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Takashi Murakami was everywhere at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
29 June 2025 11:58 AM | No CommentsThe Japanese artist, both in physical presence and in spirit, seamlessly crossed over to the worlds of art, fashion, sports and even food.
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Paris 2024: Gymnastics – U.S. women victorious in “Redemption Tour”
29 June 2025 2:46 AM | No CommentsThere should have been no doubt: the U.S. women were the favorites to win the Olympic gold. And yet there was, stemming from what happened in Tokyo.
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Paris 2024: U.S. women hang on to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
23 June 2025 11:54 AM | No CommentsThe U.S. women's team held off France, 67-66, at Bercy Arena.
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Paris 2024: Oh Sang-uk wins South Korea’s first Olympic men’s individual fencing sabre gold
22 June 2025 10:11 AM | No CommentsFor all their accolades in the team sabre event, South Korea individual results were here and there. That changed in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Amid upheaval, South Korea defends Olympic men’s fencing team sabre title
22 June 2025 7:56 AM | No CommentsIn a sport born in France and traditionally dominated by Europeans, Team Korea has worked their way to the top of the men’s sabre fencing world.
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China Archive
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Film Review: Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia’s “Web Junkie”
Christopher BournePosted on August 8, 2014 | No Comments"Web Junkie" is set in China, which is the first country in the world to officially designate Internet addiction as a clinical disorder. -
On the red carpet: Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) – 2014 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 6, 2014 | No CommentsIn a surprising appearance and an equally surprising choice of gown, Zhang Ziyi appeared alongside her director in "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar Wai. -
Yang Huilong’s “Today and Tomorrow” – 2013 Tokyo Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 17, 2013 | No CommentsYang's narrative feature debut, "Today and Tomorrow," focuses on three friends and members of the “ant tribe,” a lost generation of sorts in modern China. -
“Red Obsession” – 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 6, 2013 | No CommentsAn ode to the wine of Bordeaux gradually becomes a true tale of consumer greed, market chaos and a turning point in the brewing industry in "Red Obsession." -
“Dragon Girls” – 2013 Melbourne International Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 4, 2013 | No Comments"Dragon Girls" shows a backbreaking perspective of martial arts tradition and its quizzical place in China as the rest of the country modernizes around it. -
Johnnie To’s “Drug War” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 4, 2013 | No CommentsProduced with the Mainland Chinese market and censors in mind, "Drug War" lacks the wild scenes that viewers of To's earlier work have come to expect. -
Wang Jing’s “Feng Shui” – 2013 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Angela K. HomPosted on July 2, 2013 | No Comments"Feng Shui" examines family, class and gender in China in the 1990s, but it is ultimately a story about one hard-headed woman’s survival instinct. -
On the red carpet: Andy Lau (劉德華) – 2013 Asian Film Awards
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsHong Kong actor Andy Lau (劉德華) served as the Jury President of the 7th Asian Film Awards. Before the ceremony, he answered questions on the red carpet. -
“11 Flowers” (我十一) – 2012 San Diego Asian Film Festival Review
Christopher BournePosted on November 3, 2012 | No CommentsDirector Wang Xiaoshuai has quietly amassed one of the most impressive filmographies of contemporary Chinese filmmakers. His latest is his most classically composed and one of his most emotionally affecting works, affording a unique, child’s-eye view of the Cultural Revolution. -
Film Review: Lixin Fan’s “Last Train Home”
Christopher BournePosted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsEvery winter in China, 130 million migrant workers make the trek home for Chinese New Year - startling images in Lixin Fan's documentary "Last Train Home."