EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (6) Production Interpreter
Japan wins the battle, China wins the war. Meanwhile, where’s lunch?
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EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (5) Foreign Exchange
Would you rather play a Japanese soldier or a Chinese beggar?
EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (4) Dueling in Dialect
When eating tea is sweeter than drinking tea.
EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (3) Change Money?
In which a lowly Shanghai hooligan almost meets a world-famous director
EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (2) A Blur of Blue and Gold
In which Shau Di doesn't get what he hopes for, so he takes what he can.
EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (1) The Bund
The staging of a crowd scene with 5,000 extras on the waterfront of Shanghai in 1987 was meant to bring gritty realism to an epic film but came perilously close to causing mass mayhem to the streets.
IT DOES NOT COMPUTE: KIMI 3 STALLS OUT TRYING TO DESCRIBE A FICTIONAL CHARACTER FROM "BEIJING UNBOUND"
Writers have long had to deal with readers who opt out after a few pages. One of the nice things about telling an AI Chatbot to read, is that it does as asked. Until it doesn’t.
THE DOCTOR WITH A BORDER
“Borders are concepts created on paper by maps; they don’t exist in the wild,” says Dr. Worawit. "Mosquitos f!y back and forth across the border, travel without passports, don’t ask for visas."
Dear You? The Chinese story set in make-believe Thailand sounds more like "Hey You!"
China’s hit indie movie “Dear You" is packing ‘em in the theatres, but does it enhance international understanding or just reaffirm how great Chinese culture is?
NAKWANING! ...last seen leaving (4)
Foreign students at East China Normal University in Shanghai plot a journey to the west to escape the clutch of a persistent campus minder in the summer of 1983
NAKWANING! ...last seen leaving (3)
Foreign students at East China Normal University in Shanghai plot a journey to the west to escape the clutch of a persistent campus minder in the summer of 1983