News Links - 7/29/08

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News Links - 7/29/08

Postby dleedlee » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:23 pm

Tony Jaa bounces back
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6579/1/

Venice selects four Asian films for competition
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6580/1/

"Weird" wins again at Korea B.O.
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6577/1/

Maggie Cheung in Beijing: No Movie Plans
More from TV interview
http://www.chinesemirror.com/newsblog/2 ... index.html

Steven Ma Promotes his new book; Alex Fong Supports Gillian
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Steven-M ... 65573.html
Mainland TV commerical for "Angels on Earth" signalling end of ban on Gillian?
Image
http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/sho ... 315&ct=pic

Charlene and Chun to make an Idol drama?,
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Charlene ... 65638.html

Film reviews
"Love My Life" (Japan)
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6563/1/
"Fate" (South Korea)
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6561/1/
"Kung Fu Hip-Hop"
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/ ... xpull_html

Wong Jing introduces Tang Yifei
To star in third 'Naked' film, Naked Soldier
Cast in upcoming Dream of the Red Chamber series
Image
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/p/2008-07-29 ... 8072.shtml
http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2008-07-18/16162106358.shtml
Image
http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/m/2008-07-10/14152095743.shtml

Zhang Ziyi smiles for today and future
http://asianfanatics.net/forum/Zhang-Zi ... 65674.html
Crouching Tigress, Hidden Reasons: Zhang Ziyi Engaged
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/14188?tid=14

Liu Yifei Shoots New Photos
Image
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2008/07/29/176s386780.htm

The Monkey King, Gorillaz style
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/07/29/the_m ... _style.php
More on the recent Beijing ticket scrum
The Battle of Beijing - Part 1
Prelude to the Olympics?
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20080726_1.htm

Martin Yan - Cooking all his life
http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp ... c=tvnradio
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... c=tvnradio

Beijing smog fazes Olympic cameras
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6576/1/

Hong Kong toll rises as city melts
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_deta ... con_type=3

Government offers perk package for harmonious parents
http://shanghaiist.com/2008/07/28/gover ... ge_for.php
???? Better to light a candle than curse the darkness; Measure twice, cut once.
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Postby Brian Thibodeau » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:14 pm

And the hits just keep on comin' . . . :shock:

Scandals shift Olympic focus
http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/articl ... cle/468916
The accusation of falsifying the ages of two female gymnasts younger than the 16-year-old minimum standard, according to newspaper reports, is raising questions about the integrity of the Chinese sports system and in turn, forcing a nation so sensitive about "face" to deny it has ever fudged birth dates of gymnasts or any other athletes.


And a New York Times article referenced in story above (may require log-in or membership):

Records Say Chinese Gymnasts May Be Under Age:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sport ... nasts.html

[quote]The Times found two online records of official registration lists of Chinese gymnasts that list He’s birthday as Jan. 1, 1994, which would make her 14. A 2007 national registry of Chinese gymnasts — now blocked in China but viewable through Google cache — shows He’s age as “1994.1.1.â€
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