Chen shows Promise
http://torontosun.com/Entertainment/Mov ... 8-sun.html
The Promise
http://seattleweekly.com/film/0618/promise.php
(I had forgotten that the US still gets the Weinstein shortened version)
Director finds inspiration in the past and the present
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-c ... -headlines

Reports: Zhang Ziyi complains Ang Lee didn't hug her while filming 'Crouching Tiger'
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertain ... 5000c.html

Triads and Film
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/speci ... age4.shtml

Rainie Yeung - photos
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006- ... 504623.htm

Globe trekker savors the good life - Ian Wright visits Karen Mok
http://www.etaiwannews.com/showPage.php ... code=00000

Glamour at a price in Asia - skin whitening creams
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/01/news/skin.php

Chen Kaige's high-minded comment in that Toronto Sun interview is telling of his attitude toward Hong Kong cinema, the very existence and history of which all but GAVE his latest movie its popularity:

"The Hong Kong industry is almost finished," he says. "The five nominations for Hong Kong Oscars this year, three of the five were in Mandarin Chinese (the Mainland's official dialect). Chinese cinema can be very important in the future."