News Links - 5/19/07

[dleedlee]

Stars Promote Hong Kong Movie at Cannes
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/60@228768.htm


Sarah Polley with Maggie Cheung

Hou Hsiao Hsien and Juliette Binoche


Chow Yun-Fat Awarded for Lifetime Achievement
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/1301@228972.htm
Premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Birthday Gift for Chow Yun-Fat
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/1301@228873.htm
Exclusive Chow Yun-Fat Interview, Pirates 3
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12032.html

The Maestro of Mood
In 'My Blueberry Nights,' film designer William Chang once again demonstrates the power of images.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18753770/site/newsweek/

Andy Lau Not to Star in Re-make of "Five Deadly Venoms"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/1301@228971.htm

Tsui's Comedy to Have Chinese, South Korean Versions
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/1301@228951.htm

Li Yang cuts 'Blind Mountain' for Chinese approval
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con ... b7c48dee6f

Kim Ki-Duk's riveting movie Breath screens in Cannes
http://movies.monstersandcritics.com/ne ... _in_Cannes

Having fun with Hong Kong's divine trinity - Triangle
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1379/1/
Gordon Chan takes on "King of Fighters"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1375/1/
Lou Ye beats ban through Palestine
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/1377/1/

Zhang immersed in working on Olympics ceremonies
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007- ... 875617.htm

Malaysia: Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang will bring back memories for those who enjoy films in black and white.
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies
S'porean's film is big hit in India
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story ... 10,00.html

Last Vampire gets first bite in UK
http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyA ... &Category=

http://english.cri.cn/mmsource/images/2 ... 4294-1.jpg
Sammi Cheung Back on Stage in Hong Kong
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/60@228826.htm

Beauties Promote Shampoo Brand in Beijing
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/19/60@228762.htm


Ruan Lingyu's Residence Opened to Public
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/05/18/63@228692.htm

The Next Cultural Revolution
The Chinese don't get creativity, right? Sure, they can stamp out a widget, or knock off a DVD, but when it comes to imagination, they just don't have the gene. Well, keep telling yourself that.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/116 ... ution.html

Spicy Peacock Served in Chongqing
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2007/05/19/63@228925.htm
Restaurant Uses Real Donkey to Promote Donkey Pasty
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2007/05/19/176@228827.htm

Computers Accidentally "Attacked" by Norton AntiVirus
http://english.cri.cn/2906/2007/05/19/1321@228952.htm
Symantec false positive cripples thousands of Chinese PCs
http://www.computerworld.com/action/art ... rc=hm_list

[Brian Thibodeau]

The Next Cultural Revolution
The Chinese don't get creativity, right? Sure, they can stamp out a widget, or knock off a DVD, but when it comes to imagination, they just don't have the gene. Well, keep telling yourself that.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/116 ... ution.html

Fantastic article, though I think the opening line is a bit presumptuous of, I'm guessing, westerners, but there are definitely some names to watch there, especially the MAD Architectural Design Studio, who designed this baby going up on the west end of Toronto:



But still, the "creative" class in any culture, especially the ones who achieve the levels of fame and power of those profiled in the article, is still a relatively small portion of the population, even in China. (and of course, I jealously wish I was one of them). But their collective influence is beyond measure to the popular image of just about any country that has them.

Ironic that the article is followed up by this one:

Symantec false positive cripples thousands of Chinese PCs
http://www.computerworld.com/action/art ... rc=hm_list

which happens to mention:

A likely snafu in that scenario, however, is that many Chinese users don't have a restore CD because they're running pirated copies of Windows.

Cute.

[dleedlee]

Which begs this scenario: Could Microsoft and Symantec have collaborated to intentionally cause the problem? Curious that only Chinese Windows users were affected. Hmmm....

[Brian Thibodeau]

Which begs this scenario: Could Microsoft and Symantec have collaborated to intentionally cause the problem? Curious that only Chinese Windows users were affected. Hmmm...

One does wonder. Even the lady in your signature smells something fishy, apparently...