Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Anta Kids joins hands with teenagers to launch running events in five cities, showcasing the essence of Chinese culture

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Friday, April 19, 2024

All new-age Chinese teenagers aspire to see China's beautiful mountains and rivers someday, and enjoy the diversity of human cultures.

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  • All new-age Chinese teenagers aspire to see China's beautiful mountains and rivers someday, and enjoy the diversity of human cultures.
  • "Who wakes first to realize it is a great dream, I know what my life has been.
  • In the warm sunshine and breeze, the teenagers enjoyed running to feel the charm of sports and the historical atmosphere.
  • Combined with the local culture, running events were also launched in the four venues in Weishan, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and Jiaxing.

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra's debut UK tour with acclaimed violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen to bring first ever live orchestral performances of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to a national audience

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Over 100 musicians will perform an impressive programme that unusually includes film scores and orchestral pieces.

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  • Over 100 musicians will perform an impressive programme that unusually includes film scores and orchestral pieces.
  • It includes excerpts from Academy Award-winning movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which blends Chinese ceremonial and classical music in action-packed drama.
  • Lin says: "It has been a dream for a long time to bring the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra to the UK.
  • We hope to welcome orchestral audiences new and old with a programme that includes exciting drama, serene beauty, and virtuosic brilliance."

Guizhou Satellite TV debuted the inaugural episode of the 'Exploring Guizhou Series': Surprising Exploration in Shuanghe Cave

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Guizhou, located in southwest China, is the only province that is not supported by plains.

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  • Guizhou, located in southwest China, is the only province that is not supported by plains.
  • All area is mountainous and it is also named after mountains, so it is also known as the "Province of Mountain Parks".
  • In Guizhou, one of China's five major landforms, the "Karst landscape", occupies about 62% of the province's land area.
  • They hope to go deep into Guizhou again in the future, explore other places, and experience more of Guizhou's natural scenery.

Guizhou Satellite TV debuted the inaugural episode of the 'Exploring Guizhou Series': Surprising Exploration in Shuanghe Cave

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Friday, November 10, 2023

Guizhou, located in southwest China, is the only province that is not supported by plains.

Key Points: 
  • Guizhou, located in southwest China, is the only province that is not supported by plains.
  • All area is mountainous and it is also named after mountains, so it is also known as the "Province of Mountain Parks".
  • In Guizhou, one of China's five major landforms, the "Karst landscape", occupies about 62% of the province's land area.
  • They hope to go deep into Guizhou again in the future, explore other places, and experience more of Guizhou's natural scenery.

Global Times: 50-year friendship continues as Philadelphia Orchestra and Chinese artists share the stage

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

I returned to China 20 years later, and found it completely changed," Booth recalled his experience with the Global Times.

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  • I returned to China 20 years later, and found it completely changed," Booth recalled his experience with the Global Times.
  • However, Booth didn't have the chance to visit China until he joined the Philadelphia Orchestra when he was 23.
  • Chinese conductor Li Delun led the Chinese orchestra in a performance of one movement from Beethoven's Fifth.
  • Now we have many Chinese members in the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Ang Lee and six other filmmakers on how Ingmar Bergman inspired them

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Lee travelled to the Ingmar Bergman film festival held every summer on one of Sweden’s most remote sea islands, Fårö, in 2006.

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  • Lee travelled to the Ingmar Bergman film festival held every summer on one of Sweden’s most remote sea islands, Fårö, in 2006.
  • What could he possibly have in common with Ang Lee, director of blockbuster action hits such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000) and Hulk (2003)?
  • Canadian director Atom Egoyan confirmed that he too was inspired by Bergman when starting out as a young director.
  • Bergman and power
    But the aim of our book was not to simply pay Bergman (yet more) accolades.

Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh Congratulates Young Artists at Fifth Annual Meihodo Film Festival, "Warrior" from Kyrgyzstan Wins $10,000 Grand Prize Award

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Monday, May 1, 2023

NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival selected "Warrior," by Kyrgyzstan filmmaker Amanbek Azhymat as the Grand Prize Award winner, taking home $10,000, as well as a custom NFT trophy. During a hybrid ceremony that was held in Fukuoka, Japan on April 28 and later streamed on YouTube on April 30, Azhymat and all other participating finalists were feted by Michelle Yeoh, Academy Award-winning star of "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

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  • NEW YORK, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival selected "Warrior," by Kyrgyzstan filmmaker Amanbek Azhymat as the Grand Prize Award winner, taking home $10,000, as well as a custom NFT trophy.
  • "I want to congratulate all the winners of the Fifth Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival," said Yeoh.
  • In addition to the Meihodo Grand Prize, the film was also awarded the Gold Award in the Narrative Films category, for which Azhymat will be receiving an additional $5,000 award.
  • The complete list of winners of the Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival is below.

Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh will be Guest of Honor and Advisor at Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning Best Picture "Everything Everywhere All At Once," will serve as Guest of Honor and Advisor at The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, the premier platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world. Announced today, the news is the latest highlight in a landmark year for Yeoh, an actress and martial arts icon whose legendary career spans four decades.

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  • NEW YORK, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, star of the globally acclaimed Oscar-winning Best Picture "Everything Everywhere All At Once," will serve as Guest of Honor and Advisor at The Fifth Annual Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival , the premier platform for young visual artists and one of the largest short film festivals in the world.
  • On Friday, April 28, Yeoh will appear during the festival's 2023 awards ceremony to share inspiring insights with the next generation of filmmakers.
  • The ceremony will be held at the Meihodo Cultural Center in Fukuoka, Japan, and will premiere on YouTube on Sunday, April 30.
  • "We're so excited to welcome the incredible Michelle Yeoh, fresh off of her historic Academy Award win," said Qing Su, Chairman of the Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival.

CKGSB Releases New Report on its 20 Most Influential Alumni

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Monday, October 17, 2022

BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) releases its new report "Flying Unicorns, Hidden Dragons", which tracks down twenty of the school's most influential alumni who are founders, co-founders or CEOs of Chinese unicorn companies valued at USD $1 billion or more.

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  • BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) releases its new report "Flying Unicorns, Hidden Dragons", which tracks down twenty of the school's most influential alumni who are founders, co-founders or CEOs of Chinese unicorn companies valued at USD $1 billion or more.
  • Spanning the sectors of e-commerce, technology, retail, healthcare, logistics, and private equity, the report includes twenty articles, one on each alumnus, and examines how they carved out success in their unicorn companies.
  • This report is a reflection of CKGSB's mission to create a new generation of economic disruptors with a renewed and enhanced emphasis on global responsibility, social purpose and long-term perspective.
  • In fact, many of the alumni featured in the report represent leading enterprises in sustainable sectors, such as energy storage, medical devices, and fitness.

CKGSB Releases New Report on its 20 Most Influential Alumni

Retrieved on: 
Monday, October 17, 2022

BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) releases its new report "Flying Unicorns, Hidden Dragons", which tracks down twenty of the school's most influential alumni who are founders, co-founders or CEOs of Chinese unicorn companies valued at USD $1 billion or more.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) releases its new report "Flying Unicorns, Hidden Dragons", which tracks down twenty of the school's most influential alumni who are founders, co-founders or CEOs of Chinese unicorn companies valued at USD $1 billion or more.
  • Spanning the sectors of e-commerce, technology, retail, healthcare, logistics, and private equity, the report includes twenty articles, one on each alumnus, and examines how they carved out success in their unicorn companies.
  • This report is a reflection of CKGSB's mission to create a new generation of economic disruptors with a renewed and enhanced emphasis on global responsibility, social purpose and long-term perspective.
  • In fact, many of the alumni featured in the report represent leading enterprises in sustainable sectors, such as energy storage, medical devices, and fitness.