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...Edison Chen doesn't much resemble Robert De Niro. Maybe it's the oversize aviator sunglasses, the spiky haircut or the fact that he's a 22-year-old Canto-pop idol. But as Chen strides down the claustrophobic hallways of a Hong Kong tenement in the opening scenes of Infernal Affairs II (IA2), there's a whiff of De Niro menace?especially when Chen, his gun concealed in an envelope, shoots an elderly crime boss through a doorway grill in a brutal, abrupt hit. The shot is a conspicuous reference to De Niro's first murder in Godfather...
...commercial success guaranteed sequels?a slight problem given that most of the cast is killed off in the original. Instead, co-directors Alan Mak and Andrew Lau decided to go prequel for the first sequel (the third film will take place after the original), bringing on inexperienced actors/idols Edison Chen and Shawn Yue to play young versions of Ming and Yan, respectively. The co-directors also abandoned the rigidly structured cat-and-mouse formula that gave the original its paranoid charge, opting to create a sprawling crime epic of family, loyalty and betrayal. That's the kind of Godfather territory...
...previous elections China's attempts to influence the outcome have boomeranged. After China launched its missiles in '96?prompting the U.S. to rush two aircraft carriers to the region?voters gave Lee a landslide victory. Four years later China directed its ire at presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian, whose Democratic Progressive Party sprang from the pro-independence movement. Beijing branded him a "dangerous" separatist and threatened "a blood-soaked battle" to reunite with Taiwan. Chen was a long shot until then, but ended up winning. "China has learned to shut up," says Emile Sheng, a professor at Taiwan's Soochow...
...Chen appears to be doing his best to provoke Beijing. On Sept. 1, Taiwan changed the wording on its passports to read Taiwan instead of the Republic of China. Yet he's still lagging in the polls. Chen badly needs a spat with China?but Beijing isn't taking the bait...
...memorial service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Memorial Church at 11 a.m. Chen said the event will be open to the public. It will be followed by a reception at the Williams room...