Zhang Yimou
BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 23: Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov (L) and Chinese film director Zhang Yimou attends the Third Beijing International Film Festival Closing Ceremony and Award Presentation Ceremony at China National Convention Center on April 23, 2013 in Beijing, China.
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Zhang Yimou can reach high. He belongs to the Jiang faction. His film ‘Hero’ was to back Jiang Zemin, that is, justifying Jiang’s persecution of Falun Gong. Who dares to challenge one with such a strong supporter? Even if they knew, the local family-planning committee could do nothing.
If a cultural figure has such powerful backing, no one would dare touch him. The local family planning authorities know that they can't interfere with Zhang Yimou
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Award-winning Chinese Filmmaker Undone by His Alliances
laws. As a film treatment, this might have interested the man often called China’s greatest film director—except that Zhang Yimou is now living out this scenario. Zhang, like stars in the entertainment business in China and in other countries, had seemed to from The Epoch Times Read more »
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Fathering seven children in a one-child society: Famous director's kids spark big debate in China
Yimou is famous for directing the films “Hero” and “Raise the Red Lantern.” Did you catch the extravagant opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing? He directed that, too. Mr. Zhang is also a prolific father, according to state media. At least seven from Marketplace Read more »
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China To Probe Zhang Yimou Amid Online Anger Over Children
in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi say they are investigating top Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, who has allegedly fathered seven children, for potential violation of the country's draconian one-child policy, according to official media. "A team has been from Radio Free Asia Read more »
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Chinese filmmaker criticised for having seven kids
May 10 (IANS/EFE) Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, famous for films such as "The Red Lantern", has become the target for much criticism after several media outlets accused him of flouting Beijing's one-child policy by fathering seven kids. The South China from Real Bollywood Read more »
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Scandal Over Chinese Director's Illegitimate Children Turns Political
KONG – With Chinese officials pledging to probe into reports of director Zhang Yimou flouting the country’s one-child regulations and a growing voice in the media urging for a revamp of the state’s population-control initiatives, what began as a juicy scandal from Hollywood Reporter Read more »
