mentioning in passing, grandpa supposedly did the founding mother, rumor says per time magazine
"The second was internationally known as the wife, and later as the revered widow, of Dr. Sun Yatsen, "sainted" founder of the Nationalist movement. She is now reported married (TIME, Oct. 10) to her late husband's zealous co-worker Chen Yu-jen ("Eugene Chen"), until recently Foreign Minister to the defunct Hankow Nationalist Government (TIME, April 25).
Read more: time.com "
beside the rumor, grandpa definitely did re-marry en.wikipedia.org much younger after death of first wife who was my grandma agatha alphonsin ganteaume
we chen's seem to have a strength for the ladies
let us see how the movie goes ...
From: J
Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 8:52:23 PM
Subject: Re: Comments - Week of June 6
"... It traces a time well-known to most Chinese: the fall of the last imperial dynasty in 1911 until the founding of the party in 1921 ... "
i know only a bit about that era, had read about it in a trinidad n tobago paper a few days ago, something about a trouble-maker from trinidad who enthusiastically engaged with some plot probably just for the fun of it newsday.co.tt
Chinese hail ‘Trini hero’
By Joan Rampersad Tuesday, May 31 2011
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Chinese melodies: Musicians of the Tiejini Music Group of China perform at a function to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution at NAPA, Po...
Trinidad and Tobago-born Chinese national Eugene Chen is a hero in China’s history, China’s Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Yang Youming declared yesterday.
Youming spoke about Chen in an address to local and Chinese nationals at NAPA, Port-of-Spain yesterday, where the 100th anniversary of the 1911 Revolution in China was commemorated.
After the playing of the national anthems of China and TT, guests were given a brief history of the 1911 Revolution, the epoch-making event that had far-reaching consequences for the fate of the Chinese people, and Dr Sun Yat Sen who plotted the revolution which he saw as happening in three stages: military government for three years, a six year period of “political tutelage” in which the Chinese were trained in democratic government and finally, a constitutional democracy.
In his remarks, Youming made it clear that 1911 was the first year of a nationalist government, and in 1949 the People’s Republic of China was founded.
He then spoke of Trinidad-born Eugene Chen, who left TT a solicitor and became a Chinese publisher and four times foreign minister in various Chinese governments and his relationship to Dr Sun Yat Sen, and the historical events that led to the Chinese taking control of their destiny.
He said Chen, who was known as the revolutionary diplomat, played a significant role in Chinese history. “Today he is regarded as one of the national heroes in China,” added Youming.
Youming then noted the enormous challenges that China has gone through but stated that his country has made great achievements over the years, including being the second largest economy in the world today.
He added that his country still has a long way to go as a developing nation and lamented that Taiwan is still separated from them.
In closing, Youming praised the Chinese Association of TT which he said has historically contributed to the development of China, and at a political level, the bilateral relationship with the TT Government.
The audience was then treated to a delightful performance by the Tienjin Music Group, all the way from China.
Yesterday’s observance was organised by the TT Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, the China Society, the Chinese Commercial Chamber and the Chinese Association.
© newsday.co.tt - www.newsday.co.tt
From: A
Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 8:35:10 PM
Subject: RE: Comments - Week of June 6
Banned Hollywood films, schools, free tickets for state owned company employees & army. Conscripted celebrities…..who says central planning does not work??
Will you be taking an afternoon out to view this one Jay?
China takes no chances on starry propaganda movie
By CHI-CHI ZHANG, Associated Press 1 hr 13 mins ago
BEIJING – China 's Communist Party expects its new propaganda film will be a blockbuster. After all, it has left little to chance. The cast is loaded with stars. Cinemas are banned from showing new Hollywood movies. And offices and schools have been encouraged to snap up tickets.
But critics are skeptical about whether liberties were taken in depicting certain historical events. And questions remain as to why one female star won't appear.
The film is known by the stilted English title "Beginning of the Great Revival" and is timed to celebrate the Communist Party's 90th anniversary. It traces a time well-known to most Chinese: the fall of the last imperial dynasty in 1911 until the founding of the party in 1921.
The movie opens next Wednesday and will show on most of the country's 6,000 screens. It is expected to draw about 300 million people over its run.
"We're expecting a great turnout, especially with it being summer," said Gao Jun, deputy general manager of Chinese theater operator New Film Association, in an interview with The Associated Press.
The movie features many of the Chinese film industry's biggest names — including Chow Yun-fat, Fan Bingbing and John Woo, who this week attended a red-carpet celebration of the movie. Woo, better known as a director of action movies, has a cameo.
The "Great Revival" shows the heft the authoritarian government wields even as China boasts a fast-growing commercial movie business as well as scores of television stations and entertainment websites.
"I think they tried to add a few things to make the big-ticket movies more attractive. One is increased drama and the others are new techniques and all-star casts," said Jiang Xiaoyu, a Beijing based movie director and critic, in an interview with APTN.
"But these are just superficial and I believe the new generation of more rational audience members would like to see the real historical truth."
The makers of the "Great Revival" are following the successful formula used for an earlier propaganda epic "The Founding of a Republic."
That 2009 movie marked the 60th anniversary of the formation of the People's Republic of China . It made 415 million yuan ($61 million) at the box office as young audiences weary of traditional propaganda movies flocked to get a glimpse of the stars.
The movie featured action stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li; Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow of "Kung Fu Hustle" fame; and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" star Zhang Ziyi.
To ensure success next week, as was the case in 2009, screenings of new Hollywood releases have been put on hold to reduce competition.
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" will not be released until about a month after its U.S. opening. "Kung Fu Panda 2" — which is already in theaters — gets to stay, though it's unclear on how many screens.
After the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" became the highest-grossing film in China 's history two years ago, local theaters were ordered to remove the two-dimensional version in an effort to reduce competition for China 's homegrown films.
The "Great Revival" is likely to be seen by twice as many people as its 2009 predecessor, said Gao, the theater operator. He said that China now has about 2,000 more movie screens than it did two years ago.
One star who won't appear in the movie is Tang Wei, who was left out of the final cut.
Tang was slated to play the first love of communist China 's founding father, Mao Zedong. But there are rumors she is still suffering a backlash after she was reportedly blacklisted for playing a traitor in the 2007 World War II-era spy thriller "Lust, Caution."
Gao said Tang was cut because historians questioned the accuracy of her character, not because of her role in "Lust, Caution." Some local media reports have suggested she was cut due to time constraints of the movie.
Both the "Great Revival" and its propaganda predecessor were commissioned by the main film regulator and made by the powerful state-owned China Film Group, which is involved in most major productions on the mainland and controls the import of foreign films.
The group's chairman, Han Sanping, along with Huang Jianxin, directed both movies and personally asked some of the celebrities to participate.
Injecting star power and big-budget production values have been seen as a clever way for party propagandists to reach Chinese in their 20s and 30s who grew up in the relative prosperity of economic reform and are often cynical about propaganda.
The success of such propaganda blockbusters has been helped by politically savvy theater operators who flood their screens with showings and by state-owned companies that buy tickets for their employees. Some students and members of the Army have also been given free tickets.
Besides the new film, the Communist Party is marking the 90th anniversary in other dramatic ways. It's launching a musical campaign that will have students and party members singing "red songs" praising the party at public events.
Local television stations will also broadcast shows featuring red songs and classic movies that celebrate the party and tell the story of Mao and his colleagues' struggle and sacrifice during turbulent times, according to the China Daily newspaper.
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