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Hollywood hearts Hong Kong

You all know that that Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar for The Departed, based on the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (无间道), and as they say, if it ain't broke ... so the folks in Hollywood are eying another film by the same Hong Kong crew (Andrew Lau, et. al.) — Confessions of Pain (伤城) for yet another remake.

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By Peijin Chen in , on March 2, 2007 11:35 AM

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Today's Links: Stocks, migrants and dancing gangs


  • Chinese man dies during gaming session

    "The 26-year-old man, surnamed Zhang from the city of Jinzhou, died Saturday after a marathon gaming session from what a doctor said was overwork and obesity."



  • Tom Online apologizes to The Beijing News for copyright violation

    "Tom Online apologized to The Beijing News for republishing articles from the paper without authorization between 2003 and 2006 and will provide compensation, Tom Online said in a statement."



  • China Confirms Human Case of Bird Flu

    "In the latest case, in coastal Fujian province, Xinhua said a 44-year-old farmer with the surname Li was diagnosed on Feb. 18 after he developed a fever and began coughing."



  • China stocks rebound 4 pct from Tuesday's plunge

    "China's main stock index, blamed for a global market sell-off, rebounded 4 percent on Wednesday and erased nearly half of the previous day's losses as investors saw no fundamental reason for the turmoil."



  • DiCaprio to join hollywood version of "Confession of Pain"

    "The Hollywood Reporter says that William Monahan, the screenwriter for "The Departed," is writing a script for the new film."



  • Taxi ad ban suggested for disturbing passengers

    "Tang said passengers pay fares for riding taxis rather than watching ads, and taxi companies earn money from these ads while passengers' fares are not reduced."



  • Gang arrested for sexy shows

    "Police said the dancers posed suggestively in almost transparent clothing and invited some audience members on stage with them."



  • City busts dancing porn ring in Pudong

    "Tickets of the show were not sold in public and the audiences were induced to buy tickets at 40 yuan (US$5.16) for each show. The ballroom staged six to eight half-hour shows every day. The audiences were mainly middle-aged and old men." Induced.



  • Fujian on high alert after human case of bird flu confirmed

    "Local markets for live fowls and processed fowl products have been suspended of trading since a new case of human infection of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus was found in Jian'ou, a city in east China's Fujian Province, late last month."



  • China's migrants face widespread abuse, report finds

    "China's migrant workers are becoming an "urban underclass," held down by economic exploitation and residency rules that deny them access to medical, housing and education benefits, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday."



  • China May Fight England, U.S. to Host 2018 World Cup

    "You can already see what they did with the women's World Cup, they turned it into a great show,'' Blatter told reporters today in London. "But I'm not a prophet. I can't see where the World Cup is going.''



  • China seeks to slam brakes on bicycle thieves

    "People who provide the police with clues resulting in arrest of more than 15 bike pilferers and seizure of over 50 stolen bikes will, as of Wednesday, be awarded a maximum of 5,000 yuan ($625)," Xinhua news agency quoted Ma Weiya, an official with the Ministry of Public Security, as saying.



  • Shanghainese spend 14,762 yuan per capita

    "Shanghai citizens' living expenditures reached 14,762 yuan (US$1,905) per capita last year, growing 7.2 percent from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday."



  • China selloff shows rising global status

    "Even though it is difficult for foreign investors to penetrate the Chinese markets, there are still 295 stocks from the greater China region that trade on the New York Stock Exchange."


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    By Dan Washburn in on March 1, 2007 6:44 PM

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    China wins one, loses one at Oscars

    The Blood of Yingzhou District, a film tha follows the lives of childen in Anhui who have lost their parents to AIDS, won the Oscar for best documentary short earlier today. We haven't seen the film, and doubt it will be showing up in Shanghai theaters ... well, ever. Doesn't seem like the type of thing our friendly local DVD vendors would carry either, although we have been surprised before. Has anyone seen it?

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    By Dan Washburn in , , on February 26, 2007 3:06 PM

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    Violence in The Departed not 'suitable for Chinese viewers'

    A week ago, we told you about The Departed's bad odds for finding its way into Chinese theaters — censors, reportedly, didn't like a plotline that had Chinese government officials (or people working for government officials) trying to purchase advanced military computer hardware. Well, now we learn that "[d]istributors for Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated crime thriller The Departed are negotiating with Chinese censors to edit out some of the politically sensitive scenes." But wait, SARFT is saying its primary problem with the movie is violence:

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    By Dan Washburn in on January 25, 2007 4:05 PM

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    The Departed will never arrive in China

    Officially, at least. Although anyone in Shanghai who wanted to see The Departed already has seen it on a pretty high-quality DVD, news outlets are reporting that the movie will never be shown in China's theaters. Here are the reasons according to one anonymous government source:

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    By Dan Washburn in , on January 18, 2007 9:01 PM

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    Evening Links: Stolen power, dead fish and French art


  • Realtor accused of power theft

    "Jones Lang LaSalle, a global real estate management firm, is under police investigation for alleged theft of a huge amount of electricity at a luxury residential property in Shanghai."



  • Police probe mass murder in Pudong fish pond

    "More than 10,000 kilograms of fish, which were being raised for sale to restaurants and wet markets, were found dead in the pond on Tuesday."



  • Love/Perfect/Change Ends in Shanghai; Will Tour China

    "With the critical and audience acclaim that it received in Shanghai, the production will kick off a national tour of China in Beijing in 2007. A complete list of dates and cities will be announced soon. "



  • Shanghai's first water bar

    "FCC's Aqua Bar boasts more than 30 varieties of water, including bottles from England, Scotland, the United States, Italy, Norway, Serbia, France, Spain, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands and New Zealand." Ridiculous.



  • Shanghai issues yellow alert for fog

    "Shanghai weather bureau issued this morning yellow alert for fog, which means the visibility in some area of the city is no more than 500 meters."



  • Chinese sense of humor? You've got to be joking

    "I've studied the speech patterns of Chinese people of all walks of life. They are invariably dry and devoid of humor. Former Premier Zhu Rongji has it, but he is one of a kind."



  • Rush to modernize revives past sins

    "But even these remarkable changes pale next to the astonishing transformation of the Communist Party. Around 1980, the party leadership admitted that three decades of orthodox Communism had produced little economic gain and constant political upheaval."



  • Senior Shanghai official involved in pension scandal dismissed from city legislature

    "Ling, director of Shanghai's State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, was dismissed for 'seriously violating disciplines', said the committee in a report."



  • China blocks entry to Scorsese's Departed

    "China's movie censor will not approve Golden Globe-honoured film The Departed for domestic cinematic release due to its mention of a Chinese plan to buy military equipment, government sources said."



  • Once again, Starbucks ain't the problem with the Forbidden City

    "But in the years since Starbucks brewed its first mediocre latte in the famous, imperial redoubt, Beijingers have become used to seeing the shops in every available space. It's second only to coal smoke and yappy dogs in its ubiquity in Beiijing."



  • Row as Pompidou plans Shanghai branch

    "The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris is to open a 'branch' museum in Shanghai, deepening a row in the French art world about the alleged commercialisation of national art treasures."



  • Beijing Olympic organizers vow to punish online spoof of Olympic symbols

    "Internet users have transformed the emblem for the 2008 Beijing Olympic into signs for male and female public restrooms."


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    By Dan Washburn in on January 18, 2007 7:20 PM

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    Weekend Recap: What was good (and not so good)

    The good and the not-so-good from the previous several days

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    By Chi Tung in on October 24, 2006 3:29 PM

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    Extra! Extra! Lesbian wives, killing strangers and floating TVs

    Zhu said that after 10 minutes of treatment Bai's lung cancer had been cured and he would recover quickly.

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    By Peijin Chen in on October 13, 2006 7:10 PM

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