Podcasts about Liu Yifei

Last time we spoke about the rise of Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-Shek had gradually become a rising star in the KMT. Dr Sun Yat-Sen saw some promise in the young man and took him under his wing soon making him something akin to his number 2. Aligning with Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-Shek helped consolidate KMT power in Guangzhou and played a crucial role in military campaigns, including the suppression of the Canton Merchants Association militia in 1924. Following Sun Yat-Sen's death in 1925, Chiang Kai-Shek navigated the KMT power vacuum that unfolded. When the Guangzhou Coup occurred, Chiang Kai-Shek managed to keep his head and began systematically eliminating or neutralizing his rivals. In the end he solidified his authority and led to the temporary stabilization of KMT-CCP relations, setting the stage for the Northern Expedition aimed at unifying China under KMT leadership.   #108 The Anti-Fengtian War Part 1: The Zhejiang-Fengtian War Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. In this episode we are going to be talking about a new warlord, well new-ish. When I had been introducing the individual warlords and their factions, I had to set a few aside, because they come later on in the warlord Era, one of them being Sun Chuanfang. Sun Chuanfang was born April 17th, 1885 in Fanzhen, of Tai'an county in Shandong province. He lost his father at a early age, and because he grew up in old troublesome Shandong, he was destined to face hardship. One of those hardships was the Boxer Rebellion, which provided much unrest, poverty and famine. His family was forced to flee famine many times before they settled in Jinan. Sun Chuanfang had a little sister who went on to marry Wang Yingkai, a rising officer in the Beiyang Army and a protege under Yuan Shikai. By being the brother in law, Sun Chuanfang received some financial aid and was given a proper education. Sun Chuanfang was quickly deemed talented and strong, so it was recommended he join the Beiyang Army training camp in 1902. Sun Chuanfang graduated in 1904 and was sent to Japan to train at the Tokyo Shimbu Gakko military preparatory school. Reminiscent of Chiang Kai-Shek's experience, Sun Chuanfang joined the Tongmenghui while studying in Japan.He would graduate 6th in his class and served in the IJA before returning to China in 1908. In 1909 he took the Army Civil Service Examination and ha exellent results, obtaining the status of an infantry juren. After this Sun Chuanfang was assigned to the 2nd army regiment of Ma Longbiao. Eventually he was recruited by Wang Zhanyuan who would become something of a mentor to him. During the Wuchang uprising, Sun Chuanfang was assigned to forces who went south to supress the revolutionaries. After the founding of the new republic, Sun Chuanfang took a station in Hubei. Sun Chuanfang rose through the ranks and by 1917 he was appointed commander of the 21st mixed brigade. After this he received a promotion to commander of the 1st Division. During the Anhui-Zhili War Sun Chuanfang was fighting under Wang Zhanyuan as they captured Wu Guangxin. After this Sun Chuanfang was awarded commander in chief over the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In 1921, the governor of Hunan, Zhao Hengti, attempted to expand his rule to Hubai launching a small war known loosely as the Hunan-Hubei War. Zhao Hengti failed to expand his rule, but forced something of a political struggle upon Wang Zhanyuan who ended up resigning from his post. Wu Peifu then recommended Sun Chuanfang to became the commander of the 2nd division, working under him. During the 1st Zhili-Fengtian War of 1922. Sun Chuanfang officially became a member of the Zhili Clique and began publicly demanding the resignation of Xu Shichang, the current Anhui clique president. In June that year, Xu Shichang resigned and Li Yuanhong took his place. In 1923, Sun Chuanfang was appointed the Military Inspector of Fujian. He led his troops to Fujian and quickly seized control over the province. There he established the Fujian Army. In September of 1924, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War broke out, a precursor to the 2nd Zhili-Fengtian War. Sun Chuanfang initially held back, but stated he was supporting Qi Xieyuan the governor of Jiangsu against Lu Yongxiang the governor of Zhejiang. When the opportunity opened up Sun Chuanfang invaded Zhejiang to defeat Lu Yongxiang, however during the greater war, the Zhili clique was defeated by the Fengtian forces. Wu Peifu went into exile, many of the remaining Zhili Warlords were tossed into a uneasy situation. For Sun Chuanfang it was a pretty awkward situation as he had just won a smaller war and established a powerbase in southeast China. With Wu Peifu gone, Sun Chuanfang was now one of the biggest Zhili warlords. The new chief executive, Duan Qirui appointed Sun Chuanfang as governor over Zhejiang, casting Qi Xieyuan to the wind. Duan Qirui was struggling to keep the peace across the board, thus he was trying to appease the more troublesome warlords with decent appointments, hoping they would be complacent and not stir up anymore trouble. But this is China's warlord Era, and trouble will be stirred.  Now Two episodes back I mentioned how Feng Yuxiang established his Guominjun, but he lacked funds and arms. Thus he got into bed with the KMT, and by proxy was introduced to Mr. Borodin representing the Soviets. The Soviets agreed to arm and fund his Guominjun as long as he provided the same reciprocity as the KMT, ie; allowing communists to join his ranks. Feng Yuxiang held a sphere of influence in the northwest of China. The new triumvirate between him, Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin was honestly a charade. Zhang Zuolin controlled the wealthy provinces of northeast China while Feng Yuxiang controlled the much poorer northwest. Zhang Zuolin was backed by the Japanese, he was essentially more of a conservative. Feng Yuxiang was seen as a radical politically, perhaps even a revolutionary and his backer was the Soviet Union. Duan Qirui was not even in the same league as either, having no real army anymore. Thus Zhang Zuolin was essentially the one calling the shots, it was an arrangement destined to fail.   After winning the second Zhili-Fengtian War, Zhang Zuolin began moving pieces across the chess board to consolidate his power. He first ordered the commander of his 5th army, Kan Chaoxi to lead two Fengtian Mixed Brigades, with some local troops, over to Rehe province to set up shop as its military-governor. The commander of the 2nd Fengtian army, Li Jinglin who was a Zhili native was ordered to serve as a sort of Zhili military affairs director. The Dogmeat General, Zhang Zongchang was given his first big break, Zhang Zuolin made him the commander in chief of suppressing bandits in Jiangsu, Shandong and Anhui. Duan Qirui then ordered the removal of Qi Xieyuan of the Zhili clique from his post as the inspector general of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi. He was to be replaced by our old friend Lu Yongxiang who would be an envoy to Jiangsu and Anhui. Thus Zhang Zongchang and Lu Yongxiang together marched south along the Shanghai-Nanjing line.    To face the incoming threat Qi Xieyuan banded together with Sun Chuanfang and they likewise marched to Suzhou by January 14th. On the 17th both armies began fighting between Danyang and Wuxi. Yet by the 25th Qi Xieyuan was decisively defeated. Qi Xieyuan fled to Shanghai before getting on a boat to go into exile in Japan. His so-called partner in crime Sun Chuanfang had not ponied up the same amount of troops as he did, choosing to hold back a bit. When Qi Xieyuan fled for Japan, all of his troops were snatched up by Sun Chuanfang. On February 3rd, Sun Chuanfang approached Zhang Zongchang to negotiate, and they signed the second Jiangsu-Zhejiang peace treaty. Under the terms the Zhili army agreed to retreat to Songjiang, the Fengtian army would retreat to Kunshan, while Shanghai would not station troops.    After what was known as the second Jiangsu-Zhejiang war, the Fengtian forces began to dramatically expand their control into the Yangtze River Valley. Zhang Zuolin dispatched 11 divisions to occupy Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, the Beijing-Fengtian Railway and the Jinpu Railway. Zhang Zuolin strong armed the Beiyang government to make his generals Li Jinglin, Zhang Zongchang, Jiang Dengxuan and Yang Yuting military inspectors over Hubei, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu respectively. This basically made the Yangtze River Valley under Fentgian control and connected them via rail to Zhang Zuolin's northeast power base. The agreement made with Sun Chuanfang to not deploy any troops in Shanghai seemed under threat. When prompted, the Fengtian leaders would claim they would never deploy troops in Shanghai, but to all it seemed like classic trickery.    In fact the Fengtian commanders had become quite arrogant and careless. Some of the generals were running opium operations in Nanshi and Zhabei. A regular inspection at Shanghai-Nanjing station showcased one of their drug runs and led to Fengtian soldiers performing a shoot out. Because of the incident, Duan Qirui ordered Lu Yongxiang and Zheng Qian to go over and investigate the situation. At the same time, Zhang Zongchang had deployed some troops in Shanghai to make sure the opium drug running went more smoothly. Zhang Zongchang ordered Cheng Guorui to figure out a solution to the issues and he was accompanied by Li Kuiyuan the director of the Fengtian Army's HQ in shanghai and Yuan Zhihe the Fengtian supply department director. Cheng Guorui and Li Kuiyuan quickly got into an argument and began drawing their guns upon each other in a shoot out. As reported by an eye witness "Yuan was seriously injured, Li fell to his death, Cheng jumped out of the window and injured his waist. At that time, the guards of each person were outside, and they opened fire on each other when they heard the sound, and the order was very chaotic." Thus Zhang Zongchang's efforts to smooth over the drug trafficking had done the very opposite, it made it much much more visible to the public. However Zhang Zuolin was really arrogant himself by this point and believed their Fengtian empire could get away with just about anything at this point, so he simply dispatched a division of troops to Songhu to make sure things ran smoother. Unfortunately he sent these forces to occupy garrisons that belongs to Sun Chuanfang. At the same time Fengtian forces led by Ding Xichun entered Nanjing.   It really seemed Zhang Zuolin got far too over confident. Apparently he began proclaiming "If I don't beat anyone in the next three to five years, no one will dare to beat me." Likewise his subordinate Yang Yuting mirrored his bosses sentiment, mouthing off to local warlords in Jiangsu. Jiang Dengxuan in Anhui began boasting "that he only brought one battalion with him" and Yang Yuting declared publicly "I went to Jiangsu this time with only more than ten entourages and a company of guards."    Meanwhile Li Jinglin and Zhangzong began to crack down on labour movements in Hubei and Shandong. There was a lot of unrest with workers, especially in Qingdao. Zhang Zongchang brutally suppressed any who would try to demonstrate or strike. A strict anti-labor and anti-communist movement was seen across the board in areas Fengtian controlled. Zhang Zongchang also cracked down on the remaining Zhili clique influence in the Yangtze River Valley. When the Fengtian replaced Qi Xieyuan with Lu Yongxiang as governor over Jiangsu, that lasted about a minute until they replaced Lu Yongxiang, who remember was an Anhui clique guy, with one of their own, Yang Yuting. His appointment was specifically to expand into neighbouring Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. These areas of course were being controlled by the last significant Zhili warlord, Sun Chuanfang. Sun Chuanfang had this to say about the situation "Zhang now dominates the Central Plains, controls the government, and covers the northeast and southeast. He is also planning to succeed Yuan Shikai and establish his own empire. He seduces powerful enemies outside and destroys public opinion inside. He is extremely cruel and does everything he can."   On October 11th of 1925, the governor of Zhejiang, Sun Chuanfang took matters into his own hands. He sent a telegram to the entire nation, opposing suppression efforts against Shanghai workers. He was taking a page out of Wu Peifu's playbook, to play upon the image of patriotism, making it seem you loved the people and were fighting for them. In reality this was a ploy to gather support and sympathy for what he was about to unleash. In early October, Sun Chuanfang began to hold secret meetings in Hangzhou with representatives of the Zhili clique of nearby provinces. The conversation was how to thwart the Fengtian from seizing all of their respective territories. They all came into an agreement, Sun Chuanfang would become their leader and he would lead his armies to attack Shanghai. This would be followed up by the Governor of Fujian, Zhou Yinren to lead his troops into Zhejiang to support Sun Chuanfang; the governor of Jiangxi Fang Benren would send his subordinate Deng Zhuoru also to help out in Zhejiang. Wang Pu the governor over southern Anhui, Chen Tiaoyuan the commander of the 4th Zhili division of Jiangsu and the retired warlods, Qi Xieyuan and Ma Lianjia would lend their forces as well. All together its said their forces were 200,000 strong.   After these meetings, Sun Chuanfang gathered the troops at Songjiang and Changxing calling for a “national day” on October the 10th and they performed a military parade. When Duan Qirui heard about this he sent Lu Zongyu to Hangzhou to try and mediate what was clearly turning into a dire situation. The mediation completely failed. Meanwhile Zhang Zuolin took notice and urgently summoned his 4 new governors, Li Jingling, Zhang Zongchang, Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan. He was pulling them back to discuss how they should deal with this new emerging threat. However Zhang Zuolin was too late, for when the governors were enroute to meet with him, Sun Chuanfang made his move.   On October the 15th, Sun Chuanfang suddenly proclaimed himself the commander in chief of a 5 province coalition. The armies of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Anhui were now in alliance. Sun Chuanfang created 5 routes armies; the 1st route army was led by Chen Yi consisting of the 1st division of the Zhejiang army; the 2nd route was led by Xiu Hongxun, consisting of the 4th division. The 1st and 2nd route armies were responsible for attacking Shanghai from the Shanghai-Hangzhou line. The 4th Route army led by Lu Xiangting, consisting of the 2nd division of the Anhui army and 5th Route army led by Zhou Fengqi, consisting of the 2nd Division of the Zhejiang armywere responsible for attacking Suzhou from Changxing. Sun Chuanfang took command of the 3rd route army, leading down the middle. On the 11th of October Sun Chuanfang sent a telegram calling on all foreign nations with interests in Shanghai to send personnel to investigate what he claimed was Fengtian Army members abusing workers and peasants. This of course was a guise to launch his attack.   The Fengtian warlords were taken completely offguard by Sun Chuanfangs rapid offensive, they had all unfortunately been enroute north for a meeting with Zhang Zuolin and thus were on a passive footing. Basically the Fengtian army was in a type of snake like formation extending from Yuguan to Tianjing, Pukou, Nanjing and Shanghai. They were quite dispersed. Thus began what is known as the Zhejiang-Fengtian War. Yet to complicate things, this was actually a theater of a larger war known as the Anti-Fengtian War or Third Zhili-Fengtian War. There were other theaters such as the Guominjun-Fengtian War, involving Feng Yuxiang. The Anti-Fengtian War is pretty incoherent, thus I will try to compartmenalize it.    What should be known in regards to the Zhejiang-Fengtian war, is that the Fengtian forces had the threat of Feng Yuxiang to their rear. If the Fengtian diverted forces to thwart the Guominjun, this would disallow them to quell the southern threat of Sun Chuanfang. Because of this, on October 14th, Yang Yuting ordered his subordinate Xing Shillian to withdraw from the Shanghai area quickly explaining to him in a telegram "due to the Shanghai case, in order to maintain order, we had to adjust the army and declare martial law. Now that the Shanghai case has been resolved, the title of martial law commander should be cancelled, the troops should be withdrawn, and the Jiangsu Police Department should be moved to Shanghai to deter the enemy."   The next day, Yang Yuting invited Jiang Denxuan to Nanjing to figure out how they would withdraw their troops along the Shanghai-Nanjing and Tianjian-Pukou rail lines. He also told Jiang Dengxuan, that Sun Chuanfang would "Su would not invade Zhejiang, consider the elegance of our classmates and resolutely stop the war." So it seemed Yang Yuting, who was a classmate of Sun Chuanfang was under the belief their friendship would prevent an escalation. However Sun Chuanfang on that very same day sent out a telegram to the 5 provinces to attack the Fengtian clique. On the 16th, the 2nd route Army of Xiu Hongxun began occupying Shanghai as the 4th Route army of Lu Xiangting occupied Yixing. Both then began advancing towards Suzhou and Wuxi. Roughly an hour before Sun Chuanfangs forces seized Shanghai, there was a mass withdrawal of the Fengtian forces there.   Because the Fengtian forces had adopted a passive, even non-resistant stance towards Sun Chuanfangs offensive, they all retreated quickly upon seeing any troops. Sun Chuanfang's armies made quick and bloodless progress, however upon reaching Lingkou near Danyang on October the 18th, Xing Shilians men did not retreat. Sun Chuanfang's vanguard found themselves facing what seemed to be determined resistance, but in reality it was a rearguard as the Fengtian forces were trying to evacuate Zhejiang province. On that evening, Yang Yuting convened a meeting in Nanjing with the other commanders, whereupon news came to them of the major defeats their forces had incurred. General Chen Tiaoyuan leading the 4th and 10th Zhili divisions stormed Nanjing and ordered Yang Yuting to be arrested. However Yang Yuting managed to escape from the city under the pretext he was. . . taking a bath. Yes a single source I've been relying upon for this event stated that without any context… so in my head I am imagining the classic hollywood, running a bath of water and jumping out of a window scenario. Regardless Yang Yuting abandoned the Fengtian garrison at Nanjing, fording a river and jumping into a car. On the 19th most of the Fengtians 8th Division, including their commander General Ding Chunxi stationed at Nanjing who had not already fled were surrounded and disarmed by Zhili forces. The next day Sun Chuanfang arrived to Nanjing whereupon he ordered Xie Hongxun's division to ford the river to pursue the Fengtian forces fleeing towards Bengdu. On the 21st Ni Chaorong's leading a Anhui Brigade stationed around Sixian, took a car over to Huaiguan where he telegraphed Jiang Dengxuan to resign. Jiang Dengxuan looked on in misery at the doomed Fengtian forces, knowing full well he had not enough time, men or means to halt the enemies advance, so he fled Bengdu on the 23rd, effectively resigning. Most of the Fengtian forces at Bengdu fled for Xuzhou.   Despite the rather embarrasing retreat of the Nanjing to Bengdu lines, the Fengtian forces were not even close to being really defeated. On the 21st, the Dogmeat General led reinforcements to the battlefield who were now ready for an actual battle. Sun Chuanfangs men at this point occupied Bengbu and had stopped their advance. Unbeknownst to the Fengtian commanders, Sun Chuanfang had secret being negotiations with Wu Peifu. Wu Peifu had come out of his forced retirement in Hubei, and to the north Feng Yuxiang was also coordinating with the three. Sun Chuanfang thought he had secured both men in the mission of attacking Xuzhou, but both of them had failed to perform. Thus Sun Chuanfang found himself in a bit of a pickle at Bengbu.   Meanwhile on the 26th, Zhang Zongchang ordered troops from Xin'an to attack Haizhou. Zhili forces led by General Bai Baoshan were defeated there soundly. The Fengtian army then contuined south to attack Qingjiangpu. Zhili troops led by Ma Yuren tried to defend the city, but soon became encircled and forced to surrender. Sun Chuanfang ordered Zheng Junyan and Chen Diaoyuan to reinforce the eastern sector to try and halt the Fengtian advance. On the 1st of November, Zhang Zongchang launched a new attack upon the Jingdu road, using armored cars and white russian forces. This force was led by Zhang Zongchangs subordinate Shi Chongbin, who had ordered to recapture Suxian and Guzhen.   The frontline Anhui troops became terrified of what looked to them to be a foreign force and fled the battlefield from Rengqiao all the way east of Guzhen. At this point Lu Xiangting, deputy commander in chief under Sun Chuanfang, began demolishing the railway to hinder the Fengtian advance. He dispatched Chen Yi and Xie Hongxun's 2nd division to hook around the rear of the Fengtian army to try and cut their retreat. The White Russian army alongside Chinese of the Fengtian forces were advancing alone in a vangard whence they were attacked from two sides. They had no hope of breaking through, nor fleeing backwards and were forced to surrender. Over 300 White Russian troops were killed in the carnage. Shi Chongbin was captured at Xinqiao station and his 47th brigade of the Shandong Army was completely surrounded.   Zhang Zongchang then dispatched Chu Yupu to reinforce and support the 47th Brigade in an counterattack to try and break out, but it failed. On Novemer 3rd, the 47th Brigade were disarmed and surrendered. Seeing no hope of rescue, Chu Yupu took his troops to man a defensive line between Suxian and Jiagou. Sun Chuanfang now took advantage of the crumbling Fengtian situation and ordered the Zhili forces to surround Xuzhou. Zhang Zongchang mobilized everything the Fengtian had for a decisive battle, but disaster was striking elsewhere. It will be discussed more indepth next episode, but Feng Yuxiang entered the fray, attacking the Fengtian rear in Hubei and western Shandong. Zhang Zuolin realized the dreaded two front war had finally come and elected to pull back his strength. Zhang Zuolin ordered Zhang Zongchang to pull the men back into Shandong on the 6th. On the 7th Xing Shilian, Xu Kun, Bi Shucheng and other Fengtian commanders were retreating from Haizhou and Suqian to Tancheng and Taierzhuang. Chu Yupu and other troops retreated from Suxian and Xuzhou to Hanzhuang and Lincheng. On November 8, Sun Chuanfangs army finally occupied Xuzhou. On the 20th, Sun Chuanfang sent a public telegram to return to Hangzhou from Xuzhou. From then on, the five provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Fujian were divided by Sun Chuanfang. The Zhejiang-Fengtian War was also declared over   It was a very embarrassing defeat for the Fengtian Clique. Across the Shanghai-Nanjing defensive line, the Fengtian army suffered heavy losses, their entire the 8th division was captured, most of the 20th division was annhilated. It was said only Liu Yifei, the commander of the 44th Brigade of the 20th Division had led his troops to resist the Zhejiang Army for several hours on the way back from Shanghai. Because he was isolated and helpless, Liu Yifei was apparently forced to disguise himself as a monk to escape. When he fled back to Fengtiann,  Zhang Zuolin, said to Liu Yifei "You are back, great! I heard that you disguised yourself as a monk. Damn it! In Jiangnan, you were the only one who fought with Sun Chuanfang for eight hours. Others surrendered without firing a shot because their parents didn't give them the courage! Now I will organize another Type A brigade for you, which is a three-regiment system. Soldiers are being recruited and stationed in the Dongshanzui barracks. Train hard!"   Upon winning the Zhejiang-Fengtian War, Sun Chuanfang immediately called for a ceasefire, literally as he was entering Xuzhou. His top priority was to consolidate his gains, for he understood he had only served the Fengtian a bloody nose, as they were preoccupied with war in the north. Then Chen Tiaoyuan of Jiangsu sent a telegram publicly announcing his support nominating Sun Chuanfang to form a government in Nanjing leading the 5 provinces he had led during their war. To try and remedy the situation, the Beiyang government offered Sun Chuandfang the position of military inspector of Jiangsu, combining his military inspector titles over Zhejiang and Fujian. Thus Sun Chuanfang would legitimately rule 3 provinces. The warlords running Jiangxi and Anhui were no match at all for Sun Chuanfang, thus they would have to submit to him regardless. So unofficially Sun Chuanfang established a new sort of government in Nanjing ruling the 5 provinces. This would be the very peak of his career, but nothing is ever built to last.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The Zhejiang-Fengtian War was honestly the result of Fengtian arrogance. Zhang Zuolin let his guard down, turned to his old banditry ways and unleashed his boys southeast, thinking no one would challenge them. Sun Chuanfang proved himself a very capable warlord and now he was a significant player in China's game of thrones.  

关注公众号【Albert英语研习社】，0元报名《周一到周六 英语思维风暴营》直播大课，Albert带你巧用英语思维，轻松突破听说读写译。 Liu Yifei masterfully brought authenticity to the role of Huang Yimei AKA Rose who is a flawed yet multi-faceted female character in her new drama The Tale of Rose. This continues her streak of successes since her return to dramas with A Dream of Splendor in 2022 and Meet Yourself in 2023. She is on a winning streak. But the gorgeous 36-year-old actress has received criticism from netizens, not for her acting, but for her physique. I am weak for your physique. Huang Yimei wore a swimsuit in a recent episode, eliciting mixed reactions from netizens as they body-shamed Liu Yifei for her thighs and “wide waist.” 主播：周邦琴Albert●没有名牌大学背景，没有英语专业背景●没有国外留学经历，没有英语生活环境●22岁成为500强公司全球员工英文讲师●24岁自学成为同声传译●25岁为瑞士联邦总统翻译

Today, we are thrilled to welcome our guest Feifei from China. Feifei carries a multitude of labels with her life's journey. She was once the former assistant of the renowned Chinese celebrity Liu Yifei, who portrayed Mulan in Disney's live-action film. Feifei herself has also taken on roles as a film director, art school teacher, real estate manager, rural education volunteer teacher, amusement park manager, and much more. Just last month, she embraced a new role – that of a mother. Presently, her life encompasses a loving husband, a precious son, and a home filled with happiness. However, before reaching this point, she experienced the pain of a tumultuous relationship and a brief, less than ten-day-long marriage. What emotional journey has Feifei undergone? As a Chinese woman, what standards does she hold when seeking a life partner? How do Chinese individuals navigate the intricacies of marriage? These questions and more will be explored in today's podcast. Join us as we delve into Feifei's captivating life story and insights! 今天，我们非常激动地邀请到了中国嘉宾飞飞。飞飞的人生经历涵盖了多重角色和身份，其中包括曾是中国著名明星刘亦菲的前助理（刘亦菲扮演了迪士尼真人电影《花木兰》中的主角），电影导演，艺校教师，房地产经理，山区支教志愿者，游乐园经理等等。就在上个月，她迎来了一个全新的身份——成为一位母亲。如今，她的生活充满了温馨，拥有一个贴心的丈夫，一个可爱的儿子，构筑了一个幸福美满的家庭。然而，在迈向这一阶段之前，她也曾历经痛苦的情感历程，包括一段不足十天的失败婚姻。 飞飞的情感历程究竟是怎样的？作为一个中国女性，在寻找婚姻伴侣时，她持有怎样的标准？中国人又是如何经营婚姻的呢？这些问题将在今天的播客中一一探讨。让我们一同深入了解飞飞的精彩生活故事和心得分享！

Italian luxury brand Bulgari apologized on Tuesday evening after its official website's simplified Chinese version was found to have listed "Taiwan" with Asian countries, instead of using "Taiwan region" or "China's Taiwan".7月11日晚，意大利奢侈品牌宝格丽因其官网网站的简体中文版将“台湾”列为亚洲国家，而非使用“台湾地区”或“中国台湾”而公开致歉。The brand released a statement on Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, saying that it "steadfastly and always" respects China's sovereignty and territorial integrity.该品牌在中国的微博平台上发布了一则声明，表示其宝格丽公司“尊重中国主权和领土完整的立场，一如既往，坚定不移。”"Our brand has immediately corrected the mistakenly marked store addresses and map indications on the overseas official website, which resulted from management negligence," said the statement.声明称，“品牌在海外官网上因管理疏忽发生的店铺地址和地图标识误注，今日发现后已立即纠正。”"We deeply apologize for the mistake!"“对错误深表歉意。”The luxury brand said it is cooperating with third-party international service providers to ensure the correct representation of relevant countries and regions on the overseas official website.该奢侈品牌表示正在联动第三方国际服务商，确保正确标示海外官网上的相关国家和地区。On Tuesday afternoon, some posts on Weibo said that China and Taiwan were listed separately on the website.7月11日下午，微博上的一些帖子说，该品牌的网站将中国和台湾分开列出。The posts quickly triggered public anger on Chinese social media.这些贴文迅速在中国社交媒体上引发公众的愤怒情绪。According to reports, Bulgari's celebrity endorsers in China include actress Liu Yifei, actor Yang Yang and model Liu Wen.据报道，宝格丽在中国的明星代言人包括演员刘亦菲、演员杨洋和模特刘雯。Bulgari belongs to France's LVMH group. It mainly produces jewelry, watches, leather goods, accessories and perfumes.宝格丽隶属于法国LVMH集团，主要生产珠宝、手表、皮具、配饰和香水等产品。Luxury英/ˈlʌkʃəri/ 美/ˈlʌkʃəri/n.奢侈品Sovereignty英/ˈsɒvrənti/ 美/ˈsɑːvrənti/n.主权

关注公众号【Albert英语研习社】，0元领取《3天英语思维风暴营》直播大课，Albert带你巧用英语思维，听说读写译轻松进阶！Chinese actor Crystal Liu, more commonly known by her stage name Liu Yifei, officially became the global ambassador of the Italian jewelry brand BVLGARI at the beginning of 2023. She enchanted everyone in a dripping diamond necklace and strapless bubblegum-pink gown.Anne Hathaway looked nothing short of sensational as she slipped into an gold and silver sequinned gown for the occasion, complete with plunging neckline and very racy thigh-high split.周邦琴Albert●没有名牌大学背景，没有英语专业背景●没有国外留学经历，没有英语生活环境●22岁成为500强公司英文讲师，录音素材全球员工使用●自学成为同声传译，25岁为瑞士总统翻译

Episode 015: Outcast (2014) This week on the Coming of Cage podcast, Derreck & Ryan discuss the 2014 action film Outcast starring Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen, and Liu Yifei. Directed by Nick Powell. Then we run our little computer system thingy to find out what movie joins the Wheel-O-Cage next! Don't forget to check out […]

The 40-episode costume drama series A Dream of Splendor, starring A-list actress Liu Yifei, has gathered hundreds of millions of views since it began streaming in June.Today, we're going to talk about how a popular TV drama highlights the tea contests that emerged during the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song and helped inspire tea culture in Japan.

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刘亦菲新剧带火了“点茶”：茶上“拉花”这件事，老祖宗早玩明白了……A Dream of Splendor, marking A-list star Liu Yifei's return to the historic theme, has quickly hooked millions of views.最近，刘亦菲出演的《梦华录》火了。电视剧首集就吸引了数百万人的眼球。The series features China's traditional tea acrobatics, an equivalent to coffee art, as one of its top draws. Liu's role, a teahouse keeper, demonstrates dazzling skills of pouring tea or creating beautiful patterns on the surface of a cup of tea in some scenes.该剧以我国传统茶艺为重点刻画内容，类似于现如今的咖啡艺术。在剧中，刘亦菲饰演了一位茶铺老板娘，并在一些场景中展示了令人眼花缭乱的“点茶”技巧，比如倒茶或在茶的表层制作出美丽的图案。Chinese tea culture started to enjoy popularity during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and flourished throughout the Song Dynasty, when tea had become a necessity for almost everyone, from nobles and scholars to common people, just like other indispensable items, such as rice, oil and salt, as suggested by Song politician and thinker Wang Anshi.中国茶文化在唐代开始发展起来，在宋代达到了“盛造其极”的境界。当时，茶已经几乎成为从贵族、学者、到普通老百姓的必需品。宋朝政治家、思想家王安石曾在《议茶法》中写道：“夫茶之为民用，等于米盐，不可一日以无。”这是宋朝人嗜茶如命的真实写照。Different from the method of brewing tea during the Tang period, in the Song Dynasty, the prevalent way of having tea was through dian cha. The process begins with hot water being poured over fine powdered tea creating a paste, then more hot water is slowly added as the tea is constantly whisked by hand with a bamboo stick.与唐代的泡茶方法不同，宋代盛行的喝茶方式是点茶。首先将热水倒在细密的茶粉上，调成糊状，然后慢慢加入更多热水，用茶筅不断击打，直到出现厚厚的泡沫。This action of pouring hot water is called dian, hence the name dian cha, which was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, in 2019.这种加入热水的动作被称为“点”，“点茶”因此得名。该技艺在2019年被列为江苏省镇江市润州区的非物质文化遗产。Dian cha in modern brewing enhances the taste of tea, Han says. "It is similar to the foam on top of a cup of coffee, except that it is made of tea rather than milk."点茶技艺传承人韩喆明说：“点茶类似于咖啡上的奶盖，只是它是由茶做的，而不是由奶做的。”The emperor's book, Treatise on Tea, exposed Han to the details of tea-whisking. In the eyes of people of that time, good tea should be white and fine, Han explains. The better the tea, the whiter it should be, and the longer the froth should last.宋徽宗所作的《大观茶论》一书，对“点茶”有详细描述。宋人对于好茶的标准，从外观上看，要洁白细腻，越好的茶越白，泡沫越持久。"It's like adding bells and whistles to tea and giving people a stronger sense of occasion, so drinking tea is more fun," Han says.韩喆明说：“对茶进行艺术加工，可以让人们有更强的仪式感，增加品饮的趣味。”acrobatics英[ˌækrəˈbætɪks]；美[ˌækrəˈbætɪks]n.杂技；杂技艺术；特技飞行；巧妙手法indispensable英[ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]；美[ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl]adj.不可缺少的；绝对必要的；责无旁贷的；不可避开的prevalent英[ˈprevələnt]；美[ˈprevələnt]adj.流行的，盛行的；普遍存在的，普遍发生的intangible英[ɪnˈtændʒəbl]；美[ɪnˈtændʒəbl]adj.触不到的；难以理解的；无法确定的

Russ and Jared are back to finish Outcast (2014) starring Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen, Liu Yifei, Anoja Dias, Andy On, Fernando Chien, Bill Su Jiahang, and Coco Wang. When we left the guys, our heroes were escaping to the desert in the night and apparently doing a full wardrobe change in between. And most importantly, they've still got 4, count 'em, 4 horses. Find out if we ever see Nicolas Cage again in this thrilling conclusion!

Russ and Jared wish they were here to chat about OutKast, but instead, they're diving head first into Outcast (2014), starring Nicolas Cage (it's better if you imagine he's André 3000), Hayden Christensen (somehow Big Boi?), Liu Yifei, Anoja Dias, Andy On, Fernando Chien, Bill Su Jiahang, and Coco Wang. Far from the worst movie the guys have covered on the podcast, this one is still sure disappoint you if you like movies that are good. Stay tuned for part 2 on Thursday!

ITMT faves Nicolas Cage and Christian Haydensen (Hayden Christensen) lead this week's bad movie, Outcast (2014), also starring Liu Yifei, Anoja Dias, Andy On, Fernando Chien, Bill Su Jiahang, and Coco Wang. In this week's Trailer Trash, the guys read a Fan Service message from Laurel, make more promises to y'all, and prognosticate to the best of their abilities! Stay tuned for the full scene-by-scene breakdown next week.

1:36 Topic intro Mulan3:22 “Be A Man”4:35 Mulan live action reaction8:27 Chi - conceal, don’t feel11:13 So many questions15:24 Controversies around the film19:24 Liu Yifei 20:25 Why Mulan didn’t work YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXjK50kEgvo&t=326s&ab_channel=Sideways22:48 Replacements27:52 The Witch29:55 Likes36:37 Dislikes42:39 The Villain 44:15 Better Asian Movies45:23 Blerd Out - Comedy Specials Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun           Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshunShow Notes by Bola HansonAudio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info:Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW Bola’s contact info:Twitter: https://twitter.com/bolastorybeeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bolastorybee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOXQ6Tc_i81DlWSqCC78Ig/featured Whitney’s company contact info:Email: whit@lumenavi.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios

In this week's episode we dive into the 2014 movie Outcast which stars Nicolas Cage, Hayden Christensen and Liu Yifei. It has 4% on Rotten Tomatoes and was actually banned from China for its controversial casting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jurandir Filho, Thiago Siqueira, Katiucha Barcelos e Fernanda Schmölz batem um papo sobre a animação e o live-action de Mulan. Lançado lá em 1998, a animação que faz parte da segunda Era de Ouro da Disney (também chamada de Renascimento) conta a história de Fa Mulan, filha do guerreiro Fa Zhou, que finge ser um homem para ocupar o lugar de seu pai durante um recrutamento geral para combater uma invasão huno. O filme cativou fãs no mundo inteiro e influenciou uma geração com sua mensagem, suas ações e com uma personagem muito à frente do seu tempo. Em 2020 a Disney lançou a sua versão live-action no Disney+ e trouxe junto com ela uma série de polêmicas: decisões criativas estranhas, opiniões políticas contraditórias do elenco, uma pandemia, boicotes, o cancelamento do lançamento nos cinemas, a estreia no streaming via acesso premium e muito mais. Apesar de tudo, tem alguma coisa boa no live-action? Os problemas são mais na direção da Niki Caro ou a atriz Liu Yifei não conseguiu entregar uma boa Mulan?

Dans ce premier numéro de Ciné d'Asie, l'equipe s'interesse au nouveau film Mulan produit par Disney  qui sort ce vendredi 4 décembre sur Disney+. Dans une partie sans spoiler, nous revenons sur le dessin animé de 1998, nos attentes sur le film et notre avis à chaud. Mais une fois passé le gong des spoilers, nous nous  attaquons à la critique de ce film produit pour faire un carton sur le territoire chinois. Enfin, nous nous interessons a 3 autres versions de Mulan, Lady General Hua Mulan  produit en 1964 par la mythique Shaw brothers; Hua Mulan produit en 1939 par la firme chinoise Tianyi Film Company et enfin La légende de Mulan realisé par le hong kongais JIngle Ma en 2009.

Notre critique du film "Mulan" réalisé par Niki Caro avec Liu Yifei et Donnie Yen. Un film disponible sur Disney+.  Abonnez-vous au podcast CINECAST sur la plateforme de votre choix : https://smartlink.ausha.co/cinecast  ---   Titre : Mulan Sortie : 4 Décembre 2020 (Disney+) De : Niki Caro Avec : Liu Yifei et Donnie Yen. Synopsis : Lorsque l’Empereur de Chine publie un décret stipulant qu’un homme de chaque famille du pays doit intégrer l’armée impériale pour combattre des envahisseurs venus du nord, Hua Mulan, fille ainée d’un vénérable guerrier désormais atteint par la maladie, décide de prendre sa place au combat. Se faisant passer pour un soldat du nom de Hua Jun, elle se voit mise à l’épreuve à chaque étape du processus d’apprentissage, mobilisant chaque jour un peu plus sa force intérieure pour explorer son véritable potentiel… Commence alors pour Mulan un voyage épique qui transformera la jeune fille en une guerrière aux faits d’armes héroïques, honorée par tout un peuple reconnaissant et faisant la fierté de son père. Bande-annonce : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDL5NzQXC3M #Mulan #Disney #CINECAST

#PopVultures Ep 33: What's wrong with Mulan 2020? 34:37 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood industries. This week the #PopVultures review Mulan, spoilers and all! Jan and Sam Jo give their unfiltered thoughts on the recent Disney live-action adaptation of Mulan, focusing on what they liked and hated about the film. Where is the music? What is 'qi'? Do the Chinese characters of Loyal, Brave and True look like a bad tattoo someone might get? What did Gong Li, Donnie Yen and Jet Li even do in this movie? What about the history of Mulan? What are the origins of this legendary Chinese warrior woman? Then they dive deeper into the reasons behind Mulan's dismal showing at the Chinese box office. They discuss why female lead's Liu Yifei's support for the Hong Kong police and the film's on-location shoots in Xinjiang led to a strong #BoycottMulan movement and why Hollywood's attempts at Asian representation have fallen short. Finally, they end off with some recommendations for alternative Mulan content. Tune in to hear Jan (trash) talk Mulan and Sam Jo doing his best to channel Christina Aguilera/Lea Salonga through his soulful singing! Produced by: Jan Lee (janlee@sph.com.sg) & Yeo Sam Jo (yeosamjo@sph.com.sg) Edited by: Muhammad Firmann Follow #PopVultures Podcast series and rate us on: Channel: https://str.sg/JWad Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaA Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaP Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju47  Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#PopVultures Ep 33: What's wrong with Mulan 2020? 34:37 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood industries. This week the #PopVultures review Mulan, spoilers and all! Jan and Sam Jo give their unfiltered thoughts on the recent Disney live-action adaptation of Mulan, focusing on what they liked and hated about the film. Where is the music? What is 'qi'? Do the Chinese characters of Loyal, Brave and True look like a bad tattoo someone might get? What did Gong Li, Donnie Yen and Jet Li even do in this movie? What about the history of Mulan? What are the origins of this legendary Chinese warrior woman? Then they dive deeper into the reasons behind Mulan's dismal showing at the Chinese box office. They discuss why female lead's Liu Yifei's support for the Hong Kong police and the film's on-location shoots in Xinjiang led to a strong #BoycottMulan movement and why Hollywood's attempts at Asian representation have fallen short. Finally, they end off with some recommendations for alternative Mulan content. Tune in to hear Jan (trash) talk Mulan and Sam Jo doing his best to channel Christina Aguilera/Lea Salonga through his soulful singing! Produced by: Jan Lee (janlee@sph.com.sg) & Yeo Sam Jo (yeosamjo@sph.com.sg) Edited by: Muhammad Firmann Follow #PopVultures Podcast series and rate us on: Channel: https://str.sg/JWad Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaA Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaP Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju47  Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#PopVultures Ep 33: What's wrong with Mulan 2020? 34:37 mins Synopsis: The Straits Times examines the ins and outs of pop culture in the Asian entertainment and Hollywood industries. This week the #PopVultures review Mulan, spoilers and all! Jan and Sam Jo give their unfiltered thoughts on the recent Disney live-action adaptation of Mulan, focusing on what they liked and hated about the film. Where is the music? What is 'qi'? Do the Chinese characters of Loyal, Brave and True look like a bad tattoo someone might get? What did Gong Li, Donnie Yen and Jet Li even do in this movie? What about the history of Mulan? What are the origins of this legendary Chinese warrior woman? Then they dive deeper into the reasons behind Mulan's dismal showing at the Chinese box office. They discuss why female lead's Liu Yifei's support for the Hong Kong police and the film's on-location shoots in Xinjiang led to a strong #BoycottMulan movement and why Hollywood's attempts at Asian representation have fallen short. Finally, they end off with some recommendations for alternative Mulan content. Tune in to hear Jan (trash) talk Mulan and Sam Jo doing his best to channel Christina Aguilera/Lea Salonga through his soulful singing! Produced by: Jan Lee (janlee@sph.com.sg) & Yeo Sam Jo (yeosamjo@sph.com.sg) Edited by: Muhammad Firmann Follow #PopVultures Podcast series and rate us on: Channel: https://str.sg/JWad Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaA Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaP Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju47  Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

主播：翩翩（中国）+Selah（美国）电影《花木兰》MulanEveryone was eagerly waiting for and anticipating this movie.万众瞩目The ratings were low.评分很低Had many criticisms.口碑很差the live action version was based on the animated one基于动画版本的真人武打版本，但更像是成人电影（adult movie），因为这部电影：does not have songs没有歌曲has more fighting and action scenes有更多武打场景The story of Mulan花木兰的故事Pretends to be a boy 女扮男装Goes to the war to fight in the place of her father 替父从军故事激励人心：a story about courage and bravery（勇气） and sacrificing（牺牲） for the ones you love美国人民的反应美国人民的反应（response）：very mixed看法不一Positive comments（好评）是好电影，love it a lot。可以拍得更像迪士尼动画电影（animated Disney movie）。有创新，没有repeat the original（原来的）movie。吸引人（grabbing），并且，“全程无尿点”（扣人心弦，引人入胜people were on the “edge of their seats”） Negative comments（差评）:没有准确（accurately）描绘（portray）the story or Chinese culture。因为政治问题（political issues）而迁怒这部电影。选的体裁（genre）有问题： 既不是kids movie, 也不是war movie。The main criticisms（主要的差评）：很无聊（boring），不能吸引人的注意力 （grab people's attention）。因为疫情，美国could not release（上映） it in movie theaters。Selah和朋友在自己的专属movie theater——living room，看了这部电影，两人AA付电影票（split the price）。美国人的电影评分平台：IMDbMulan got a 5.4/10 （5.4 out of 10）score on IMDb. 《花木兰》这部电影在IMDb上的评分是5.4分。这部电影并没有赚到期望的票房（make as much money as they thought they would）, 尤其还是 Disney movie。Selah的观影感受Selah really enjoyed the movie. 非常喜欢这部电影。这部电影：did a good job at （在……做得好）telling the story, showing Chinese cultural valuesfamily movie（适合家人一起看）：因为没有intense romance（强烈的爱情）made Selah laugh and proud of Chinese stories and history（为中国故事和历史感到骄傲）did a good job at making it look and feel “Chinese”（看上去和感受起来很“中国”）传递 Chinese traditional values（中国精神）：bravery（勇气） and family honor（家族的荣耀）the costumes: big dresses （大长裙）and 夸张的makeup（妆容）the actresses Liu Yifei & Gong Li：did an excellent job and did not try to be too American or Western（演出了“中国化”的感觉） 如果你也看了《花木兰》，请留言分享你的观影感受。

主播：翩翩（中国）+Selah（美国）电影《花木兰》MulanEveryone was eagerly waiting for and anticipating this movie.万众瞩目The ratings were low.评分很低Had many criticisms.口碑很差the live action version was based on the animated one基于动画版本的真人武打版本，但更像是成人电影（adult movie），因为这部电影：does not have songs没有歌曲has more fighting and action scenes有更多武打场景The story of Mulan花木兰的故事Pretends to be a boy 女扮男装Goes to the war to fight in the place of her father 替父从军故事激励人心：a story about courage and bravery（勇气） and sacrificing（牺牲） for the ones you love美国人民的反应美国人民的反应（response）：very mixed看法不一Positive comments（好评）是好电影，love it a lot。可以拍得更像迪士尼动画电影（animated Disney movie）。有创新，没有repeat the original（原来的）movie。吸引人（grabbing），并且，“全程无尿点”（扣人心弦，引人入胜people were on the “edge of their seats”） Negative comments（差评）:没有准确（accurately）描绘（portray）the story or Chinese culture。因为政治问题（political issues）而迁怒这部电影。选的体裁（genre）有问题： 既不是kids movie, 也不是war movie。The main criticisms（主要的差评）：很无聊（boring），不能吸引人的注意力 （grab people's attention）。因为疫情，美国could not release（上映） it in movie theaters。Selah和朋友在自己的专属movie theater——living room，看了这部电影，两人AA付电影票（split the price）。美国人的电影评分平台：IMDbMulan got a 5.4/10 （5.4 out of 10）score on IMDb. 《花木兰》这部电影在IMDb上的评分是5.4分。这部电影并没有赚到期望的票房（make as much money as they thought they would）, 尤其还是 Disney movie。Selah的观影感受Selah really enjoyed the movie. 非常喜欢这部电影。这部电影：did a good job at （在……做得好）telling the story, showing Chinese cultural valuesfamily movie（适合家人一起看）：因为没有intense romance（强烈的爱情）made Selah laugh and proud of Chinese stories and history（为中国故事和历史感到骄傲）did a good job at making it look and feel “Chinese”（看上去和感受起来很“中国”）传递 Chinese traditional values（中国精神）：bravery（勇气） and family honor（家族的荣耀）the costumes: big dresses （大长裙）and 夸张的makeup（妆容）the actresses Liu Yifei & Gong Li：did an excellent job and did not try to be too American or Western（演出了“中国化”的感觉） 如果你也看了《花木兰》，请留言分享你的观影感受。

主播：翩翩（中国）+Selah（美国）电影《花木兰》MulanEveryone was eagerly waiting for and anticipating this movie.万众瞩目The ratings were low.评分很低Had many criticisms.口碑很差the live action version was based on the animated one基于动画版本的真人武打版本，但更像是成人电影（adult movie），因为这部电影：does not have songs没有歌曲has more fighting and action scenes有更多武打场景The story of Mulan花木兰的故事Pretends to be a boy 女扮男装Goes to the war to fight in the place of her father 替父从军故事激励人心：a story about courage and bravery（勇气） and sacrificing（牺牲） for the ones you love美国人民的反应美国人民的反应（response）：very mixed看法不一Positive comments（好评）是好电影，love it a lot。可以拍得更像迪士尼动画电影（animated Disney movie）。有创新，没有repeat the original（原来的）movie。吸引人（grabbing），并且，“全程无尿点”（扣人心弦，引人入胜people were on the “edge of their seats”） Negative comments（差评）:没有准确（accurately）描绘（portray）the story or Chinese culture。因为政治问题（political issues）而迁怒这部电影。选的体裁（genre）有问题： 既不是kids movie, 也不是war movie。The main criticisms（主要的差评）：很无聊（boring），不能吸引人的注意力 （grab people's attention）。因为疫情，美国could not release（上映） it in movie theaters。Selah和朋友在自己的专属movie theater——living room，看了这部电影，两人AA付电影票（split the price）。美国人的电影评分平台：IMDbMulan got a 5.4/10 （5.4 out of 10）score on IMDb. 《花木兰》这部电影在IMDb上的评分是5.4分。这部电影并没有赚到期望的票房（make as much money as they thought they would）, 尤其还是 Disney movie。Selah的观影感受Selah really enjoyed the movie. 非常喜欢这部电影。这部电影：did a good job at （在……做得好）telling the story, showing Chinese cultural valuesfamily movie（适合家人一起看）：因为没有intense romance（强烈的爱情）made Selah laugh and proud of Chinese stories and history（为中国故事和历史感到骄傲）did a good job at making it look and feel “Chinese”（看上去和感受起来很“中国”）传递 Chinese traditional values（中国精神）：bravery（勇气） and family honor（家族的荣耀）the costumes: big dresses （大长裙）and 夸张的makeup（妆容）the actresses Liu Yifei & Gong Li：did an excellent job and did not try to be too American or Western（演出了“中国化”的感觉） 如果你也看了《花木兰》，请留言分享你的观影感受。

主播：翩翩（中国）+Selah（美国）电影《花木兰》MulanEveryone was eagerly waiting for and anticipating this movie.万众瞩目The ratings were low.评分很低Had many criticisms.口碑很差the live action version was based on the animated one基于动画版本的真人武打版本，但更像是成人电影（adult movie），因为这部电影：does not have songs没有歌曲has more fighting and action scenes有更多武打场景The story of Mulan花木兰的故事Pretends to be a boy 女扮男装Goes to the war to fight in the place of her father 替父从军故事激励人心：a story about courage and bravery（勇气） and sacrificing（牺牲） for the ones you love美国人民的反应美国人民的反应（response）：very mixed看法不一Positive comments（好评）是好电影，love it a lot。可以拍得更像迪士尼动画电影（animated Disney movie）。有创新，没有repeat the original（原来的）movie。吸引人（grabbing），并且，“全程无尿点”（扣人心弦，引人入胜people were on the “edge of their seats”） Negative comments（差评）:没有准确（accurately）描绘（portray）the story or Chinese culture。因为政治问题（political issues）而迁怒这部电影。选的体裁（genre）有问题： 既不是kids movie, 也不是war movie。The main criticisms（主要的差评）：很无聊（boring），不能吸引人的注意力 （grab people's attention）。因为疫情，美国could not release（上映） it in movie theaters。Selah和朋友在自己的专属movie theater——living room，看了这部电影，两人AA付电影票（split the price）。美国人的电影评分平台：IMDbMulan got a 5.4/10 （5.4 out of 10）score on IMDb. 《花木兰》这部电影在IMDb上的评分是5.4分。这部电影并没有赚到期望的票房（make as much money as they thought they would）, 尤其还是 Disney movie。Selah的观影感受Selah really enjoyed the movie. 非常喜欢这部电影。这部电影：did a good job at （在……做得好）telling the story, showing Chinese cultural valuesfamily movie（适合家人一起看）：因为没有intense romance（强烈的爱情）made Selah laugh and proud of Chinese stories and history（为中国故事和历史感到骄傲）did a good job at making it look and feel “Chinese”（看上去和感受起来很“中国”）传递 Chinese traditional values（中国精神）：bravery（勇气） and family honor（家族的荣耀）the costumes: big dresses （大长裙）and 夸张的makeup（妆容）the actresses Liu Yifei & Gong Li：did an excellent job and did not try to be too American or Western（演出了“中国化”的感觉） 如果你也看了《花木兰》，请留言分享你的观影感受。

Disney’s live-action Mulan has generated a surprising amount of headlines since production began in 2019. Starting with star Liu Yifei speaking out in support of Hong Kong police despite law enforcement’s brutal treatment of pro-democracy protesters. Then #BoycottMulan spread through social media after some eagle-eyed viewers noticed that Disney had thanked eight government bodies in Xinjiang, a Western province known for its concentration camps, in the film’s credits. Take a listen to find out more. ---------- We have just launched a Patreon! Show us some love: https://www.patreon.com/TheThreePixels This episode of The Three Pixels is brought to you by Ben Ridley, Martin Gregory & Daviana Ridley. Follow us and get in touch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThreePixelsPod Or email: hello@thethreepixels.com Or website: http://www.thethreepixels.com If you love what we're doing here at The Three Pixels, consider buying us a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheThreePixels

Joins us as we dive into the latest Disney “remake” of their Animated Classic Mulan!.... ugh Mushu must be rolling in his grave after watching this.Connect with us on Social MediaFacebookInstagram YoutubeOr Reach out us on or websiteJustbeenrevoked.comJBRpodcast.com

A special episode focusing on comparative politics and political theory today, featuring Gavin Huang, the managing editor of Goldthread. Gavin is based in Hong Kong and writes on China and Asia. We talk about how Asia and China are portrayed in Western media as scary, weird, or ancient. We talk about living in Hong Kong during the pro democracy protests and COVID as a Chinese American. How long do you have to live somewhere to no longer feel like an outsider and to have a political opinion in local politics? What do we think of cancel culture and Mulan? There's more to China than what Western media portrays--what's the other side? What does it mean to observe both sides versus taking a stance? Mentioned:Loud Murmurs The Dao NetworkChina Watcher - Politico NewsletterGoldthread(4:20) - Gavin's career as a filmmaker and journalist and his motivation for going into journalism.(8:30) - Three portrayals of China in Western media and stories that go beyond that. (6:15) - Gavin's recs for China podcasts. (20:00) - Hong Kong's response to COVID-19.(24:30) - Hong Kong democracy movement vs. China.(27:30) - What does it mean to be a global citizen?(30:15) - Thoughts on Mulan?! Controversy in Xinjiang and Liu Yifei's comments on Hong Kong police. (37:10) - Can we judge Chinese celebrities by the same metrics we use to judge Americans despite unequal access to free speech and free press? Thoughts on cancel culture. Education as propaganda?(45:30) - Racism in US and Hong Kong toward Chinese people. (47:00) - Gavin's removal from US politics and preference for observation over taking a side. Contact Nancy at:interpellasian@gmail.comWebsitePOC Podcast has an Instagram now!And a Twitter!GavinInstagramTwitterWelcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that seeks to create space for more people of color in politics and economics. With the 2020 presidential election coming up and the state of the economy during COVID-19, it is more important than ever to think about who we include in the conversations about politics and economics. I am Nancy Wu, your host. I’m also an Asian American woman, an economist, and a huge politics and policy nerd. I triple majored in Economics, Government (Political Science) and Gender Studies at Dartmouth and have a Master’s in Development Economics from Oxford. I work as an Economist full time and have previously worked in economic policy at the White House (under Obama, of course) and progressive think tanks. The goal of this podcast is to engage the Asian American community and other POC and BIPOC voices in an industry that is so heavily represented by old white men. The POC Podcast will host conversations on the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the coronavirus pandemic, the state of the economy, and other pressing topics in politics, economics, and culture, all through perspectives inclusive of the lived experiences of people of color. Whether you're new to politics or already a huge politics nerd, I hope this podcast inspires community and conversation among us. Join me in reimagining politics and economics with underrepresented voices. The economy is complicated enough. Learn about it through stories from real people.

No need to be wary of spoilers for this 2AM Takeout Movie Night Review because this movie is a hard skip for us.Live action Mulan was meant to be a key step for Asian-American representation because of its all Asian cast, but has lately been overshadowed by #BoycottMulan and the politics behind the film like lead actress Liu Yifei’ support for police brutality in the Hong Kong protests or Disney kissing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) ‘s ass to film in the Uyghur Muslim Xinjiang territory.In this episode, 2AM Takeout dissects how Mulan’s all-white crew and director have truly whitewashed this critical feminist story in Chinese culture. We dive right in and point out specific cultural inaccuracies like the appropriation of Qi, the use of Phoenix iconography, and the cringy made-up proverbs.IG: @2amtakeoutpod

So I went to watch the new Disney movie "Mulan". To be honest, it was the lead actress Liu Yifei's face that allowed me to watch the whole movie. The biggest disappointment and revelation from this movie lies in the logic of Americans telling Chinese stories.I guess you will not go watch that movie so I'll spoil it a little bit. This is the only and final spoiler alert. Through the movie "Mulan", we can also understand a little bit why China's cultural export always fails and how to save it. The first disappointment is the concept of the family. The movie kept saying she fights for the family. It feels that the country is never important, and the glory and future of the family are the goals of one's struggle. Well, this logic is very European and American.The second disappointment is the concept of “Qi”or internal energy.In the movie, Mulan is a gifted girl with a huge amount of unawakened “Qi” hidden in her body. Mulan must be shown as a female in order to stimulate the Qi in her body and in order to level up to defeat the final boss.Those who have never watched a movie can still understand that this Mulan is no different from American blockbuster characters such as Iron Man and Spiderman. They are born with extraordinary talents and are different from ordinary people. They are destined to achieve great things. The only thing they need is a chance.China Explained will show you that because of China's continued success in industrial upgrading, technological innovation and realizing its huge potential, it is an unstoppable process. The inevitable rise of China may feel intimidating and some simply reject it. Don't be. More importantly, we will answer the million-dollar question: how can you, as an individual or a small business owner, also profit from the rise of China ?Creating original content is hard work, your support is what keeps us going. Please donate to this channel: paypal.me/ChinaExplained

In this episode Madeline and Olivia discuss Mulan and their thoughts around the quality of the remake, which attempted a more sophisticated tone, compared to the original 1998 version. Additionally, they touch on the controversy around the film’s production in light of all that the year 2020 has revealed. Join Olivia and Madeline as they dive into how Mulan can jump start faith conversations about restoration.Timestamps:The Fun (01:50 -16:22)The Faith (16:23 - 24:41)The Recommendations (24:42 - 28:21)Biblical Verses/References in this Episode Include: Luke 15:112 Corinthians 5: 16-19Suggestions in this Episode Include: The Hollywood Reporter | Studio Executives RoundtableCounterfeit Gods - Timothy KellerWe Would Love to Connect with You: Instagram | Twitter | Website | madeplainpodcast@gmail.com Olivia & Madeline Music: "Strung Out" Instrumental by Dave's Free Beats

· «Den verste formen for disruptiv markedsliberalisme». Det mener Lan Marie Berg om elsparkesyklene. De fører til åtte ganger så mange ulykker som sykler. Bør elsparkesyklene forbys?· Twitter-samfunnet stormer mot Disney-storsatsingen «Mulan», som premierer digitalt i disse dager. Filmen er innspilt der uigurene tvangsinterneres av kinesiske myndigheter, og hovedrolleinnehaver Liu Yifei har utvist støtte til det kinesiske politiets aksjoner mot Hongkong-demonstrasjoner. «Støtter politibrutalitet», signerer et demonstrasjonstog på sosiale medier, under hashtaggen #BoytcottMulan. Bør vi boikotte «Mulan»?· Oljefondssjef og superrik, Nicolai Tangen, vekket en av fjorårets største kunstdebatter da han ville donere sin hundremillioners-kunstsamling til Kristiansand kommune. Nå vekker han igjen reaksjoner fra kunstfeltet, etter forslag fra Nasjonalmuseets direktør Karin Hindsbo, om å donere penger til museet. Bør vi ta imot en pengegave fra Nicolai Tangen?Skuespiller og miljøaktivist Iselin Shumba, og Minerva-redaktør Nils August Andresen er gjester i den sjette episoden av Etikk og estetikk – en podkast fra Subjekt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Movie Magic, we review the live-action version of Mulan on Disney Plus. It's a blow by blow, punch for punch take on what we liked and disliked about the movie.  Credits:  1. Movie Magic Opening Theme produced, composed & performed by Corey Gomez. 2. Loyal, Brave and True, performed by Christina Aguilera & written by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan, and Billy Crabtree. Produced by Jamie Hartman. Label: Disney. 3. Reflection (Mandarin version), performed by Liu YiFei. Label: Disney. 4. Return to The Village, composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Label: Disney. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

BL + BW break down the Academy Awards' new diversity requirements for Best Picture, before going all in on the new Disney remake of Mulan, made for USD$200 million, how does the film stack up against the 1998 classic?

BL + BW break down the Academy Awards' new diversity requirements for Best Picture, before going all in on the new Disney remake of Mulan, made for USD$200 million, how does the film stack up against the 1998 classic?

BL + BW break down the Academy Awards' new diversity requirements for Best Picture, before going all in on the new Disney remake of Mulan, made for USD$200 million, how does the film stack up against the 1998 classic?

BL + BW break down the Academy Awards' new diversity requirements for Best Picture, before going all in on the new Disney remake of Mulan, made for USD$200 million, how does the film stack up against the 1998 classic?

Join Hollywood Insider as we hear about Mulan from the cast and crew and what makes this film so special to them. Watch our behind the scenes video on Mulan now! Visit https://www.hollywoodinsider.com and our YouTube for more great content | Hollywood Insider focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, so as to utilize media as a tool to unite and better our world, by combining entertainment, education and philanthropy, while being against gossip and scandal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We discuss some of the ways in which Trump definitely doesn't care about the military or hold any strong faith-based beliefs. He's a fraud, and those who claim to care about the military or vote based on their faith know that, and should just own up to wanting to vote for an authoritarian protecting white evangelical supremacy while the world burns. WWJD? We see you: pearl clutchers who continue to misrepresent the BLM protests, Mike Bloomberg, Louis DeJoy, Brian Kemp, Trump ending diversity trainings, Liu Yifei   - www.feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi!  Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram: @feministswithoutmystique Facebook: facebook.com/fwmpodcast Email: feministswithoutmystique@gmail.com

Mulan has recently came out, Mulan was filmed in the same city where millions of Uyghur Muslims are being held in concentration camps and being forced to eat pork, drink alcohol, and being raped. It is also where a mass issue of police brutality is happening. the main actress Liu Yifei has expressed multiple times freely on social media her support for the police and the brutality and genocide that is going on. As well many other actors playing in this film. This is not a something we can continue to ignore.

Yaho, binches! Enjoy a tall glass of Dumb Bitch Juice with Azul and special Dumb Bitches Ryan, Amanda and CapitanDMart as they discuss the newly released movie Mulan, how it holds up to the original 1998 animated film , Liu Yifei's controversial comments on the Hong Kong protests and answer the question "is it worth $30 for Disney+ premiere?". Later the Dumb Bitches play a game answering questions with their own predictions about the state of the world and their lives in 2020-2021 for a future prize (OOH!). Last they all discuss their favorite memes for the week. Follow us on Instagram @dumbbitchjuicepod Follow Jane @janevampart Follow Capitan @CapitanDMart Follow Amanda @wittywalla --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dumbbitchjuice/support

Welcome to East West Hurricane! 🌪We update you on the most essential news from Asia in tech, media, and business—the things you need to know that you probably haven’t heard in Western media.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! ⚡️Chinese Audiences Reflect on New Mulan Film 🇨🇳To people in my generation, we remember watching the animated Disney film Mulan back in 1998. I was too young to realise that the film was not well received in China at the time. So far, it seems like Disney’s Mulan remake has touched on a similar nerve for many Chinese viewers. The new $200 Million live-action version of Mulan came out on Disney+ a few days ago after much anticipation. Despite some controversy around lead actress Liu Yifei posting about the Hong Kong protests last year, Disney expected this new Mulan to do well in China.While the film will officially be released in Chinese theaters on September 11, pirated online versions have already appeared on the Chinese internet and tens of thousands of people have already written reviews on Chinese ratings site Douban. Right now, the film has a 4.7 out of 10 rating. Chinese reviewers have complained about the film’s Western writers generally misunderstanding Chinese culture. The problem of Hollywood whitewashing ‘Asian’ films has been perceived to be improving against the backdrop of successes like Parasite and Crazy Rich Asians. There’s still a chance that the film will do well when it comes out in Chinese theaters in three days on Friday. Whether Disney misses on Mulan or not, they can’t ignore the huge Chinese film market.China’s Millennials Riding Solo 🕴In traditional Chinese culture and throughout most of Asia, people are expected to marry and start families at a young age. The first thing my relatives in the Philippines ask me is if I have a girlfriend and when I’m getting married. But today, this trend is starting to shift as young people do these things later in life and increasingly pursue a single life living in big cities. The number of single people in China reached 200 Million last year, and the number of single people living alone is expected to reach 90 Million by 2021. Another country that has seen this happen more quickly is Japan, where the government has even provided subsidies to encourage dating. Chinese companies are capitalising on this new consumer class of young, single working professionals, which would have been a smaller group in previous generations. Chinese hot pot restaurant chain Haidilao has started putting teddy bears in empty chairs as companions for solo diners and other restaurants have started building dining booths for individuals. ‘Solo dining’ is becoming a popular content category on social media and appliance companies are starting to create mini-appliances for people living alone. It’s interesting to see how business adapts to changing consumer demand. From a cultural perspective, I’m most happy with the fact that being young and single is now seen as less negative in Chinese society. An Indian Funeral for PUBG Mobile ⚰️To you, it might just be a silly video game. But for millions of Indian gamers, PUBG Mobile was an immersive, social entertainment experience that played a meaningful role in their lives. So when the Indian government banned PUBG last week, it hit harder than the hundreds of other banned Chinese mobile apps. Arguably, losing access to PUBG could be considered even more impactful than India banning TikTok, since many gamers (especially young men) spend more time playing video games than they do consuming social media. A group of young gamers went viral in India this week for recording a video of themselves holding a pretend funeral procession for PUBG. On a more serious note, I think this highlights the disparity between public policy and popular culture. While the political conflict between India and China continues, people will suffer in many ways. If things like media and entertainment need to become regionalised, it could lead to interesting new developments for companies that understand popular culture. In the meantime, fans of PUBG will continue to suffer. All they wanted was a video game to play with their friends. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit eastwesthurricane.substack.com

In our first official episode with new Cinemaholics co-host Abby Olcese, we discuss the honor and honor that is to be found honorable in Mulan, the latest live-action Disney remake, which stars Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma, Gong Li, and Jet Li. Plus, we review Charlie Kaufman’s new mind-bending film I’m Thinking of Ending Things, which is now on Netflix and stars Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, and David Thewlis. Please welcome Abby to the show by commenting below! Music in this episode: “I’ll Make a Man Out of You (Lofi)” by Lash Music Show Notes: 00:00:00 – Cobb & Cooper Face the Mutants 00:04:30 – Intro & Off-Topics 00:13:30 – Mini Reviews: “Ted Lasso,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Lovecraft Country,” Unhinged 00:24:00 – Listener feedback: Are you going to pay $30 to see Mulan? 00:32:45 – Mulan 00:55:55 – I’m Thinking of Ending Things Links to what we mentioned on the show:  Abby’s investigate reporting for The Pitch covering issues with the Alamo Drafthouse in Kansas City Ways you can donate to the Starlight Children’s Foundation in honor of Chadwick Boseman The “Swell” App, where you can leave a voice message for us to play on the podcast Ways to connect with us: Follow us on Twitter: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton, Abby Olcese Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Don’t forget to review and rate the show on Apple Podcasts Email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. You might just hear your email read on next week’s episode! Like Cinemaholics on Facebook and Twitter.  Check out our YouTube channel for show excerpts and bonus content Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cinemaholics See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the eighteenth episode of our competitive film podcast; Cine it to Win it! where two friends fight films for fun! This week we're back fighting two new films; Niki Caro's Mulan vs. Josh Boone's The New Mutants. Timestamps: 0:00 - The warm up (intro) 5:20 - Mulan vs. The New Mutants (@20:47)  33:55 - The Empire Strikes Back! Never Rarely Sometimes Always review 44:25 - The Damned United review  46:04 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure review 48:15 - Babyteeth review 50:13 - Chadwick Boseman 55:20 -The warm down (outro) Thank you all for listening, if you enjoyed the episode please consider subscribing and leaving a rating, it would really go a long way. Catch you all next week! Email: cineittowinit@gmail.com Twitter: @cine_it Instagram: @cineittowinit Tags: Movies, Films, Latest, Releases, Review, Contest, Gameshow, Competition, Friendly, Rounds, Television, Games, News, VoD, Streaming, Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBOMax, Disney Plus, Niki Caro, Liu Yifei, Mulan, Josh Boone, Maisie Williams, The Mutants, Eliza Hittman, Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Tom Hooper, Michael Sheen, The Damned United, Stephen Herek, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Bill & Ted, Shannon Murphy, Eliza Scanlen, Babyteeth, Lovecraft Country, Tell Me Why Intro & Outro Music Coming for You by NEFFEX, https://smarturl.it/neffex_soundcloud (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=0GQAgDwkBD5cdwgDvR9XyRjUio58MTU3OTczMTUxM0AxNTc5NjQ1MTEz&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsmarturl.it%2Fneffex_soundcloud&v=xPi1O8g8zII)

The story of Mulan – a girl who single-handedly repels a Mongol invasion after taking her father's place in the Chinese army – was a huge hit for Disney in 1998.However, the Waitaki District Council is more ambivalent towards a potential army of visitors. After being chosen as the filming location for Disney's live-action remake of Mulan, they were aware the film might bring huge numbers of tourists to the Whitestone geopark.The area is used to visiting film crews. It appears as a backdrop in the Narnia and the Lord of the Rings film franchises. However, early indications showed that the Disney-backed blockbuster had the potential to "blow the Lord of the Rings out of the water".So said Fergus Power, chief executive of Waitaki District Council.The film was expecting to be a huge hit, particularly in Chinese markets where the film had been mentioned 5.87 billion times on the social media network Weibo. By January the trailer for the film was shared 2.5 billion times."Mulan is more than your average story. It's taught in schools, in China," said Power."If you compare that interest to the rest of the world you still end up with the potential of a very high interest in these film locations."Aware that the film starring Liu Yifei had the makings of a huge hit, the district council was "aggressive" in pursuing the project and in helping the movie get made, said Power."We rolled out the Waitaki green carpet for them."However, as with any cinematic epic, the story isn't quite as straight forward.Covid-19 has disrupted both international travel and the film industry. Mulan was originally slated for theatrical release on March 9 this year, three days before the WHO declared coronavirus a pandemic, 10 days before New Zealand closed its borders to inbound tourists.As cinemas around the world were emptied and New Zealand's borders were closed to holidaymakers, the future of the film and its translation into inbound travel was thrown into uncertainty.While Disney has said that Mulan will still be getting a theatrical release in China, there is no firm release date. Elsewhere Mulan will be available to watch from next week, online only.Could Waitaki's roads handle the tourists? The Lindis Pass cuts through the Ahuriri river valley. Photo / FileHowever Waitaki is still optimistic that this will translate into future visits."If anything Covid-19 has provided some breathing space but expectations are that Mulan will bring interest and with that interest will come employment opportunities," said Powers.The council is still working with the Department of Conservation and central government to create management plans for an increased number of visitors to the delicate natural beauty spot.Margaret Munro, the general manager for Tourism Waitaki, said it's up to the area to look after its unspoiled landscapes, how ever many tourists arrive."Like all epic films they wanted landscapes that are void of any materials or power lines, that sort of thing," said Munro."They liked the raw landscapes of the area."However if the tourism demand is not properly anticipated or managed, the area risks ruining its appeal for both visitors and future film scouts."The Ahuriri Valley hasn't really appeared in many films. Particularly of this size," said Munro.The Whitestone geopark is currently being evaluated for Unesco world heritage status. With that status comes specific demands on conservation and management.There are already some tourism ventures in the area, which is popular with hikers and trout fishermen. Places like the spectacular looking Lindis luxury lodge which, on the banks of the Ahuriri, depends on the appeal of the area's pristine remoteness.However while borders are still closed to international tourists, the attention might at least still inspire New Zealanders to visit.As we discovered with the Lord of the Rings films, 20 years ago: it can take the spotlight of an international blockbuster for New Zealanders to dis...

It’s one of Amazon’s most watched shows, and now The Boys is back for a second season. While Katie and Stevie couldn’t be any more excited, Bethany is reserving her judgement. With more graphic violence and gore than you can shake a stick at, it’s certainly not for the faint hearted.Netflix blasts into space with its ambitious space drama Away, starring Hilary Swank as a conflicted captain on a mission to Mars. The team have mixed reactions to some of the no-gravity scenes, achieved with the help of wires and some super slo-mo acting. One thing they do agree on is that space seems to get better phone reception than all of the WFH locations they’ve so far explored in their own flats.We go back to the roots of a popular Swedish detective in Young Wallander, also on Netflix. While the show doesn’t hold back on the torso shots (proving that lead actor Adam Palsson hasn’t been slacking in the gym), it’s Scandi-crime credentials are slightly less forthcoming. For those that don’t like subtitles though, this English-language interpretation does mean you can skip all the pesky reading and concentrate on the gratuitous upper-body nudity.Meanwhile, Disney’s big blockbuster of the year premieres on their streaming service Disney +. The latest in their long line of action re-makes, Chinese actress Liu Yifei stars in the hard-to-fill lead role. With more attention paid to the original 6th century folk tale than the 1998 cartoon version, Stevie educates everyone when he explains what the name Mushu actually means (Spoiler alert: Mushu the dragon, voiced by Eddie Murphy in the Disney original, isn’t in the remake. There is a phoenix.). While it’s a decent re-telling, everyone wonders if kids will have the stamina to actually sit through the $200m (£150m) epic.And in possibly the craziest film the Backstage gang have ever reviewed, Charlie Kaufman latest movie I’m Thinking Of Ending Things comes to Netflix. Starring a pair of Jessies – Irish actress Jessie Buckley and American actor Jesse Plemons – this genre-confounding movie will keep you on your toes and most likely make you question the meaning of life, the universe and everything…Please do subscribe if you like what you hear and do get in touch using backstage@sky.uk – we love emails!

In the Northern Wei Dynasty, from about 386 to 534 AD, in ancient China, there was a legendary female warrior. She dressed up like a man to take her father's place in the army, as he was too old to fight. Do you know? Who is she? 传说 在 中国 古代的 北魏 时期 有一位 传奇的 女战士，她 女扮 男装 顶替 年迈的 父亲 从军 打仗。猜一猜，她是谁？ She is Mulan. 他 就是 花木兰。 On July 24, the live-action Disney movie Mulan will open in the US. 7月24日，迪士尼 真人版 电影《花木兰》将在 美国 上映。 This is not the first time Disney has made a movie about Mulan. In 1998, its animated film Mulan was a huge success. It made Mulan one of the most popular Disney princesses. And through the film, many people began to learn about and even fall in love with Chinese culture. 这 已经 不是 迪斯尼 第一次 拍摄 关于 花木兰的 电影了。其 1998年 动画版 的《花木兰》不但 取得了 巨大的 成功，也让 木兰 成为 最受 欢迎的 迪斯尼 公主 之一。并且 通过 这部电影，很多人 开始 了解、甚至 爱上 中国文化。 Mulan catches people's hearts with her independence and courage. 木兰 以 她的 智勇双全 和 独立自信 深深地 打动了 人们的 心。 In most stories, the princess is always the one who needs to be saved. 在 大多数 传说 故事 中，公主们 总是 那个 需要 被拯救 的人。 But Mulan saves her country and people. She proves that women can be as good as men on the battlefield all.” 但是 花木兰 却与 以往的 公主 形象 不同，她 不但 拯救了 她的 国家 和 人民，而且 还 证明了 在 战场 上 女人 可以 做得 和 男人 一样 好。 As the film says, she shows us that “the flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of them all. 正如 影片中 的 一句 经典 台词 所说，“逆境中 开出的 花 才是 最美 最可贵的。” So Who plays Mulan? 那么 是 谁 扮演的 木兰 呢？ In the live-action film Mulan, Chinese actress Liu Yifei stars as Mulan. She was chosen from nearly 1,000 women who tried for the role. She is good at martial arts and dancing. Also, she can speak fluent English. 在 真人版 电影《花木兰》中，由 中国 女演员 刘亦菲 饰演 木兰。她是 从 全球 近 1000名候选人 中 被 挑选 出来的。因为 她 不但 擅长 武术 和 舞蹈，而且 还能 讲一口 流利的 英语。 producer: Yancy Mandarin writer: Yancy 焱曦 copyright Ⓒ 2020 Yancy Mandarin Thank you for watching / listening my programme. Notice: this podcast also has video version on Youtube " YMC Learn Chinese" : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCye2eRed9pzbORP-KnwF8TQ/videos?view_as=subscriber If you want to improve your oral Chinese or practise it with a native speaker . Feel free to get in touch with me on italki: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/4935122 You can also follow my podcast: "YMC Learn Chinese " listen on : Anchor: https://anchor.fm/ymc-learn-chinese Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ymc-learn-chinese/id1516233289?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/73R3GKAP9gpO4KX1ktwjRR --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ymc-learn-chinese/message

In which the three wise men from the mountain and the culture hero come down to discuss the film, _Forbidden Kingdom_ for the beleaguered people. Released in 2008, the film was directed by Rob Minkoff and stars Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Collin Chou, Liu Yifei, Li Bingbing, Michael Angarano, and many others. It was produced by the Casey Silver Productions, et. al and was filmed in the United States and China

In this edition of the SpheraNOW podcast, James Tehrani, Spark’s editor in chief speaks with Ashlee Fidow, a professional stuntwoman with a decade's worth of experience, about safety on the set when performing stunts. Fidow is one of Liu Yifei's stunt doubles in the upcoming live-action film "Mulan."

Valerie, Tatiana and Angela start off with some non-D23 news, such as Endeavor's renewal (0:35) and the Matrix 4 announcement (3:00). Then it's a deep dive into Spider-Man and the Sony/Marvel divorce (7:30). D23 kicks off in style with a discussion of the Star Wars (22:20) and Disney+ panels, including anticipation - or lack thereof - for Ms. Marvel (28:00), She-Hulk (32:00), Moon Knight and Lady and the Tramp (35:35). The MCU Phase 4 talk at D23 includes some gems like Eternals (39:00), Falcon and the Winter Soldier (40:00), and WandaVision (43:30). After a little interlude regarding the animated offerings such as Soul (48:00), it's time to talk Mulan and the Liu Yifei controversy (54:00). Finally, D23 makes way for previews of Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (1:07:30) and ITV and PBS' Sanditon (1:14:15).

Aaa finalmente o clímax foi alcançado, chegamos lá! Olarcast Pocket 69 não poderia ser mais especial com os Olares Dany Souza, Nêssa Moura, Malka Lima, Sr. Aranha e a participação ilustre da nossa fanha Diane Leal que veio do Rio de Janeiro só para participar dessa gravação e comemorar seu niver com a gente! Nesta edição completamente caótica e desbocada, comentamos sobre o cancelamento de Krypton e o curto animado da Morte no “Momento DC”; O boicote do filme da Mulan na China e a Barbie do Star Wars; bem como a animação da Netflix com o Rei do Rock sendo um espião. Tem também o “Momento Trailer” com Adoráveis Mulheres, Entre Facas e Segredos e Dolemite. Então vem com tudo e chama a Neiva pra ouvir esse babado aqui! Este podcast pode ser contra indicado para menores de 18 anos. _____________________ Links do episódio: > Neeeeiva! - https://bit.ly/2Z3HL40 > Krypton é cancelada após duas temporadas – https://bit.ly/30j3LEP > Morte (Personagem de Neil Gaiman) estrelará curta animado da DC– https://bit.ly/2NouUCJ > Mulan | Critica de Liu Yifei a protestos em Hong Kong incita boicote ao filme – https://bit.ly/2Z0lbJL > Mattel lança linha de Barbies inspirada na franquia Star Wars – https://bit.ly/33CYObQ > Agent King | Elvis Presley será um espião em nova animação da Netflix – https://bit.ly/2Z98DyP > Conheça o elenco de Um Príncipe em Nova York 2 – https://bit.ly/33JNPxl > Trailer Meu Nome é Dolemite – https://bit.ly/2TQq7ej > Trailer Entre Facas e Segredos – https://bit.ly/2P38rxp > Trailer Adoráveis Mulheres – https://bit.ly/31NBMNN > Evento do Multiverso Cultural – https://bit.ly/2GBw3Cr _____________________ AGORA ESTAMOS NO SPOTIFY! NOS SEGUE LÁ – bit.ly/olarcast CLOUDRADIO – goo.gl/4Z42kF | YOUTUNER – goo.gl/z46cfY TEIACAST – goo.gl/8JZn7p | NARRADORCAST – goo.gl/9yaQWa CANAL NO YOUTUBE – bit.ly/canaldoolar _____________________ Gostou de nosso podcast e quer anunciar em nossas mídias ou fazer uma parceria bem bacana? Entre em contato conosco através do e-mail: olarparatodos@gmail.com _____________________ > Edição do podcast: Sr. Aranha - https://bit.ly/2PzBZDb > Descrição do podcast: Nêssa Moura - http://bit.ly/2n2opuu e Dany Souza - bit.ly/2NJT5eQ > Arte da capa: Dany Souza - http://bit.ly/2prfALB --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Confidence is everything in our world today; even the slightest boosts in attitude can be the difference between getting that job, impressing that special someone, or simply just allowing you to feel good about yourself. What they never tell you is that something as little as a good haircut can be that tipping factor, and having that go-to barber can be a world of difference. In episode 14 of the Atypical Asians, the group opens up about their experiences on finding that go-to barber, and how their experiences getting haircuts consistently from the same one or two barbers, has affected their lives in the simplest and subtle ways; whether it was looking good on the day to day, dressing up for formals, or preparing for that job interview (which the guys do a quick aside on some key bits that help an individual define themselves in an interview). The conversation then switches outward to the recent protests and riots in Hong Kong, and some of the recent controversy surrounding Mulan actress Liu Yifei, who recently voiced her support for the Hong Kong police. The controversy has led for some to actively boycott the upcoming Mulan film, despite the recent wave of Asian actors and actresses taking big spotlight roles in Hollywood, such as Henry Golding in the upcoming Last Christmas with Emilia Clarke. Finally, the guys touch on the outcome of UFC 241 and their reactions to it, as well as some of their own personal favorite tv series of late such as Euphoria on HBO, and Mindhunter on Netflix. Google Stadia Cheating on your Barber Interview Tips Mulan and the Hong Kong Riots Last Christmas & Emilia Clarke Mindhunter Season 2 and Euphoria Paradox of Intolerance Bananas Going Extinct UFC 241 Live Every Wednesday at 9ish EST. Want us to cover something? Comment on our latest post on IG: @atypicalasians

Depois de uma semana sem programa, o 16MMinutos está de volta e a todo o vapor. Falamos sobre as novidades envolvendo o cinema brasileiro, como a indicação de Bacurau, a vitória de Benzinho e a data de estreia da sequência de Turma da Mônica: Laços. Não só isso, já que também lamentamos a morte de Peter Fonda, a aposentadoria surpresa de Cate Blanchett e a saída de Neill Blomkamp da direção de RoboCop Returns. E claro, também fizemos aquela análise sobre os principais trailers da semana. BANCADA: Guilherme Pin (@gpiins) e Guilherme Perez (@guiperez1996) EDIÇÃO: Guilherme Pin FACEBOOK: 16 mm INSTAGRAM: @16milimetros TWITTER: @Cine16MM NOTÍCIAS COMENTADAS: Benzinho vence o Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro 2019 Começa o Festival de Gramado! Bacurau representará o Brasil no Prêmio Goya Sequência de Turma da Mônica - Laços ganha data de estreia Peter Fonda morre aos 79 anos Produtora de Steven Spielberg fará filme de terror interativo Diretor Neill Blomkamp deixa a direção de RoboCop Returns Cate Blanchett quer se aposentar após seu próximo filme Criadores de Game of Thrones não vão escrever nova trilogia de Star Wars completa Ewan McGregor negocia para série do Obi-Wan no Disney+ Toy Story 4 ultrapassa US$ 1 bilhão nas bilheterias Crítica de Liu Yifei a protestos em Hong Kong incita boicote à Mulan Trailer Meu Nome É Dolemite Trailer Adoráveis Mulheres Trailer A Luz no Fim do Mundo Trailer A Hidden Life Trailer Parasite

THE MOVIE PODCAST is a film news and entertainment podcast that covers the week's biggest movie stories and a unique topic of the show. You can catch Daniel, Shahbaz and Anthony in a new episode every Monday! Please be sure to rate the show and subscribe.Got a question for us? Have a movie suggestion? Did we get something wrong? Let us know at ThisTimeWith.com/talkEPISODE #19: Halle Bailey is The Little Mermaid and Stranger Things Season 3 - July 7, 2019NEWS [00:01:26]Rest In Peace, Cameron Boyce.Disney Finds 'Little Mermaid' Star in Singer Halle Bailey - Mia Galuppo, Borys Kit - The Hollywood ReporterAcademy Invites 842 New Members - Erik Hayden / The Hollywood ReporterRegal Cinemas Readying Unlimited Ticket Subscription Program - Anthony D'Alessandro, Nancy Tartaglione / DeadlineBOX OFFICE [00:21:45]Spider-Man: Far from Home' Heading Toward $180-190 Million Six-Day Debut - Brad Brevet / BoxOffice MojoWeekend Numbers:Spider-Man: Far from Home - $80.0 MToy Story 4 - $32.2 MYesterday - $9.5 MNEW TRAILERS [00:23:21]Jumanji: The Next LevelKnives OutSpies in DisguiseFrankenstein's Monster's Monster, FrankensteinMulan [00:42:35]OUT THIS WEEK [00:34:09]StuberCrawlThe Art of Self DefenceThe FarewellWHAT WE'RE WATCHING [00:36:17]Tap here to watch our Spider-Man: Far From Home Review!Anthony: Spider-Man: Far From Home, Stranger ThingsDaniel: Spider-Man: Homecoming/Far From Home, Hotel Mumbai, The Lion King Musical, Stranger Things, Shazam!Shahbaz: Spider-Man: Homecoming/Far From Home, The Lion King Musical, Casino RoyaleTOPIC OF THE SHOW [00:52:45]Daniel, Shahbaz and Anthony dive deep into the upside down and discuss Stranger Things Season 3!FOLLOW US:Follow Daniel on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Shahbaz on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow Anthony on Twitter, Instagram, and LetterboxdFollow The Movie Podcast on Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and YouTube 

Heroes Garage: Stranger Things 3 ReviewWelcome to Heroes Garage where we talk science fiction, fantasy, and comic books. We discuss TV shows, movies, and comic books. News & Notes:Kawhi Leonard a Clipper; A bunch of mid-tier old-timers join the Lakers (Green, Cousins, etc.); Durant and Kyrie Irving go to the Nets; Kemba Walker to the Celtics; D’Angelo Russel to the Warriors; Jimmy Butler to Miami (why?)Disney’s Mulan live action movie gets its first trailer. Its scheduled to release 3/27/2020When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, stars Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Yoson An, Gong Li and Jet Lee. The film is scheduled to open on March 27, 2020.18:50 (minus 2:10)Mushu is not in the trailer or credits, what’s up? Eric are you a fan of the Mulan animated and are you looking forward to this movie?Spider-Man Far From Home is projected to make 500m globally over the U.S. Holiday weekend. The Walking Dead #193 was the final issue in the run:Robert Kirkman, writerCharlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn, art27:10Stranger Things 3: 31:43Credits: writers and directors; actors, etcPlot: A group of pre-adolescent teenagers save Hawkins, IN from aliens, again.Story: The movie starts with a series of “the gang is back again” scenes to re-introduce us to the characters and the new players. A twist occurs when Billy Hargrove is infested by an alien and the story is off and running. 39:50Themes: Male/Female power-differential and female empowerment.Growing up and moving on. Leaving what you have been to form a new identity. This season really tried to sell that this is the final season. Until the post-credit scene.Transitions: Hooper's final speech

Heroes Garage: Stranger Things 3 Review Welcome to Heroes Garage where we talk science fiction, fantasy, and comic books. We discuss TV shows, movies, and comic books. News & Notes: Kawhi Leonard a Clipper; A bunch of mid-tier old-timers join the Lakers (Green, Cousins, etc.); Durant and Kyrie Irving go to the Nets; Kemba Walker to the Celtics; D’Angelo Russel to the Warriors; Jimmy Butler to Miami (why?) Disney’s Mulan live action movie gets its first trailer. Its scheduled to release 3/27/2020 When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father. Mulan, directed by Niki Caro, stars Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Yoson An, Gong Li and Jet Lee. The film is scheduled to open on March 27, 2020. 18:50 (minus 2:10) Mushu is not in the trailer or credits, what’s up? Eric are you a fan of the Mulan animated and are you looking forward to this movie? Spider-Man Far From Home is projected to make 500m globally over the U.S. Holiday weekend. The Walking Dead #193 was the final issue in the run: Robert Kirkman, writer Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn, art 27:10 Stranger Things 3: 31:43 Credits: writers and directors; actors, etc Plot: A group of pre-adolescent teenagers save Hawkins, IN from aliens, again. Story: The movie starts with a series of “the gang is back again” scenes to re-introduce us to the characters and the new players. A twist occurs when Billy Hargrove is infested by an alien and the story is off and running. 39:50 Themes: Male/Female power-differential and female empowerment. Growing up and moving on. Leaving what you have been to form a new identity. This season really tried to sell that this is the final season. Until the post-credit scene. Transitions: Hooper's final speech Final Ratings: Eric 8.5 Tom 9.25 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tom-zimm7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tom-zimm7/support

We talk about the 2011 remake of A Chinese Ghost Story, directed by Wilson Yip, starring Kara Hui, Louis Koo, Liu Yifei, Louis Fan and Elvis Tsui.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.  Support us on Patreon   

What's up Cinemaniacs! We are back with episode 12 of the Cinemania World Show! Join Duane and Alex as they discuss today's latest movie and television news. This week we got: BREAKING NEWS! Comicbook.com reports that Tom Cruise is frontrunner to play Green Lantern! 1. Ruby Rose exits Twitter after fan backlash after being cast as Batwoman. 2. First look at Liu Yifei as Mulan in the upcoming live-action of the Disney classic.  3. Idris Elba rumored to play James Bond. 4. Box Office! (The Meg over exceeds expectations!) 5. Fast Track News (Sony reveals current plan of solo films in the Spidey-Verse) 6. Television News Rundown (Shooter season 3 cancelled by USA and Kim Possible Live-Action updates) 7. Movie Pull List (BRING ME THANOS!) 8. Closing Segments Follow us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Spotify Follow Duane: Twitter Follow Alex: Twitter  Cinemania Merch! 

Hope you enjoyed this episode! Mini-reviews: Bob Ross: 1:55 Murder on the Orient Express: 2:53 Kingsman 2: 10:04 Vikings: 14:34 Runaways: 16:06 News: Petition for Zack Snyder’s JL cut: 17:48 Jude Law in Captain Marvel: 20:46 Lizzy Caplan in Gambit: 22:12 James Cameron almost beat up Harvey Weinstein with his Oscar: 23:04 Denis Villeneuve interested in directing non-saga Star Wars movie: 23:15 Tarantino news: 24:14 Thwaites Robin pic: 25:29 Harley Quinn movie in the works: 27:40 New Fantastic Beasts 2 images: 28:21 X-Men: Dark Phoenix pics: 28:54 Disney’s Little Mermaid gets director: 30:18 Hugh Jackman was almost Bond: 32:49 Kurt Russell as Santa: 34:27 Deadpool Brazil tattoos: 35:30 Baby Driver 2 written by Edgar Wright: 36:46 Hellboy gets January 2019 release date: 38:59 Disney’s live action Mulan cast (Liu Yifei): 39:54 The National Board of Review top 10 movies: 40:56 Disney pulling Olaf short from Coco: 42:14 YouTube Rewind 2017: 43:08 Disney buying Fox: 48:27 Eddie the Eagle director replaces Bryan Singer for Bohemian Rhapsody: 50:44 Jurassic World 2 trailer (kind of): 54:09 Avengers: Infinity War news: 56:12 Tom Cnews: 1:12:48 Announcements and such: 1:14:18 Subscribe to us on YouTube for the pod and other exclusive content! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1sLgsFaPKFLwi_C2KhHvA My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bhlhudson My Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhl_hudson My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bhl_hudson/ Freddy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FDK_DoltSniper

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节目组: Bloom in Ink 墨海繁花 节目名称: Stillness Speaks 开头曲 诉说——钢琴曲 Vanessa：Welcome to Bloom In Ink from VOE foreign languages radio station， I'm Vanessa. I'm Sakura.Sakura: Nearly a month ago, there was an infusive audio talked about life、thoughts、emotions、sense perceptions and whatever you experience was really famous on the internet. It was read by Liu Yifei, selected from the book《The Power Of Now》. It was written by Eckhart Tolle, a spiritual teacher of life. Now let's share it together.Vanessa：流年在时光中飞逝，转眼已是逾月光景。那动人心弦的关于人生的声音却还是那么轻柔地萦绕在耳畔，那么深刻地印衬在尘封的书页里。《当下的光景》诉说着的不只是刘亦菲心中那片《无声胜有声》的静谧，更有作者埃克哈特.托利对人生的哲理。接下来，让我们一起走进《无声胜有声》的世界，激扬人生，净涤心灵。 PART 1： Stillness SpeaksBy Eckhart TolleSakura: Thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and whatever you experience make up the content of your life. “My life” is what you derive your sense of self from, and “my life” is content, or so you believe. You continuously overlook the most obvious fact: your innermost sense of I Am has nothing to do with what happens in your life, nothing to do with content. That sense of I Am is one with the Now. It always remains the same. Vanessa：In childhood and old age, in health or sickness, in success or failure, the I Am–the space of Now–remains unchanged at its deepest level. It usually gets confused with content, and so you experience I Am or the Now only faintly and indirectly, through the content of your life. In other words: your sense of Being becomes obscured by circumstances, your stream of thinking, and the many things of this world. The Now becomes obscured by time. And so you forget your rootedness in Being, your divine reality, and lose yourself in the world. Confusion, anger, depression, violence, and conflict arise when humans forget who they are. Yet how easy it is to remember the truth and thus return home: I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am.无声胜有声埃克哈特.托利Sakura:思想，情感，感知，与你所经历的一切组成了你的生活内容。“你的生活”是你自我意识的衍生，因而你十分笃定地告诉自己：我满足于“我的生活”。而你一直忽略了一个最明显的事实：那就是在你内心深处“我是谁”的答案与生活中发生的事情无关，与满足与否也无关。那个关于“我是谁”的感知与当下有关。Vanessa：它是恒久不变的，不论年幼或年老，不论健康或疾病，不论成功或失败，“我是谁”在当下的时空下，都保持着它最富有深意的含义。人们总将它与满足感混于一谈，因此在你的生活中，关于“我是谁”或是关于当下的经历总是模糊又间接的。换句话说：你对于“存在” 的感知因周遭环境、你的万分思绪还有这个世界上很多其他的东西而变得模糊不清，“当下”的概念也在岁月流逝中变得模棱两可，你也因此忘记了自己存在的根本，忘记了自己拥有的美好现实，在世界中迷失了自我。困惑、愤怒、沮丧、暴力和冲突在人们忘却自我时伺机产生。然而要回忆起真相，要重返家园又是多么的容易：你不是你的思想、情绪、感知和经历。你不是你的过去和将来，你就是生活。你是一切事情发生的空间。你是你的意识，你是当下，你是。背景介绍：埃克哈特.托利,灵性导师。努力将自己的心灵启迪实践传授给世界各地的人。他的畅销书《The Power Of Now》改变了一个又一个人的生活，启迪着人们找到真正的力量，找到获得平和与宁静的入口 结束曲 诉说——钢琴曲 用结尾 Sakura：感谢制作唐敏嫣！Vanessa：Thank you for your listening, and welcome to join VOE, and welcome to join Bloom In Ink! See you next week！Sakura：感谢收听我们的节目，欢迎订阅微信公众号时代之声Radio,荔枝FM22808.欢迎加入VOE，加入墨海繁花，如果你拥有着对文学的和播音的热爱，就来与我们一起共赏文学的魅力吧！All：Bye！ 节目监制：魏镜滟编辑：魏镜滟播音：魏镜滟 李硕制作：唐敏嫣

Eric Couillard is a life coach, kung fu action film star, and former Googler. You can reach him at www.ericcouillard.com and https://www.facebook.com/coachingandcompassion. 02:08 - Getting Hired at Google 04:25 - Life At Google 07:39 - Martial Arts 12:14 - Transition to Kung Fu Movies 16:17 - Acting in China (Wang Leehom, Liu Yifei, Jackie Chan) 21:02 - Life in China 23:48 - Life Coaching Philosophy A documentary on Eric's life in China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqNchUnsBhY Twitter @ rogerbchen

Xiaohua: The remake of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" produced by well-known scriptwriter and TV producer Yu Zheng is broadcasted several days ago and it is strongly savaged by critics and savvy viewers across the nation. 12月3日，于正版的《神雕侠侣》在湖南卫视开播。此前这部剧未播先热，其雷人的台词、廉价的特效还有定妆照都遭到媒体以及网友一致的吐糟。 Why do people care so much? Heyang: Because this is a huge classic that when you look at it has been remade at least twice every decade that shows how popular this book is, and also the whole franchise. Jinyong, he is, sort of like the modern Shakespeare in Chinese literature. (John:Really?) Because he is that how big he is. Xiaohua: In Wuxia xiaoshuo. John: In terms of influence. Xiaohua: In terms of influence. Certainly we are not talking about artistic achievements. Heyang: Not really in literature skills and aesthetics that way. But it’s a huge deal and always creates a lot of controversy when people are not faithful to his original works. And I think that’s what’s happening here, as the heroine Xiao Longnv has been changed from an ice queen into a cute girl next door, just totally shakes our belief and what this character should be. That is something that we are not happy about. John: I’m having absolutely no connections to this. I think this is just what happens with remakes, adaptations, and reinterpretations. And this happens more specifically in Hollywood these days where you take a book that is becoming very very popular and you adapt it into a movie. And of course those die-hard fans who have invested so much of their emotions, so much of their life into these characters and into the story. They go into the theater and see something that was quite not what their imagination gave to them originally, they are going to be disappointed. Heyang: But here I think Yu Zheng has really gone down the path of … John: Could it be just as said that everyone hates Yu Zheng? Xiaohua: Could be. It really could be. Heyang: That’s (because) he already ruined another piece of classic that Jin Yong wrote, the Sword’s Man笑傲江湖. He has already made that into something that anyone who read the books don’t recognize at all. And maybe he’s trying to make his work fit the taste of his core audience, which is probably those post 1990s, born after that year or the Millennium. But it just seems like he is not doing a really good job, and I think that’s something that’s annoying people a lot. Here I am talking about the really disgusting CGIs. John: This is a problem with Chinese production in general perhaps. But when you look at reinterpretations, I think the aesthetics are going to change. The last time this was made was in 2006. There was a remake of this specific story. That’s 8 years ago, that’s quite a long time and especially in terms of China’s development, cultural and economic. So I think the aesthetics and the story telling style have probably changed enough, for at least people to give this chance, maybe. Heyang: Actually I don’t think people’s aesthetics has changed that much. Just he is doing a bad job because the remake in 2006 starring Liu Yifei as the main heroine, it actually received quite a lot of applauses. And this one, oh man, I looked at people’s messages after viewing it online, I couldn’t see one good praise. Xiaohua: But sometimes I think people are being picky. Because you remember all those previous remakes, when they first appeared, there were a lot of criticisms as well. There were criticisms about Liu Yifei’s face is being too round, although this time the heroine’s face is rounder than hers. John: But she has a sharp chain, right? Heyang: No, she does not. Xiaohua: Yeah the current one doesn’t, but Liu Yifei did. So she was a better looking person. John: I just think it’s always interesting because a lot of the comments whenever we deal a topic like this were like, why can’t Chinese people be more creative? Why can’t we have new original movies? Look at Hollywood, the past two years, how many times are we gonna see another fairy tale remake? We have (Xiaohua: the mirror mirror) yeah, also different ones like Sleeping Beauty, we have one, we have Snow White, there’s one. There are so many different remakes so you have to wonder if it is not just China but in terms of these very very well-funded big projects hasn’t that much creativity because creativity is risky. Xiaohua: Yeah I think so. Also I wonder why Chinese people are specifically not fond of changing the original plot a little bit because all those remakes that you talked about fairy tales and stuff, and Spider Man, they were way different from their originals. But you don’t see people complaining. Maybe people do complain, you know in the west as well. John: It’s different. I think it’s a topic for different discussion.

Hello and welcome to this edition of "In the Spotlight", a show featuring arts, culture and showbiz from right here in China. I'm your host Li Ningjing. The fourth Beijing International Film Festival has just concluded in Beijing. The Festival attracted film makers, distributors and film lovers from all over the world, including movie stars Jean Reno, Lea Seydoux and Adrien Brody as well as Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing and Liu Yifei. American director Oliver Stone, "Gravity" director Alfonso Cuaron and Hong Kong director John Woo also joined the forums at the festival to share their views on film making and the future of the global film industry. So in this special edition of In the Spotlight, we'll focus on the Beijing International Film Festival and take an in-depth look at the state of the Chinese movie industry, which seems to be showing causes of worry for industry insiders despite impressive box office gains. We'll also be speaking with Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron on his recent Oscar win and possible collaboration with China. On top of that, a restoration of a famous 1930s Chinese production, The Goddess also screened during the festival. These stories and more are all in the pipeline. Do stay with us. ******************************** Alfonso Cuaron is one of the most fascinating directors in the world, especially after his win at the Oscars this year for his film, Gravity. Now, he is sharing his wisdom with young filmmakers in China at the Beijing International Film Festival. Our reporter Doris Wang caught up with him to get a glimpse inside the mind of this creative genius. That was Doris Wang talking to Alfonso Cuaron about his Oscar win and the possibility of making a movie in China. ******************************** This is Alfonso Cuaron's second visit to Beijng. He was talkative when sharing his impressions of the mega city. "It's vast. It's huge. It's polluted. And also at the same time it's of a big energy. Also you can feel that it's a city of young people. You can see that. You can feel that in the street. Of course I've going around in the historical sites. They are absolutely amazing. What I really enjoyed is getting lost in Hutongs." Cuaron admitted that his mandarin was not amazing. He turned to body language when he was lost in the Hutong alleys and needed to ask for directions. But he added that he found familiarity between himself and the people he met in Beijing's Hutongs. "I have gestured to them. And they gestured back and talked to me. And maybe they laughed. But I found again it felt somehow familiar. The region. The experience. There is warm as well. That again it feels for me similar from where I come from. It's completely different cultures. But there's familiarity to me." for compelte script: http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/04/22/3301s823313.htm

"The Four" is the kind of movie that explains why imported films dominate more than 70 percent of market share in Chinese cinemas. For the duration of the film, you do not sense much serious commitment other than the commitment to profit. Director Gordon Chan has a habit of providing the public with whatever is missing in the market. And, apparently, he has found that Chinese movie-goers are missing a movie adaptation of a Gongfu novel written by Wen Rui'an, who is perhaps the third most popular Gongfu novelist in China. But "The Four" is not so much about Gongfu as it is about superheroes and sorcery. The screenwriters, led by the director, have stripped the original work of its Gongfu essence, keeping the names to lure an audience. The major characters, including the four constables, possess abilities that are often seen in science fiction: werewolf powers, telepathy, elemental powers, and other things that remind you of the X-Men series. These are all cheap and easy ways to entertain the audience, but the online comments suggest that the viewers are not pleased. Other noticeable efforts include the use of the camera rail system. This technique does lend a third dimension to a 2D action film. Apart from that, there is hardly any professional use of cameras. The film seems to consist of too many close shots in numerous short takes, perhaps a little too many for viewers who have stomach problems. Fortunately, you may only have to endure the close-up assault for the first 15 minutes. After that, your can focus on other parts of the film. For example, you can concentrate on the beautiful face of actresses Liu Yifei. Her role in the film is that of a female constable named Wuqing or, and here I quote the appalling subtitles, Emotionless. This role, Emotionless, may sound challenging for Hollywood actresses, but not for Chinese ones. For an actress to be popular in China, she needs to have two faces: a pretty face and a poker face. Liu Yifei has both and therefore nails the character without much effort. Almost every other actor and actress fails to create an impact, including the stage veteran Anthony Wong. The only other exception is actor Wu Xiubo who saved the day. His acting is perhaps the only thing about the film that makes the viewers ask for more. Nonetheless, more will come. "The Four" is just a prequel in a Gongfu film series, and that means we will see more poker-faces and superheroes. So, it seems there are profits to make in the Chinese movie industry after all, enough to encourage investors and directors to make more films, regardless of the quality and viewers' opinions. For the matter at hand, I give "The Four" a three out of ten.