Word: gongli
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...raising four children and being town hall curator for 34 years, he's met royalty, traveled the world for reunions and ceremonies, led Anzac Day marches, given countless talks, sat for his portrait, and been depicted on postage stamps. When the Duke of Gloucester presented what Kenna calls "the gong," Marjorie was only 20 and not sure she'd cope with all the attention. "But Ted said I should just be myself, and that's what we've done ever since...
Want to see a great kiss? There's one in 2046, between Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Gong Li. He stands her against a wall and presses mouth to mouth. He moves back, and we see her lipstick violently smeared. A tear courses down her right cheek, another down her left. It's an avalanche of a kiss; it has crushed not just her lips but also her heart...
...follow-up to Wong's In the Mood for Love, about the furtive affair of a journalist, Chow (Leung), and a woman (Maggie Cheung) living in the same boardinghouse. Now Chow, relocated to a hotel, has erotic adventures with a prostitute (Zhang Ziyi), a gambler (Gong Li), a vamp named Lulu (Carina Lau) and the hotel manager's beguiling daughter (Faye Wong), who is also a mysterious android in the science-fiction novel Chow is trying to write...
Movie romance is a snapshot of beautiful women turning grief into glamour, passion into pictures. The camera here (mainly manned by cinematographer Christopher Doyle) monitors their hearts like a fond lover, capturing Gong's fire-and-ice hauteur, Faye Wong's elfin radiance, Zhang's panoply of pouts, flirtations and surrendering smiles. Even if a Chinese movie doesn't sound like your idea of summer fun, give 2046 a chance. Its pearly artistry and gorgeous faces should put you quickly, deeply, in the mood for love. --By Richard Corliss
...begin to spend more, export-led economies everywhere will be less dependent upon U.S. spending for growth, reducing the risk of a recession should American consumers falter. The 2.1% rise in the yuan "is a baby step, but it is the start of a very important process," says Frank Gong, chief China economist for JPMorgan. Over the long term, he adds, China's yuan reform could bring about "more balanced global growth...