Donna Gigliotti, Donnie Yen on Board ‘Wuhan! Wuhan’ Coronavirus Documentary

coronavirus who had no symptoms infected 71 people when she took a 60-second trip in a lift on her own, according to a new study.Contact tracing experts were left baffled when trying to locate the source of an outbreak that spread across two hospitals in Heilongjiang Province, China, in mid-April.They discovered a woman, who had recently travelled to the US, was patient zero of a cluster in the province which had not reported a new Covid-19 infection in a month.The study, released by the US

Rebecca Davis editorHong Kong “Mulan” star Donnie Yen this week reiterated his political loyalty to mainland China as he teased work on the upcoming theatrical adaptation of popular video game “Sleeping Dogs” and announced “Golden Empire,” a new China-backed crime thriller.His hometown is currently roiling under the impact of a controversial new national security law imposed by Beijing that strips Hong Kong of many of its former freedoms, which came into effect July 1 — the anniversary of

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Chinese megastar Donnie Yen is set to star in and produce crime thriller Golden Empire, in which he will play a notorious drug kingpin who hits the top of the most wanted list for both the U.S. and Mexican governments.Yen will also produce the movie alongside Peter Luo, CEO at Starlight Media, which is lead financing alongside SA Inc.

he previously celebrated his 80th at Glastonbury, having the crowd sing to him before Patti Smith debuted a special poem she’d written in his honour. He’s also, it should be noted, a fan of the Beastie Boys.The Dalai Lama isn’t short on musical admirers, either — well, ones that don’t mind forfeiting the chance to ever play in China — such as Lady Gaga, whom he reportedly spoke about yoga with when they met in 2016.

Rebecca Davis editorLondon’s Queer East Film Festival will run a virtual program of four free-to-stream Asian documentaries from July 3-31, as cinema closures due to coronavirus force its regular programming online.The festival typically seeks to bring rarely seen LGBTQ+ films from East and Southeast Asia to the U.K., but this year’s online iteration will be mostly available to viewers worldwide.Its “QE: Docs4Pride” virtual program features selections from the Philippines, China, Taiwan and

YouTuber Myka Stauffer has broken her silence one month after the revelation that she and her husband James “rehomed” their adopted son was met with controversy. In a lengthy statement, Myka, 32, apologized “for the uproar” that followed after announcing in a tearful video that they placed four-year-old Huxley, whom they adopted from China in 2017, with another family.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAt 30, and already an accomplished novelist, Guo Jingming deftly turned himself into one of China’s top film directors when he unleashed bratty, aspirational comedy-drama “Tiny Times” on an eager public in June 2013.