Beijing Adult Entertainment: China Fears Unrest, Instability in North Korea After Kim Jong-Il’s Death …
With his bouffant hairdo, platform shoes, penchant for blonde prostitutes, and love of Rambo and James Bond flicks, Kim Jong-Il could easily be dismissed as an Oriental buffoon—except that he was a erratic and often aggressive buffoon with his finger on the nuclear button. As the brooding North Korean embassy in Beijing lowered its national flag Monday, Chinese officials (ever worried about stability) are fretting over whether the North Korean regime will be a stable, predictable ally and neighbor after Kim Jong-Il. China fears an uncontrolled influx of North Korean refugees over the two countries’ border, or a miscalculation on Pyongyang’s behalf that might trigger actual conflict on the Korean peninsula—and even the possibility of a race between Chinese and South Korean troops toward Pyongyang should all hell break loose and unrest erupt uncontrollably in the North Korean capital.
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Beijing Adult Entertainment: China Fears Unrest, Instability in North Korea After Kim Jong-Il’s Death
With his bouffant hairdo, platform shoes, penchant for blonde prostitutes, and love of Rambo and James Bond flicks, Kim Jong-Il could easily be dismissed as an Oriental buffoon—except that he was a erratic and often aggressive buffoon with his finger on the nuclear button. As the brooding North Korean embassy in Beijing lowered its national flag Monday, Chinese officials (ever worried about stability) are fretting over whether the North Korean regime will be a stable, predictable ally and neighbor after Kim Jong-Il. China fears an uncontrolled influx of North Korean refugees over the two countries’ border, or a miscalculation on Pyongyang’s behalf that might trigger actual conflict on the Korean peninsula—and even the possibility of a race between Chinese and South Korean troops toward Pyongyang should all hell break loose and unrest erupt uncontrollably in the North Korean capital.
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Beijing Escorts: Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn appears in Beijing
Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn appears in Beijing
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Photo credit: AP | A security guard drives away journalists who try to film former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn after his arrival at an economy conference organized by Chinese Internet company Netease in Beijing, China, Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. Strauss-Kahn began his return to public life Monday with a speech at a business conference in Beijing after the scandal earlier this year in New York over a sexual assault accusation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
BEIJING – (AP) — Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn began his return to public life Monday with a speech at a business conference in Beijing after the scandal over his arrest in New York City on sexual assault charges.
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“In China, a lot of people still support you and really love you,” said Li, a member of the Chinese central bank’s monetary policy advisory committee. “Beijing probably is the most welcoming place for you.”
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The attempted rape charge badly damaged Strauss-Kahn’s reputation, and other scandals — including allegations by a French writer that he sexually assaulted her during a 2003 interview and claims he was linked to a suspected hotel prostitution ring — have effectively ended his political career.
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Beijing Adult Entertainment: Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn appears in Beijing
Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn appears in Beijing
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn began his return to public life Monday with a speech at a business conference in Beijing after the scandal earlier this year in New York over a sexual assault accusation.
Strauss-Kahn spoke at a conference organized by Chinese Internet company Netease. He did not mention his arrest in May or his resignation as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
The case against Strauss-Kahn collapsed in August amid questions about the credibility of his accuser.
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The attempted rape charge badly damaged Strauss-Kahn’s reputation, and other scandals _ including allegations by a French writer that he sexually assaulted her during a 2003 interview and claims he was linked to a suspected hotel prostitution ring _ have effectively ended his political career.
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Beijing Adult Entertainment: Former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn speaks in Beijing in return to public life after …
BEIJING — Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn began his return to public life Monday with a speech at a business conference in Beijing after the scandal over his arrest in New York City on sexual assault charges.
Speaking at an event organized by Chinese Internet company NetEase.com Inc., Strauss-Kahn made no mention of his May arrest or his resignation as managing director of the International Monetary Fund. The case against him collapsed in August amid questions about the credibility of his accuser.
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Beijing Adult Entertainment: A bit too bright for its own good
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhuanet) — A new film about one of the most heartrending episodes in recent Chinese history leaves more to be desired.
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Vautrin was an American missionary, who saved the lives of many Chinese women at Ginling Girls College in Nanjing, then spelled “Nanking” and the capital city of China. An entry in her diary mentioned a group of prostitutes took the place of female students in attending a “party” thrown by the occupying Japanese soldiers.
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That provides an excuse for a firecracker-like effect for the final blowup, which looks splendid on screen but reminds me of the Beijing Olympics rather than wartime horrors.
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Not all flourishes are over the top, though. The dream sequence where they sing their brothel song in a showgirl-style lineup is unexpectedly powerful as an emotional climax.
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Beijing Massage Parlors: Chinese hail ‘Pandaman vs. Batman!’
Courtesy Rebel PepperA cartoon mocking Christian Bale’s confrontation with Chinese security was posted on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service on Friday.
BEIJING – Just days after Christian Bale made a red carpet appearance in Beijing for the premiere of his blockbuster new movie, “The Flowers of War,” about the 1937 Japanese sacking of Nanking, he made even bigger headlines in China off-screen on Friday.
Bale invited CNN’s Beijing bureau crew to accompany him Thursday as he attempted to visit Chen Guangcheng, an activist who has been under house arrest since his release from a four-year-long jail sentence last year.
The 40-year-old Chen, a blind self-taught lawyer became a persecuted dissident after he filed a lawsuit in 2006 on behalf of residents of his hometown, Linyi, over the city’s practice of forced abortions and sterilizations, a municipal policy that runs counter to national regulations.
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Beijing Escorts: Actor Bale attacked during trip to China dissident
BEIJING — Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale has suffered a nasty brush with Chinese guards who forcibly blocked him and a CNN crew from visiting a blind lawyer-dissident being held under house arrest.
Bale, who is in China to promote his upcoming Nanjing Massacre film “The Flowers of War”, was stopped on the outskirts of the village in eastern China where the activist Chen Guangcheng is being detained.
Bale, who describes Chen as a personal “inspiration”, invited a CNN crew to accompany him on the eight-hour drive from Beijing to the village in Linyi district.
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The British actor plays an American drifter who becomes the unwitting protector of a group of Chinese schoolgirls and prostitutes trying to escape the Japanese army’s brutal sacking of China’s wartime capital.
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“This doesn’t come naturally to me, this is not what I actually enjoy — it isn’t about me,” he said during the long drive from Beijing to the activist’s village.
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Beijing Escorts: Zhang Yimou’s latest epic lauds humanity in wartime
BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s “The Flowers of War,” starring Oscar-winning actor Christian Bale, will debut nationwide Friday with a story line that illuminates human nature during turbulent times.
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According to Lin, the film, instead of focusing on the cruelty of invaders and a dark and depressing atmosphere like previous Nanjing Massacre films, made her feel “warm and moved” with soldiers, prostitutes and those from different walks of life resolutely choosing to sacrifice themselves to save the country as the story unfolded.
A review of Beijing-based Jinghua Times described the film as “having both strong sound and visual effects as well as humanistic power,” calling it “very Oscarish.”
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“We fully understand the conscience and emotions of prostitutes and don’t oppose illustrating their political virtues in a humanistic way. However, for a heavy theme like the Nanjing Massacre, it’s not proper to drum up sex scenes out of box office ambitions,” Zhu wrote in a review carried by the Southern Metropolis Daily.
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The film started screening in advance in several cities, such as Beijing, Thursday evening, the producer said.
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Beijing Strip Clubs: Man arrested for hiring wedding strippers
BEIJING – Chinese police have arrested a man who hired two strippers to perform at his son’s wedding after the performance was mobbed by villagers, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Zhang Cheng, from Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu province, had originally wanted a band to play at the nuptials, but was then advised he could get performers whose show would have “special features”, the Global Times said.
“After watching the show, Zhang decided it would be appropriate for his son’s wedding and requested two strippers for the event,” it added. “…Barely five minutes had passed before hundreds of villagers in the conservative community were swarming to the venue, trying to catch a glimpse.”
Zhang was arrested the next day, the newspaper reported, though it did not say on what charge.
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