Sun Yat-sen Love Story "Road to Dawn" Premieres
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/06/29/1301@243705.htm

"Crazy Stone" Cast Members Reunite for "Wedding"
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/06/29/63@243648.htm

Hollywood in need of Japanese
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20070629TDY04002.htm

Maggie Q: Chemistry all around
http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story ... sec=movies

Yumiko Cheng has wardrobe malfunction in Toronto (Thanks, Fan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzIbpcsalQ8
Yumiko's T-back incident late last year at TVB charity performance (Chin Kar Lok is the catcher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUg8_lk ... ed&search=

http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/En ... earch=true
Kuk Cho-yiu, nephew of comedy filmmaker Vincent Kuk Tak-chiu and younger brother of director-actress Jo Kuk Cho-lam, died on Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Hospital of injuries he received when he jumped from a building at La Salle College, Kowloon Tong, on Thursday. Jo Kuk, accompanied by Vincent Kuk, said yesterday the 20-year-old had died peacefully with dignity and was "in heaven now". Vincent Kok's mother killed herself at the same spot last year. (Thanks, Fan)

Benny Chan Chi-Shun, director of Feel It Say It, Human Pork Chop, has died of lung cancer at age 48 on 4 June 2007 and funeral service has been held on 24 June 2007. (Thanks, Fan)

2006 Music Radio Awards Ceremony Held in Shanghai
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/06/30/1301@244103.htm

Hong Kong Cartoonist Wins Japan's Int'l Manga Award
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/06/29/60@243833.htm

After Yao the NBA Cheers Yi
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/ ... 08,00.html
Yi: Stop comparing me with Yao
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/200 ... 905691.htm
Milwaukee may face obstacles to get top pick Yi on team
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2007 ... id=2920483

Hot dog champ says pain may keep him out of July 4 event
'Jaw-thritis' hard for hot dog champ to swallow
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/06 ... o_swa.html

The Hong Kong Handover: The Final Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/hk/essays/index.shtml

Audio slideshow: Hong Kong memories
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6251566.stm

Sugary pop ballads mark Hong Kong handover anniversary
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/ ... ic-Pop.php

Major players disclose fears, new details about Hong Kong handover on 10th anniversary
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/ ... mories.php

Chinese Vancouver: A decade of change
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/stor ... ce&k=44011



Wax Figure of Deng Xiaoping Exhibited in HK as gift
http://english.cri.cn/3100/2007/06/28/1221@243542.htm

Great stories today (and a new assistant, I see! )

Here's a couple more:

Welcome to Lisa's world: Magazine has important message for a Toronto generation that's young, Asian and hip
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/229653
(Note: if you've always envied kids who go to private schools, this article might depress... )


...and, in case anyone's in the area this summer:

Chinese Lantern Festival returns to Toronto's Ontario Place
http://www.chineselanternfestival.ca/

Sugary pop ballads mark Hong Kong handover anniversary
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/ ... ic-Pop.php

I thought the last couple of lines of this article were rather revealing...



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The article on Vancouver is particularly interesting...

guilao wrote:The article on Vancouver is particularly interesting...

Indeed!

Although Angus Reid, a major polling company honcho up here who's quoted in the story, is a bit ridiculous when he notes "that surveys consistently show British Columbians are far more likely to see themselves as an Asia-Pacific city than Torontonians." Considering Toronto is about a zillion miles from the Pacific, it's highly unlikely that such a survey ever took place.

Incidentally, Vivienne Poy, who's also quoted in the story, was the first Asian senator in the country, and her sister-in-law, Adrienne Clarkson, was the country's first Asian (and second female) Governor General, from 99-05. Frankly, though, the position is really one of those questionable holdovers from colonial days, something Canada and Hong Kong certainly have in common.

And since I'm snobbishly partial to Toronto because I live here, I'm fairly certain this area—which encompasses at least 10 full blown cities within the "Greater Toronto Area"—has a larger Asian/Chinese population, but it's not as dense as Vancouver's, which gives them the glow when it comes time to write stories like this. The bums...