News Links - 11/5/07

[dleedlee]

"Lust, Caution" May Take in 100 Million at Chinese Box Office
http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/11/05/1261@291313.htm
Women drive "Lust" at U.S. box office
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4882/1/
Awards caught up in 'foreign' affairs
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4876/1/

Weinstein Co. plans "Transit" for Andrew Lau
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4881/1/

Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Dadi Century board "Wushu"
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4875/1/

United Red Army (Japan) review
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4864/
Please Vote For Me (China) review
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935 ... id=31&cs=1
Film captures American-style politics waged in a Chinese school
http://www.centredaily.com/opinion/story/251763.html

San Francisco's Asian Film Festival expands
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... ertainment

Tomboy Chris Li (Li Yuchun) Shows up in Skirt

http://english.cri.cn/3086/2007/11/05/1221@291176.htm

G.O.D.'s `Cool' Fashion Leads to Arrests in Hong Kong
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... refer=asia
HK store caught selling goods bearing name similar to a triad society
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 96/1/.html

Nearly 3,500 Chinese named 'Olympics'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_ ... 34zRQBxg8F

[Fan]

G.O.D.'s `Cool' Fashion Leads to Arrests in Hong Kong
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... refer=asia

It was criticized by parent groups and educators in 2004 after products featured the slogan ``Delay No More,'' a phrase which can sound like an expletive in Cantonese.

Obviously, it's not the first time they are playing this kind of "words" game but very unexpected that the police would take action against it.

And I've been wondering whether "Delay No More" is a correct phrase to use....

[Brian Thibodeau]

And I've been wondering whether "Delay No More" is a correct phrase to use....

Heck, I just wanna know what it means!

There does seem to be a double standard here, though. One of the interviewees in the Bloomberg article points to movies and comic books that are much more explicit in their portrayal of triad activity, but a double-entendre on a T-shirt leads to arrests. Kooky.

[Brian Thibodeau]

Videogames in China:
http://www.cbc.ca/searchengine/blog/200 ... nks_1.html
(podcast links on right hand side, down a bit)

The CBC page also includes a long clip from an upcoming documentary about China's videogame "Gold Farmers" which can also be seen here:

Preview 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho5Yxe6UVv4

Preview 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRrhpoMd88Y

Preview 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH1LGdjZUKQ