Word: chiangs
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...martial arts classic like Chang Cheh's The Heroic Ones or Chor Yuen's Killer Clans really look like? What did Hong Kong Nocturne and other Shaw musical extravaganzas sound like? What made audiences fall in love with such prime Shaw stars as Linda Lin Dai, David Chiang, Cheng Pei-pei and the dynamite Tina Ti? Could anyone today actually sit through the film version of a Huangmei opera like The Kingdom and the Beauty...
...home, moreover, Beijing has plenty to preoccupy it. Unemployment is high and rising, and economic inequalities are widening more rapidly in China than in any other major country. Many Chinese complain that corruption is worse now than under Chiang Kai-shek. The impulse to address this is seen in the recent arrest of some of China's wealthiest citizens and those accused of being their official patrons. The political system desperately needs reform. And China's leadership will take time to gel?even though now, with his key prot?g? Zeng Qinghong apparently ready to accede to the Politburo's Standing...
...other aides who were on duty around the clock wheeled Roosevelt because his personal valet was not allowed in the room. "One glance at the map showing the convoys headed for the African coast could tell the story," says Elsey, also recalling when Eleanor Roosevelt brought China's Mme. Chiang Kai-shek unannounced into the Map Room, causing great consternation. It never happened again...
UNCOMMON GROUNDS Foreigners aren't the only nonlocals to come under Pai's spell since the late 1980s. The hippest spots in town belong to the artsy young Thai bohemians who have fled Bangkok, Chiang Mai and other crowded urban centers in search of a slower-paced and less profit-oriented lifestyle. Opened in 1999 by two disaffected Bangkok advertising execs, All About Coffee must be one of the coolest caf?s in Thailand. None of the large Western coffeehouse chains can compete with its homespun, rustic-wood ambiance, mellow jazz sounds and delightfully personalized service. Not to mention a three...
...About Coffee is to hot beverages?heartfelt and happenin'. Its Thai owner heard B.B. King perform in London in the early '90s and has recreated an authentic blues bar atmosphere on Chaisongkram Road. Resident and visiting bluesmen bop against a backdrop of Indonesian batiks, Western blues festival posters and Chiang Mai lanterns. The one thing owner Chart has not brought to Pai, however, is the late hours: out of consideration for his neighbors, he voluntarily turns off the amplifiers...