Posts tagged ‘Shenzhen No. 9’

Jun 19

Three taikonauts smile and wave

The front page of the Southern Metropolis Daily today shows a picture of the three astronauts China has sent into space aboard the Shenzhou 9 space craft. The headline, “Realized Dream Tiangong” refers to the Tiangong 1 Space Lab, and the fact that the Shenzhou 9 has now successfully docked with it. Read more

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• Danwei Classic Posts

  • Annoying fake accents on Chinese TV (2010.07): Movie and TV critic Meng Jing (孟静) writes for Xinmin Weekly about actors adopting dodgy accents for regional TV dramas.
  • People: Wang Zhaohui (2004.12): Wang Zhaohui is the production manager of CCTV 6's weekly magazine program, World Film Report. World Film Report covers films from all over the world, film festivals and news about directors and actors. Wang answered some questions from Danwei...
  • People: Chen Daming, director (2004.06): Chen's own life story could be rich material for a feature film. After being rusticated from the Henan Opera School, he was forced to move away from Kaifeng to look for work. The Film Academy is the most prestigious film school in China, counting the directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige among its alumni, and competition for place to study there is fierce. Chen Daming came to Beijing for an audition, and was accepted after three auditions.

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