Acclaimed Director

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Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai's hit The Grandmaster became the biggest winner at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards, taking home 12 prizes, including best film, best director, best actress and best supporting actor.

Wong, 58, was the first Chinese director to win the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his work Happy Together in 1997. Wong was the president of the jury at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, which makes him the only Chinese filmmaker to preside over the jury at the festival.

Screenwriter Claims Rights

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In an open letter posted online on April 15, renowned Taiwanese scriptwriter Chiung Yao claimed that mainland scriptwriter and director Yu Zheng's latest TV drama plagiarizes her 1993 work.

Earlier in April, Yu found himself in an online argument with actress Dai Jiaoqian after Dai said in an interview that the show's plot had been inspired by Chiung's work.

The 76-year-old Chiung began her writing career back in the early 1960s. Famous for her romantic love stories, she has influenced many other writers of modern Chinese literature. Almost all her books have been adapted into TV series or films.

"Years of research and practice show that a lifestyle change could reduce people's chances of developing the more common cancers like that of the lung, breast, stomach, esophagus and colon."

Zhang Jianshu, Deputy Director of Beijing Health Campaign Committee, commenting on his committee's study showing that cancer has been the primary cause of death in Beijing for seven consecutive years

"It's a good story and a good play. Despite being a Chinese story, I found it very close to us, and I thought, let's do this one."

Oriol Broggi, director of a play adapted from the Chinese tale The Orphan of Zhao, which is currently being shown at the Teatre Romea in Barcelona, Spain, talking about his inspiration

"Every time I got kicked out when the bookstore closed, I felt frustrated. Now, I finally have a place to read to my heart's content. My husband and I will invite friends to read together at night."

Li Ying, a customer at the Beijing-based Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, the city's first 24-hour book store

"We hope that, via this sequel [to our previous documentary], more people around the world can have a better understanding of Chinese tradition and its changes. The audience will get to see the traits of the Chinese people: frugality and tenacity."

Chen Xiaoqing, chief director of A Bite of China, a popular documentary series on Chinese culinary arts, at the premier of its sequel on April 15