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In today’s New York Times is a great travel piece about hiking in Hong Kong’s, not something that first comes to mind we someone thinks of Hong Kong, in Green Trails Along a Chinese Frontier, which also introduces Danish Michael Continue reading The Richness of Hong Kong, and Cantonese
Update : Spring 2006 After an absence on my part since the Fall of 2005, exasperated by Omini TV’s changing of url (while keeping the old page up!), I’m back. Omini’s 2 listing are ok for a quick advance glance Continue reading Saturday Night Hong Kong Films in Toronto (Omini TV ) Late Winter 2006
The Globe and Mail story Globetechnology: Chinese ban on Wikipedia prevents research, users say Wikipedia, which offers more than 2.2 million articles in 100 languages, has emerged as an important source of scholarly knowledge in China and many other countries. Continue reading China blocking Wikipedia
The Winners for the 2005’s 42nd Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival the winners have been announced, and Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’, the story of hidden kung fu masters who resurface to battle gangsters, won five Golden Horse awards. (A Continue reading Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival : Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ wins big
Here’s the Front Page on Saturday Oct 29th’s Globe and Mail (view the image to see it larger) Last Year the G&M did a major set of Stories on “China Rising”, so this is a interesting followup. Also keep in Continue reading China Rising 2 : Is Canada Missing the Boat?
Via Lossless and wongkarwai.net, we have the Wong Kar-Wai calendar, Wong Kar-Wai being the Hong Kong producer/director/writer of 2046, In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express – my favorite – , and many more. Image of Maggie Cheung – who Continue reading Wong Kar-Wai calendar