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WESTERN models dressed as ancient Chinese warriors lined the paths of La Napoule, a modern version of the 500-year-old castle, which provided the backdrop for an event to promote the latest work by Chinese director Chen Kaige at the Cannes Movie Festival on May 12.
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- Reeling with ambition
WESTERN models dressed as ancient Chinese warriors lined the paths of La Napoule, a modern version of the 500-year-old castle, which provided the backdrop for an event to promote the latest work by Chinese director Chen Kaige at the Cannes Movie Festival on May 12.
- Thumbnail history of China's film industry
IN 1895 the Lumiere Brothers made the first motion pictures, which amazed the world.
- Aging on film
SHANGHAI is a very photogenic city and has been shot in numerous movies produced by Chinese and foreign filmmakers.
- Flickering memories
SHANGHAI is once again a trend-setter in the entertainment industry, as it was in the early 1920s, when it had already become a heaven for movie-goers.
- Venues change, fans don't
CHINESE people's memories of watching films are not always associated with luxurious theatres and costly tickets. Open-air cinemas, exclusive cinemas for privileged audiences, and the so-called "home cinema" are worth a mention for their roles cultivating China's movie fans.
- Love among the celluloid
FOR generations of Chinese, the cinema has been a memorable part of their youthful love. Regardless of changing behaviours in different times, watching films is considered one of the best activities for young lovers.
- Sex and film makers
LOVE scenes have seen perhaps the boldest changes in the 100-year history of Chinese movies, although not always in a desirable direction.
- Same destination, different routes
HEN I was still a child, I dreamed of becoming a film star like Audrey Hepburn. But it was too difficult for me to get into the Shanghai Theatre Academy," said 22-year-old Du Yin, who graduated from a dancing school two years ago.
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- Beyond poverty
JOHANNESBURG - Debt helped finance the economic expansion of the West but has been a curse to Africa, where much of it helped line the pockets of Cold War dictators.
- Momentum grows for EU constitution 'pause
BRUSSELS - Momentum grew on June 14 for European Union leaders to extend the deadline to ratify their troubled constitution and pause for thought after French and Dutch voters rejected it.
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- Movie industry doesn't `get it'
While film executives and the celebrity-starved gear up for the 8th Shanghai International Film Festival, the city's not-so-seedy underbelly reels from a pointless blow. Shanghai's pirated-DVD sellers have been swept away like gutter trash.
- Lectures for the public promote social education
The Oriental Rostrum, which convenes nearly 1,000 experts and professors in various fields under its banner and organizes lectures to the general public in 125 organizations in Shanghai, is celebrating its first anniversary. Over the past year, as many as 400,000 people listened to 1,317 lectures covering a broad spectrum of issues ranging from social security, economic reform to family education and community development.
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- Toxic tea poisons social trust
An old Chinese friend of mine tells me quite regularly that he has three vices in life. They are his beloved cigarettes, his baijiu and his tea. If the first two don't kill him, perhaps the third might allow him to live to a ripe old age.
- Preservation of culture heritage is a universal goal
On June 11, we celebrated China's traditional "Duanwu" (Dragon Boat) Festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.
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- Unappreciated beauties
AN interesting but offensive Chinese idiom, "A pretty woman is like water that causes disaster" originated in an ancient story entitled "Biography of Zhao Feiyan".
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- Avant-garde vegetarian
IT'S not easy to find a quiet restaurant in the Xujiahui Area with its large shopping malls full of energetic customers. When we finally found the graceful and tranquil vegetarian L'Arbre de Provence restaurant, it was like a mint working to soothe a sore throat.
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