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Mandarin Chinese Greetings
The proper use of Mandarin Chinese greetings can pave the way for establishing good relationships. Mandarin greetings follow the rules of conduct for Chinese society, and should always be observed when meeting someone for the first time.
Countries of the Americas
The list of country names and regions is found at the bottom of this page. Mandarin names for regions and countries are very different from their English counterparts. Once you have learned the country names, however, the names for nationalities always follow the same pattern.
Giving Directions in Chinese
Some of the most important vocabulary to prepare before going to a Mandarin-speaking country is phrases and words for asking directions. Especially when traveling through a Mandarin-speaking country, you will need to be able to ask for and understand directions.
One of The most Frequent Laureate Director in China——Xie Fei 中国最常得奖的导演——谢飞
Xie Fei (谢飞 Xiè Fēi) was born in Yan'an（延安 Yán'ān）, Shaanxi Province （陕西省 Shǎnxī Shěng）on August 14, 1942. In 1965, Xie graduated from Beijing Film Academy, in which he later became a professor, dean of the Director Department. He is a member of the council of the Chinese Filmmakers' Association and Executive Vice Chairman of the Chinese Film Directors' Association. Among all the Chinese directors, Xie is one of the most frequent laureate of various awards both from China and abroad. In 2001, Xie was also the first Chinese to be invited to sit on Berlin Film Jury. He has also served as jury member on many award committees, among them the Chinese Golden Rooster Awards and the World Film Festival at Montreal.
Using the Telephone
The conventions for making and answering phone calls in Mandarin Chinese are similar to English. The main difference is that calls are usually answered with ►wèi, which is a way of saying “hello” used only on the phone.
Let the Bullets Fly 让子弹飞(2010)
Although actor-turned-director Jiang Wen's 2007 arthouse film "The Sun also Rises (太阳照常升起 tàiyáng zhàocháng shēng qǐ)" failed him with takings of only 20 million yuan, his latest offering "Let the Bullets Fly (让子弹飞 ràng zǐdàn fēi) (2010) " is expected to do well during the New Year season's box-office battle.
Chinese Film: the War 战争
War is director Philip G. Atwell's Hollywood feature debut, after cutting his teeth on hip-hop music videos – experience that translates onto celluloid in the form of flying bullets, swords and fists, punctuated by dramatic explosions, fast cars, and some very beautiful women.
Chinese Film: Spider Lilies 刺青
Though critics have picked up on the Sapphic aspects of Spider Lilies（刺青 Cìqīng）, the story has more important themes and motifs, such as love, loneliness, family and the lives of the weak and marginalized.
The No.1 Film Carline in China: Xuan Jinglin (宣景琳)
Xuan Jinglin(宣景琳 Xuān Jǐnglín) was born in 1907, called the No.1 film carline in China. Although she had a highly successful film career, Xuan Jinglin had a very bad start in life, with a sad and bitter childhood. She was born in Shanghai, the youngest of six children (five girls and one boy) of a newspaper deliveryman. The father died when she was four months old, leaving his widow and children, already poor, in desperate straits. The only income they had was what little money her uncles, the mother's brothers, were able to give them. Jinglin received some education when a school operated by a Christian church waived the tuition for her to attend classes. But this also turned out to be a bad experience for the little girl, as her affluent classmates teased her unmercifully about her family's poverty and her hand-me-down clothes, and she often came home in tears. When the uncles died one after another, Xuan Jinglin's mother had no recourse but to sell her youngest daughter to a brothel, in effect sentencing her to an abysmal, and probably short, life of degradation.
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