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...with the negotiations, censors have asked Tan to replace or cut five minutes from the film, including scenes in which the characters rap the names of Singaporean gangs. Tan is currently appealing the cuts, citing not just artistic integrity but the fact that his producers, the independent company Zhao Wei Films, don't have the funds to reshoot new footage?assuming they could reassemble his delinquent cast, a number of whom have been jailed or gone missing since 15 was shot. "The censors can be a little bit narrow minded," Tan says. "They don't see the whole picture, just...
...SENTENCED. JIN HAIKE, 26, XU WEI, 28, YANG ZILIN, 32, and ZHANG HONGHAI, 29, members of a Chinese study group; to extended prison terms for "subverting state power"; in Beijing. The four men were arrested in 2001 after they formed the New Youth Study Group to discuss sociopolitical issues and to write essays, some of which were posted online. Given that Communist Party organs have begun publicly discussing once taboo subjects such as political reform, the severity of the sentences?Jin and Xu have each been handed 10 years in prison and the others eight?has shocked human-rights activists...
...outbreak of this treacherously elusive disease. Only 50% of Inner Mongolian residents use the local hospital system, according to the regional health department. Instead, medicine is dispensed by tiny, ill-equipped clinics or a ragged team of barefoot doctors, who often have little more than an elementary-school education. Wei Guo, a second-generation barefoot doctor in the village of Shuiqu, says he knows what to do if he encounters any SARS cases. He will prescribe a popular traditional remedy called banlangen, a dose of antibiotics and perhaps an herbal tonic that promotes a patient's yin to counter...
...idea was born at a Rockets-Celtics game in February, where posters of Yao, made by Justin, his brother Austin and their friend, Eric Young, landed them a brief appearance on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.” Sensing an opportunity, Austin Wei decided to mass-produce foam likenesses, hoping to sell them at games and online...
Three young entrepreneurs, including Justin Y. Wei ’03, are cashing in by producing likenesses of Yao’s head made out of foam and selling them to eager Yao fans around the world. These novelties are worn on the hand—think the foam #1 finger...