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Fought either in an arena or a steel cage, these battles inevitably draw comparisons to World Wrestling Entertainment, as both are staged fights between grown men. But it is the undercurrent of self-parody that gives these fights their hipster gravitas against the Rock et al. When Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle, a giant chicken noodle can with arms, legs and a steak knife, goes up against Los Plantanos, the heroic Spanish banana twins, the pretense of seriousness is thin...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Secret Lives of City-Crushing Monsters | 3/4/2004 | See Source »

...lightened up in action films. In Shanghai Shanghai, she showed her dancing skill in a wild kung fu tango with Yuen Biao. She played the double role of a (male) emperor and his ancient (male) ancestor in Wu Yen. She graced three Jackie Chan films (playing his stepmom in Drunken Master II) and four with Stephen Chow. Her finest fantasy role was as Tung the Wonder Woman in The Heroic Trio and Executioners, in which she joins forces with Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh to save the world. Even in this comic-book chaos, she has an iconic Mui moment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell to Hong Kong's Sour Beauty | 1/4/2004 | See Source »

...That’s much more effective than anything I can do by protesting,” Fu said...

Author: By May Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dissident’s Wife Avoids Premier’s Speech | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...officials both at Harvard and in the U.S. government continue to lobby for Yang’s release, a verdict is still pending in Yang’s case—which went to trial in August. Fu said a hearing that was supposed to be held Nov. 21 has not taken place, and no new date has been...

Author: By May Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dissident’s Wife Avoids Premier’s Speech | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...Fu said she and her two children, aged 11 and 8, remain hopeful that her husband will be released soon...

Author: By May Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dissident’s Wife Avoids Premier’s Speech | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

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