Stories about Performing Arts in China
Chinese Filmmaker Jia ZhangkeAgence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579] Once-banned, director Jia Zhangke seeks wider audience in China...
Destinations:
Shanghai |
China
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Film Review: Green TeaCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Based on a short story Adiliya by the River by Jin Renshun, Green Tea zooms in on the world of blind dating.
Destinations:
China
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Film Review: Noble HouseCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] The world of high finance is the setting for this 1980s NBC mini-series based on the 1981 novel of the same name by James Clavell.
Destinations:
Hong Kong
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Dancing in Shangri-LaMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] Many different cultural groups live in Shangri-La, site of James Hilton's novel Shangri-La. One evening they held a dance altogether in the village square.
Destinations:
Kunming |
Yunnan |
China
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Film Review: Fleeing by NightCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] A delicate love triangle develops when American-educated cellist Hsu Shaodung returns to Beijing to wed his longtime pen-pal Wei Ing'Er in an arranged marriage.
Destinations:
China |
Beijing
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Film Review: Shanghai TriadCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Beautiful and exotic leading lady Gong Li is the centerpiece of this underworld film noir as seen through the wide-eyed innocence of Shuisheng, a country bumpkin brought to Shanghai by his Uncle Liu...
Destinations:
Shanghai |
China
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Transcending Tragedy at Cinequest 2010Celeste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Now in its 20th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held each year in San Jose, Calif., presents a global smorgasbord of independent films by visionary filmmakers.
Destinations:
India |
Tibet |
Singapore |
Uzbekistan
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Film Review: Mongolian Ping PongCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] One day is the same as the next in this yurt village on the steppes of Inner Mongolia, that is until the day a ping pong ball comes floating downstream and finds its way into the hands of Bilike, a boy on the verge of adolescence.
Destinations:
Mongolia |
China
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Film Review: Infernal AffairsCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Known in Chinese as Mou Gaan Do, Infernal Affairs is the same crime thriller that inspired director Martin Scorsese's English-language remake, The Departed
Destinations:
Hong Kong
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Recipe: ThukpaCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] Thukpa is popular throughout all the Himalayan countries, and there are as many preparations as there are cooks who make it. The best thing is that Thukpa may be made with or without meat, and may include any number of vegetables.
Destinations:
Nepal |
Tibet |
Bhutan
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