Great Wall of China 1987 archive footage
Archival footage shot by a West German filmmaker while visiting China with a guided tour in 1987.
It contains stock footage of the Great Wall of China fortification system in this footage shot probably in Jinshanling, 130 kilometers from Beijing: the wall, visitors, flags fluttering, mountains, and more.
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Ming Tombs 1987 archive footage
Archival footage shot by a West German filmmaker while visiting China with a guided tour in 1987.
It contains stock footage of Ming Tombs, the mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, a site 50 kilometers northwest from Beijing City: statues along the Sacred Way, the site map sign, Changling Tomb, and more.
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Beijing China 1972, filmed by Gustav Lagergren.
People and environments from Beijing in 1972 documented by Gustav Lagergren, Hasselblad with super 8 film.
The Swedish industrial exhibition in Beijing 1972.
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND: Cung Le on Set
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND
苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master
Release Date: 2009
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Production Companies: Shanghai Film Group, Beijing New Times
Film Culture and Development, Edko (Beijing) Management
Producer: Zhang Zhenyan
Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Screenplay: To Chi-Long
Action Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Art Director: Huo Tingxiao
Costume Design: Hai Chung Man (aka Yee Chung Man)
Cinematography:
Category: Martial Arts / Drama / Historical
Country: China
Filming: started late August in Mainland China
Cast:
Su Can / Su Qi-Er .... Vincent Zhao / Chiu Man Chuk
Yuan Ying .... Zhou Xun
Sister Yu .... Michelle Yeoh
God of Martial Arts .... Jay Chou
Ma Qingfeng .... Guo Xiaodong
... .... Will Liu
Yuan Lie .... Andy On
... .... Cung Le
Da Feng-Er .... Sun Hanwen
True Legend director's diary;
Welcome to the True Legend director's diary. Hello everybody! I am Yuen Woo Ping. People usually call me Ba Ye (which means Master Eight in Mandarin). As early as May of this year, one of the crewmembers suggested me to create a Blog where I could get in touch with thousands of martial arts fans on-line. This plan has been abandoned, later, when I noticed how intense the film preparation and shooting schedule would be. However, I still hope to have a platform communicating with the audience, it finally turns out to be the Director's diary which I am now presenting to you right here!
Yuen Woo-ping's 'True Legend' of Beggar Su
By Mark Pollard on November 19, 2008
It's been 12 years since Yuen Woo-ping, celebrated international master of movie martial arts, directed his own movie instead of choreographing action for someone else and now he's finally back where he belongs helming the wuxia pian TRUE LEGEND, starring Vincent Zhao (THE BLADE), in his first film role in eight years.
Directed by Yuan Heping (action director for the Matrix), True Legend (aka 苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master) will star Zhao Wen Zhuo, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, and Michelle Yeoh.
It will be the first martial arts film to use 3-D filming.
Zhao Wen Zhuo will star as Su qi-er, a rich guy turned beggar. Zhou Xun will star as his faithful wife. Jay will play a fighting master.
Zhou Xun and Jay Chou has worked together once in one of Jay's mv's:
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Date of Birth: May 25, 1972
City of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam
Hometown: San Jose, California USA
Children: 2 sons
Interests: Movies, sports, MMA, BJJ, San Shou, food, competition, teaching/coaching, nutrition, health, fitness
Favorite Quotation:
USH! Unlimited Strength and Honor
Media Agent: Wasserman Media Group,
Matt Walker (mwalker@wmgllc.com 310-407-0545)
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Hometown: San Jose, California USA
San Shou Record: 17-0, 12 KO
MMA Record: 6-0, 6 KO
Normal Weight: 185 lbs
Fight Weight: 175-180 lbs
Trainers: Garth Taylor, Javier Mendez
Gym: Universal Strength Headquarters
2008 Strikeforce Middleweight MMA Title
Cross (2009) (in production) .... Razor
Draw the Line (2009) .... Johnny
Pandorum (2009).... Manh
Tekken (2009) .... Marshall Law
Fighting (2009) .... Dragon Lee
Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) .... Erik
Dark Assassin (2006) .... The Assassin
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蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND Preview - Cung Le on Set: Pimped Ad
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND Preview - Cung Le on Set: Pimped Ad
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND
苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master
Release Date: 2009
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Production Companies: Shanghai Film Group, Beijing New Times
Film Culture and Development, Edko (Beijing) Management
Producer: Zhang Zhenyan
Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Screenplay: To Chi-Long
Action Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Art Director: Huo Tingxiao
Costume Design: Hai Chung Man (aka Yee Chung Man)
Cinematography:
Category: Martial Arts / Drama / Historical
Country: China
Filming: started late August in Mainland China
Cast:
Su Can / Su Qi-Er .... Vincent Zhao / Chiu Man Chuk
Yuan Ying .... Zhou Xun
Sister Yu .... Michelle Yeoh
God of Martial Arts .... Jay Chou
Ma Qingfeng .... Guo Xiaodong
... .... Will Liu
Yuan Lie .... Andy On
... .... Cung Le
Da Feng-Er .... Sun Hanwen
True Legend director's diary;
Welcome to the True Legend director's diary. Hello everybody! I am Yuen Woo Ping. People usually call me Ba Ye (which means Master Eight in Mandarin). As early as May of this year, one of the crewmembers suggested me to create a Blog where I could get in touch with thousands of martial arts fans on-line. This plan has been abandoned, later, when I noticed how intense the film preparation and shooting schedule would be. However, I still hope to have a platform communicating with the audience, it finally turns out to be the Director's diary which I am now presenting to you right here!
Yuen Woo-ping's 'True Legend' of Beggar Su
By Mark Pollard on November 19, 2008
It's been 12 years since Yuen Woo-ping, celebrated international master of movie martial arts, directed his own movie instead of choreographing action for someone else and now he's finally back where he belongs helming the wuxia pian TRUE LEGEND, starring Vincent Zhao (THE BLADE), in his first film role in eight years.
Directed by Yuan Heping (action director for the Matrix), True Legend (aka 苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master) will star Zhao Wen Zhuo, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, and Michelle Yeoh.
It will be the first martial arts film to use 3-D filming.
Zhao Wen Zhuo will star as Su qi-er, a rich guy turned beggar. Zhou Xun will star as his faithful wife. Jay will play a fighting master.
Zhou Xun and Jay Chou has worked together once in one of Jay's mv's:
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Date of Birth: May 25, 1972
City of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam
Hometown: San Jose, California USA
Children: 2 sons
Interests: Movies, sports, MMA, BJJ, San Shou, food, competition, teaching/coaching, nutrition, health, fitness
Favorite Quotation:
USH! Unlimited Strength and Honor
Media Agent: Wasserman Media Group,
Matt Walker (mwalker@wmgllc.com 310-407-0545)
See More:
Hometown: San Jose, California USA
San Shou Record: 17-0, 12 KO
MMA Record: 6-0, 6 KO
Normal Weight: 185 lbs
Fight Weight: 175-180 lbs
Trainers: Garth Taylor, Javier Mendez
Gym: Universal Strength Headquarters
2008 Strikeforce Middleweight MMA Title
Cross (2009) (in production) .... Razor
Draw the Line (2009) .... Johnny
Pandorum (2009).... Manh
Tekken (2009) .... Marshall Law
Fighting (2009) .... Dragon Lee
Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) .... Erik
Dark Assassin (2006) .... The Assassin
--------------------------
Universal Strength Headquarters 720 Montague Expressway Milpitas, CA 95035 Call: 408-729-4468 or Email: membership@cungle.com for more info. NO ENROLLMENT FEE For a limited time, Cung Le's Universal Strength Headquarters is offering no enrollment fee for new members. Join one of the most elite fight gyms in the nation with plenty of mat space, new machines, new cage, new equipment, and 10,000 square feet of premium training grounds. 720 Montague Expressway Milpitas, CA 95035
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China High-speed Train departing from Beijing, stops at a station (trains passing at 300kph!!)
Please note that caption is available in this video. You may click on CC to enable it.
Time: Jul 21th, 2013
Trainset: CRH5A + CRH5A
Line: Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway
Section: Beijing West Station -- Shijiazhuang Station
Section recorded: Beijing West Station -- Zhuozhou East Station
Top speed of this train: 250km/h (155mph)
Top speed of line while testing: 394km/h (245mph)
Trains passing near our train was traveling at a speed of 300km/h (186mph).
Cung Le on Set: 蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND Preview: Pimped Ad
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND Preview - Cung Le on Set: Pimped Ad
蘇乞兒 TRUE LEGEND
苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master
Release Date: 2009
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Production Companies: Shanghai Film Group, Beijing New Times
Film Culture and Development, Edko (Beijing) Management
Producer: Zhang Zhenyan
Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Screenplay: To Chi-Long
Action Director: Yuen Woo-Ping
Art Director: Huo Tingxiao
Costume Design: Hai Chung Man (aka Yee Chung Man)
Cinematography:
Category: Martial Arts / Drama / Historical
Country: China
Filming: started late August in Mainland China
Cast:
Su Can / Su Qi-Er .... Vincent Zhao / Chiu Man Chuk
Yuan Ying .... Zhou Xun
Sister Yu .... Michelle Yeoh
God of Martial Arts .... Jay Chou
Ma Qingfeng .... Guo Xiaodong
... .... Will Liu
Yuan Lie .... Andy On
... .... Cung Le
Da Feng-Er .... Sun Hanwen
True Legend director's diary;
Welcome to the True Legend director's diary. Hello everybody! I am Yuen Woo Ping. People usually call me Ba Ye (which means Master Eight in Mandarin). As early as May of this year, one of the crewmembers suggested me to create a Blog where I could get in touch with thousands of martial arts fans on-line. This plan has been abandoned, later, when I noticed how intense the film preparation and shooting schedule would be. However, I still hope to have a platform communicating with the audience, it finally turns out to be the Director's diary which I am now presenting to you right here!
Yuen Woo-ping's 'True Legend' of Beggar Su
By Mark Pollard on November 19, 2008
It's been 12 years since Yuen Woo-ping, celebrated international master of movie martial arts, directed his own movie instead of choreographing action for someone else and now he's finally back where he belongs helming the wuxia pian TRUE LEGEND, starring Vincent Zhao (THE BLADE), in his first film role in eight years.
Directed by Yuan Heping (action director for the Matrix), True Legend (aka 苏乞儿 aka Su qi'er aka Beggar Su aka Drunken Master) will star Zhao Wen Zhuo, Zhou Xun, Jay Chou, and Michelle Yeoh.
It will be the first martial arts film to use 3-D filming.
Zhao Wen Zhuo will star as Su qi-er, a rich guy turned beggar. Zhou Xun will star as his faithful wife. Jay will play a fighting master.
Zhou Xun and Jay Chou has worked together once in one of Jay's mv's:
------------------------------
Date of Birth: May 25, 1972
City of Birth: Saigon, Vietnam
Hometown: San Jose, California USA
Children: 2 sons
Interests: Movies, sports, MMA, BJJ, San Shou, food, competition, teaching/coaching, nutrition, health, fitness
Favorite Quotation:
USH! Unlimited Strength and Honor
Media Agent: Wasserman Media Group,
Matt Walker (mwalker@wmgllc.com 310-407-0545)
See More:
Hometown: San Jose, California USA
San Shou Record: 17-0, 12 KO
MMA Record: 6-0, 6 KO
Normal Weight: 185 lbs
Fight Weight: 175-180 lbs
Trainers: Garth Taylor, Javier Mendez
Gym: Universal Strength Headquarters
2008 Strikeforce Middleweight MMA Title
Cross (2009) (in production) .... Razor
Draw the Line (2009) .... Johnny
Pandorum (2009).... Manh
Tekken (2009) .... Marshall Law
Fighting (2009) .... Dragon Lee
Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) .... Erik
Dark Assassin (2006) .... The Assassin
--------------------------
Universal Strength Headquarters 720 Montague Expressway Milpitas, CA 95035 Call: 408-729-4468 or Email: membership@cungle.com for more info. NO ENROLLMENT FEE For a limited time, Cung Le's Universal Strength Headquarters is offering no enrollment fee for new members. Join one of the most elite fight gyms in the nation with plenty of mat space, new machines, new cage, new equipment, and 10,000 square feet of premium training grounds. 720 Montague Expressway Milpitas, CA 95035
--------------------------
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ben@studio-way.com
benm.greer@gmail.com
-------------------------
Beijing | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Beijing
00:03:13 1 Etymology
00:04:36 2 History
00:04:44 2.1 Early history
00:05:44 2.2 Early Imperial China
00:08:15 2.3 Ming dynasty
00:10:42 2.4 Qing dynasty
00:12:06 2.5 Republic of China
00:13:41 2.6 People's Republic of China
00:16:38 3 Geography
00:18:49 3.1 Cityscape
00:18:57 3.2 Architecture
00:21:47 3.3 Climate
00:23:29 3.4 Environmental issues
00:24:56 3.4.1 Air quality
00:29:41 3.4.1.1 Readings
00:30:48 3.4.2 Dust storms
00:31:25 4 Politics and government
00:32:17 4.1 Administrative divisions
00:32:48 4.1.1 Towns
00:33:35 4.2 Judiciary and procuracy
00:34:45 4.3 Diplomatic missions
00:35:13 5 Economy
00:36:05 5.1 Sector composition
00:37:46 5.2 Economic zones
00:40:25 6 Demographics
00:43:53 7 Culture
00:46:13 7.1 Places of interest
00:50:55 8 Religion
00:51:57 8.1 Chinese folk religion and Taoism
00:53:46 8.2 Buddhism
00:56:16 8.3 Islam
00:57:11 8.4 Christianity
00:59:27 9 Media
00:59:36 9.1 Television and radio
01:00:16 9.2 Press
01:01:10 10 Sports
01:01:18 10.1 Events
01:03:26 10.2 Venues
01:04:05 10.3 Clubs
01:04:39 11 Transportation
01:05:02 11.1 Rail and high-speed rail
01:07:06 11.2 Roads and expressways
01:09:35 11.3 Air
01:11:43 11.4 Public transit
01:13:44 11.5 Taxi
01:15:18 11.6 Bicycles
01:16:26 12 Defense and aerospace
01:17:59 13 Nature and wildlife
01:20:23 14 See also
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Beijing (;Mandarin pronunciation: [pèi.tɕíŋ] (listen)), formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's third most populous city proper, and most populous capital city. The city, located in northern China, is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of central government with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national capital region of China.Beijing is an important world capital and global power city, and one of the world's leading centers for politics, economy and business, finance, education, culture, innovation and technology, architecture, language, and diplomacy. A megacity, Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies and houses the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, as well as the world's four biggest financial institutions. It is also a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport has been the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic since 2010, and, as of 2016, the city's subway network is the busiest and second longest in the world.
Combining both modern and traditional architecture, Beijing is one of the oldest cities in the world, with a rich history dating back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for most of the past eight centuries, and was the largest city in the world by population for much of the second millennium A.D. Encyclopædia Britannica notes that few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural center of an area as immense as China. With mountains surrounding the inland city on three sides, in addition to the old inner and outer city walls, Beijing was strategically poised and developed to be the residence of the emperor and thus was the perfect location for the imperial capital. The city is renowned for its opulent palaces, temples, parks, gardens, tombs, walls and gates. It has seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian, and parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal – all popular locatio ...