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Yi Yi – A One and a Two, Edward Yang (2000)

Yi Yi: A One and a Two (traditional Chinese: 一一; literally “one one”) is an acclaimed Taiwanese film directed by Edward Yang about the emotional struggles of a business man and the lives of his middle class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen though three generations. Apparently it wasn’t released widely in Taiwan because the director was angry at those who control the distribution of films.

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The father of pinyin….

Video: On the 50th anniversary of the introduction of his alphabet, Tania Branigan meets 102-year-old Zhou Youguang, the man credited with helping millions of Chinese to read and write

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Adventures in the National Palace Museum…

“Adventures in the NPM” won the prize of “Animation of the Year”, Tokyo International Animation Fair 2008.
To demonstrate the results of digitization at the National Palace Museum (NPM), computer animation technology has been use to personify treasures inthe NPM collection as its “superstars”, in the hope of bridging the gap between modern audiences and ancient [...]

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Chinese lyrics with English, pinyin & videos….

DirtyAmp is a great blog dedicated to providing Mando pop lyrics in Chinese (traditional), English and Pinyin. The site currently offers 18 songs form 12 artists.

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