Chinese Character - Gangsta rapper 'The Game' pleads innocent of armed threat

ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip






Gangsta rapper 'The Game' pleads innocent of armed threat

(AFP)
Updated: 2007-06-08 09:02





US west coast gangsta rapper "The Game," pictured in 2006, pleaded not
guilty Thursday in a Los Angeles court to felony charges that he
threatened a man with a gun at a pickup basketball game.[AFP]

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US west coast gangsta rapper "The Game" pleaded not
guilty Thursday in a Los Angeles court to felony charges that he
threatened a man with a gun at a pickup basketball game.

"The Game," aka Jayceon Terrell Taylor, 27, is charged with three counts
in the February incident in which he allegedly hit a player on the
opposing team, then went to his Cadillac and got a gun and threatened to
shoot the man.

One of the charges relates to possessing the gun in a school zone, and
another to exhibiting the gun in the presence of a police officer.

He could get five years in prison if convicted on all the charges.

Taylor, nominated for two Grammys for his hit 2005 CD "The Documentary,"
is a star of gangsta rap, which glorifies gang culture and violence.

He is free on 50,000 dollars bail and scheduled to appear in court on
June 27.












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Speak Chinese - Hard man roles take toll on Bruce Willis

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies






Hard man roles take toll on Bruce Willis

(ITN)
Updated: 2007-06-05 10:21



Hollywood tough nut Bruce Willis has confessed that he's finding it
harder to do the stunts he was famed for in his youth.

The 52-year-old said that one stunt in the forthcoming Die Hard 4.0
almost left him without an eye.

"I took a kick to the head," Willis said of one particularly damaging
stunt for the film.

"Half a second earlier and it would have taken my eye out. I love all the
physical stuff, but the recovery time is a lot longer these days.

"Other guys have taken everything up to another level, doing things I've
never seen anybody do."

It has been 12 years since the actor appeared in a Die Hard film.

In the soon to be released film he takes up the role of veteran New York
cop John McClane as he battles against a gang of international criminal
hackers.










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Chinese Studies - Dad claims: Lindsay Lohan addicted to 'hillbilly heroin'

ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip






Dad claims: Lindsay Lohan addicted to 'hillbilly heroin'

(Daily Mail)
Updated: 2007-06-01 20:28



Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan cut a lonely figure during her second day
at the Promises rehab facility in Malibu.

Wearing dark red-framed glasses, skinny black jeans and zip-up jacket,
the 20-year-old was photographed wandering around the centre on her own.

Meanwhile, her estranged father Michael Lohan has made claims that the
Mean Girls star suffers a number of addictions including alcohol and the
painkiller OxyContin, according to reports.

The drug, also know as Oxycodone, is regularly referred to in parts of
America as 'hillbilly heroin' and has been linked to scores of deaths in
the US.





Lindsay Lohan wandered around the grounds of the rehab centre alone

Michael, who recently served jail time for assault and driving while
intoxicated, told E! Online: "I spoke to the people treating Lindsay,
because I wanted to make sure she was getting the right care. And I'm
satisfied they are doing the right thing for her, helping her detox from
the painkillers and things. That's a very important step."

Lindsay publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnik has not yet responed to the claims.

Lindsay faces weeks, potentially months, of treatment at the clinic - it
is the same centre that Britney Spears checked into earlier this year.

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Learn Chinese online - Kate, Leonardo and Sam makes three

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies






Kate, Leonardo and Sam makes three

(Daily Mail)
Updated: 2007-06-01 10:12


It's a movie menage a trois made in heaven. Sam Mendes, director of
American Beauty, has begun working with his wife Kate Winslet on the film
Revolutionary Road, which is being shot in New York.

The project also sees an on-screen reunion between Winslet with Leonardo
DiCaprio.



Titanic stars Winslet and DiCaprio reunite on set



Family affair: husband and wife duo Winslet and Mendes have teamed up for
the film

This is the first time since the pair broke hearts and box-office records
in the 1997 epic Titanic, about the doomed steamship.


But don't expect a repeat of that weepy romance.


Written in 1961 by Richard Yates, the novel Revolutionary Road describes
how a young couple get married for the wrong reasons and find themselves
torn between their own desires and pressures to conform in 1950s America.


It's been described as a no-holds barred study of marital life. So I
think that rules out a mushy Celine Dion soundtrack then.














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Learning Chinese - Going "green"

NI HAO from China






E-ZINE / Hot Topics






Going "green"


Updated: 2007-05-28 09:19





Live environmentally friendly, healthy, and helpful. Be happy!

There's been a lot of talk about white and blue-collar workers, and you
may have even heard of gold collar workers, but lately a new color of
collar is making its way into China's urban vernacular -- green.



How to release your pressure?

janezhang88:

Doing exercise--keep you healthy and in good shape
Traveling--enrich your sight
Gossiping--(chatting online sometimes is like gossiping,just talking to
the strangers)dissolve the pressures
Writing blog--internet is a good listner.
Naked running?--only do it at home
Bungee jumping?--dangerous movement

Have your say at Forum

Green collars say no when work is life and life is work. They choose to
get out of the fast lane, and explore new ways of living 'green.'

Living green doesn't mean someone is working as an environmentalist,
biologist or scientist. Instead it is more of a lifestyle choice. A
typical green collar is well educated like a white-collar but physically
tough like a blue-collar, likely born in the 70s or 80s and living in one
of China's big cities, with a monthly income well above 5,000 yuan (about
US$605).

The life of a green collar may go something like this: turn off the
mobile phone after work, eat only healthy food rich in vitamins, go out
on hikes every weekend, and like to help the underprivileged.

Green collars even have their own club. In Beijing, the Green Collar Club
is for people who share a "be happy, healthy and helpful" spirit. The
Club often holds charity parties and uses the donations for environmental
protection and poverty relief projects in China.

"They are successful in their careers, but do not miss the pleasures in
life. They have a lot of money, but do not fall slave to it," said Zuo
Shiguang, one of the founding members of the club.

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HSK Exam - Jennifer Aniston following Angelina Jolie?

ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip






Jennifer Aniston following Angelina Jolie?

(ANI)
Updated: 2007-05-24 17:20



Washington -Jennifer Aniston is reportedly thinking about following in
the footsteps of stars like Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Sharon Stone, and
finding maternal bliss by adopting a baby.

Friends of the actress insist that though the former Friends star is "at
a place where she seems at peace with her life, but she is actually very
lonesome."

One also revealed that the only thing Aniston thinks is now missing from
her life, is a child.

"She's 38 and in her prime. The only thing she is missing is a baby,"
Hollywoodrag.com quoted the pal, as saying.

Another friend revealed that pals like Courtney Cox and Sheryl Crow were
also encouraging her to give motherhood a shot, especially since she's so
good with Cox's daughter Cocco, to whom she is godmother.

Pal Sheryl Crow announced on her official website on May 12, 2007, that
she adopted a two week old boy named Wyatt Steven, after her father and
her brother.

"Jen is really good with Coco and the kids of her other friends. So much
so that they have been pushing her to be a mom! Everyone tells Jen how
maternal she is, especially Courtney and Sheryl," the pal said.

And while Aniston is especially good with other people's kids, it was her
apparent reluctance to put her career on hold for motherhood that
reportedly led to the collapse of her marriage to actor Brad Pitt in 2005.

Aniston, in a later interview, heatedly denied that claims that she
didn't want to have kids.

"I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did and I
do and I will!" she said at the time.







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HSK - Stars lighten somber mood at Cannes film festival

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies






Stars lighten somber mood at Cannes film festival

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-22 19:52





Actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt arrive for a gala screening of
the director Michael Winterbottom's film 'A Mighty Heart' at the 60th
Cannes Film Festival, May 21, 2007. [Reuters]

There have been enough show-stopping, jaw-dropping moments in Cannes this
year to make the film festival's 60th anniversary memorable, even if the
tone of many movies has been somber.

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and director Michael Moore have made most
of the headlines at the halfway stage, although both presented films
outside the main competition.

Music has played its part, with Irish rockers U2 performing on the red
carpet for hundreds of fans and "Control," about the tragic life of Joy
Division singer Ian Curtis, wowing critics.

And comedian Jerry Seinfeld lightened the mood with a high-wire descent
from the top of a hotel building dressed as a bumble bee to publicise an
upcoming animation picture.

Among those contesting the Palme d'Or is a hard-hitting Romanian film set
in the dying days of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's rule, and a bloody, yet
funny tale by the Coen brothers from the United States.

David Fincher's "Zodiac," already out in U.S. cinemas, is another of the
country's five competition entries that impressed critics, while Chinese
director Wong Kar Wai's English-language debut "My Blueberry Nights" won
only muted applause.

Two French entries are in the running.

"Love Songs," a musical by Christophe Honore, was panned in many reviews,
but its upbeat tempo stood out from a selection of films that generally
painted a bleak picture of the world.

And "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" had journalists in tears with its
portrayal of the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a
stroke and communicated only by blinking.

"There's a problem with the festival this year, as with some other years
-- I don't think I've seen the whole range of life on the screen," said
film critic and writer Mark Cousins.

"It is a tragic, even funereal view of life."

He added that the standard of the competition so far had been good, and
that Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" and Emir Kusturica's "Promise Me
This" may lighten the gloomy mood.

Both screen in the second half of the festival.

JOLIE IN HARROWING FILM

Jolie has won plaudits for her performance as Mariane Pearl, the wife of
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and beheaded
by Islamic militants in 2002.

The harrowing story, with a gut-wrenching finale, is directed by
Britain's Michael Winterbottom, and unites Jolie with her partner Brad
Pitt, who is a producer.

Moore, who won the Palme d'Or in 2004 for anti-Bush polemic "Fahrenheit
9/11," trained his sites on the U.S. health care system in "SiCKO,"
another provocative but entertaining film that portrayed the United
States as greedy and uncaring.

Threatened with fines, or possibly even jail as a result of a U.S.
investigation into a trip to Cuba he makes for the film, Moore pulled no
punches when explaining what the movie really said about his country.

"Our attitude is, if you are falling through the cracks, 'See you! Good
luck!'," he told Reuters. "I don't want to live in a country like that,
and I'm not leaving the country I'm in so the country has to change and
that's what the movie's about."

In competition, the favourite at the halfway stage is "4 Months, 3 Weeks,
2 Days," a Romanian tale of courage in the face of a colourless, brutal
world.

The Coen brothers' "No Country For Old Men" is also among the
frontrunners, combining ruthless violence with quick-witted humour and
philosophical reflection.

"Zodiac," a U.S. entry from David Fincher, was generally popular, while
"Breath," from South Korea's Kim Ki Duk, appears to be the Asia's best
chance of victory so far.








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Speak Chinese - Good food is the best medicine

NI HAO from China






E-ZINE / Hot Topics






Good food is the best medicine


Updated: 2007-05-21 08:55





Before any delicious food reaches the table, Chinese chefs spare no
effort in harmonizing the color, aroma and flavor of the dishes.



Readers' comments:

hooiluangoh: It's interesting how many Chinese are so obsessed with
linking food with health.

Perhaps it's time someone published a dietery book based on the wealth of
knowledge Chinese have on food and its health benefits. This is going to
sell like hot cakes in the States as many foreigners are puzzled how
Chinese girls manage to stay so slim.

But I hate it when I dislike something and people still shove it into my
mouth with the reason: but this is good for you! I am not going to eat
something horrible just because it is good for my health.....I mean I am
not that desperate....yet!

Have your say at Forum

The five-element relationship is the standard in Chinese cooking,
combining various foods and condiments according to the creative and
control cycles of the Five Elemental Energies and their natural
affinities with associated organs.

According to a Chinese proverb, 'he that takes medicine and neglects
diet, wastes the skills of the physician.'

The Chinese believe in the medicinal value of food and consider it
crucial for longevity. This culinary idea fits in with the Chinese belief
in the importance of balance and harmony in every aspect of life. Perhaps
this is why Chinese cuisine is so comforting.

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Chinese Speaking - Cult director Hartley tries thriller in "Fay Grim"

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies






Cult director Hartley tries thriller in "Fay Grim"

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-05-17 10:26





Cast members Jeff Goldblum, Jasmin Tabatabai, Elina Loewensohn and
director Hal Hartley (L-R) pose during a photocall to present their film
'Fay Grim' running out of competition at the 57th Berlinale International
Film Festival in Berlin February 13, 2007. [AP]

Hal Hartley made his name as an independent director in the early 1990s
with quirky cult movies but he's hoping his latest film, which boasts two
stars and a big explosion, will get a wider viewing.

Parker Posey and Jeff Goldblum are the stars of "Fay Grim," a sequel to
Hartley's 1997 film "Henry Fool." The new film is about a single mother
coerced by a CIA agent into tracking down notebooks belonging to her
fugitive husband.

What starts as a typical Hartley small-scale suburban American comic
drama becomes an international spy story with a satirical edge taking the
heroine, Fay, to Paris and Istanbul.

"The story itself and the manner in which it's told definitely is not
more mainstream than anything else I've done; in certain ways it's more
challenging," Hartley told Reuters in an interview before the film's May
18 release.

"On the other hand it does have two stars and a car explodes. It will
probably be the film of mine that's seen by the most people right off the
bat in the United States."

Part of the reason for that -- apart from a lead actress familiar from
"Superman Returns" and "You've Got Mail" -- is that it was funded by
HDNet TV, a premium cable network that will air it simultaneously with
the May 18 theatre release.

After the critical success of early films such as "The Unbelievable
Truth," "Trust" and "Simple Men," Hartley's stature as an independent
film maker was on a par with the likes of Jim Jarmusch.

MYSTERIOUS NEWCOMER

His 1994 "Amateur," starring Isabelle Huppert, was among his most
commercial films, while "Henry Fool," the story of a garbage man inspired
by a mysterious newcomer to write poetry that wins the Nobel prize, was a
hit with critics even though its box office success was limited.

"If we lived in a world where a Hal Hartley film was a mainstream movie,
we'd be living in a different world," Hartley told reporters at a press
day for "Fay Grim" this month.

"I'm a realistic person. The kind of things I'm interested in and the
manner of making them into films doesn't stand a big chance of being
popular."

In his new film, 10 years have passed since the mysterious Henry Fool,
Fay's former husband, disappeared to escape arrest. Now the CIA is on his
trail, concerned that his missing journals contain coded information
about U.S. meddling in Latin America, Afghanistan and other international
hotspots.

Early reviews have been mixed. Hollywood Reporter critic Michael
Rechtshaffen said that while Hartley fans would still be up for the ride,
the film was "wildly ambitious."

"Hartley is a man with a lot to say about what's going on in the world
these days, and while the trademark irreverence is very much intact, his
venture into a much broader, international landscape proves more
admirable than rewarding."

The script takes jibes at post-September 11 U.S. foreign policy and has
the heroine encountering an Afghan Islamist militant leader in hiding in
Turkey who, it turns out, is an old friend of her husband Henry Fool.

"I want to upset your habits, upset your assumptions, your
preconceptions," Hartley said in the interview. "I portray Jalal, the
terrorist, as the enemy ... but that doesn't mean he doesn't have his
reasons. Villains have to be believable."

Although the film is a sequel, Hartley said he deliberately wrote it to
stand alone. "I'm hoping that by a third of the way into the film you're
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Study Chinese - Chinese Drinking Table Guide

NI HAO from China






E-ZINE / Previous Issues






Chinese Drinking Table Guide


Updated: 2007-05-10 13:34





Vol 9

05/14/2007

Cover Story

Chinese Drinking Table Guide
The Pleasures of Drinking Table
Romancing the Bottle
Table Manner Tip Sheet

The exploration of Chinese drinking tables offers more than just sensory
pleasure. Imbued with Confucian etiquette and customs, Jiu or alcoholic
beverages in general, have played a unique role in all walks of social
life in China...

more on page 4-35

Contents





Art

Tea Sets, Art of Living


There are various kinds of Chinese alcoholic drinks and they are quite
distinctive from those of other countries..

more on page 36-43



Camera

Wuyuan, Younger than Springtime


Chinese people set high requirements for the match of tea of different
quality with water and tea wares...

more on page 52-61



Life

One Night in Ghost Street


It is a street with more than 100 restaurants, tasty red hot Sichuan
delicacies, and billowing red lanterns lining...

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Traditions

Sky in Spring, Kites' Paradise


The ancient Chinese, inspired by birds, made kites in the shape of birds,
and named them after the birds...

more on page 45-51



Tips

Shopping Golden Rules




The following "Shopping Golden Rules" may make your life easier and more
interesting when it comes time to shop in China.

more on page 68-69



First Steps to Master Chinese Calligraphy


Brushes, ink sticks, paper, and ink stones are known as 'the four
treasures of the study.'

more on page 70-73












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� Collections at Taipei Palace Museum

� Shennongjia, Home to the Wild Men?

� First Modern Drama Museum Inaugurated





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� The Worship Road--Tibetan Kowtow

� Protect the Returned Cultural Treasures

� Drama: I Love You, You Are Perfect, Now Change

� Dragon Boat Festival





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Free Chinese Lesson - Georgia Rule

ENTERTAINMENT / Coming Soon






Georgia Rule


Updated: 2007-04-30 10:53





Rebellious teenager Rachel screams, swears, drinks and is, in a word,
uncontrollable. With her latest car crash, Rachel has broken the final
rule in mom Lilly's San Francisco home. With nowhere else to take the
impulsive and rambunctious girl, Lilly hauls her daughter to the one
place she swore she'd never return--her own mother's Idaho farm.
Matriarch Georgia is not your typical sweet and doting grandmother. She
lives her life by a number of unbreakable rules, demanding anyone who
shares her home do the same--God comes first and hard work comes a very
close second. Now saddled with raising the young woman, it will require
each patient breath she takes to understand Rachel's fury. But as Rachel
succumbs to her summer of misery and shakes up the tiny Mormon town,
Georgia notices something is changing within her granddaughter. Given
structure and responsibilities, Rachel is letting her guard down and
learning compassion, especially for her mother. Her journey will lead all
three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding
that--regardless what happens--the ties that bind can never be broken.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release

Genres: Drama

Release Date: May 11th, 2007 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and some language.

Distributors: Universal Pictures Distribution

Production Co.: Ballyhoo, Inc., Morgan Creek Productions

Financiers: Morgan Creek Productions

Produced in: United States












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Chinese Studies - Kirsten Dunst at the "Spiderman 3" Italian premiere

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies/TV






Kirsten Dunst at the "Spiderman 3" Italian premiere


Updated: 2007-04-26 09:49







Kirsten Dunst at the "Spiderman 3" Italian premiere in Rome


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Learn Mandarin online - Vacancy

ENTERTAINMENT / Coming Soon






Vacancy


Updated: 2007-04-16 10:48



Premise of "Vacancy"
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds
hidden video cameras in their room. They must escape or become the next
subjects of a snuff film.

CAST:
Kate Beckinsale
Sarah Jessica Parker
Luke Wilson
Andrew Fiscella
Dale Waddington Horowitz
Cary Wayne Moore
Kym Stys
Dale Waddington Horowitz
Meegan E. Godfrey
Caryn Mower
Frank Whaley
Ethan Embry
Scott G. Anderson
David Doty
Norm Compton

DIRECTOR: Nimrod Antal

WRITER: Mark L. Smith

PRODUCER: Hal Lieberman

GENRE: Suspense













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Chinese Class - Whitening products for this season

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Whitening products for this season

By Yang Di (Shangahi Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-03 11:22



Spring is a season to start focusing on whitening and rejuvenating. Most
skincare companies have launched new whitening products specifically
created for Asian skin to directly address discoloration with a
custom-fit approach to daily treatment, prevention and makeup.

Estee Lauder research shows that Asian skin is thinner than Caucasian's
and as a result allows a stronger amount of ultraviolet light to
penetrate into the deeper layers creating more damage.

During a visit to Asia, Bobbi Brown learned that Asian women have unique
skincare concerns. So she made it her mission to develop the Bobbi Brown
Brightening Collection for those concerned about the damaging effects of
sun exposure and the environment on skin.

Shu Uemura whitening goes beyond achieving white skin without spots. To
achieve "very high quality beautiful skin" that is translucent from
within, the best balance of moisture, metabolism and oxidation are
equally important. Shu Uemura defines this approach as "balance
whitening."

Most whitening products from famous skincare brands are carefully
developed to be extremely effective yet gentle, as they know and
understand the excessive delicacy of Asian skin.

Brightening is designed to go beyond normal skincare to help even out
skin tone and bring about more clarity and luminosity.

*Biotherm White Detox Extra Dual Layer Corrective Make-up Base SPF25
PA+++ (395 yuan/US$51.10)

This new makeup base instantly corrects imperfections in skin tone and
brings out the natural transparency of the complexion while providing
all-day protection from the appearance of dark spots.

*Estee Lauder Cyber White 7 Pathways Whitening Essence (780 yuan)

This product addresses seven ways to restore and maintain the skin's
translucency, inner light and clarity. Formulated with
synergistic-brightening actions, this revolutionary new essence will help
eliminate dark spots, dullness and discoloration.

*Clinique Derma White Micro-Motion C Serum (480 yuan)

This highly-concentrated, lightweight-gel serum is designed to visibly
reduce and help prevent the appearance of dark spots. Key ingredients are
delivered to the skin encapsulated in a sphere comprised of marine
collagen and lecithin.

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Chinese Tutor - Thrills of my city apartment

ENTERTAINMENT / Hot Pot Column






Thrills of my city apartment

By Graham Bond (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-27 09:55



For a man who grew up in a suburban retirement bungalow, my
38-square-meter city center apartment has taken some getting used to.
It's been more than three years now and I'm still not entirely
comfortable.

There was early promise. The top floor location in the corner of a
rectangular building had me fantasizing about living like Jimmy Stewart
in Rear Window, spying on the neighbors and dining out on the gathered
intelligence.

That dream died when bars were placed across the bedroom window, the only
one facing the compound's inner sanctum. Now, if I crane my neck hard
against the cold steel I get a letterbox perspective on the goings-on.
Otherwise, I must content myself with a delightful view of a pink wall.

Though I am denied voyeuristic optical pleasures, my ears are fully
indulged. Every night I am led toward sleep by a veritable FX studio of
sounds, ranging from the tragic, to the silly, to the downright annoying.

Firstly there's the cat which I suspect once had the same nosy impulse as
me but somehow got its head stuck between the bars as he was straining
for a view. He's been howling in anguish ever since, only resting at the
precise moment I pull on a nightgown and head out to save him. The
virtuoso symphony of pain resumes upon my return.

Then there are the marbles. My schoolmates and I were generally content
to limit our games to the playground but I guess that was a more simple
age. Today's youth are driven creatures, willing to go to extraordinary
lengths to master their art. Indeed, every morning and evening, I am
treated to the sound of a child assiduously hurling a handful of small,
circular objects at the skirting board of an adjacent room. They bobble
around for a while before being collected and hurled again. And again.
And again.

Perhaps the most dedicated of my neighbors is the cooking enthusiast who
loves meat balls to such an extent that he wakes at 6 am to begin
chopping the day's quotient. As I nod, nearly napping, suddenly there
comes a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping on my bedroom
wall. It certainly gets the juices flowing.

I could expound at length upon the convivial games of mahjong that
clatter on into the wee hours on floor five; the wannabe Tibetan nomad on
floor four who generously shares his small but high-quality collection of
Dao Lang with anyone willing to listen, and even those who aren't; or the
motorcyclists who park their vehicles with a gratuitous rev of their
engines as if to say: "Friends, neighbors, the night shift is over I AM
HOME."

And so, on reflection, perhaps my fantasy about recreating the events of
Rear Window may come true after all. In Hitchcock's film, it's the
nagging wife that gets bumped off. I have a feeling that any one of a
number of my neighbors might go the same way.

Alternatively, I could just rent a new apartment.


(China Daily 03/27/2007 page20)










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Pnyin - Yoga, anger management taming Naomi Campbell

ENTERTAINMENT






Yoga, anger management taming Naomi Campbell

(AFP)
Updated: 2007-03-14 16:33





NEW YORK - British supermodel Naomi Campbell says yoga and anger
management classes are helping her to keep a lid on her famously hot
temper, in a newspaper interview.

"It's part of recovery," Campbell told Tuesday's edition of the New York
Daily News of her three months practicing yoga. "I'm trying to stay at a
peaceful place inside."

Campbell, who is to start mopping New York city floors next week as part
of a community service order for throwing a cell phone at her housekeeper
last year, also said in the interview she was ready for the week of
chores.

"I'm from a Caribbean family," Campbell said. "My grandmother raised all
of us. I had to wash my underwear and my socks after school. I had to
clean the table, I had to (vacuum) Hoover."

She said she would auction off the jeans and boots she wears during the
court-ordered mopping duties for charity. "It'll go straight to the
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund," she said.

Campbell said the incident had caused her to do some serious
soul-searching and that her anger management class had been a "great
experience."

"I loved the class," she said. "The teacher talked about prevention...
Like in my case, if someone does something to me, I have to stop and ask
myself, 'Is it worth the bother?' I learned I just have to step away from
the situation."

A reflective Campbell said she could only blame herself for the cell
phone incident. "I have no blame for anyone," Campbell said. "I never
will blame other people. Blame deflects you from looking inside yourself.

"I take full responsibility for what I've done," the 36-year-old said.

Campbell also revealed she wanted to have children, even though she's
currently single. Aspiring suitors don't even need to be wealthy, she
added.

"I don't need a rich guy -- I have money," she said. "I like creative
guys who know what they like doing and focus on their passion."












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Learn Chinese online - Pfhhh, you call that a copyright violation?

ENTERTAINMENT / Hot Pot Column






Pfhhh, you call that a copyright violation?

By Steven Lin (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-03-06 11:22



What makes YouTube so popular? It is the website's content, such as
snippets from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, South Park, or any of the
latest television shows from around the world.

Though TV networks have asked YouTube to remove them, users keep
uploading more unauthorized video clips.

In China, some websites are doing much more than that. "Western
executives must be very jealous of the copyright situation here," a
Chinese Web 2.0 entrepreneur once told me. Posting copyrighted videos
online? Who cares.

The result of this laissez-faire approach to unauthorized uploads is to
popular culture-hungry Internet users what pirated disks was to Chinese
cinephiles a decade ago.

Nowadays, go to a Chinese video-sharing site, type in the name of your
favorite show, click on the search button, and voila! Every single
episode of the show will pop up on your screen faster than the fairy
godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella.

Case in point: ouou.com. Here you can access new episodes of 24, Prison
Break, Heroes or any other series, one day after they air in the United
States.

What's more, there is no downloading (a process that belongs to the
BitTorrent/KaZaA age), no commercial breaks to bother you every few
minutes, and most importantly, no Babel-like situation where language or
cultural misunderstanding makes the global village a pitfall of perils.

It is all thanks to the effort made by volunteer translation groups.

These are fans who prepare Chinese subtitles as soon as they get the
video from the Internet. After Episode 1, Season 2 of Prison Break came
out in August 2006, the first Chinese subtitled version was finished and
uploaded in less than seven hours.

For shows that require in-depth knowledge of American culture, there are
footnotes with the subtitles. For example, footnotes on Studio 60 On the
Sunset Strip help Chinese audiences understand in-jokes about Hollywood
history and American politicians.

Here's one secret for high-quality translation: embedded English
subtitles for HDTV programs are recorded and sent to the translation
groups for reference, kind of like a secret agent that Chinese couch
potatoes have planted inside Hollywood.

The irony is, when official Chinese television stations present new
imported hit shows, people rarely take notice, partly because of the low
quality of translation, and partly because of the terrible dubbing. A
year ago, when CCTV screened Desperate Housewives, the ratings were
abysmally low. So low that Hollywood had better consider breaking into
the Albanian market.

Volunteer translation not only happens in China. On YouTube's "Most
Viewed" page, some Japanese cartoons come with English subtitles also the
work of volunteers. Fortune magazine said that if the official versions
of these Japanese anime are bought by American networks, grassroots
translation will cease operation immediately.

That would be like guerrillas dispersing when the uniformed troops march
in, wouldn't it?

To comment or contribute, e-mail hopot@chinadaily.com.cn


(China Daily 03/06/2007 page20)










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Chinese Tutor - Light up your life with red!

CITYLIFE / Odds & Ends






Light up your life with red!

(lifestyle)
Updated: 2007-02-22 11:08


Red is a lucky color for Chinese. Especially during the Chinese New Year,
people like to decorate their homes with red accessories. You can see red
couplets, red Chinese knots and red paper cuts everywhere. Red has become
a kind of festive symbol. So why not wear lucky red on your cheeks this
New Year and increase your luck as well as the appearance of your
complexion?



But it is not a simple task to create a healthy flush. There are so many
colors and types of blush to choose from, that thorough research is
necessary to find one that suits you best.

1)Choose Blusher according to skin type

Powder Blush

This kind of blush is perfect for oily skin. When choosing powder
blushes, you should be aware that, in terms of controlling the oil on
your skin, powder blush is much more effective than cream and gel
blushes. However, people with dry skin should be very cautious when using
this product. Though powder is easily evenly applied, it may dry out your
skin and give the appearance of wearing a mask.

Cream or Gel Blush

In winter, many women use cream or gel blushes as they add both color and
moisture to your cheeks. Cream blushes are specially designed for dry
skin. You don't need brushes to apply these blushes. Just use your
fingers.

Recommended products:

Bobbi Brown Cream Blush

This product moisturizes the skin while creating a healthy looking flush.

Price: RMB 320
Shop Address:
Pakson, 101, Fuxingmen Street, Beijing
Tel: 010-66010316

Chanel IRREELLE BLUSH

The unique quilted surface texture helps create an easy, luminous glow.

Price: RMB 405
Shop Address:
Location 1: Beijing Shuangan Dept Store, No. 38, Bei San Huan Xi Road
Tel: 010-6213 7176
Location2: Shanghai Parkson Dept Store, No. 918, Huai Hai, Shanghai
Tel: 021-3406 018

Shu uemura GLOW ON

Shu Uemura has a variety of reds from incarnadine to wine that enhance
the natural glow of the cheeks.

Price: RMB 200
Shop Address:
Location 1: Pakson, 101, Fuxingmen Street, Beijing
Tel: 010-66039186
Location 2:Pacific Xuhui, 932, Hengshan Rd, Shanghai
Tel: 021-64479006

Guerlain : Divinora Bubble Blush

The Divinora Bubble Brush has a moss-like texture that makes it easy to
apply and creates a velvet effect.

Price: RMB 350
Location 1: SOGO 8 Xuanwumen Wai Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing
Tel: 010-63105302
Location 2: Pacific ZhanQian 218 Tianmu W. Rd., Shanghai
Tel: 021-64078888

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Chinese Studies - Of hits and misses: Zhang Ziyi's latest flame

ENTERTAINMENT / Hot Pot Column






Of hits and misses: Zhang Ziyi's latest flame

By Raymond Zhou (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-02-08 09:32


Zhang Ziyi has unveiled her new date. Is he handsome? Is he rich? Before
I burst into Que sera, sera, one thing is definite: He is not Chinese.

That's like an arrow through the hearts of about 60 percent of my online
compatriots. Mind you, not Cupid's arrow, but the virtual kind that
pierces howling air in Hero or House of Flying Daggers, two martial arts
flicks featuring the iron lady disguised as a china doll.

I was shocked I mean, shocked that people say this is her private matter.
Whom she dates, why she dates, even how she dates, should be a national
or even international affair. Since she is the most visible Chinese film
star in the global arena, whatever she does represents all of us, right?

Well, I'll spare you the age-old pontification, but a great man in China
used to say: "There is absolutely no such thing as love or hatred without
any reason or cause." So, what's the reason that foreigners swoon over
our flying jade dagger, or vice versa?

My online comrades have many explanations: Some say the new date is a
third-rate actor and so financially strapped that Zhang has to pay for
her own hot dog. Hey, there is plenty of space for a gold digger to
maneuver in the domestic market; why dump yourself at the risk of
aggravating anti-trust sentiments? Another rumor: He lives next door to
President Bush. That makes the testosterone-surging crowd feel a little
better. Yes, we are just as lascivious, but our desire is not backed by
political or economic heft.

What hits the bull's-eye is the suggestion by countless netizens,
presumably young men, that it is the obsession with size that lies at the
heart of the physiological and psychological rationale. Unfortunately, I
cannot quote any of the colorful lines in a stolid newspaper like ours.

But think for the sake of your own countrymen, which is my understanding
of patriotism. By dating and marrying a Chinese, one of Time magazine's
100 most influential people not to say its film critic's darling can
single-handedly rectify one-30 millionth of the gender imbalance in her
country.

Yes, she is China's gift to Hollywood. But we're not living in an age
when we give giant pandas as free gifts to foreign nations anymore.
Nowadays we loan them out for a nice and nifty donation. If this policy
is right for the black-and-white national treasure, why not apply it to
the porcelain fragile type, as well?

Which means she can date whomever she wants, but she eventually had
better settle down with her own kind a nice lad, not someone at the
bottom of the 30 million heap. And once that is picked up by a certain
website that can turn anything into a social trend, all of those more
gorgeous stars, such as Gong Li and Maggie Cheung, will have second
thoughts on having Caucasian paramours or spouses.

But then again, I think Zhang Ziyi shouldn't marry anybody. She should be
put on a pedestal and enshrined as the virgin queen of Chinese cinema
somewhat like the Buddha of Infinite Chastity.


(China Daily 02/08/2007 page20)










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Pnyin - Plum&peony may be national flowers

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Plum&peony may be national flowers

(www.chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2007-01-29 14:07





According to Cheng Juyu from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, China
might determine its national flowers this year, and they might be plum
and peony. Cheng said this at the 10th China Plum Expo and the 3rd
Chengdu Plum Festival.

"National flowers are also symbols of nations. Unlike national flags and
national anthems, usually they are selected by the people, and are not
written in constitution. That's why most national flowers in the world
are selected according to their folk customs and eventually approved by
the government. Maotai is China's national liquor, and table tennis is
its national sport, both of which are nothing but parts of the life of
the people. Thus I think plum and peony both deserve the name of national
flowers, " said Cheng.











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Chinese Pinyin - Faith moves mountains, crazy cabbies

ENTERTAINMENT / Hot Pot Column






Faith moves mountains, crazy cabbies

By Graham Bond (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-01-23 17:08



I made a grave mistake last week. I mentioned the word "crash" while
riding in a taxi, which was speeding along the wrong side of the road, on
a darkened highway.

Of course, I didn't suggest we were going to crash.

I was attempting to offer an explanation for why I was desperately trying
to tug the seatbelt strapped out of a hitherto undiscovered fissure
between seat and door.

"No, No, No. There's no need to do that," exclaimed the embarrassed
driver. My new friend was clearly struggling to cope with the magnitude
of the insult that was unfolding (or unfurling, at least) within the holy
confines of his cab.

"Oh, I'm sure you won't crash," I said calmly, while plunging the
seatbelt buckle into the socket with the break-neck speed of an Amazonian
spear fisherman. "It's just how to say? my habit."

The driver's countenance immediately turned cloudy and troubled.

"Please don't speak like that," he replied in hushed tones. "This is your
foreign way. In China, you mustn't be so direct. What you should say is:
'I trust your driving skills'."

Now I can lie, but the possibility of configuring the words "I", "trust",
"driving skills", and "your", into a single sentence while in the company
of a man who, in defiance of the inky black night, had neglected to turn
on his headlights, seemed beyond the limits of language.

Nevertheless, I apologized profusely for my injurious comment and passed
the rest of the 30-minute journey in a kind of tranquil stupor that one
can only enjoy after every last drop of blood has drained from the face
and knuckle regions.

Back home, my wife expressed surprise that I wasn't immediately ejected
from the vehicle for making such a faux pas.

Crashes in themselves may be part of life a very entertaining part
judging by the mobs that stare quizzically at car wrecks or felled
pedestrians but to actually utter the word "crash" before a crash has
actually taken place is not on.

Apparently, the logic has it that if you think about crashing, you will
crash and so it was that in one single moment, several of my biggest
confusions about life in China were instantly laid to rest.

I suddenly realized why it was that drivers rarely look before joining
traffic on a main road, or why pedestrians tend to stare straight and
true while crossing busy streets.

To even entertain the idea of ill-fortune is to invite it. Cheerful
optimism and steely confidence can override all dangers. In the words of
George Michael, you gotta have faith.

Which is, of course, an admirable attitude to life that looks all the
more impressive to someone from the cynical and paranoid Western world
(George Michael excepted).

However, next time I go to cross the road, I am going to have a problem.

For how exactly can I have faith when I know there are lunatics driving
around on the wrong side of the road with no headlights on?


(China Daily 01/23/2007 page20)










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Learn Chinese - How to drink water?

CITYLIFE / Odds & Ends






How to drink water?

(lifestyle.com)
Updated: 2007-01-22 09:59


If someone asked you how to drink water, you might think it's a silly
question. Everyone needs water, everyone drinks water everyday and most
people know to drink water when they are thirsty. But drinking water may
not be as simple as you thought. Especially in the dry winter weather,
there are certain things that need attention.

Water-drinking timetable

6:30-7:00

After a night's sleep, your body really needs water. Drinking about 250cc
of water as soon as you get up helps clean out your liver and kidney.
It's a good idea to hold off on breakfast until the water has entered
every cell of your body, so try not to eat for half an hour after
drinking the water.

8:00-9:00

The commute to the office in the morning can be stressful, and this
dehydrates your body. Drink at least 250cc of water when you get to work
to refresh yourself from the commute.

11:00

After working several hours in a closed office, the heat may dry out your
skin. Drink some water to help moisturize your body and decrease
work-related stress.

13:00

Drinking water after lunch not only helps your digestion but also helps
keep your body in shape.

15:00-16:00

In the afternoon many people may feel sleepy and cannot concentrate on
their work. If this sounds like you that means you should drink some
water to give yourself a lift.

15:00

Before you leave the office, drinking water can make you feel full. It
especially works for people on diets.

22:00

Drink a cup of water half an hour to an hour before you sleep, which can
help prevent blood clots.

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Chinese School - Earthquake damages China's network

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Earthquake damages China's network

(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-12-28 11:08


Taiwan earthquake damaged telecommunication cables linking the Chinese
mainland, disconnecting users with overseas Websites like MSN service,
China Netcom said on Tuesday.

Two people were killed and 42 injured when three buildings collapsed in
earthquakes hit southern Taiwan Province yesterday, which also damaged at
least six undersea telecommunication cables, affecting users in China and
South Korea.

The quake, measured at magnitude 7.2 by the the national earthquake
observation network, hit the island's southern coast at 8:26pm on Tuesday.

Aftershocks through the evening in Taiwan were measured at up to
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Pnyin - Jude Law and Sienna Miller

ENTERTAINMENT / Celebrity Breakup Photo Gallery






Jude Law and Sienna Miller


Updated: 2006-12-13 16:42





After an on-again and off-again relationship, Jude Law and girlfriend
Sienna Miller at last call it quit.

A source close to the pair tells People exclusively that Law and Miller
have split for good. "It's a mutual decision," the source said. "They
have definitely come to the end of the road. They tried to make it work
but it failed."

Law,33, and Miller,24, once engaged in 2004. Sad to say that the actress
later on broke off the engagement after his affair with his children's
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Chinese Character - Winter flowers make women pretty

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Winter flowers make women pretty

(chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-11-24 15:11


Winter has come to the greater part of China's northeastern region, and
leaves and flowers are beginning to wither. But for fashionable young
women in Changchun, Jilin Province, it is also a suitable time for them
to beautify themselves with fresh flowers. They even scatter some rose
leaves in their bathtubs, just like ancient royal princesses.

Girls in China's north enjoy dressing up, but frequent sandstorms and dry
environment often make them frown. They wish to keep their young facial
appearances, no matter how much money they will have to spend. A latest
statistics show that cosmetics are better sold in Changchun than in other
parts of China. Whenever beauty parlors launch expensive new service
items like "flower hairdressing," fashionable young women will flock for
them.

Some beauty parlors can provide various kinds of flowers simultaneously,
like rose, peach blossom and apricot flowers. As such service items are
much sought after buyers have to book them two days earlier.

Pretty girls are often the clients in those restaurants and teahouses
that promote new "flower dishes." A lady said that drinking tea with
flowers in such a teahouse was very enjoyable after a long day.

Some deft young women are able to make cosmetics by flowers themselves,
which makes others jealous. Miss Teng, a white collar working for a
foreign-invested company, said she had learnt to make cosmetics from a
friend in a beauty parlor. "Now I often have a rose bath, and make some
skin-protection liquid out of chrysanthemum, to beautify myself," she
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HSK - Cosmetics becoming fashionable among men

CITYLIFE / Hip & New






Cosmetics becoming fashionable among men

( chinanews.cn )
Updated: 2006-11-09 11:04


According to a recent survey about fashion in 7 big and medium Chinese
cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenyang and
Xi'an), most men there spend as much time as women in front of mirrors.
"Cosmetics" is no longer a strange word to ordinary Chinese men.

Cosmetics for men have become a necessity in about 33% of the male
responders' families, especially to those families with a monthly income
of over 5,000 yuan (there are cosmetics for men in more than 50% of the
families).

The statistics collected in the survey reveal that averagely a Chinese
man spends about 80 yuan on cosmetics every month, and about 8.6 minutes
in front of the mirror.

Taking Chinese women into who are no less, nay, more than fond of
cosmetics in to consideration, Chinese spend about 107 yuan on cosmetics
per capita, and the money they spend on cosmetics tends to grow with
their income, as those who earn over 4,000 yuan every month averagely
spend more than 300 yuan on that.










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