L.A. Boyz was a Taiwanese pop/rap group composed of brothers Jeff Huang and Stanley Huang, and their cousin Steven Lin (林智文) formed circa 1991. They are considered to be the first rap group in Taiwanese popular music. They released 13 albums starting from their first “SHIAM! 閃” in 1992.
William Chan Wai-ting, born 21 November 1985) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. In 2003, he participated in New Talent Singing Awards and won several awards. He was then signed under Emperor Entertainment Group. He began his singing career by joining Cantopop group Sun Boy'z in 2006 and left the group in 2008 to pursue a solo career, releasing his debut solo album in the same year. Since then, he has released a total of 7 albums and 6 singles.
Ling Zhang is a senior audiologist and fiction writer in Toronto, Canada. She was born in Wenzhou, China and came to Canada in 1986 to pursue her MA in English at University of Calgary. She obtained her second MA degree in Communication disorders at the University of Cincinnati. She has published eight novels and several collections of novellas and short stories in Chinese. One of her novels, 《金山》, has been translated into English, French, and German. She has won numerous important literary prizes in China.
The 24th Golden Eagle Awards were held August 31, 2008, in Changsha, Hunan province. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.
The 25th Golden Eagle Awards were held September 21, 2010, in Changsha, Hunan province. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.
The 22nd Golden Eagle Awards were held September 26, 2006, in Changsha, Hunan province. Nominees and winners are listed below, winners are in bold.
Cao Shui, pseudonym or haoLord of Tower of Babel, is a Chinese poet, novelist, screenwriter and translator. He is one of the representative figures of Chinese Contemporary Literature. He leads the great poemism movement. In his Declaration of Great Poem, he aims to integrate sacred and secular cultures, oriental and occidental cultures, ancient and modern cultures in Chinese literature. His most notable works include the Epic of Eurasia, Secret of Heaven (trilogy), and King Peacock. His works are dedicated to rebuilding a republic in which the whole humanity can live in freedom, which he always described as Eurasia, the Top of the Tower of Babel or Kunlun Mountains. So far twenty books of Cao Shui have been published, including five poem collections, three essay collections, ten novels and one hundred episodes TV series and films. He is a member of China Writers' Association, China Film Association, and China Poetry Society. He is also the editor-in-chief of Great Poem and deputy editor-in-chief of Poetry Weekly. Currently he lives in Beijing as a professional writer and screenwriter.
Zhang Jiqing, from the Jiangsu Province Kunju Troupe, is a Kunqu artist.
Zhang Yixing , known professionally as Lay Zhang, or simply Lay, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer, and actor. He debuted as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-unit Exo-M in 2012. He was first known after participating in the Chinese TV talent show Star Academy in 2005.
The Frontline Song and Dance Troupe (前线歌舞团) founded 1946 in Nanjing, officially named in 1955, is a dance song and theatre troupe of the Huadong command of the Peoples Liberation Army. The troupe was the testing ground and originator of many of the patriotic and revolutionary plays and musicals of the 1960s-1980s. The troupe continues to appear regularly on China Central Television.
Tham Yew Chin, known by her pseudonym You Jin (尤今), is a Singaporean writer. She received the Cultural Medallion Award in 2009 for her contributions to Singapore's literary arts scene.
Li Guowen is a Chinese novelist who was the director of China Writers Association. Li is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Putonghua Proficiency Test or Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) is an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese intended for native speakers of Chinese languages. The test was developed in October 1994 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the Institute of Applied Linguistics at Beijing Language and Culture University and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television. Specified standards of achievement in the test are required for many jobs in broadcasting, education and government.
Jackson Yee is a Chinese singer, dancer and actor. After a talent manager discovered him at a children talent competition, where he performed a hip-hop dance, and signed to TF Entertainment, Jackson became the youngest member of the Chinese boy band TFBoys in 2013.
The Chen Bochui Children’s Literature Award (陈伯吹儿童文学奖) is a major award issued in China, with the aim of promoting excellence in children’s publishing and cultural diversity. It was originally called the Children’s Literary Garden Prize (儿童文学园丁奖), then the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award from 1988. The first awards were given in 1981, and were awarded every two years. It was renamed as the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award (陈伯吹国际儿童文学奖), and since 2014 has been held annually. It is named after the author, translator, journalist and educator Chen Bochui (1906-1997), who translated Pushkin’s Children’s Tales, The Wizard of Oz, and Don Quixote into Chinese for the first time in the 1940s, and who donated his life savings to establish this award. It is the longest continuously running literary prize in China.
Qin Wenjun is an award-winning author of children's literature. She writes in Chinese.
Zhang Xinyi is a Chinese actress and director. In 2015, she was list by Forbes as the 80th highest-earning Chinese celebrity.
No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh is the thirteenth studio album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun, released on 9 November 2017 by Universal Music Taiwan.
S.I.N.G, also known as Super Impassioned Net Generation is a Chinese girl group formed by KuGou Music. The group features eight members, whom are selected from different regions in China. Debut in 2015, the group primarily focus on Chinese-style electronic dance music.
The Wuzhen Theatre Festival is an annual theatre festival held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, China. It is jointly sponsored by Stan Lai, Chen Xianghong, Meng Jinghui and Huang Lei, and hosted by Culture Wuhan Co., Ltd. The festival includes units of Specially Invited Plays, Youth Theatre Artists Competition, Outdoor Carnival, and Wuzhen Dialogues.
