Di Qing

Di Qing (1008–1057), style name Hanchen (simplified Chinese: 汉臣; traditional Chinese: 漢臣; pinyin: Hànchén), was a military general of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Biography[link]

Di Qing was born to a poor family in Xihe, Fenzhou (汾州西河; present-day Fenyang, Shanxi). He sported tattoos on his face and excelled in mounted archery. In 1038, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, Di Qing was appointed as Commander (指揮使) of Yanzhou (延州; covering parts of present-day Shaanxi). He participated in the war between Song and Western Xia. Each time he went to war, he would don a bronze mask and let his hair run wild and disheveled, and charge into the battlefield. Di Qing was known to be close to Song ministers such as Yin Zhu (尹洙), Han Qi (韓琦) and Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan once presented Di Qing a copy of the Zuo Zhuan and advised him to read. Di Qing took up scholarly pursuits and became a versed military strategist. He was later promoted to Deputy Commander of the Secret Cabinet (樞密副使) for his contributions. Di Qing participated in a total of 25 battles in his whole life. Of these battles, he was best known for his night raid on Kunlun Pass on the 15th day of the first lunar month in 1053.

Legends[link]

Three Qing Dynasty novels are collectively known as the Romance of Di Qing and are attributed to Li Yutang. The central character in all 3 novels is Di Qing. The first one is originally titled "Pavilion of Ten Thousand Flowers" (萬花樓); the second one is titled "Five Tigers Conquering the West" (五虎征西) and the last one is titled "Five Tigers Conquering the South" (五虎平南). The novels also prominently feature Yang Zongbao from the Yang clan and Bao Zheng as the protagonists.

References[link]

• (Chinese) Toktoghan et al, History of Song, vol. 290 (Di Qing).
• (Chinese) Sima Guang, Su Shui Ji Wen, vol. 13.

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Wang Chung
Wang Chung performing at Summerfest on June 26, 2010.
Background information
Also known as	Huang Chung
Origin	London, England
Genres	Pop rock New Wave
Years active	1979–1990 1997–present
Labels	Arista, Geffen
Website	http://www.wangchung.com/
Members
Jack Hues Nick Feldman
Past members
Darren Costin Dave Burnand (a.k.a. Hogg Robinson)

Wang Chung are an English New Wave musical group formed in 1980. The name Wang Chung means "Yellow Bell" in Chinese (黃鐘 -- "Huáng Zhōng" in Pinyin) , and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale.

The group found their greatest success in America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" (#16 In the summer of 1984), "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (#2 in 1986) and "Let's Go!" (#9 in 1987).

Career[link]

==Jeremy Ryder, known professionally as "Jack Hues" (vocalist/guitarist) and Nick Feldman (bassist) would eventually form the core duo of Wang Chung. They first met when Hues answered Feldman's ad for a musicians in the classifieds section of the weekly British music magazine Melody Maker in 1977. Mike Berry, an American bassist and songwriter also answered the ad, beating 70 other bassists to be offered the job. Mike Smith, a keyboard playing friend of Nick's and Paul Hammond, a drummer were already members of the band. Keyboard player, Mike Smith also wrote songs. He soon left after being signed as a songwriter by Chinn and Chapman. Paul Hammond (Carl. S. Berg) was the drummer at the time of the auditions. He had already enjoyed some success in the 70s band, 'Atomic Rooster.His 'audition technique' was to keep speeding up the tempo as he played to try and catch the bass player out. Mike Berry played bass so fast that Paul gave up, smiled and said 'you're a maniac!' Mike Berry was in. It was Paul Hammond who coined the name Jack Hues.

[2] Mike B tells the story:

'Jeremy/Jez had a song called,'J'accuse'.The opening line was,"I J'accuse!' Paul hated the song,One day when Jeremy/Jez was gone to the toilet Paul got a wicked gleam in his eye and asked,'where's Jack?'we said who? He said,'you know,Jack Hughs.'That is how that name got started.It was Paul taking the rise out of Jez' song.' <mike berry/ref> recalls he him self left the band after a year and a half because Nick Feldman refused to loan him the money to replace a faulty bass speaker cabinet,despite being offered an airline ticket to the usa as security on the loan.As a result of this dispute, Mike refused to play a gig supporting The Tourists[Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart] was canceled and Mike Berry quit the band.Both Nick and Jack,as he was now called,pleaded with him not to go,but he left the band. 6 months later,while working as a door person at a night club in Boston,Massachusetts,mike heard familiar voices and looked up at the video screen.there were Wang Chung,singing 'Dancehall Days! Mike still kicks himself for the decision to go.He still has demo tapes recorded at Easy Street studios as part of this original line-up.the songs include 'J'accuse.'

Soon after Mike left.[3] Marek Budzynski (Bud Weiser) was taken on as bassist to form next incarnation of The Intellektuals. Hues and Feldman then joined up with future Wang Chung drummer Darren Costin, bassist Leigh Gorman, keyboardist Simon Campbell and vocalist Glenn Gregory, to form 57 Men. This band lasted for about 18 months before breaking up.

Gregory went on to become the vocalist for Heaven 17, and Gorman later played in Bow Wow Wow. Meanwhile Hues, Feldman and Costin stayed together and rechristened themselves Huang Chung. The name Huang Chung was claimed by the band to translate roughly as "perfect pitch" -- although later, on American Bandstand, they claimed it was the sound a guitar made.

The Huang Chung years (1980-82)[link]

At the beginning of Huang Chung's career, all the members performed under pseudonyms. Jeremy Ryder was "Jack Hues", Nick Feldman was "Nick DeSpig", and Darren Costin was "Darren Darwin" (and later, just "Darwin"). "Jack Hues", incidentally, is a play on the French term "j'accuse".

The band was signed to 101 Records. The first Huang Chung release, "Baby I'm Hu-man", appeared on a 101 compilation album in 1980. Three live tracks were subsequently released on another 101 Records compilation in 1981.

Later in 1980, the independent record company Rewind Records signed the band up for a two-single deal. Huang Chung's debut single for Rewind Records was "Isn't It About Time We Were on TV". It was followed up by "Stand Still". Neither single charted, but the group had begun to attract the attention of Arista Records, who signed them to a two-album deal in early 1981.

Around this same time, the group expanded to a quartet, with the addition of sax player Dave Burnand. In keeping with the all-pseudonymous nature of the band, Burnand was known as "Hogg Robinson" for the first Arista single, and later, simply as "Hogg".

Under the direction of producer Rhett Davies, Huang Chung issued two singles on Arista in 1981, neither of which charted. A third single, produced by Roger Bechirian, appeared in early 1982. It too failed to chart.

The band's first album was issued in 1982. Self-titled, it compiled the three non-charting Arista A-sides, one of the Arista B-sides, and six other new tracks. Like the associated singles, the Huang Chung album failed to chart.

Around the same time, Hues, DeSpig and Burnand contributed to the lone LP by the mysterious pseudonymous group Blanket of Secrecy. Hues and DeSpig wrote the song "Lovers" for the album, and Hues scored the strings for that song, while Burnand played sax on the album. Despite some speculation at the time, no member of Huang Chung was actually a member of Blanket of Secrecy -- that band consisted of Roger Bechirian, Andrew Howell and Pete Marsh, operating under the pseudonyms Tinker, Soldier, and Tailor.

In early 1982, Burnand left Huang Chung amicably, citing "musical differences".

Name change to Wang Chung and initial success (1983-1985)[link]

In late 1982, Huang Chung returned to the studio to start work on their second album for Arista Records. However, their manager David Massey convinced Arista to close their contract with Huang Chung, and instead placed the band with American label Geffen Records, making the group the second UK-based act to be signed to Geffen worldwide after Asia (not counting then-New York-based John Lennon in 1980).

At this juncture, and at Geffen's suggestion, the band changed their name to Wang Chung, allegedly to make pronunciation easier for English-speakers. (This explanation of the group's name change is consistent with the claim by VH1's Pop Up Video that they changed it because people kept calling them "Hung Chung".) At the same time, Nick Feldman and Darren Costin opted to be billed under their real names; only Jack Hues would keep his pseudonym.

The band spent most of 1983 recording their second album Points on the Curve. Released in January 1984, the album yielded two moderately successful hits, "Don't Let Go" (#38 US) and "Dance Hall Days" (#16 US, #21 UK).

In late 1983, Hues and Feldman collaborated in a one-off project with vocalist David Van Day. A demo of the track "Ringing the Bell" was submitted to David by their publisher as one of many songs for consideration by David as a possible follow up to his hit "Young Americans Talking". It was recorded in November 1983 but remained unreleased for some time before eventually surfacing under the band name Music Academy in 1985.

Wang Chung then followed up the release of Points On The Curve with a spate of soundtrack work. Director William Friedkin specifically sought out Wang Chung to score his 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. The resulting soundtrack became the group's third album, and is recognisable as one of their more mainstream works. It went top ten on the US Billboard chart for soundtracks.

The band also recorded "Fire in the Twilight" for the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club — it is playing in the scene where John Bender leads the teens down the hallways trying to dodge Mr. Vernon.

In the summer of 1985, Costin left the band. Hues and Feldman continued to record new material, employing producer Peter Wolf as their new drummer (although he never became an official member of the band).

Commercial peak (1986-89)[link]

Wang Chung released their fourth album, Mosaic, in 1986. This album spun off their biggest hits: "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (#2 US) and "Let's Go!" (#9 US). "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" features the oft-quoted lyric "Everybody Wang Chung tonight", and also has a well-remembered music video (directed by Godley & Creme) where virtually every frame featured a jump cut. Their final US Top 40 single, "Hypnotize Me" (#36) was also from the same album, as well as being featured on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Innerspace.

Wang Chung released their final album, The Warmer Side of Cool, in 1989. The album featured a minor hit in "Praying to A New God" (#63 US), but was considered a commercial disappointment. Hues and Feldman then went on to other projects, Wang Chung effectively disbanded in 1990.

Hiatus (1990-1997)[link]

During the 1990s, Feldman joined up with Jon Moss of Culture Club to form the band Promised Land, and subsequently released their self-titled debut album, Promised Land, in 1992.

Also in the 1990s, Hues worked on various film soundtracks, including 1990s The Guardian. He was signed to a solo deal by Sony Records in the early 1990s, but his intended debut solo album, The Anatomy Lesson, was shelved by the label and remains unreleased.

Hues later teamed up with Tony Banks of Genesis to form the one-off group Strictly Inc, which released a self-titled album in 1995.

Reunions (1997-present)[link]

1997 saw the return of Wang Chung, still consisting of Hues and Feldman, with a greatest hits collection entitled Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits. Included on this CD was a new single, "Space Junk". The group also toured America around this time.

A 2000 edition of Wang Chung played several dates in America. Hues was the only original member of this iteration of the band, as Feldman bowed out due to other commitments.

In March 2005, Wang Chung (once again consisting of Hues and Feldman) contributed "Akasha", a previously unreleased song, to the "Of Hands and Hearts compilation", in response to the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami crisis.

In June 2005, Wang Chung appeared on the reality TV series Hit Me Baby One More Time, performing "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and a cover of "Hot in Herre" by Nelly.

Beginning in June 2009, Wang Chung was a part of the Regeneration 80's tour along with ABC, Berlin, Cutting Crew, and Missing Persons.^[1]

In June 2010, Wang Chung released a digital "double EP" entitled Abducted by the 80s. This was subsequently released as a double CD set in mid 2011 (available direct from the band's web site). The eight song collection included four re-recordings of previous hits, and four new songs.^[2] Wang Chung toured the United States from June to July 2010 to promote the new release.

On September 21, 2010, The Beatles Complete On Ukulele released Wang Chung's reworking of the Beatles' "Rain," in an arrangement which features the ukulele.^[3]

They are now set to play the Rewind Festival in Scotland in July 2012.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1982: Huang Chung
• 1983: Points on the Curve
• 1985: To Live and Die in L.A.
• 1986: Mosaic
• 1989: The Warmer Side of Cool
• 2010: Abducted By The 80's

Compilation albums[link]

• 1997: Everybody Wang Chung Tonight: Wang Chung's Greatest Hits
• 2002: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Wang Chung

Music video for "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"[link]

There were two versions of the video "Everybody Have Fun Tonight". The first version, which contained series of hundreds of videos that flashed in very quick succession across the screen, triggered seizures in epileptics and was pulled from broadcast. A second version of the video was shot and debuted shortly after the first. The original video is now a collectors item.

Wang Chung's Everybody Have Fun Tonight reached #99 on VH1'S 100 Greatest Hits of the '80s.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wang Chung Official Homepage
• An interview with Jack Hues on The Marketplace of Ideas

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Ren Han
Born	(1984-02-27) February 27, 1984 (age 28) Tianjin, PR China
Nationality	Chinese
Training	Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Villa Arson
Movement	Contemporary art
Works	drawing, installation

Ren Han (Chinese: 任瀚; pinyin: Rén Hàn; born February 27, 1984 in Tianjin)^[1] is a Chinese contemporary artist.

Biography[link]

Ren Han was born in 1984 in Tianjin, China. He studied from 2002 to 2006 at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in the department of oil painting. From 2007 to 2011, he lives in France. In 2011, he graduated DNSEP (Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique) from Villa Arson Nice. Han Ren is developing a drawing praxis. He works almost solely with lead pencil-a technique whose visual properties he is methodically exploring. So his wall drawings involve huge panoramas wavering between abstract landscape and cartography.^[2] His drawings and installations, borrow the labyrinth, the mirror, the virtual landscape to evoke dualities ambivalence or opposition of opposites which are the key fundamental of his artistic research, and we reposition the face of the paradoxes of our conflicting instincts.^[3]

Exhibitions[link]

• Paris, CENTQUATRE, Jeune Création 2011, 2011
• Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Art protects, 2011
• Nice, Galerie de la Marine et Villa Arson, Demain c’est loin2011
• Paris, Cité Internationale des Arts, FID 2011 - the 3rd edition International Fair of Drawing, 2011
• Beijing, Suojiacun Art Zone, Beijing Documenta – Pleasure Production, 2005
• Beijing，Tianjin，Chongqing，Hangzhou，Suzhou，Xi’an, Independent Film Festival – Scarification, 2004
• Beijing, Today Art Museum/University Tsinghua, Exhibition of Young Artists, 2004

References[link]

1. ^ "Ren Han". http://www.sicardgallery.com/chinese-painters2/renhan.htm. Retrieved December, 2011. 
2. ^ Elfi Turpin, Supplément Semaine Volume VI - Demain c'est loin, Analogues, 2011
3. ^ Jeune Creation 2011, Association Jeune Creation, 2011

External links[link]

• Site of Ren Han(en)(fr)(zh)
• Blog of Ren Han(zh)
• Galerie Sicard(fr)(en)
• Review Collection(fr)
• Jeune Creation(fr)
• Slash(fr)(en)

Bibliography[link]

• (French) Jeune Creation 2011, Association Jeune Creation, 2011
• (French)(English) Elfi Turpin, Supplément Semaine Volume VI - Demain c'est loin, Analogues, 2011
• (French)(English) Serghei Litvin, FID 2011, Le livredart, 2011

Wong Fu Productions
Wesley Chan, Philip Wang, and Ted Fu introduce their feature length film A Moment with You during a 2006 screening event at Cornell University.
Born	Wesley Chan (陳德偉[1]) (1984-04-27) April 27, 1984 (age 28) Ted Fu (傅大誠[1]) (1981-10-26) October 26, 1981 (age 30)[2] Philip Wang (王振翔[1]) (1984-10-28) October 28, 1984 (age 27)
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego
Years active	2001–present
Website
http://www.wongfuproductions.com/

Wong Fu Productions^{[Note 1]} is a Chinese American^[1] filmmaking group composed of Wesley Chan (born April 27, 1984), Ted Fu (born October 26, 1981), and Philip Wang (born October 28, 1984).^[3][4] The trio met at the University of California, San Diego in 2004 and produced a number of music videos and short films released on their website and later YouTube before establishing a professional media company, Sketchbook Media, after their graduation. Their works have been featured at a number of national and international film festivals, including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.

As of April 2012, Wong Fu Productions' YouTube channel has over 1,100,000 subscribers and over 160 million upload views. ^[5]

History[link]

According to Philip Wang, Wong Fu Productions was unofficially established in 2001 during his high school junior year. Wang mainly utilized his family's digital camcorder to film school projects in collaboration with classmates.^[6] In his first year as an undeclared freshman at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Wang and his friends released a music video of Justin Timberlake's song "Señorita".^[7] It was the first music video produced by Wang and, although he did not actively promote it, the video was quickly circulated among other fellow college students.^[8] The video was circulated in its original computer file format because it was released prior to the advent of the video sharing website YouTube.^[9]

In 2004, Wang met classmates Wesley Chan (graduated from Mills High School in 2002) and Ted Fu through a school production, and the trio began working on small scale projects in their spare time and for class assignments.^[10] They did not originally consider filmmaking as a career when they entered university; Chan explored an interest in animation, Fu had been a student in electrical engineering and Wang considered a career in economics.^[11] After graduation in 2006, the three moved to the Los Angeles area and continued their venture under the professional name Sketchbook Media.^[4][11]

After approximately five years of hard work, Wong Fu Productions finally hit 1 million subscribers in 2011. The members, Phil Wang, Ted Fu and Wes Chan commemorated this achievement with a special video. During this 12-minute short, many familiar faces appear, including Ryan Higa, Dominic Sandoval (D-Trix), Kevin Wu (KevJumba), Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) and the Fung Brothers.^[12]

Notable productions[link]

If at the end of the day there's someone out there who has a better day because of us, then we've succeeded.

—Wong Fu Productions motto^[10]

Wong Fu Productions was initially known for its independent music videos of contemporary hit songs such as Maroon 5's "Sunday Morning" and Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours".^[13] Wong Fu released its first major short film called Yellow Fever on January 25, 2006.^[14] The film, which satirized the topic of interracial dating between Asian Americans and White Americans, brought Wong Fu into recognition among many college students in the United States.^[8]

A Moment with You, the group's first feature-length film, premiered on June 3, 2006, at their alma mater.^[15] It was also screened at the San Diego Asian Film Festival on October 18, 2006. The film revolves around two neighbors who share similar romantic situations, in which one person in each relationship cannot let go of his or her past.^[16] "A Moment with You" was promoted through a screening tour at high schools and universities around the United States and Canada.^[8] In a review for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's student newspaper The Tech, Tina Ro wrote, "Despite its large Asian fan base, Wongfu's [sic] movie has a cast of equal numbers of Asians and Caucasians. Furthermore, all the characters were shaped by their own characteristics rather than by their race, a refreshing concept for a movie."^[17] According to The Daily Texan's Katherine Fan, A Moment with You featured a "more mature, introspective mood than their previous work."^[8]

Following the success of A Moment with You, Wong Fu was approached to create a second film called Sleep Shift. However, the project was abandoned after producers disagreed with casting an Asian male in the film's lead role.^[18] Since the end of its first tour, Wong Fu has created music videos for rising artists and continued producing short films.^[9] The group's merchandise line, which included original T-shirt designs, was launched in conjunction with the 2007 film Just a Nice Guy.^[19] The short film The Spare was featured at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival,^[20] and two additional short films—At Musing's End and A Peace of Home—were shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Short Films Corner.^[21] In September 2009, Wong Fu released the short film Poser!, a mockumentary on the history of the peace sign.^[22] As of November 2009, Wong Fu Productions has created more than 130 short films and music videos.^[18] Because the group does not require a fee to view its films, it gains a salary from being a YouTube partner, draws profits from merchandise sales, public speaking on university campuses, and music video production for rising Asian American artists.^[4]

On Sept 7, 2011, Wong Fu Productions announced that they have been hired by multiplatinum Taiwanese pop singer Wang Leehom to direct his upcoming music video "Still In Love With You".^[23]

International Secret Agents[link]

In the addition to the group's filmmaking career, Wong Fu Productions has organized a series of multidisciplinary concerts in California. The concert series, International Secret Agents (ISA), featured musical disciplines from urban dance to deejaying with Asian American guest artists such as Far East Movement. Additional guest performances included America's Best Dance Crew champions Quest Crew and Poreotics and Ryan Higa aka Nigahiga and Kevin Wu aka KevJumba and Jay Park and singers–songwriters David Choi and Kina Grannis.^[24] According to Chinese American rapper Jin, "ISA is about self-branding and viral marketing — using YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, and the Internet to promote yourself as an artist." He asserted, "We as artists are aware of this and make ourselves available [on these mediums]."^[25] Far East Movement member Virman Coquia said, "We want to give back to the community to show that Asians can have an influence today in the U.S." Additionally, Coquia believed that ISA presented the opportunity to present Asian American talent as cool and mainstream.^[24]

The first ISA concert was held in September 2008 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse in Los Angeles.^[26] A second concert was held in March 2009 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and both events were attended by a sold-out crowd.^[25] The concert returned to Los Angeles in September 2009 and was sponsored by department store J. C. Penney.^[21] In 2010, ISA was held in New York City for the first time. Wong Fu has also expressed interest in holding future ISA concerts in Washington, D.C. They also had another ISA concert in Los Angeles on September 5.^[18] Playing up the name "International Secret Agents," The LA leg of the 2010 ISA Concert was filled with surprises as secret guests like Nick Cannon showed up to join the performers on stage.^[27]

Impact[link]

Short films released by Wong Fu Productions have received, cumulatively, millions of views, and the group has several thousand fans.^[4] According to Wang, the group's website received 5,000 daily hits in 2009. He expected the audience size to grow "as online video becomes part of everyday life for the up-and-coming generation of movie-watchers" but believed that movie theaters will not become obsolete.^[28] University of Southern California digital media expert David Wertheimer also believed that "Wong Fu's use of new media to tell their community stories and build a business is the wave of the future."^[4] The group's success has allowed for growth in the popularity of Asian American comedians who promote themselves primarily through YouTube, such as Kevin Wu (KevJumba), Ryan Higa (Nigahiga), Christine Gambito (HappySlip), and David Choi.^[29] Although grateful for the group's success and popularity, Wang said, "Some people who go to film school, they'll make something great but it's only seen by like, two hundred people [...] It's kind of not fair."^[13]

In a feature by CNN, newscaster Ted Rowlands reported that Wong Fu's primary audience were "young Asian Americans who often can't find accurate depictions of themselves in mainstream media".^[4] Through its films, Wong Fu Productions hoped to break the different stereotypes of Asian Americans.

While we may not bring up [Asian Pacific American] issues in our work, we are not afraid to show that we are Asian. This is an issue in itself that we believe we're tackling head on. We want to show that APAs are just normal people, and shouldn't be stereotyped in the media and should have proper representation. We don't all do martial arts or have accents. We have stories that most everyone can relate to as human beings. We really want to show that our work and voice should and can be seen colorblind. The same way African Americans can now be accepted in the mainstream without a second guess, that's what we hope will someday be the case for APAs.

—Wong Fu Productions, Pacific Citizen^[9]

Despite this goal, Wong Fu's films were inspired by the members' life experiences rather than racial experiences. The group also does not promote political messages through their works but, rather, raises "many APA issues that we feel would fit our brand and image."^[9] They are often considered role models for Asian Americans aspiring to enter the entertainment industry.^[13] In response to this, group member Ted Fu said, "We actually didn't set out to be the 'heroes' of Asian Americans. It just happened by accident. But now that we're given this huge responsibility, almost, I feel like it's our duty to take it seriously."^[18] Wong Fu presented "one of the most antipicated workshops" on sustaining an independent production company at the 2008 Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association Midwest Conference.^[30] They were also the keynote speakers at the Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association 2010 West Coast Conference, which was hosted at their alma mater, UC San Diego.

In February 2012, the boys (Phil & Wes) flew over to Malaysia from Los Angeles for the first leg of their Southeast Asia Tour, meeting and greeting over 1000 fans. ^[31]They were also aired LIVE on HITZ fm, Malaysia's leading English-language station.^[32]

Notes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wong Fu Productions official website
• Wong Fu Store
• Wong Fu Productions's channel on YouTube
• Sketchbook Media official website
• [1] official interview