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Actually there are many successful Chinese dramas (not originals) whose rights are bought over by Netflix. Creative freedom not an issue; viewership is key.

Johnnie To's greatest movies - Election, Vengeance, Running Out of Time, Mad Detective, etc - were all made after '97 handover. The decade after 2000 actually saw HK movies peak. Go figure.

Correct. These islands were ruled as part of Fukien province until Japan occupied it in 1937. After Japanese surrender in 1945, the ROC ruled them from Taiwan.

I know the place. Lots of Bangla and Indian foreign workers there on their off days. The perpetrator(s) has probably returned home. This case will never be solved.

Golden Horse is for all Chinese language movies regardless of nationality. Even if you live on the moon and make a Chinese movie, it will be admitted. Why drag politics into art?

She's transitioning from just being a pretty face to being an actress of substance, 实力派演员. Good on her. Aaron Kwok and Simon Yam before her made the same transition.

Polynesians. Malays are Austronesians, though some Malays have Polynesian blood from intersecting trade routes.

Mainland doesn't matter. Both Infernal Affairs and Election franchises showed that up till mid-2000s under CCP rule the HK directors still made creative movies, capture an international audience, make it to prestigious film festivals, spawn remakes, and make money at the box office. Right now...

She was describing dong po rou (dongpayuk), 3-layered pork dish which originated in Song Dynasty but was imported to Korea only a few decades ago. It’s pork belly, not intestine

Ang mo ok. Malays, Indians, Jews cannot, cos minorities. Majority must suck thumb and give them some slack

Em… I said you were Indian, not Hokkien. Go read again, dimwit

True MSG sensitivity is very rare, less than 0.01% of the population. The incidence of peanut allergy is higher - should we all boycott peanut products? A lot of MSG’s bad rap stems from ignorance, jealousy and plain racism.

Make a stupid statement and you show your collabarator stripes. The rest of ASEAN no comment. Fucked up statesman. All our jiak kentang politicians are clueless about Chinese psyche. All porlumpah US, Japan and Israel.

My Malay PHV driver friend says Chinese passengers are the best. No hassle, generally law abiding, no quibbling over fare. Big Malay families at the airport are a nightmare - family of 9 with stroller insists on squeezing nto his Noah, refuses to split cabs, even when he tells them it's illegal...

That was Stephen Chow's masterpiece. Hasn't surpassed it since. One of the all time great comedies - can't even think of a Hollywood film in the same genre.

Even if China invades Taiwan, it is a civil war. Don't confuse it with non-existent China invasion of Japan. So should Japan react? Unless Takaichi wants to reclaim Taiwan.

US was not the aggressor, they were defending the south. Anyway, the Americans had their asses kicked, and napalm aside, US brutality was <1% of Japan's.

Best Actress: Fan Bingbing Best Cinematography: Leung Ming Kai Best Original Film Song: Bhujanga Malaysia boleh!

She thinks Trump has her back, but Trump Always Chickens Out. Just look at Ukraine and how he threw Zelensky under the bus. It's a strategic mistake, and she will regret it. The Japs are sometimes so caught up in the details but can't see the big picture. They go for form over substance and...

Malaysia boleh!