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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

  • Crouching tigress, hidden reasons: Zhang Ziyi engaged

    Crouching tigress, hidden reasons: Zhang Ziyi engaged
    By Chen Nan (China Daily)
    Updated: 2008-07-16 09:11

    Zhang Ziyi is without a doubt one of the hottest leading ladies in Asia. Sorry guys, she's about to be taken.

    The international acclaimed star is making headlines again - this time the reason isn't a new film, but the fact that the 29-year-old actress has just said "yes" to the marriage proposal of Vivi Nevo, her boyfriend of one year.

    The Golden Globe-nominated actress and her sweetheart are currently planning to tie the knot in 2009.


    Vivi Nevo and Zhang Ziyi arrive for the annual Allen & Co's media conference last Thursday in Sun Valley, Idaho. [Agencies]

    Zhang won worldwide recognition for her memorable role in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, then returned to the big screen in Memoirs of a Geisha, co-starring Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh.

    Nevo, 41, a New York-based Israeli venture capitalist, has been called an "international multi-millionaire of mystery" by the media in the United States.

    The low-key billionaire made a rare high-profile announcement of his engagement while attending the annual conference of Allen & Company in Sun Valley, Idaho, according to the Associated Press.

    Zhang, who is now largely based in Hollywood, accompanied Nevo to the event, though she didn't comment on the engagement.

    Rumors that the couple was engaged began to swirl this spring, when Zhang wore a diamond ring to a pre-Grammys party.

    Nevo was in China with Zhang Ziyi last year while she was filming Chen Kaige's Mei Lanfang. He also paid visits to Zhang's parents, according to reports.

    Some have also speculated that the rich man is the driving financial force behind the actress's next three film contracts.

    The two were first spotted together at an NBA game in January 2007. They kissed in front of the cameras, in the front row of the VIP seats. This caused a huge wave of speculation.


    Zhang Ziyi and Vivi Nevo sit together at an NBA game in this January 2007 file photo. [Agencies]

    Because her boyfriend's face was not instantly recognizable to observers, many initial guesses circulated as to his identity. Some initially thought he was a C-list French actor, while others said he was a young entrepreneur and neighbor of US president George Bush. Later it was revealed that he is one of the richest men in New York.

    Nevo has also previously been linked with British supermodel Kate Moss and Brazilian model Jeisa Chiminazzo.

    Before Nevo, Zhang was involved with Eric Fok Kai San, now 24, the second son of the wealthy Fok family from Hong Kong, whose business is in Macao casinos. They met in March 2004 but split up quietly two years later.

    Neither Zhang nor Nevo have openly admitted to their relationship, though the couple has been photographed together at numerous parties and film festivals. Zhang did not deny the romance but said: "I won't speak about personal matters. Anyway, I'm very happy now."

    Millions of Zhang's fans are surprised by the news. They are puzzled as to why Zhang wants to marry Nevo. Some fans suspect that the actress is marrying Nevo for his wealth. Others contend that she is already rich.

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    Rumors have reached such a frenzy that an entire page of sina.com has been devoted to a special collection of reactions from fans - with more than a dozen articles and debates as to whether the romance is genuine. The actress has not responded to any of these debates.

    Reports say that Zhang has recently teamed up with the wife of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng, to open a new film studio. Meanwhile, Zhang is set to go behind the camera with her new film studio. Asked about the project, the actress reportedly said: "I've been acting and learnt quite a bit. I hope to learn more of different things."

    Reports said the first film to be rolled out by the venture may be an adaptation of writer Shan Sa's novel, Empress, about Chinese empress Wu Zetian. Fans of the star can next see Zhang Ziyi share the silver screen with Dennis Quaid and Eric Balfour in The Horsemen, which is scheduled to hit US theaters in August.





    -Gosh we all know the typical white man fantasy -western worship movies are not that far away considering both of them bag old white geezer husbands. Only asian women would far for old white men 20 times or more their age

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

  • Oxfam allocates $1.5 million for China earthquake relief

    http://www.oxfam.org/en/news/2008/pr080513_china_earthquake_relief



    Relief and reconstruction projects in Sichuan and Gansu

    Hong Kong: In response to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwestern China on Monday afternoon (12 May), Oxfam Hong Kong has allocated $1.55 million for emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and is in contact with local government agencies and community organizations in affected areas to coordinate this emergency response.

    Oxfam staff based in the neighboring province of Yunnan are traveling to Wenchuan County in Sichuan, the epicenter of the quake, for assessment and coordination of the relief work.

    Nearly 12,000 people are thought to have died though it is likely this number will rise. Oxfam Hong Kong is working on immediate emergency action as well as preparing for longer term projects, such as rebuilding damaged infrastructure. We are aware that both urban and rural villages have been seriously hit. Many houses of farmers, which are typically made of weak materials, have been destroyed, rendering many families homeless. Damage to infrastructure and other facilities is significant: it will take months to recover.

    John Sayer, Director General of Oxfam Hong Kong said, “This is the worst earthquake in 30 years, with a huge impact on people’s livelihood. With over twenty years of experience working in China on long term development work and emergency relief, Oxfam Hong Kong is determined to help as quickly as possible, to guarantee people’s safety in the short term, and in the end, as a long-term goal, to improve their livelihood.”

    As Oxfam Hong Kong is also operating community development projects in Gansu, we are also planning to work in this province, most likely in Wen County, which was seriously affected. Based on our communication with local organizations in affected areas, our initial assessment is that survivors of the earthquake are most in need of clean water, food, medicine, clothing and blankets. We anticipate that there will be huge needs in rehabilitation and reconstruction over a wide range

    Oxfam Hong Kong appeals for donations from the public. This weekend and next (on the 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th of May), Oxfam Hong Kong will be running its annual Oxfam Rice Sale appeal for our projects in Mainland China.  We appeal to the public to buy small bags of “Oxfam Rice” in support of the people affected by this quake – the agency has arranged for over 200 temporary sales counters to be set up across Hong Kong.

    Oxfam Hong Kong has responded to many emergencies in Mainland China over the years, most recently the snowstorm that paralyzed many parts of the country in January and February 2008. On average, Oxfam Hong Kong allocates about $1 million a year, on emergency relief, rehabilitation, prevention and disaster management projects in Mainland China. Since 1995, we have assisted more than 600,000 people through various crises: floods, earthquakes, snowstorms, fires, hailstorms.

    Donate now to Oxfam Hong Kong's China earthquake appeal

    Contact

    For more information, please contact:

    Keith Wong, Oxfam Media Officer (Honk Kong)
    email: keithw@oxfam.org.hk,
    tel: +(852)31205281 or +(852)94262764

    Lum Kwok-choi, Oxfam Media Officer (Hong Kong)
    tel: 852 3120 5285 / 9098 5887
    email: kwokchoi@oxfam.org.hk

Saturday, April 19, 2008

  • Columbia University reveals racial preferences in dating!

    Man, asian females are whack!





    Columbia University     -- with research and editing assistance from Harvard University, MIT, and Stanford University -- conducted a study on racial preferences in interracial dating. The study was conducted over a two-year period between 2004 and 2007, involving thousands of participants, and the latest draft of the report was published in "Racial Preferences in Dating" in May 2007. (Notes: The study is still on-going.)

    The politically incorrect and bad news for Asians of both sexes is that Asians are rated the least physically attractive race, and that's especially true for Asian men, i.e., women of other races find Asian men the least attractive.

    From the study:

    "For male partners, our main finding is that Asians generally receive lower ratings than men of other races. In fact, when we run the regressions separately for each race, we find that even Asian women find white, black, and Hispanic men to be more attractive than Asian men."

    The final analysis is that women have a stronger preference for dating within their own race than men, but men still have a preference for dating within their own race. The exception is Asian women who, on average, have no preference against dating white men.

    The reason you see so many white male/Asian female couples is not because white men prefer Asian women (in fact they prefer black and Hispanic women over Asian women), but because Asian women like white men as much as they like men of their own race. On the other hand, women of other races view Asian men as the least desirable race, so Asian men have fewer opportunities to date interracially themselves.

    "African-American women said yes about 30 percent less often to Hispanic men; about 45 percent less often to white men; about 65 percent less often to Asian men."

    "White women said yes about 30 percent less often to black or Hispanic men, and about 65 percent less often to Asian men."

    "Hispanic women said yes about 20 percent less often to black or white men, and 50 percent less often to Asian men."

    "Asian women didn’t discriminate much by race (except for showing a very slight preference for Asian men over black or Hispanic men)."

    "For equal success with an African-American woman, a Hispanic man needs to earn an extra $184,000; a white man needs to earn an additional $220,000."

    "For equal success with a white woman, an African-American needs to earn an additional $154,000; a Hispanic man needs $77,000; an Asian needs $247,000."

    "For equal success with a Hispanic woman, an African-American man needs to earn an additional $30,000; a white man needs to earn an additional $59,000."

    "For equal success with an Asian woman, an African-American needs no additional income; a white man needs $24,000 less than average; a Hispanic man needs $28,000 more than average."

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