Topic: East Asia
Beijing has pulled the red carpet from under the feet of Christian Bale, the Oscar-winning actor who stars in China's latest box-office hit, after he tried to visit a detained dissident.China's foreign ministry on Wednesday accused Bale of "fabricating news" after the ...
(Reuters) - The number of stops and spats during his well-travelled career could well be a nod to his intransigence, but French striker Nicolas Anelka better learn to adapt -- and fast -- if he is to succeed in China, says one ...
South Korean pop star Rain entered a boot camp Tuesday to begin mandatory military service, bidding farewell to weeping fans."Thank you for coming... I'll see you later," he said, beaming and bowing to about 1,000 people including journalists and fans outside the ...
South Korean pop star Rain announced a new engagement Friday -- national military service of around two years starting October.Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, said on his webpage that he would undergo basic training at Uijeongbu north of Seoul before ...
Warrior cries and brutal decapitations colour the opening scenes in Wei Te-Sheng's "Seediq Bale," the fierce Taiwanese epic running against Hollywood favourites for the Golden Lion award at Venice this year.With a record production cost of 24 million dollars, "Seediq Bale" brings ...
He's blunt. He's brash. And he hopes Americans will put a reality TV star in the White House. Developer Donald Trump wants to add the White House to his brand.Billionaire Trump, famous to Americans for his vintage New York bluster, glamorous wives, ...
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A love for singing and a lust for stardom pushed 20-year-old Qian Yue to take a break from her university studies to learn music full time at the Lee Wei Song School of Music in Shanghai.For almost a year, ...
The Asian Games athletics program fires up Sunday with the 100m heats as China made a losing start to its international cricket debut.Day 9 of the biggest multi-sports event after the Olympics also witnessed women's rugby and boxing for the first time.But ...
I think the bigger question is how have tabloid exploitation (or investigation depending on who you are) have not changed sports. Their reasoning was that in this day in age while we are wowed by amazing plays and athleticism ( Michael Phelps ...
Want to know where the most expensive cities are in the world? Tokyo, Japan comes in as number five and last year it was rated number eight. I thought Tokyo had an inflation problem, but I could be wrong. Tokyo has one ...
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