AT the end of 2001, the film, Big Shot's Funeral, amazed the whole of Chinese moviedom by its 37 million yuan box office success. Invested by Columbia (Asia) Co., Ltd., and directed by celebrated Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, the film is about a few Chinese people who believe they can make a fortune by organizing the funeral of a noted American director who has died while shooting a film in China...

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FOUR years ago, Wang Peng participated in The Century and Women art exhibition at the China Art Gallery in Beijing, with a series of sculptures that reflect the course of the life of a woman. She was a student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts at the time, and at the last moment was entered, as an exception, into the list of participating artists

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As he spends more than 20 days every month on the train, to 37-year-old passenger railway police officer Wang Liqun the time he spends together with his family is precious. The Xi'an-Guangzhou train on which he works takes 28-29 hours to travel the route, and Wang and his colleagues patrol the 1-kilometer-long train, comprising 19 carriages, every 40 minutes. In order to ensure the passengers' safety, they must forego a peaceful night's sleep on the train...

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