crackdown.
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03.11.08
Posted in China at 2:55 pm by william_lee
Lust, Caution” star Tang Wei has been banned in the Chinese media. Even the new television commercial starring Tang for the skin care brand Pond’s was to cease broadcast immediately. All print ads and feature content using the actress also were to be pulled. The memo gave no reason for the ban.
“Lust, Caution” is 28-year-old Tang’s first major film, and both audiences and critics lauded her for holding her own, particularly given the intense nature of the sexual scenes with co-star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.
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