Word: wais
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...following. World No. 3, Interbrew, has management control of joint ventures with 17 Chinese breweries, giving it a stable of brands, such as Double Deer, and it is scouring the countryside for more deals. "In early days, operators just weren't sure they could run local brands," says Wai Kee Tan, Interbrew's vice president in Asia, but they have since "gotten the hang of marketing and distribution...
Part of Harvard Film Archive’s series “Screening Modern China,” The Wedding Banquet tells the story of Wai-Tung, a Taiwanese businessperson who wants to hide his relationship with his gay partner and thus decides to marry a woman from Shanghai in need of a green card. Wai-Tung’s parents, overjoyed by the news, immediately fly to New York. Cultural clash ensues, and Lee’s deft treatment of the comedy and madness in the situation drew him international attention. Mandarin/English with English subtitles. 9 p.m. Tickets...
...Being a Cantonese dyslexic in Hong Kong can be a nightmare and very challenging for the kids, their parents and teachers. As the mother of one of these children, I greatly appreciated the information in your article. More research in this area is certainly needed. Veronica Wai Hong Kong...
...says To. "He doesn't belong to Hong Kong, Taiwan or anywhere." Indeed, in his eclectic 10-year career, Kaneshiro?who speaks five languages and has made films in four countries?has trained his chameleon-like talents on a remarkable array of characters. In Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels, he played a mute who rode the carcass of a pig like a cowboy. He made love to an HIV-infected teen in the blockbuster Japanese TV miniseries God Please Give Me More Time. In Returner, he played an orphaned assassin-for-hire...
...time came to parlay his local celebrity into a film career (routine for Taiwan's idol factory), he perversely shunned roles in safe, saccharine vehicles, insisting instead on quirkier character parts. He won acclaim in his second movie for his role as a lovelorn cop in Wong Kar-wai's 1994 cult hit, Chungking Express...