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What is it with the pandas?

An American professor in Beijing wants to boycott Kungfu Panda

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Speaka English

If you’re in Beijing this Thursday July 10, the premier screening of a documentary called Mad about English, about Chinese people learning and speaking English.

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Zhao Bandi: art, fashion and carpetbagging

Zhao Bandi is still making a fuss about panda bears, and now he is also going after Hollywood.

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Documentary screening: Children of the Stars

A documentary about the autism school and the kids is going to be screened

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Danwei Picks: More thoughts on China’s movie troubles

Olympics are political; SF writers on Clarke; Chinese film faces difficulties; old Tibetans; Iraq deaths; Taiwan elections; Synagogue in Shanghai.

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Ah, the innocence

A clip from Sam Voutas’ documentary The Last Breadbox that shows the city-wide celebrations that erupted on July 13th, 2001 after Beijing was announced as the host city for the 2008 Olympics.

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Jay Chou and Assembly

A new blog by the Wall Street Journal.

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Wang Xiaofeng: Why is SARFT so uptight?

A translation of a Wang Xiaofeng blog post about SARFT and their ban on actress Tang Wei.

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China Film Journal

Link to new website about Chinese language films.

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The Wandering Songstress

This is a clip from the 1937 film Street Angel featuring Zhou Xuan, the singer and actress who embodied pre-revolutionary Shanghai glamor. She sings ‘The Wandering Songstress’.

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