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Danwei Picks: Stephen Chow the migrant workerPosted by Joel Martinsen, February 14, 2008 10:14 PM
Danwei Picks is a daily digest of the "From the Web" links found on the Danwei homepage. A feed for the links as they are posted throughout the day is available at Feedsky (in China) or Feedburner (outside China). CJ7 and the fantasy of Chinese class integration: Barking at the Sun looks at the portrayal of migrant workers in Stephen Chow's new movie: Could this be that rare popular movie that transcends its normal limits and become serious social commentary?
I found it hard to live in Beijing and write about London. So, when it came to my third book, I was determined that I should write a mystery set in Beijing, and that's how The Pool of Unease was written. It is set in Beijing, in Anjialou, a neighbourhood just down the road from where I live, and has a Chinese protagonist, private detective Song Ren.
In a long conversation that stretched way past midnight at Mao's residence on February 17, 1973, the cigar-chomping Chinese leader referred to the dismal trade between the two countries, saying China was a "very poor country" and "what we have in excess is women." via The Granite Studio.
In May 2006, Kean University attracted national attention for its announcement that it would "be the first American university to open an extensive and newly constructed university campus on Chinese soil in September 2007." As the New York Times reported at the time, "Glasses clinked, toasts were made and then leaders of this 151-year-old institution were calling it the most important moment in its history." |
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Comments on Danwei Picks: Stephen Chow the migrant worker
I'm pretty sure the ten million women offer was recounted in Kissinger's memoirs. It's always said that the reason the Chinese found it so funny was they knew he was talking first and foremost about Jiang Qing...
Well...i watched CJ7 yesterday.
Better than his previous movies?...i dont think so.
I did have a few laughs but it wasnt the 'laugh till my stomach pain' type.and the alien is really cute.
and the film did bring tears to my eyes but i don't think the western audiences will like it. the story just doesn't quite relate. I can tell a lot of thought was given to film and you can see the more natural side of chow but believe this film is really aim more towards mainland chinese audiences.