July 22, 2000
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"I am Not Cute and I Don't Want to Be!"
Taiwanese artist and film maker Chia-Hui Gao Swift's favorite subjects are sex, gender, desire, and violence. (more)
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Rogue Province Births "Wild Kids"
Taiwan's wildly popular novelist Chang Ta-chun's new work "Wild Kids" tells the story of a young cynic called Big Head Spring and his very troubled family. (more)
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A New Spin on an Old Landscape
Ji's paintings have the trappings of traditional landscapes but within the broader strokes are hamburgers, six headed roosters, skeletons and ferris wheels. (more)
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Film: A Mongolian Tale
This film by Xie Fei tells of a big city far away from the empty grasslands that draws young men away from home. Years later they return to bear witness to a lost way of life. (more)
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Delicious Chinese Recipes
Cooking With Jennifer Yang:
Do you have a taste for bamboo? Or salmon, or celery, or snow peas? Enjoy authentic Sichuan cooking at home by following Jennifer's expert instructions. (go)
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Features from Previous Weeks:
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Rubbing Viewers the Wong Way
With their stark stereotype of a buck-toothed Asian butler Icebox.com has put many viewers on the war path. (more)
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Film: Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl
With her directorial debut Joan Chen shows audiences that young and beautiful is a dangerous combination. (more)
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Anchee Min Becomes Madame Mao
Jiang Qing, the White Boned Demon, finally finds her voice in Anchee Min's new novel and uses it to spin her tale (Becoming Madame Mao)
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Film: 'Shower' Bathes in Recognition
Zhang Yang never dreamt that foreign audiences would award his film nine prizes at five different international film festivals. (more)
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Music: Making Musical Worlds Collide
Liu Sola, writer, singer, composer and now music producer is bringing China and the West closer, one tune at at time. (more)
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Film: Jackie Chan Says Howdy Hollywood
Anyone who would love to see what happens when you put a Chinese Kung Fu master up against Crow Indians on horseback with tomahawks will love this Canton-meets-Cowboy action comedy. (more)
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Books: "Hunger"
In clear, often shining prose Chang paints a world in which her characters are no longer sure if they are Chinese, American or somewhere in between. (more)
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Film: "Man Man Woman Woman"
From time to time a film like this will emerge, focing us to reconsider what is possible under the ever-watchful eye of the authorities in present-day China. (more)
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Arts: Lizards and Spiders and Snakes, Oh My!
Huang Yongping, grandaddy of Chinese Dadaist movement is bringing his work back to New York's Jack Tilton Gallery for the second time. (more)
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