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Lives Remembered: Jeffrey Gordon

A few months after my wife and I and our 11-year-old son had been "disappeared" by the Chinese on 5 November 1967 while we were attempting to leave China during the Cultural Revolution – I was a journalist working there – my ... ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Tue, Oct 07 2008

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11 Oct 07 visit Interview with Gordon Liu Part 3 of 3  »  YouTube videoInterview with Chinese martial arts actor Gordon Liu Kar-Fai. He talks about working for the legendary Shaw Brothers Studio, making "The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin" and working on "Kill Bill" volumes 1 and 2. (NOTE: Almost all of Gordon Liu's answers are...
05 Sep 08 visit After Beijing's 'green Olympics'  »  China Dialogue With the flame now extinguished at the Bird’s Nest stadium, China should unite the country around the great successes – and formidable challenges – of the green Olympics, writes Wen Bo.When the Olympic flag was unfurled at Bird’s...
05 Apr 07 visit The first death of the Cultural Revolution  »  Danwei Schoolgirls, before the rampage From the Letters from China blog: The first casualty of Cultural Revolution Cultural Revolution Documentary Nominated — Yunnan Film Festival Cancelled ... Just before the Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, t...
17 Sep 08 visit Cultural Revolution propaganda photos  »  Danwei Diving in the Cultural Revolution Professor Thomas H. Hahn of the Department of City and Regional Planning of Cornell University has a website that includes a superb collection of official propaganda images related to the Cultural Revolution including...
12 Aug 08 visit “Energy-efficient” buildings? Not always  »  China Dialogue New climate-controlled edifices in China are promoted as eco-friendly and desirable. But, writes Li Taige, researchers in Beijing have found that high-tech can mean high energy use – and no fresh air.A friend of mine lives in Beijing Tiptop...
29 Apr 07 visit Morning Tea: Cultural Revolution film...How did Taiwan become Chinese?...China Bowl Update  »  Granite Studio Via Danwei comes a report that inclusion of the Cultural Revolution film "Though I am Gone" (我虽死去) has resulted in the cancellation of the Yunnan Film Festival. The film, available in 10 parts on YouTube, documents the horrific killing of Bian Z...

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