Name	Sun nan
Tradchinesename	孫楠
Simpchinesename	孙楠
Pinyinchinesename	Sūn Nán
Jyutpingchinesename	Syun1 naam4
Origin	China
Birthdate	February 18, 1969
Occupation	Singer
Genre	Mandopop
Instrument	Singing

Sun Nan born February 18, 1969) is a famous pop singer from mainland China. He is a native of Dalian.

He is one of the most popular artists from mainland China.

Career

In the 1990s he was considered a frontline singer in the Beijing music scene. He came to prominence after 2002.

In 2008, Sun was chosen to sing one of the Olympic songs, Forever Friends opposite Coco Lee.

external links

youtube videos: singing in English with other pop singers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecXl82ZdHY Endless Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHz8fUieRQ

References

Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese singers

Name	Jackie Chan
Caption	Jackie Chan onboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in 2002.
Tradchinesename
Simpchinesename
Pinyinchinesename	Chéng Lóng
Jyutpingchinesename	Sing4 Lung4
Birthname	Chan Kong-sang Chén Gǎngshēng Can4 Gong2 Sang1
Ancestry	Linzi, Shandong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birthdate	April 07, 1954
Birthplace	Victoria Peak, Hong Kong
Othername	(Fong Si-lung) (Yuen Lou) (Big Brother)
Occupation	Actor, martial artist, director, producer, screenwriter, action choreographer, singer, stunt director, stunt performer,
Genre	CantopopMandopopHong Kong English popJ-pop
Yearsactive	1962–present
Spouse	Lin Feng-jiao (1982–present)
Children	Jaycee Chan (born 1982) Etta Ng Chok Lam (born 1999)
Parents	Charles and Lee-Lee Chan
Influences	Bruce LeeBuster KeatonHarold LloydJim Carrey
Hongkongfilmwards	Best Film1989 RougeBest Action Choreography1996 Rumble in the Bronx1999 Who Am I? Professional Spirit Award2004
Goldenhorseawards	Best Actor1992 Police Story 31993 Crime Story
Goldenroosterawards	Best Actor2005 New Police Story
Mtvasiaawards	Inspiration Award2002
Awards	MTV Movie Awards2002 Best Fight (Rush Hour 2)1999 Best Fight (Rush Hour)1995 Lifetime Achievement AwardShanghai International Film Festival2005 Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema

Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE (born Chan Kong-sang, ; 7 April 1954) is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, filmmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.

In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan has been acting since the 1960s and has appeared in over 100 films. Chan has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

As a cultural icon, Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games. Chan is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star, having released a number of albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films in which he has starred.

Early life

Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Victoria Peak, in the former Crown colony of Hong Kong, as Chan Kong-sang (meaning "born in Hong Kong") to Charles and Lee-Lee Chan, refugees from the Chinese Civil War. He was nicknamed Paopao (, literally meaning "Cannonball") because the high-energy child was always rolling around. Since his parents worked for the French Consul to Hong Kong, Chan spent his formative years within the grounds of the consul's residence in the Victoria Peak district.

Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Hong Kong Island, where he failed his first year, after which his parents withdrew him from the school. In 1960, his father immigrated to Canberra, Australia, to work as the head cook for the American embassy, and Chan was sent to the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School run by Master Yu Jim-yuen. Chan trained rigorously for the next decade, excelling in martial arts and acrobatics. He eventually became part of the Seven Little Fortunes, a performance group made up of the school's best students, gaining the stage name Yuen Lo in homage to his master. Chan became close friends with fellow group members Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, the three of them later to be known as the Three Brothers or Three Dragons.

At the age of 8, he appeared with some of his fellow "Little Fortunes", in the film Big and Little Wong Tin Bar (1962), with Li Li Hua playing his mother. Chan appeared with Li again the following year, in The Love Eterne (1963) and had a small role in King Hu's 1966 film, Come Drink with Me. In 1971, after an appearance as an extra in another Kong Fu film, A Touch of Zen, Chan began his adult career in the film industry, initially signing to Chu Mu's Great Earth Film Company. At the age of 17, he worked as a stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon under the stage name Chan Yuen Lung (). He received his first starring role later that year, in Little Tiger of Canton, which had a limited release in Hong Kong in 1973. Due to the commercial failures in his early ventures into films and trouble finding stunt work, in 1975 Chan starred in a comedic adult film, All in the Family, which features Jackie Chan's first and possibly only nude sex scene filmed to date. It is also the only film he has made to date that did not feature a single fight scene or stunt sequence.

Chan joined his parents in Canberra in 1976, where he briefly attended Dickson College and worked as a construction worker. A fellow builder named Jack took Chan under his wing, earning Chan the nickname of "Little Jack" which was later shortened to "Jackie" and the name Jackie Chan stuck with him ever since. In addition, in the late 90s, Chan changed his Chinese name to Fong Si-lung (), since his father's original surname was Fong. literally "become the dragon") to emphasise his similarity to Bruce Lee, whose stage name was Lei Siu-lung (, meaning "Little Dragon"). The film was unsuccessful because Chan was not accustomed to Lee's martial arts style. Despite the film's failure, Lo Wei continued producing films with similar themes, resulting in little improvement at the box office.

Chan's first major breakthrough was the 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, shot while he was loaned to Seasonal Film Corporation under a two-picture deal. Under director Yuen Woo-ping, Chan was allowed complete freedom over his stunt work. The film established the comedic kung fu genre, and proved to be a breath of fresh air for the Hong Kong audience. Chan then starred in Drunken Master, which finally propelled him to mainstream success.

Upon Chan's return to Lo Wei's studio, Lo tried to replicate the comedic approach of Drunken Master, producing Half a Loaf of Kung Fu and Spiritual Kung Fu.

Success of the action comedy genre: 1980–1987

, nicknamed "Glass Story" for its stunt work, is set in a modern period.]] Willie Chan had become Jackie's personal manager and firm friend, and has remained so for over 30 years. He was instrumental in launching Chan's international career, beginning with his first forays into the American film industry in the 1980s. His first Hollywood film was Battle Creek Brawl in 1980. Chan then played a minor role in the 1981 film The Cannonball Run, which grossed US$100 million worldwide. Despite being largely ignored by audiences in favour of established American actors like Burt Reynolds, Chan was impressed by the outtakes shown at the closing credits, inspiring him to include the same device in his future films.

After the commercial failure of The Protector in 1985, Chan temporarily abandoned his attempts to break into the US market, returning his focus to Hong Kong films. Over the following two years, the "Three Brothers" appeared in Wheels on Meals and the original Lucky Stars trilogy. In 1985, Chan made the first Police Story film, a US-influenced action comedy in which Chan performed his own stunts. It was named the "Best Movie" at the 1986 Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1987, Chan played "Asian Hawk", an Indiana Jones-esque character, in the film Armour of God. The film was Chan's biggest domestic box office success to date, grossing over HK $35 million.

Acclaimed sequels and Hollywood breakthrough: 1988–1998

breakthrough film Rumble in the Bronx.]] In 1988 Chan starred alongside Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao for the last time to date, in the film Dragons Forever. Hung co-directed with Corey Yuen, and the villain in the film was played by Yuen Wah, both of whom were fellow graduates of the China Drama Academy.

In the late 1980s and early 90s, Chan starred in a number of successful sequels beginning with Police Story 2, which won the award for Best Action Choreography at the 1989 Hong Kong Film Awards. This was followed by , and , for which Chan won the Best Actor Award at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival. In 1994, Chan reprised his role as Wong Fei-hung in Drunken Master II, which was listed in Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Movies. Another sequel, , brought more awards and domestic box office success for Chan, but did not fare as well in foreign markets. Jackie Chan rekindled his Hollywood ambitions in the 1990s, but refused early offers to play villains in Hollywood films to avoid being typecast in future roles. For example, Sylvester Stallone offered him the role of Simon Phoenix, a criminal in the futuristic film Demolition Man. Chan declined and the role was taken by Wesley Snipes.

Chan finally succeeded in establishing a foothold in the North American market in 1995 with a worldwide release of Rumble in the Bronx, attaining a cult following in the United States that was rare for Hong Kong movie stars. The success of Rumble in the Bronx led to a 1996 release of in the United States under the title Supercop, which grossed a total of US $16,270,600. Jackie's first huge blockbuster success came when he co-starred with Chris Tucker in the 1998 buddy cop action comedy Rush Hour, grossing US$130 million in the United States alone. Chan then helped create a PlayStation game in 2000 called Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, to which he lent his voice and performed the motion capture.

Despite further success with Shanghai Noon in 2000, Rush Hour 2 in 2001 and Shanghai Knights and The Medallion in 2003, Chan became frustrated with Hollywood over the limited range of roles and lack of control over the film-making process. In response to Golden Harvest's withdrawal from the film industry in 2003, Chan started his own film production company, JCE Movies Limited (Jackie Chan Emperor Movies Limited) in association with Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG).

Chan's next release was Rush Hour 3 in August 2007. It grossed US$255 million. However, it performed poorly in Hong Kong, grossing only HK$3.5 million during its opening weekend.

New experiments and change in style: 2008–present

As Chan had stated years before, there would be a point in his life in which he would have to be modernized and use special effects, and try new different things than martial arts flicks. This began in 2007, with the filming of The Forbidden Kingdom (released in 2008), Chan's first onscreen collaboration with fellow Chinese actor Jet Li, which was completed on 24 August 2007 and the film was released in April 2008. The film featured heavy use of effects and wires. Chan voiced the character Master Monkey in the DreamWorks Animation film, Kung Fu Panda, released in June 2008, appearing with stars Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. In addition, he has assisted Anthony Szeto in an advisory capacity for the writer-director's film Wushu, released on May 1, 2008. The film stars Sammo Hung and Wang Wenjie as father and son.

In November 2007, Chan began filming Shinjuku Incident, a dramatic role featuring no martial arts sequences with director Derek Yee, which sees Chan take on the role of a Chinese immigrant in Japan. The film was released on 2 April 2009. According to his blog, Chan discussed his wishes to direct a film after completing Shinjuku Incident, something he has not done for a number of years. The film is expected to be the third in the Armour of God series, and has a working title of Armour of God III: Chinese Zodiac. Chan originally stated that he would start filming on April 1, 2008, but that date had passed and the current state of the film is unknown. Because the Screen Actors Guild did not go on strike, Chan started shooting his next Hollywood movie The Spy Next Door at the end of October in New Mexico, In The Spy Next Door, Chan plays an undercover agent whose cover is blown when he looks after the children of his girlfriend; Chan most likely did the film to appeal to his younger audience in America. In Little Big Soldier, Chan stars, alongside Leehom Wang in a non-martial arts comedy movie based on the Warring States Period.

On June 22, 2009, Chan left Los Angeles to begin filming The Karate Kid, a remake of the 1984 original, in Beijing. The film was released in America on June 11, 2010 and sees Chan's first dramatic American film. In the film, he plays Mr. Han, a kung fu master and maintenance man who teaches Jaden Smith's character, Dre, kung-fu so he can defend himself from school bullies. In Chan's next movie, The New Shaolin Temple, instead of playing one of the major characters, he plays the cook of the temple.

Stunts

building in New Police Story]]Jackie Chan performs most of his own stunts, which are choreographed by the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. He has stated in interviews that the primary inspiration for his more comedic stunts were films such as The General directed by and starring Buster Keaton, who was also known to perform his own stunts. Since its establishment in 1983, Chan has used the team in all his subsequent films to make choreographing easier, given his understanding of each member's abilities. Chan and his team undertake many of the stunts performed by other characters in his films, shooting the scenes so that their faces are obscured.

The dangerous nature of his stunts makes it difficult for Chan to get insurance, especially in the United States, where his stunt work is contractually limited. In addition, he holds an unrecognised record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film, having shot over 2900 retakes for a complex scene involving a Jianzi game in Dragon Lord.

Chan has been injured numerous times attempting stunts; many of them have been shown as outtakes or as bloopers during the closing credits of his films. He came closest to death filming Armour of God, when he fell from a tree and fractured his skull. Over the years, Chan has dislocated his pelvis and broken his fingers, toes, nose, both cheekbones, hips, sternum, neck, ankle and ribs on numerous occasions. Promotional materials for Rumble in the Bronx emphasized that Chan performed all of the stunts, and one version of the movie poster even diagrammed his many injuries.

Filmography and screen persona

.]] Jackie Chan created his screen persona as a response to Bruce Lee, and the numerous imitators who appeared before and after Lee's death. In contrast to Lee's characters, who were typically stern, morally upright heroes, Chan plays well-meaning, slightly foolish regular guys (often at the mercy of their friends, girlfriends or families) who always triumph in the end despite the odds.

In recent years, the aging Chan grew tired of being typecast as an action hero, prompting him to act with more emotion in his latest films. In New Police Story, he portrayed a character suffering from alcoholism and mourning his murdered colleagues. To further shed the image of Mr. Nice Guy, Chan played an anti-hero for the first time in Rob-B-Hood starring as Thongs, a burglar with gambling problems.

Television work

In 2000, Chan hosted a fictionalised version of himself in the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures, which ran until 2005.

In July 2008, the BTV reality television series entitled The Disciple (, lit. "Disciple of the Dragon") concluded. The series was produced by, and featured Jackie Chan. The aim of the program was to find a new star, skilled in acting and martial arts, to become Chan's "successor" and student in filmmaking. Contestants were trained by Jackie Chan Stunt Team members Alan Wu and He Jun and competed in various fields, including explosion scenes, high-altitude wire-suspension, gunplay, car stunts, diving, obstacles courses etc. The regular judges on the program were He Ping, Wu Yue and Cheng Pei Pei. Guest judges include Stanley Tong, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. The "Finals" began on 5 April 2008, with 16 contestants remaining, and concluded on 26 June 2008. Amongst those in attendance were Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ng See Yuen and Yu Rongguang.

The winner of the series was Jack Tu (Tu Sheng Cheng). Along with runners up Yang Zheng and Jerry Liau, Tu is now set to star in three modern Chinese action films, one of which was scripted by Chan, and all three will be co-produced by Chan and his company JCE Movies Limited. The films will be entitled Speedpost 206, Won't Tell You and Tropical Tornado and will be directed by Xie Dong, Jiang Tao and Cai Rong Hui. All 16 finalists will be given the opportunity to work on the films, or to join the Jackie Chan Stunt Team. Production on the first film is due to begin in September 2008. In addition, the finalists will be given roles in a forthcoming BTV action series.

Music career

Jackie Chan had vocal lessons whilst at the Peking Opera School in his childhood. He began producing records professionally in the 1980s and has gone on to become a successful singer in Hong Kong and Asia. He has released 20 albums since 1984 and has performed vocals in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Taiwanese and English. He often sings the theme songs of his films, which play over the closing credits. Chan's first musical recording was "Kung Fu Fighting Man", the theme song played over the closing credits of The Young Master (1980). At least 10 of these recordings have been released on soundtrack albums for the films. His cantonese song Story of a Hero (英雄故事) (theme song of Police Story) was selected by the Royal Hong Kong Police and incorporated into their recruitment advertisement in 1994.

Chan voiced the character of Shang in the Chinese release of the Walt Disney animated feature, Mulan (1998). He also performed the song "I'll Make a Man Out of You", for the film's soundtrack. For the US release, the speaking voice was performed by B.D. Wong and the singing voice was done by Donny Osmond.

In 2007, Chan recorded and released the song "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics. He performed the song at a ceremony marking the one-year countdown to the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

The day before the Beijing Olympics opened, Chan released one of the two official Olympics albums, Official Album for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Jackie Chan's Version, which featured a number of special guest appearances. Chan, along with Andy Lau, Liu Huan and Wakin (Emil) Chau, performed "Hard to Say Goodbye", the farewell song for the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Image and celebrity status

, Hong Kong]] Jackie Chan has received worldwide recognition for his acting, having won several awards including an Innovator Award from the American Choreography Awards and a lifetime achievement award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars. Despite considerable box office success in The Northsouth Territories, Chan's American films have been criticised with regard to the action choreography. Reviewers of Rush Hour 2, The Tuxedo, and Shanghai Knights criticised the toning down of Chan's fighting scenes, citing less intensity compared to his earlier films. The comedic value of his films is questioned; some critics stated it can be childish at times.

Chan is a cultural icon, having been referenced in Ash's song "Kung Fu", Heavy Vegetable's "Jackie Chan Is a Punk Rocker", Leehom Wang's "Long Live Chinese People", as well as in "Jackie Chan" by Frank Chickens, and television shows Celebrity Deathmatch and Family Guy. He has been the inspiration for manga such as Dragon Ball (including a character with the alias "Jackie Chun"), the character Lei Wulong in Tekken and the fighting-type Pokémon Hitmonchan. In addition, Jackie Chan has a sponsorship deal with Mitsubishi Motors. As a result, Mitsubishi cars can be found in a number of Jackie Chan films. Furthermore, Mitsubishi honoured Chan by launching Evolution, a limited series of cars which he personally customised.

A number of video games have featured Jackie Chan. Before Stuntmaster, Chan already had a game of his own, Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu, released in 1990 for the PC-Engine and NES. In 1995, Chan was featured in the arcade fighting game Jackie Chan The Kung-Fu Master. In addition, a series of Japanese Jackie Chan games were released on the MSX by Pony, based on several of his films (Project A, Project A 2, Police Story, The Protector and Wheels On Meals).

Chan has always wanted to be a role model to children, remaining popular with them due to his good-natured acting style. He has refused to play villains and has almost never used the word "fuck" in his films (He's only said that word in two films, The Protector and Burn, Hollywood, Burn), but in Rush Hour, in an attempt to be "cool" and imitate his partner Carter, who said "What's up, my nigga?" to a club of black men, he said the same thing when Carter was in another room and they all attacked him, so he had to pull out his fighting skills to beat them down and escape. Chan's greatest regret in life is not having received proper education, inspiring him to fund educational institutions around the world. He funded the construction of the Jackie Chan Science Centre at the Australian National University and the establishment of schools in poor regions of China.

Chan is a spokesperson for the Government of Hong Kong, appearing in public service announcements. In a Clean Hong Kong commercial, he urged the people of Hong Kong to be more considerate with regards to littering, a problem that has been widespread for decades. Furthermore, in an advertisement promoting nationalism, he gave a short explanation of the March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. When Hong Kong Disneyland opened in 2005, Chan participated in the opening ceremony. In the United States, Chan appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in a government advert to combat copyright infringement and made another public service announcement with Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to encourage people, especially Asians, to join the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Construction has begun on a Jackie Chan museum in Shanghai. Work began in July 2008 and although was scheduled to be completed on October 2009, as of January 2010 it is still under construction.

Controversies

During a news conference in Shanghai on 28 March 2004, Chan referred to the recently concluded Republic of China presidential election, 2004 in Taiwan, in which Democratic Progressive Party candidates Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu were re-elected as President and Vice-President as "the biggest joke in the world." Chan's comments were criticized by Parris Chang, a Taiwanese legislator and senior member of the DPP, who called for the government of Taiwan to take punitive steps against Chan for his comments, such as banning his movies and barring him the right to visit Taiwan. Some 50 police and security personnel were required to separate protesters from Chan, as they were attempting to spit at him when he arrived at Taipei airport for a charity sponsored by cable TV channel TVBS on 18 June 2008. Chan insisted that his remarks were not intended to insult the people of Taiwan.

Referring to his participation in the torch relay for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chan spoke out against demonstrators who disrupted the relay several times attempting to draw attention to a wide-ranging number of grievances against the Chinese government, including China's human rights record and the political status of Taiwan. He warned that he would lash out against anyone planning to stop him from carrying the Olympic Torch, saying, "Demonstrators better not get anywhere near me." In addition Chan felt that the protesters were publicity seekers. 'They are doing it for no reason. They just want to show off on the TV,' he said. 'They know, "if I can get the torch, I can go on the TV for the world news".' Chan felt the country was trying to improve and the Olympics is a chance for the country to open up and learn from the outside world and vice versa. "We are not right about everything. Things are getting better in China but we can change and are changing. We want to learn from the rest of the world as well as teach others about our ways and our culture."

On 18 April 2009, during a panel discussion at the annual Boao Forum for Asia titled "Tapping into Asia's Creative Industry Potential," Chan said "...in the 10 years after Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, I can gradually see, I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not." Chan went on to say, "If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic." He also added, "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want." Chan however complained about the quality of Chinese goods, saying, "...a Chinese TV might explode." but refrained from criticizing the Chinese government for banning his 2009 film Shinjuku Incident. Chan's comments prompted an angry response from some legislators and other prominent figures in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Hong Kong Legislator Leung Kwok-hung said that Chan "insulted the Chinese people. Chinese people aren't pets." The Hong Kong Tourism Board stated that it had received 164 comments and complaints from the public over Chan's remarks. A spokesman for Chan told reporters that the actor was referring to freedom in the entertainment industry rather than Chinese society at large and that certain people with "ulterior motives deliberately misinterpreted what he said."

On 24 August 2010, Jackie Chan tweeted about the botched rescue operation on the Manila hostage crisis that left 8 Hong Kong tourists dead. Although saddened by the news, he also tweeted "If they killed the guy sooner, they will say why not negotiate first? If they negotiate first, they ask why not kill the guy sooner?" Chan's comments caused outrage in Hong Kong. Several anti-Jackie Chan groups were set up on Facebook with tens of thousands of supporters. Some fellow actors and directors told local newspapers that they were also upset by his remarks. Chan reportedly has business interests in the Philippines. He issued a statement on 27 August 2010 apologizing for his comments and claiming that his assistant who helped him post the tweets had misunderstood the meaning of his original message.

Entrepreneurship and philanthropy

In addition to his film production and distribution company, JCE Movies Limited, Jackie Chan also owns or co-owns the production companies JC Group China, Jackie & Willie Productions (with Willie Chan) and Jackie & JJ Productions.

Chan has also put his name to Jackie Chan Theater International, a cinema chain in China, co-ran by Hong Kong company Sparkle Roll Group Ltd. The first - Jackie Chan-Yaolai International Cinema - opened in February 2010, and is claimed to be the largest cinema complex in China, with 17 screens and 3,500 seats. Chan expressed his hopes that the size of the venue would afford young, non-commercial directors the opportunity to have their films screened. 15 further cinemas in the chain are planned for 2010, throughout Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with a potential total of 65 cinemas throughout the country proposed.

In 2004, Chan launched his own line of clothing, which bears a Chinese dragon logo and the English word "Jackie", or the initials "JC". Chan also has a number of other branded businesses. His sushi restaurant chain, Jackie's Kitchen, has outlets throughout Hong Kong, as well as seven in South Korea and one in Hawaii, with plans to open another in Las Vegas. Jackie Chan's Cafe has outlets in Beijing, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and the Philippines. Other ventures include Jackie Chan Signature Club gyms (a partnership with California Fitness), and a line of chocolates, cookies and nutritional oatcakes. He also hopes to expand into furniture and kitchenware, and is also considering a branded supermarket. With each of his businesses, a percentage of the profits goes to various charities, including the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation.

Chan is a keen philanthropist and a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, having worked tirelessly to champion charitable works and causes. He has campaigned for conservation, against animal abuse and has promoted disaster relief efforts for floods in mainland China and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. In June 2006, he announced the donation of half his assets to charity upon his death, citing his admiration of the effort made by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to help those in need. On 10 March 2008, Chan was the guest of honour for the launch, by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, of the Jackie Chan Science Centre at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in Canberra. Jackie Chan is also a supporter of the Save China's Tigers project which aims at saving the endangered South China Tiger through breeding and releasing them into the wild; he is currently an ambassador for this conservation project. Chan has many historic artifacts, such as old door frames from 2000 years ago. He also owns the Jinricksha Station in Singapore.

In April 2008, Jackie Chan was invited for the audio launch of an Indian film, entitled Dasavathaaram (2008) in Chennai (Madras), where he shared the dais with Indian celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Mammootty and Kamal Hassan. Though he did not understand a word of Tamil, Chan was touched by the Indian community's love for him and his films, and was impressed with the movie Dasavathaaram, expressing a keen interest in working with the star of the film, Kamal Hassan. Hassan himself reciprocated the desire to work with the action superstar, urging Chan to keep his promise of working with him on a possible film project.

Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Chan donated RMB ¥10 million to help those in need. In addition, he is planning to make a film about the Chinese earthquake to raise money for survivors.

Chan also holds guest lectures at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art of Fudan University, Shanghai.

The Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation

Founded in 1988, the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation offers scholarships and active help to Hong Kong's young people through a variety of worthy causes. Over the years, the foundation has broadened its scope to include provision of medical services, aid to victims of natural disaster or illness, and projects where the major beneficiaries are Hong Kong people or organizations. Major donation projects of The Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation:

The Jackie Chan Gymnasium at Lingnan University

The Jackie Chan Challenge Cup Intercollegiate Invitation Tournament

The Jackie Chan Family Unit, Hong Kong Girl Guides Association Jockey Club Beas River Lodge

The Jackie Chan Whole Person Development Center

Renovation of the Bethanie Site, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Medical Funding in Mainland China (Operation Smile)

Medical Donation in Hong Kong (Queen Mary Hospital, SARS Relief)

Support for the Performing Arts

Youth Development Programs

The Dragon's Heart Foundation

The Dragon's Heart Foundation was founded in 2005 to fulfill the desperate needs of children and the elderly in remote areas of China. Since 2005, the Dragon's Heart Foundation has built over a dozen schools, provided books, fees, and uniforms, and has raised millions of dollars to give much-needed educational opportunities for the poor. In addition, the Dragon's Heart Foundation provides for the elderly with donations of warm clothing, wheelchairs, and other items. Jackie often travels to the remote locations to attend groundbreakings or school openings, and to lend support and encouragement.

Awards and nominations

Hong Kong Film Awards

Best Action Choreography Nomination for Dragon Lord

Best Actor Nomination for Project A

Best Actor Nomination for Heart of Dragon

Best Actor Nomination for Police Story

Best Director Nomination for Police Story

Best Film for Rouge

Best Actor Nomination for Mr Canton and Lady Rose

Best Actor Nomination for Police Story 3: Super Cop

Best Actor Nomination for Crime Story

Best Action Choreography Nomination for Crime Story

Best Actor Nomination for Rumble in the Bronx

Best Action Choreography for Rumble in the Bronx

Best Actor Nomination for Police Story 4: First Strike

Best Actor Nomination for Who Am I?

'Best Action Choreography for Who Am I?''

Best Action Choreography Nomination for Gorgeous

Best Actor Nomination for New Police Story

Professional Spirit Award

Best Film Nomination for The Myth

Best Action Choreography Nomination for The Myth

Best Original Film Song Nomination for The Myth

Best Action Choreography Nomination for Rob-B-Hood

Best Film Nomination for Shinjuku Incident

(10 Best Actor Nominations, 7 Best Action Choreography Nominations, 3 Film Nominations, 1 Best Director Nomination, 1 Best Original Film Song Nomination)

Personal life

In 1982, Jackie Chan married Lin Feng-Jiao (aka Joan Lin), a Taiwanese actress. That same year, the two had a son, singer and actor Jaycee Chan. Chan is a Buddhist.

He speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English fluently, and also speaks some German, Korean and Japanese, as well as a little Spanish.

See also

Cinema of Hong Kong

Hong Kong action cinema

Cinema of China

References

Further reading

Boose, Thorsten; Oettel, Silke. Hongkong, meine Liebe - Ein spezieller Reiseführer. Shaker Media, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86858-255-0 Boose, Thorsten. Der deutsche Jackie Chan Filmführer. Shaker Media, 2008. ISBN 978-3-86858-102-7

Chan, Jackie, and Jeff Yang. I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action. New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. ISBN 0-345-42913-3. Jackie Chan's autobiography.

Cooper, Richard, and Mike Leeder. 100% Jackie Chan: The Essential Companion. London: Titan Books, 2002. ISBN 1840234911.

Cooper, Richard. More 100% Jackie Chan: The Essential Companion Volume 2. London: Titan Books, 2004. ISBN 1840238887.

Corcoran, John. The Unauthorized Jackie Chan Encyclopedia: From Project A to Shanghai Noon and Beyond. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 2003. ISBN 0071388990.

Fox, Dan. Jackie Chan. Raintree Freestyle. Chicago, Ill.: Raintree, 2006. ISBN 1410916596.

Gentry, Clyde. Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon. Dallas, Tex.: Taylor Pub, 1997. ISBN 0878339620.

Le Blanc, Michelle, and Colin Odell. The Pocket Essential Jackie Chan. Pocket essentials. Harpenden: Pocket Essentials, 2000. ISBN 1903047102.

Major, Wade. Jackie Chan. New York: Metrobooks, 1999. ISBN 1567998631.

Moser, Leo. Made in Hong Kong: die Filme von Jackie Chan. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 2000. ISBN 3896023128.

Poolos, Jamie. Jackie Chan. Martial Arts Masters. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2002. ISBN 0823935183.

Rovin, Jeff, and Kathleen Tracy. The Essential Jackie Chan Sourcebook. New York: Pocket Books, 1997. ISBN 0671008439.

Stone, Amy. Jackie Chan. Today's Superstars: Entertainment. Milwaukee, Wis.: Gareth Stevens Pub, 2007. ISBN 0836876482.

Witterstaetter, Renee. Dying for Action: The Life and Films of Jackie Chan. New York: Warner, 1998. ISBN 0446672963.

Wong, Curtis F., and John R. Little (eds.). Jackie Chan and the Superstars of Martial Arts. The Best of Inside Kung-Fu. Lincolnwood, Ill.: McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN 0-8092-2837-8.

External links

Jackie Chan at Rotten Tomatoes

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Name	Bao Zheng
Date of birth	999
Date of death	1062 (aged 63)
Full name	Family name: Bāo ()Given name: Zhěng ()Courtesy name: Xīrén ()Posthumous name: Xiàosù ()Other namesBāo Gōng (; "Lord Bao")Bāo Qīngtiān (; "Bao the Blue Sky")Bāo Lóngtú (; "Bao of the Dragon Image")Bāo Dàizhì (; "Edict Attendant Bao")

Bao Zheng (包拯) (999–1062) was a much-praised official who served during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Northern Song Dynasty in ancient China. Culturally, Bao Zheng today is respected as the symbol of justice in China. Throughout history, his largely fictionalized stories have appeared in a variety of different literary and dramatic genres, and has enjoyed sustained popularity.

Life and career

Bao Zheng was born into a scholar family in Hefei, Anhui province. At the age of 29, he passed the highest-level Imperial examination and became qualified as a Jinshi. He was a magistrate in Bian (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty.

After passing the imperial examination in 1027, Bao deferred embarking on his official career for a decade in order to care for his elderly parents and faithfully observe proper mourning rites after their deaths. From 1037 until his death in 1062, Bao successively held several offices at the imperial court and in provincial locations. In his lifetime, Bao was renowned for his filial piety, his stern demeanor, and his intolerance of injustice and corruption. Due to his fame and the strength of his reputation, Bao's name became synonymous with the idealized "honest and upright official" (qingguan 清官), and quickly became a popular subject of early vernacular drama and literature. Bao was also associated with the Buddhist god Yama and the "Infernal Bureaucracy" of the Eastern Marchmount, on account of his supposed ability to judge affairs in the afterlife as well as he judged them in the realm of the living.

He is famous for his uncompromising stance against corruption among the government officials at the time. He upheld justice and refused to yield to higher powers including the Emperor's Father-in-Law (), who was also appointed as the Grand Tutor () and was known as Grand Tutor Pang (). He treated Bao as an enemy. Although Grand Tutor Pang is often depicted in myth as an archetypical villain (arrogant, selfish, and cruel), the historical reasons for his bitter rivalry with Bao remain unclear.

Bao had conflicts with other powerful members of the imperial court as well, including the Prime Minister, Song Yang. He had 30 high officials demoted or dismissed for corruption, bribery, or dereliction of duty. He also had Zhang Yaozhuo, uncle of the high-ranked imperial concubine impeached 6 times. In addition, as the imperial censor, he avoided punishment despite having many other contemporary imperial censors punished for minor statements. Bao Zheng also managed to remain in favour by cultivating a long standing friendship with one of Emperor Renzong's uncles, the Eighth Imperial Prince ().

His burial site in Hefei contains his tomb along with the tombs of family members and a memorial temple. It was built in 1066.

Bao had 3 wives in his life, named Lady Zheng, Lady Tung and Lady Sun. He had 2 sons, Bao Ye 包繶 and Bao Suo 包綬.

Legend

Bao Zheng's stories were retold and preserved particularly in the form of performance arts such as Chinese opera and pingshu. Written forms of his legend appeared in the Yuan Dynasty in the form of Qu. In Ming Dynasty, the novel Bao Gong An increased his popularity and added a detective element to his legends. The Qing Dynasty novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants also added a wuxia twist to his stories.

In opera or drama, he is often portrayed with a black face and a white crescent shaped birthmark on his forehead. In most dramatization of his stories, he used a set of guillotines (; Literal: lever-knife), given to him by the emperor, to execute criminals: The one decorated with a dog's head (; Literal: dog-headed lever-knife) was used on commoners. The one decorated with a tiger's head (; Literal: tiger-headed lever-knife) was used on government officials. The one decorated with a dragon's head (; Literal: dragon-headed lever-knife or knife of the fire dragon) was used on royal personages.

He was granted a golden rod () by the previous emperor which he was authorised to chastise the current emperor with. He was also granted an imperial sword () from the previous emperor; whenever it was exhibited the persons surrounding, irrespective of their social classes, must pay respect and compliance to the person exhibiting as the Emperor was present thereat himself. All guillotines of Bao Zheng were authorised to execute any persons prior to reporting to the Emperor to get approval first, whilst some accounts stating the imperial sword was a license to execute any royals before so reporting; however, from both rose the idiom "kill first, report later" ).

In many stories Bao is usually accompanied by his skilled bodyguard Zhan Zhao and personal secretary Gongsun Ce (公孙策). Zhan is a skilled martial artist while Gongsun is an intelligent adviser. There are also four enforcers named Wang Chao (王朝), Ma Han (馬漢), Zhang Long (張龍), and Zhao Hu (趙虎). All of these characters are presented as righteous and incorruptible.

Due to his strong sense of justice, he is very popular in China, especially among the peasants and the poor. He became the subject of literature and modern Chinese TV series in which his adventures and cases are featured.

Famous cases

Chen Shimei - Chen Shimei was a poor student who was placed first in the Imperial examination and as a result married a princess of the Song Dynasty. However, Chen hid the fact that in his hometown he had another wife called Qin Xianglian who he had left behind to care for his aging parents and two young children. When Chen's parents died during a famine, Qin and the children set out for the capital and found out what had become of Chen. Qin managed to meet Chen and begged him to at least help his own children. Instead Chen sent his servant Han Qi to have the family killed in order to keep his secret, but Han let the family escape and killed himself. Qin sought help from Bao Zheng, who tricked Chen into coming to the court where he was arrested. Chen thought that as the emperor's son-in-law he would not be convicted, but Bao proved him wrong and executed him, despite protests and threats from the imperial family.

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Bao Mian - When Bao Zheng was an infant, he was raised by his elder sister-in-law Wu Miaozhen like a son. Years later, Wu's only son Bao Mian became a magistrate, and was convicted of bribery and malfeasance. Finding it impossible to fulfill both Confucian concepts of loyalty and filial piety, an emotional Bao Zheng executed his nephew according to the law and later tearfully apologized to Wu, his motherly figure.

The Civet for Crown Prince () or Beating the Dragon Robe Case () - Bao Zheng met a poor woman claiming to be the mother of the current Emperor Renzong. It turned out that many years ago she was Consort Li, an imperial concubine of Emperor Zhenzong, but later fallen out of favor for supposedly giving birth to a civet. What really happened was a jealous concubine Consort Liu plotted with eunuch Guo Huai to secretly swap Li's infant son with a bloody dead civet minutes after birth. Throughout the years Liu also plotted many times to murder Li, but she managed to escape from the palace. The infant son later became Emperor Renzong, not knowing who his real mother was. Bao managed to solve the difficult case, but Emperor Renzong refused to accept the findings. Faced with this, Bao ordered a set of beatings for the emperor for failing to oblige filial piety; however, because the emperor could not be physically punished, the Dragon Robe worn by him was beaten instead. Eventually Emperor Renzong accepted Li and elevated her as the new Empress Dowager.

Popular culture

In modern Chinese, "Bao Gong" or "Bao Qingtian" is invoked as a metaphor or symbol of justice.

He appears as the main character in a Ming Dynasty Detective novel named Bao Gong An.

A side scrolling video game, Bao Qing Tian, was released for the Famicom.

Different TV programs about Justice Bao (包青天) have been filmed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China and Singapore, such as Young Justice Bao. The Chinese Television System 1974/75 and 1993/94 series were both popular. The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the 1993/94 series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology (Dual Sound Switch Cantonese/Mandarin). The series was so successful that it spawned numerous spin-off series and created other merchandise products related to Bao Zheng. Most of the series were pure fiction relating to Bao Zheng, with some Chinese fantasy thrown in. The series taught Chinese traditional values, like filial piety and respect for one's elders. Many of the programs starred Chin Chao Chun (金超群) as Bao whilst many series were released on VCD.

Stephen Chow made a spin-off movie based on Bao Zheng called Hail the Judge and titled "Pale Face Bao Zheng Ting" in Chinese. In the movie Stephen plays a descendant of Bao Zheng called "Bao Sing" living in Qing Dynasty, whose family lost its once glorious prestige due to generations of incompetence and corruption.

In the 2003 movie, Cat And Mouse, Andy Lau portrayed Zhan Zhao, a court officer under Judge Bao who received an order to pursue five mice. Judge Bao was played by Anthony Wong

He briefly appears in the novel Iron Arm, Golden Sabre and sponsors young Zhou Tong's entry into the military as an officer.

In the Marvel comic series New Universal, Young Judge Bao is one of the characters in an in-universe comic book.

The new Justice Bao was recently shown on Taiwanese television and has consisted of characters from the first Justice Bao.

Lingling Takiguchi wrote a Japanese-language comic book series, Hokusou Fuuunden (北宋風雲伝), with Bao as the central character. It is published by Princess Comics.

"Les éditions Fei" publish a series of French-language comics about Bao Zheng, as of August 2010, 2 volumes are in print.

See Also

Chinese Crime Fiction

Notes

External links

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Name	Coco Lee
Chinesename	李玟
Pinyinchinesename	Lǐ​ Wén
Jyutpingchinesename	Lei5 Man4
Birthname	李美林 Lei5 Mei5 Lam4
Ancestry	Harbin, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birthdate	January 17, 1975
Birthplace	Hong Kong
Othername	Ferren Lee-Kelly
Occupation	singer, songwriter, actress
Genre	Pop, C-pop, dance-pop, hip hop, R&B;, adult contemporary, soul
Label	Capital Artists1993–1994 Fancy Pie1994–1996 550 Music/Epic/Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG1996–2008 Warner Music/MusicNation2009–present
Yearsactive	1993–present
Awards	Awards 1994Top 10 Most Popular IdolBest New Artist awardsthe Golden Dragon Chart Awards 1996Best selling album (Coco Lee) of 1996Best MV (Yesterday's passion)Awards 1997Best Female Artist by the Best 10 ArtistsMTV Asia Music Awards 1998Best Album (DiDaDi)Best Music Video (DiDaDi)MTV/CCTV Chinese Music Awards 1999Artist of the yearRadio Music Awards 1999 (Singapore)Best international newcomerYale and Harvard Universities 2000Asian-American of the yearBest Performer of the yearAwards in Hong Kong 2001Best Mandarin Female ArtistTop 10 Artist of the YearInternational Golden Melody Awards Malaysia 2001Most Popular Stage Showmanship FemaleM'sia Awards 2002best songMTV/CCTV Chinese Music Awards 2002Best female artist of the yearMTV Style Awards China 2003Breakthrough International Artist of the YearAsia's Most Outstanding PerformerLycra Style Awards 2004Asian Style Artist10 Best dressed of 2004Changchun festival 2004Best new talent (Master of everything)QQ Star Awards 2010Female Singer of the Year 2009Album of the Year 2009Hit Music Awards 2010Best song of the year 2009 (BYOB)Best female artist in Taiwan and Hong Kong area of the year 2009Awards 2010China’s Top 10 Barbie Dream Girls

Coco Lee (), born on January 17, 1975, also known by her official English name as Ferren Lee-Kelly, is a Hong Kong Chinese pop singer, songwriter, record producer and actress born to Chinese Malaysian parents. She is the only Asian artist to have multiple top-three singles in the MTV Asia Hitlist. "Do You Want My Love" also entered the music charts in America and the entire album, Just No Other Way gave Lee a break in the English market. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and English fluently.

Lee is the first and only Chinese person to perform in the Oscars, singing the Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song, "A Love Before Time", from the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, in the 73rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles. She also provided the voice of Mulan in the Mandarin version of Disney's animated feature of the same name.

In 2001, Asia Weekly magazine named Lee as one of the most powerful people in Asia on their Power 50 list.

Biography

Early life and discovery

Born and raised in Hong Kong with ancestry from Harbin, Northeast China, Coco Lee is the youngest of three children. She has two elder sisters, Nancy, who was her manager before, and Carol. Her father died when she was young. When she was 9 years old, her mother brought Coco and her sisters together to live in San Francisco, California.

There, Lee went to Presidio Middle School. After secondary school where she was the volleyball team captain, she attended Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School in San Francisco, where she was student Council President for 4 years in a row. In 1991, she represented her high school for Miss Teen Chinatown Pageant winning first place, then she won first place in a local karaoke contest. She started medical (biology) studies at the University of California Irvine.

Career beginnings

After Lee's high school graduation in 1992, she went back Hong Kong to see her two sisters' (Carol Lee and Nancy Lee) participation in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and while there, she came first runner-up in the 12th Annual New Talent Singing Awards by singing Whitney Houston's Run to you. The following day, she was approached by Capital Artists and asked her to sign a contract with them. She made her debut on June 15, 1993, with her compilation album Red hot hits 93' Autumn edition (火熱動感93勁秋版). Then, she appeared in several compilations with other singers such as Edmond Leung, Allen Ting, Sammi Cheng or Andy Hui. A year later, she worked with Fancy Pie Records and released her first solo albums in Mandarin Love from now on (愛就要趁現在) and Promise me (答應我). In 1995, she released an English language cover album Brave enough to love as well as her third Mandarin album called Woman in love (被愛的女人).

Work with Sony

In 1996, Lee signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment. "Coco Lee" became the best selling album of 1996 in Asia, notably with the song Yesterday's passion (往日情), as was her second English cover album "CoCo's Party".

In 1997, Lee released her Mandarin album entitled "Sincere" as well as a self-titled Cantonese album (her native language). In 1998, her Mandarin album Di Da Di was released and sold to 1 million copies in less than 3 months.

For her next album Sunny day, Lee registered the song Colors of the world for the opening of the Football World Cup, and the song The answer (答案) for the Chinese movie Bishonen. Walt Disney Pictures hired her to sing the theme song "Reflection" (自已) and be the voice of the heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of Mulan. The English version of the song appears on her maxi single Take a chance on love (碰碰看愛情) as well as Missing you in 365 days (想你的365天), the soundtrack of the cartoon Lotus lantern.

In November 1998, she had a concert at Bally, in Las Vegas. In 1999, Lee sang When you tell me that you love me with Julio Iglesias. This song appears on the Asian version of his album My life : The greatest hits. The same year, she sang Married you (你讓我有感覺), the theme song of the movie Notting Hill. This song appears on her Mandarin album Today til' forever (今天到永遠). Later on, she was invited by Michael Jackson to perform at his "Michael Jackson and friends" charity concert in front of 60 000 people.

International

In 1999, 550 Music represented Lee with her stateside debut album, Just No Other Way. Her love song Before I Fall In Love was included in the soundtrack of the movie Runaway Bride. She also had a duet called Can't get over with singer Kelly Price.

In 2000, Lee recorded from The United States the Chinese songs "We meet the future" and "Hand in hand" for SARS with other artists such as Wang Lee Hom, Stephanie Sun, Elva Hsiao and Jolin Tsai. Then she went back to China and released a new Mandarin album You & me. The track True lover (真情人) held n#1 spot for 13 weeks. At the end of the year, she performed with Ricky Martin and followed him in his Asian tour. In 2001, Lee sang the song A Love Before Time for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This song appears in English in the soundtrack album and in Mandarin (月光愛人) in her next album named Promise Coco released in October 2001. It contains So crazy, Dao ma dan (刀馬旦) written by the singer Jay Chou, Baby I'm sorry (Baby對不起) or I'm still in love, the theme song for the movie Serendipity. Later on, 170 000 tickets were sold for her "Promise Coco Tour" for only 3 shows (in Shenzhen, Wuhan and Shanghai).

In 2002, Lee released her remix album D. Is Coco (Dance is Coco). She sang a song against tobacco called From the beginning til' the end (煙絲萬縷) with singer Jacky Cheung. Then, she sang the anti racism song A dream of one with Korean singer Jin Young Park.

In 2003, she performed with Shaggy at the "MTV Asia awards" in Singapore and also presented the show with him.

Lee co-starred in the Chinese comedy movie Master of Everything (自娱自乐) with John Lone, which won the Best Foreign Film award in the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival. In 2004, as the YouthAIDS ambassador, she attended the global AIDS conference inBangkok, Thailand as the representative of the Asian artists to meet various youth groups discussing what she can do to educate them about AIDS.

In 2005, Sony BMG released her second English album, Exposed. This album contains the Korean soundtrack of called All around the world but also a duet called No doubt with Indian rapper Blaaze. The album was banned in Mainland China for sexy lyrics in a few songs such as Touch or So good.

Lee's follow up album to her C-Pop album Promise Coco, titled Just Want You (要定你) and released on September 22, 2006. It features the hit single "Hip-Hop Tonight" with Vanness Wu, which follows in the same vein as No Doubt. On September 22, 2007, Coco Lee returned to the United States for two live concerts, the first at Harrah's in San Diego and the second at the Shoreline Amphitheater in San Francisco, with special guest Alex To. It was her first live performance in her hometown in several years. In 2008, Coco was chosen to sing one of the Olympic songs, "Forever Friends", opposite Sun Nan. Later on, she changed her record company and decided to work with Warner Music (Taiwan) from Music Nation.

In 2009, Coco Lee ranked No.15 in E! Entertainment's list of the world's 25 sexiest pop divas. On July 17, she had a solo concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

On August 14, she released her new Mandarin album East to west (CoCo的東西) with Warner Music. It contains the songs "Party time", "Turn" (流轉) which is the soundtrack of the 3D Animation movie "The Legend of Silkboy" (世博总动员-湖丝仔) for the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the cover of Jay Sean's "Maybe" called "Love now" (愛要現在), but also "BYOB" ("Bring Your Own Bag") a song to encourage people to bring and recycle their own shopping bags to save the environment. Then she registered the song "Smile Shanghai" with other artists such as JJ Lin, Andy Lau, Jam Hsiao or Jane Zhang for Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Current career

A limited version of her album East to west was released on March 17, 2010. It contains 3 more songs : Hello C, a remix of Turn and Younger and longer (美夢) which is Barbie's 50th Anniversary song.

Her "East2West" World Tour Concert had its first stop at Taipei Arena on March, 27. She pursued at the Encore Theatre in Wynn Casino in Las Vegas on July 3 and 4, then in Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore on October 2 and in Nanning on December 16.

In December 2010, Lee registered Four Seas Alliance (四海盟約), the theme song for the 2011 China television drama Water Margin (水滸傳).

Private life

Lee is engaged to Canadian businessman Bruce Philip Rockowitz.

Discography

Studio albums

;Fancy Pie Records releases

June 1994: Love from Now On

December 1994: Promise Me

June 1995: Brave Enough to Love

September 1995: Woman in Love

December 1995 : You are in my heart concert

August 1996 : Beloved Collection

May 1997: Dance with the wind

;Sony Music releases

March 1996: CoCo Lee (Love me longer)

November 1996: CoCo's Party

June 1997: Sincere (Everytime I think of you)

November 1997: CoCo Lee (Be careful next time)

January 1998: DiDaDi (HMV Music Chart: #1)

July 1998: Sunny Day

December 1998 : Million fans concert

May 1999: Today Until Forever

;550 Music release

November 1999: Just No Other Way (HMV Music Chart: #1)

;Sony Music releases

January 2000 : The Best of My Love

August 2000: You and Me

October 2001: Promise Coco

June 2002 : D. IS CoCo

;Sony BMG releases

March 2005: Exposed (HMV Music Chart: #1)

September 2006: Just Want You (HMV Music Chart: #1)

May 2008 : 1994–2008 Best Collection

;Warner Music releases

August 2009: East To West

Maxi singles

;Sony Music releases

April 1998 : Di da di color remix

August 1998 : Take a chance on love

;550 Music releases

1999 : Do you want my love

2000 : Wherever you go

Compilations

;Capital Artists releases June 1993 : Red hot hits 93' Autumn edition (火熱動感93'勁秋版) ;Capital Artists and Fancy Pie releases September 1994 : Red hot hits 94' Love Party (火熱動感94'戀愛Party)

November 1994 : Statement of love, duet songs (愛情宣言, 情歌對唱)

December 1994 : Merry Christmas (聖誕禮讚)

1995 : I'm still your lover (best of Love from now on and Promise me)

Videography

;Fancy Pie releases

1995 : Foot print

1995 : You're in my heart concert

;Sony Music releases

1996 : Coco's workout camp

1998 : Coco in Italy

1998 : Di da di

1998 : Sunny day

1999 : Million fans concert

;550 Music releases

2000 : The Video Collection

;Sony Music releases

2002 : Coco so crazy

2002 : All my Coco

2004 : Master of everything

External links

Coco Lee's official Website (English/Chinese)

Coco Lee's Website (English)

References

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