(Encyclopedia) Zhang XianliangZhang Xianliangjäng shyän-lyäng [key], 1936–, Chinese writer. During the 1957 antirightist campaign, the Chinese Communists judged his poetry deviant and sentenced him…
(Encyclopedia) Zhang Yimou, 1951–, Chinese film director. Sentenced to forced labor during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) because his father had been an officer in Chiang Kai-shek's army, he then…
Zhang QianChinese explorerBorn: 2nd century B.C. In 138 B.C.the emperor of the Han dynasty sent Zhang Qian, an army officer, into central Asia to bring back information about a nomadic tribe…
Zhang XueliangAge: 100 Chinese warlord who, in the Xian Incident of December 1936, dispatched his troops to kidnap Chiang Kai-shek. Zhang released Chiang two weeks later, when he agreed to…
Zhang ChunqiaoAge: 88 radical Maoist who was a member of the Gang of Four, the group authorized by the Chinese Communist government to institute and uphold extreme measures of the Cultural…
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The 16th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on March 24, 2001 on Santa Monica beach.FeatureCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonFirst Feature (More Than…
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