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...helpings of deep-fried pork balls and buckets of KFC. More than 70 million Chinese are classified by the government health ministry as overweight, owing to the fast food and fast living that is playing havoc with upwardly mobile mainlanders' waistlines. "In the past, everyone was so poor," says Zhao Min, 28, a Shenzhen dentist who practices combined yoga/ballet three times a week. "People didn't have the time or money to spend on themselves, but at least they were healthier because they ate simple things and exercised because their work was strenuous. Today, some people may be wealthier...
...Jiang is not handsome. his broad chest, bold ears and feral demeanor is Ajax rather than Paris, more like Bogie than Grant. "He has a very common face," says Chinese novelist Wang Shuo, "but somehow his face has something that represents power." China's actress-of-the-moment Zhao Wei, who has acted with Jiang twice in the past six months, confides, "I don't like this kind of man. He's too strong." And, she says, he isn't pretty either. "Everybody's face looks like some animal," she jokes. "Jiang's looks like a gorilla...
...Sorghum, he makes passionate love to Gong Li in a breezy patch of matted sorghum stalks, then gets drunk and boisterously brags about it. When Gong Li slams a door on him, Jiang's face transforms from posturing conquistador to ashamed fool. "He looks tough outside," says Zhao, "but inside, there is something softer, something more like a woman...
...Green Tea, a guy-meets-girl urban romance due out in the fall, camera equipment and lights are strewn around a dusty Beijing alleyway. Jiang tilts his aluminum patio chair precariously against the alley wall, a cigarette pasted to his bottom lip, meditating on his next scene with actress Zhao Wei. Director Zhang Yuan is in a nearby building reviewing today's footage, while Christopher Doyle and his crew are readying equipment for the next shot. A crew member relates how Jiang has his hands in every part of the shoot?coaching other actors, conceiving new shots, even asking...
...Indeed, Zhao's as user-friendly as a Starbucks coffee shop. There's not the manufacture of Zhang Ziyi, the "wing collar" of Karen Mok, the Monroe of Shu Qi, or the candy-cute of Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi. She doesn't nurture distance with the audience. "She's just like a boy," says Wong Kar-wai. "She tells you everything directly, she talks from the heart. Very few people are born to be an actress, but she's one of them." Anyone for more wine...