Popular cultural interactions between the two sides of the Taiwan strait seem to have become trendy these days. Taiwan's pride and joy, Patty Hou (
Meanwhile, musically conservative pop songs imported from China, such as Mouse Loves Grains (
Local horror flick The Heirloom (
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During a promotion event for his latest work The Myth (神話) in Malaysia last week, Jackie Chan (成龍) dropped a bombshell when he announced that he would put an end to his glorious days as a kung-fu actor in five years, and would like to further his film career as a producer and director. It's a smart move for the 51-year-old action star, since he will find it increasingly difficult to keep up with the acrobatics now he's nearing 60.
Chen has also expressed interest in making documentaries on environmental issues after his retreat from action movies. So fans, prepare yourselves to see Chan happily surrounded by big cuddly animals on the wild side in the near future.
Chan's announcement of a career shift came two months after Jet Li (
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Hong Kong beauty Rosamund Kwan (
Another pop star that will make her sexual counterparts die of jealousy is Taiwanese singer Zhang Qing-fang (
Momko Tao (陶子), however, has suffered a series of setbacks lately. Not only was she criticized for being too self-centered to work with other people, but her new album also suffered surprisingly lackluster sales. Now the critics are complaining about her performance in the TV drama A Detective's Tale (偵探物語). The production team said Tao was a big headache on the set as she is a headstrong person who wanted everyone to listen to her. At a press conference to clear her name, Tao said is quoted as saying in the Liberty Times, "It really hurts to be misunderstood. For a moment, I seriously wanted to put an end to my entertainment career."
Michael slides a sequin glove over the pop star’s tarnished legacy, shrouding Michael Jackson’s complications with a conventional biopic that, if you cover your ears, sounds great. Antoine Fuqua’s movie is sanctioned by Jackson’s estate and its producers include the estate’s executors. So it is, by its nature, a narrow, authorized perspective on Jackson. The film ends before the flood of allegations of sexual abuse of children, or Jackson’s own acknowledgment of sleeping alongside kids. Jackson and his estate have long maintained his innocence. In his only criminal trial, in 2005, Jackson was acquitted. Michael doesn’t even subtly nod to these facts.
Writing of the finds at the ancient iron-working site of Shihsanhang (十 三行) in New Taipei City’s Bali District (八里), archaeologist Tsang Cheng-hwa (臧振華) of the Academia Sinica’s Institute of History and Philology observes: “One bronze bowl gilded with gold, together with copper coins and fragments of Tang and Song ceramics, were also found. These provide evidence for early contact between Taiwan aborigines and Chinese.” The Shihsanhang Web site from the Ministry of Culture says of the finds: “They were evidence that the residents of the area had a close trading relation with Chinese civilians, as the coins can be
The March/April volume of Foreign Affairs, long a purveyor of pro-China pablum, offered up another irksome Beijing-speak on the issues and solutions for the problems vexing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the US: “America and China at the Edge of Ruin: A Last Chance to Step Back From the Brink” rang the provocative title, by David M. Lampton and Wang Jisi (王緝思). If one ever wants to describe what went wrong with US-PRC relations, the career of Wang Jisi is a good place to start. Wang has extensive experience in the US and the West. He was a visiting
The January 2028 presidential election is already stirring to life. In seven or eight months, the primary season will kick into high gear following this November’s local elections. By this point next year, we will likely know the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate and whether the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) will be fielding a candidate. Also around this time, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) will either have already completed their primary, or it will be heading into the final stretch. By next summer, the presidential race will be in high gear. The big question is who will be the KMT’s
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