Category Archives: Hong Kong & China

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June 4th, 20 Years after Tiananmen

By Ian | June 3, 2009

(also on YouTube)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nXT8lSnPQ
In the words of Nicholas Kristoff, an eyewitness, as he recalls in the NYT on the June 4 massacre at Tiananmen Square:
The night was filled with gunfire — and with Chinese standing their ground to block the troops. I parked my bike at Tiananmen, and the People’s Liberation Army soon arrived from the [...]

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Celebrating Lunar New Year and Long Life with Tam Kwai Lan

By Ian | January 27, 2009

This weekend was the start of Chinese year 4707, which is Year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac.

As always we celebrated the Lunar New Year with 2 dinners, one on the evening and one on the new years day (plus a Saturday dim sum!), with as many family members in attendance as possible.
The [...]

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Gung Hei Fat Choy for Chinese year 4706, Hello Rat!

By Ian | February 6, 2008

as we hit another Lunar New Year, in this case Year of the Rat/Mouse. (where’s my cheese? Probably somewhere under this 30 cm of snow!)

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CosPlay Cafe comes to Toronto

By Ian | December 2, 2006

Restaurants and Cafes devoted to “costume play,” or cosplay as the Japanese call it, first appeared in Akihabara, Tokyo’s discount electronics store district, in the late 90’s.
Well during the summer, iMaid Cafe opened in Toronto’s east end at 1883 McNicoll Ave. (at Kennedy Rd close to Pacific Mall.), to provide the french maid variation of [...]

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Saturday Night Hong Kong Films in Toronto (Omini TV ) Summer 2006

By Ian | July 12, 2006

Omini’s listing for Super Cinema have been update till the labour day weekend. As they have done in past summers, it’s slightly warmed up leftovers from the past year( and older). They have also have messed up the listing for August 28th:
DRIVING MISS WEALTHY (2004) – COMEDY – 14+
A police superintendent determined to [...]

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Saturday Night Hong Kong Films in Toronto (Omini TV ) Spring 2006

By Ian | May 13, 2006

Omini’s listing for Super Cinema have been update till the end of June. Past listings start here for Winter 2006
The pickings look slim, but there are a couple look worth watching such :
Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (Saturday, June 3) is an sequel to last year better than expect funny love story, playing off [...]

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The Richness of Hong Kong, and Cantonese

By Ian | March 26, 2006

In today’s New York Times is a great travel piece about hiking in Hong Kong’s, not something that first comes to mind we someone thinks of Hong Kong, in Green Trails Along a Chinese Frontier, which also introduces Danish Michael Hansen and his website Hansens Hikes for many beautiful images as well a info [...]

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Saturday Night Hong Kong Films in Toronto (Omini TV ) Late Winter 2006

By Ian | March 12, 2006

Update : Spring 2006
After an absence on my part since the Fall of 2005, exasperated by Omini TV’s changing of url (while keeping the old page up!), I’m back.
Omini’s 2 listing are ok for a quick advance glance over at Super Cinema. All Movies run on Saturday’s at 9:00 PM and go for 2 [...]

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China blocking Wikipedia

By Ian | January 10, 2006

The Globe and Mail story Globetechnology: Chinese ban on Wikipedia prevents research, users say
Wikipedia, which offers more than 2.2 million articles in 100 languages, has emerged as an important source of scholarly knowledge in China and many other countries. But its stubborn neutrality and independence on political issues such as Tibet and Taiwan has repeatedly [...]

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Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival : Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ wins big

By Ian | November 14, 2005

The Winners for the 2005’s 42nd Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival the winners have been announced, and Stephen Chow’s ‘Kung Fu Hustle’, the story of hidden kung fu masters who resurface to battle gangsters, won five Golden Horse awards. (A sequel is in the works.)
other films of note:
‘Election‘ , a gritty take on triad [...]

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