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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...family has not received written notification of his arrest or been allowed to meet with him, according to Yang’s wife, Harvard Medical School researcher Christina X. Fu. As a result, she said, the family has been unable to obtain legal counsel...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Support Jailed Graduate | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

...Still no word from China after 150 days, making me very worried and distressed,” Fu wrote in an e-mail. “But I remain hopeful, especially after the Harvard faculty’s letter...

Author: By Amit R. Paley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Support Jailed Graduate | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

From the hyperactive Kung Fu of Bruce Lee to the lush atmosphere of Wong Kar-Wai to the sideburns of Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong has given more than its share to world cinema. Now the territory's beleaguered film industry is asking for a little something back. Last Wednesday the Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers asked the government to underwrite loans for local movie productions and to lobby Beijing for greater access to mainland China. Without government financial backing, film veterans say, Hong Kong cinema might be on its last take. The numbers aren't encouraging: local box receipts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Film at the End of the Reel? | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Corey Yuen's new movie So Close is corny, silly and a trifle predictable, but if you like gals doing remarkable kung fu, it's got three of them. Shu Qi and Zhao play sisters whose murder-ed father invented a system that can tap into every single camera on earth. As hired assassins, the sisters use this nifty gadget to help them track their unsuspecting victims. Karen Mok is a Hong Kong detective trying to stop them while simultaneously fighting the overpowering male chauvinism of the police force. (That the Hong Kong police force might be full of sexists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Triple Whammy | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...Yuen directed such classic martial arts films as Fong Sai Yuk and Hong Xiguan zhi Shaolin Wu Zu (released this year on DVD in the U.S. as Legend of the Red Dragon). He also choreographed Jet Li in seven action films. The director's flair for building memorable kung fu moments has put him in high demand in the U.S., where he has been asked by several studios to reshoot some of his earlier works in English. Sitting in a hotel suite overlooking the Hong Kong skyline, the jovial director insists his movies are not only about violent engagements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Triple Whammy | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

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