Best of Youtube series: China & Chinese
Methodology: Just search for specific keyword on Youtube and share some of the most viewed videos here; limited to one video per channel.
Chinese Backstreet Boys – That Way [by ewo]
Two of the earliest Youtube celebrities, which shows the website’s power of creating instant fame out of ordinary folks…
Chinese paper cutting is a folk art with close to 2000 years of history. Below are some amazing samples of great craftsmanship; most of the graphics are symbols of luck and prosperity, animals & pets, as well as reflections of daily folk lives…
Chinese actress Li Bingbing will feature on November issue of L’Officiel…
The first official trailer for Chinese movie Confucius, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Chen Jianbin and Zhou Xun etc. has been released…
Trailer for Chinese movie The Founding of A Republic (建国大业), the biggest Chinese film ever produced in terms of star appearances, made in celebration for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
The video is a combo of various trailers, it gets repetitive after the 4th minute…
The story revolves around the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communists, which ended in 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was established by the victorious Communists.
Almost all notable A-list mainland Chinese stars are taking (at least a cameo) part in the movie; many without paid just to have their face in the symbolic film.
[video via schwaben18@Youtube]
Developed by Aladdin Infotech, Edushi (lit. E-Metropolis in Chinese) is a website which provides 3D maps of the main cities in China. The main page is in Chinese, but there’s a few places with English version as well, Hong Kong for example.
Looks cool, Sim City (PC game) fans will like it for sure. Unfortunately it doesn’t provide much advantage over 2D maps; and it’s probably easier to navigate the traditional two dimensional maps.
Chinese starlet Isabella Leong is set to make her Hollywood debut in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (updated title), co-starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Maria Bello, John Hannah and Luke Ford etc.
Actress Liu Yifei was previously tipped to be the hot favourite to land the role, but it’s obvious that it was just a rumour.
The movie will begin filming in July 2007 in Montreal, Canada, and Xi’an, China.
Rumours are flying around that Chinese starlet Liu Yifei is close to getting a role in Hollywood movie Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon.
Liu is set to make her Hollywood debut with Forbidden Kingdom, currently in filming alongside action superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. If she does get the Mummy role as rumoured, 2008 will definitely be a big year for the young actress.
