Articles by Min Lee

8 articles since 1997

A return to Asian film

Entertainment | By Min Lee | July 4, 2008
HONG KONG – After 16 years directing Hollywood movies, John Woo is returning to Chinese film with an ambitious two-part historical epic that he hopes will also appeal to Western audiences. Read more
 

Filmmakers unpunished so far

Entertainment | By Min Lee | March 21, 2007
A Chinese producer and director who screened an uncensored movie at the Berlin Film Festival last month have so far escaped punishment, the producer said Tuesday, adding that the filmmakers will continue to test censors’ tolerance with their work. Read more
 

Scorsese fans in China won’t be seeing `Departed’

Entertainment | By Min Lee | January 19, 2007
Martin Scorsese’s hot crime thriller “The Departed” – in which Boston gangsters try to sell computer technology to ethnic Chinese villains – won’t be showing in China. Read more
 

A fresher definition of identity

Entertainment | By Min Lee | September 5, 2006
For author Gish Jen, Chinese Americans have gone from misfits to regular suburban teenagers to fully assimilated locals who don’t speak Mandarin and who marry whites, and in the process, redefined the meaning of identity. Read more
 

Jackie Chan, stars protest magazine’s racy cover

Entertainment | By Min Lee | August 30, 2006
Jackie Chan and other stars marched silently Tuesday to Hong Kong’s government headquarters, protesting against a gossip magazine that featured a cover photo of a pop singer changing backstage. Read more
 

Cloud Gate leads to a `third world’ of dance

Entertainment | By Min Lee | June 9, 2006
Clustered together on an unadorned stage, the dancers kneel and rise, their arms outstretched like hawks. Read more
 

Snake-Soup Business Is Slithering Away

News | By Min Lee | December 7, 2003
Nothing holds off Hong Kong’s winter chill like a hearty bowl of snake soup, at least according to its devotees. Read more
 

English or Chinese? Parents Debate Best Schools for Future

News | By Min Lee | September 5, 1997
Because public schools here will switch from teaching in English to Chinese next year, the parents of 11-year-old Timothy Lai had to decide which language will prepare him best for his future in the new Hong Kong. Read more
 
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