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1 day ago · A trusted Dane? Bille August’s The Chinese Widow. Danish director Bille August is one such ‘trusted foreigner’. His first Chinese-language feature, The Chinese Widow, a film fully funded by Chinese investment, is based on a true historical context and tells a story from the perspective of an American pilot, Jack (played by Emile Hirsch).
4 days ago · Mandarin was made to become the common language for the Chinese due to the government’s language policies. The Speak Mandarin Campaign, launched in 1979, also had an important role to play in ...
1 day ago · Jump To / Table of Contents. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo. Golden Lotus: A Saga of Ambition, Murder and Lust in Medieval China by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng. Beijing Comrades by Bei Tong. Thousand Autumns by Qian Qiu. Remnants of Filth by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. Red Blossom in Snow by Jeannie Lin.
3 days ago · In this powerful war drama set during the 1937 Japanese invasion of Nanking, Christian Bale stars as an American mortician who finds himself responsible for protecting a group of schoolgirls and Chinese courtesans seeking refuge in a church.
5 hours ago · It is a poignant image that can warm even the coldest of hearts. Dressed in a white sari, Smriti Singh — the wife of Captain Anshuman Singh who died while saving his fellow army men from a fire at Siachen — was a picture of exceptional bravery and resilience as she accepted the Kirti Chakra ...
2 days ago · Nancy Reagan. Nancy Davis Reagan ( / ˈreɪɡən /; born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress who was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. Reagan was born in New York City.
13 hours ago · PAMPANGA, Philippines – Police found the remains of missing beauty queen Geneva Lopez and her Israeli boyfriend Yitshak Cohen in Capas, Tarlac, on Saturday, July 6, Pampanga Governor Dennis ...
