Chine à Montréal - China in Montreal

2006-07-22T22:35:00.000-04:00

系统性红斑狼疮

2006-03-22T16:01:00.000-05:00

概述
系统性红斑狼疮是一种较常见的累及多系统多器官的自身免疫性疾病，由于细胞和体液免疫功能障碍，产生多种自身抗体。发病机理主要是由于免疫复合物形成。确切病因不明。病情呈反复发作与缓解交替过程。本病以青年女性多见。我国患病率高于西方国家，可能与遗传因素有关。

病因
病因尚不清楚，可能与多种因素有关。
一、遗传：发病有家族倾向。
二、感染：未能证实。
三、激素：大部分SLE患者为育龄妇女，男女之比至少为1∶7－9。无论男女患者血中雌酮羟基化产物皆增高。
四、环境：日光和紫外光照射能使SLE全身和皮肤症状加重，日光过敏见于20－40％患者。日晒后出现颊、额、颈、胸、手背等处红斑。
五、药物：服用某些药物如普鲁卡因酰胺，肼苯哒嗪可引起药物性狼疮，其症状与自发SLE相似，停药后症状和自身抗体消失。

症状
一、全身症状：起病可急可缓，多数早期表现为非特异的全身症状，如发热，尤以低热常见，全身不适，乏力，体重减轻等。病情常缓重交替出现。感染、日晒、药物、精神创伤、手术等均可诱发或加重。
二、皮肤和粘膜：皮疹常见，约40％患者有面部典型红斑称为蝶形红斑。急性期有水肿、色鲜红，略有毛细血管扩张及鳞片状脱屑，严重者出现水疱、溃疡、皮肤萎缩和色素沉着。手掌大小鱼际、指端及指（趾）甲周红斑，身体皮肤暴露部位有斑丘疹、紫斑等。出现各种皮肤损害者约占总患病数的80％，毛发易断裂，可有斑秃。
三、关节、肌肉：约90％以上患者有关节肿痛，且往往是就诊的首发症状，最易受累的是手近端指间关节，膝、足、髁、腕关节均可累及。关节肿痛多呈对称性。约半数患者有晨僵。X线检查常无明显改变，仅少数患者有关节畸形。肌肉酸痛、无力是常见症状。
四、肾脏：约50％患者有肾脏疾病临床表现，如蛋白尿、血尿、管型尿、白细胞尿、低比重尿、浮肿、血压增高、血尿素氮和肌酐增高等。
五、心脏。
六、肺：肺和胸膜受累约占50％，其中约10％患狼疮性肺炎，胸膜炎和胸腔积液较常见。
七、神经系统：神经系统损害约占20％，一旦出现，多提示病情危重，大脑损害可出现精神障碍，如兴奋、行为异常、抑郁、幻觉、强迫观念、精神错乱等。
八、血液系统：几乎全部患者在某一阶段发生一项或几项血液系统异常，依次有贫血、白细胞减少、血小板减少、血中抗凝物质引起出血现象等，贫血的发生率约80％，正细胞正色素或轻度低色素性。

检查
一、一般检查：病人常有贫血，白细胞和血小板减少，或表现为全血细胞减少。血沉常增快。肾损害者有程度不等的尿检查异常，如蛋白尿、血尿。血浆蛋白测定可见球蛋白增高，特别在有肾变性肾炎时，白／球蛋白比例倒置，血胆固醇增高，严重肾损害者血中尿素氮和肌酐升高。
二、免疫学检查：血中存在多种自身抗体是其特点，抗核抗体（ANA）在病情活动时几乎100％阳性。阴性时更换检查方法可能出现阳性，抗核抗体阴性时不能完全排除本病，需结合临床和其他实验室检查资料综合分析。抗双链DNA（ds－DNA）抗体对诊断的特异性较高，但阳性率较低，为40－75％，与疾病活动和肾脏损害密切相关，抗体效价随病情缓解而下降，抗Sm抗体约在30％SLE中呈阳性反应,因其特异性高，又称为本病的特异性抗体。对于不典型、轻型或早期病例，按SLE标准不足确诊者，若抗Sm抗体阳性，结合其他表现可确诊。

治疗
1、一般原则：急性活动期卧床休息，积极治疗感染，积极治疗并发症。
2、药物治疗：
１）非类固醇抗炎药。消炎痛效果较好，其镇痛、退热及抗炎作用都较强。
２）抗疟药：对于控制皮疹、光敏感及关节症状有一定效果，是治疗盘状狼疮主药。
３）皮质激素：目前治疗主要用药。通常用泼尼松，长期应用副作用较多，易复发。
４）雷公藤：具有消炎、抗菌、调节免疫、活血化瘀等作用。
５）免疫抑制剂：对本病有一定疗效，常用者有环磷酰胺、硫唑嘌呤。

What is Feng Shui

2006-03-04T05:41:00.000-05:00

"Feng-Shui" has a four thousand years history dating back to ancient China. Chinese legend told of a giant tortoise, bearing the nine-grid Lo Shu Diagram on its shell, emerged to the surface of water and surprised the people around. The discovery of the Lo Shu Diagram promoted the further development of Feng-Shui.

Feng-Shui is the product of thousand years' experience of Chinese, the 5 elements (Water, Fire, Wood, Metal, Earth) knowledge, Hexagram and the Nine Flying Stars. A person's destiny and fortune after birth is fixed by his/her birth time, and Feng-Shui is one of the tools that affect or modify or adjust your fortune, and may ultimately help to achieve your expectations.

Feng-Shui is divided into two broad categories: the YANG Dwelling and YIN Dwelling dealing with housing for the living people and the dead respectively. And the practices are classified mainly into:

Environment Fung-Shui Theory

Eight Housing Theory

Flying Stars Theory

For the YIN Dwelling, people look for a burial ground for their dead parent(s) / grandparent(s), the right selection of sites benefits them and influences their future and/or fate of their descendants. However, following by the increase of population of human beings and restrictions of burial grounds, finding a distinctive, isolated ground that suit most of the YIN Dwelling Feng-Shui requirements with ample front and back surrounding space is increasingly difficult.

For a suitable burial site, the Environment Feng-Shui and Flying Stars practices are the key theories to rely on. The factors under consideration are:

DRAGON:

The trend of aggregation and dispersion of the lively force of landscape (mountains and water)

XUE:

The key site where the landscape's lively force tends to aggregate and rest on

SHA:

The surrounding environmental condition of the site

WATER:

The situation of the water flows and/or lakes, seas that vitalize the site

BACKING AND DIRECTION:

The orientation of the site which matches the suitable backing and facing direction

In the YANG Dwelling category, all three theories are relevant in terms of the selection of a good site for individual dwellings. A good house is a place where people live in comfortably and which is able to magnify your good fortune. Flying Stars Theory emphasizes on the continuing changes of effects Fung-Shui has on the dwelling which affect the living individual who dwells in it. Since the stars in the cosmic space circulate around the orbits and interacting forces continue to affect our environment, the Feng-Shui optimal directions will also vary with time as stated in Sim's Metaphysics Theory. Nothing is fixed and everything is influenced by the switching Nine Flying Stars and the coupling effect of the stars of backing and facing directions of your house.

Time dimension relating to Feng-Shui is divided into 3 phases: upper, medium, and lower phases (each phase means 180 years). Each phase is sub-divided into nine bi-decades (nine 20-years). Year 1999 is within the lower phase 7th bi-decade.

The Eight Housing, stresses on a static Feng-Shui effect on individual depending on one's birth year. The theory classifies people into 2 types: east four life and west four life. Different life type has different Feng-Shui effects in the main eight directions. And the effects descend in the following order:

Prosperity Longevity Nourishment Hibernation Irritation Spook Disaster Death

For example, a female born in 1989 has the same eight housing life type of Sun with eight characteristics as follows:

SOUTH EAST
Hibernation

SOUTH
Nourishment

SOUTH EAST
Spook

EAST
Longevity

WEST
Irritation

NORTH EAST
Death

NORTH
Prosperity

NORTH EAST
Disaster

Environment Theory is an important assertion in comfortable dwelling layout. The criteria set by the theory on the main internal layout and external environment requirement is important in Feng-Shui practice, good knowledge on Feng-Shui can help you evade bad luck, minimize loss and unfavorable events.

Feng Shui

2006-03-04T05:20:00.000-05:00

Qu'est-ce que le Feng Shui?

"Le Feng Shui est l'art d'harmoniser l'énergie universelle dans l'habitation. Science millénaire tibétaine et chinoise, le Feng Shui s'appuie sur une observation des lois universelles qui organisent la nature afin d'équilibrer ces forces fondamentales au travers de l'aménagement et la décoration intérieure. Il remet donc en mouvement tous les éléments qui entrent en scène dans la décoration de la maison : depuis l'agencement du mobilier, aux formes des objets décoratifs, en passant par les combinaisons de couleurs, le cycle des matières, et, d'une manière essentielle, la symbolique dont chaque espace intérieur est animé. ..

En modifiant l'aménagement d'une habitation, nous déplaçons instantanément les courants universels qui circulent de pièce en pièce. La vibration dans l'espace s'en trouve élevée et une harmonie semble naître des lieux et relier les habitants à une nouvelle perception de leur environnement intime qui, à son tour, agira sur leur inconscient. L'habitation est en effet tel un corps ultime; ainsi, elle filtre et active notre relation psychique avec le monde qui nous entoure d'une façon à chaque fois unique. Lorsque nous déménageons, nous décorons notre intérieur avec nos goûts, des couleurs choisies, nous attribuons à chaque objet une place définie et non une autre, en symbiose avec notre structure psychique. Cette relation, souvent inconsciente , a pour effet d'ajuster une cartographie de notre psychisme, dont l'agencement zone par zone de l'habitation est le reflet.

Prendre conscience de cette interaction naturelle et stimuler celle-ci, l'utiliser tel un tremplin, peut déclencher d'emblée par effet de miroir des transformations dans la vie des habitants : de l'amour aux affaires, de la santé aux enfants, de la profession à l'abondance, de la communication au développement intérieur...

Feng Shui (Fengshui): les secrets millénaires de bien-être - Vous avez probablement entendu parler du Feng Shui (Fengshui). Alors, qu'est-ce que le Feng Shui (Fengshui) ? D'origine chinoise, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) est une discipline qui vise à optimiser la circulation de l'Énergie Cosmique en vue d'améliorer la qualité de vie. - Le Feng Shui (Fengshui), par définition, n'est pas une discipline spéculative. Le Feng Shui (Fengshui) n'est pas destiné à promouvoir la connaissance pure dans un domaine quelconque. Le Feng Shui (Fengshui)
ne cherche qu'à rendre notre vie plus fructueuse et plus agréable. - Par définition aussi, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) est une discipline tout à fait profane. Le Feng Shui (Fengshui) n'a absolument aucune relation avec une quelconque croyance ou pratique religieuse. Le Feng Shui (Fengshui) est exactement dans le même cas que l'astrologie chinoise. On peut pratiquer le Feng Shui (Fengshui) authentique ou faire appel aux services d'un vrai maître du Feng Shui (Fengshui) sans risque d'être embringué dans une secte quelconque. - LeFeng Shui (Fengshui) est la forme démocratisée de la géomancie chinoise. Les origines du Feng Shui (Fengshui) remontent à environ 4.000 ans. Depuis ses débuts jusqu'à nos jours, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) se pratique de façon continue. - Alors que l'acupuncture chinoise s'occupe de faire circuler l'Énergie Cosmique de façon optimale et bénéfique dans notre corps, le
Feng Shui (Fengshui) s'occupe de faire circuler cette Énergie de façon optimale et bénéfique dans notre espace vital. On comprend alors pourquoi "le Feng Shui (Fengshui) est à l'environnement ce que l'acupuncture est au corps" (Van Minh). - Le
Feng Shui (Fengshui) n'a pas encore de nos jours obtenu ses titres de noblesse en tant que science. Mais en tant qu'art, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) connaît actuellement un véritable engouement à l'échelle mondiale. Notre site AsiaFlash consacre au
Feng Shui (Fengshui) un département entier. Ce département Feng Shui (Fengshui) a été baptisé "incontournable" par nos confrères. En effet, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) y est traité de façon à la fois claire et pratique. Grâce aux renseignements précis et nuancés fournis par AsiaFlash, le Feng Shui (Fengshui) n'a plus de secrets pour vous, et vous pouvez profiter du Feng Shui (Fengshui) pour optimiser la qualité de votre vie.

Category of Canadian Immigration

2006-02-24T04:02:00.000-05:00

1) Skilled Workers Program
Criteria:· Be under the age of 49 years old.· Hold a University Degree.· Have at least four year of working experience.· High proficiency in English is mandatory. If you also speak French, your chances of qualifying will increase. You will be required to provide conclusive proof of your language skills. You may consult our useful addresses detailing the approved organizations for language test.· Processing delays of 12 to 30 months depending on the immigration office.

2) Skilled Worker Program for the Province of Quebec
Criteria:· Candidate must be at least 20 years old and less than 40 years old.· Hold a Post-secondary Diploma.· Knowledge of French is mandatory. If you also speak English, your chances of qualifying will increase.· Have at least 6 months of working experience.· Processing delays of 12 to 30 months depending on the immigration office.

4) Entrepreneur Program
Criteria:· Minimum assets of CDN $300,000.· Three years of business experience.· Intention to be active in business in a maximum delay of three years after the arrival in Canada (conditional visa).· Must do a business trip to Canada. This trip is necessary for the candidate to know more about the Canadian business context. It will also enable him to do a market exploration and know the funds required to start his business in Canada. · Processing delays of 18 to 30 months depending on the immigration office.

4) Self-Employed Program
Criteria:· Minimum assets of CDN $100,000.· Three years of business or management experience.· Processing delays of 18 to 30 months depending on the immigration office.

5) Investor Program
Criteria:· Minimum assets of CDN $800,000.· Three years of business or management experience. · Willing to invest CDN $400,000 for five years with the Government. Possibility of a loan from a Canadian bank and the cost of interest will be around CDN $120,000. · No condition.· Processing delays of 18 to 30 months depending on the immigration office.

6) Family Sponsoring
Criteria:· You can sponsor your spouse, minor children, parents and grandparents.· If you sponsor your parents or grandparents, you will be asked to prove that you have regular income in Canada.· Processing delays of 12 to 24 months depending on the immigration office.

技术移民

2006-02-24T03:55:00.000-05:00

技术移民属于“独立移民”的一种形式。简单地说，就是凭申请人的文化程度、职业技能、语言能力等方面的综合实力来申请移民。加拿大政府根据本国的就业市场状况、专业需求和国家整体发展规划，每年有计划地对外吸收人才，以弥补本国人口增长的缓慢和人才的不足。

加拿大自1978年起拟订技术移民吸收计划，至今已20多年，其间几经修改，目的都是为使移民政策更符合经济发展的需要。1993年修订执行的政策强调受教育程度及特别技能，废除雇主协助这一必需条件，在这种情况下，凡年青，受过较高教育，懂英文或法文（二种语言都是官方语言），无犯罪记录，从事过的职业又是加拿大需要的，一般都有条件申请，不必以在加拿大找到工作为申请的前提条件，这一政策的施行使得大批旅居美加的华人学生学者解除了身份之优；旅居欧洲日本等国的华人及中国大陆，香港，台湾的许多科技人员，工商，文化人士相继申请，陆续抵达加拿大。到目前为止，以定居者身份移居加拿大的人数已具相当规模。　　为使移民政策更有利于吸收适合加拿大劳力市场需要的人才，1997年5月加拿大政府公布执行了最新政策，此政策在1993年政策基础上调整了一部分专业的职业需求和职业准备分数，使得能够符合申请资格的专业种类减少了，但是符合申请资格的专业人员还是相当的多。

投资移民

2006-02-24T03:44:00.000-05:00

加拿大各类移民中，投资移民主要面对商业界人士，申请程序简洁、迅达，对文件要求严谨，注重管理、经商经验，无语言要求、无年龄限制、无学历要求。

*申请人条件：　　　　

申请人须拥有一定的经济积累（至少有80万加元净资产）；　　　　
申请人须证明这些资产是通过自己的商业努力所得；　　　
申请人具备拥有过、控制过或管理过企业的经验；　　　
申请人及家人身体健康、无犯罪纪录；　　　　
申请人如具备以下三条之一则极为有利：　　　　　　　
从事股票、债券、投资获得一定收益　　　　　　　　
自己开办公司、企业，或参股经营　　　　　　　　
受雇于某公司并担任高层管理职务

*投资方式：（可选一种）　　　
(1)实投４０万加元，期限五年，五年后还本无息；　　　
(2)只投１２万加元，其余部分由加拿大银行为您贷款；
（此款为一次性投入，不能返还加拿大投资移民申请条件

加拿大的商业移民计划

2006-02-24T03:41:00.000-05:00

加拿大是一个非常适合投资和创办企业的好地方，加拿大的商业移民计划是促进和鼓励那些能对本国经济作出贡献的有经验的国外企业家移民加拿大。或许您并未打算将生活安置在国外，但获得加拿大居留资格(绿卡)将无疑使您即便置身国内，也将在事业上如虎添翼、生活上后顾无忧。具体的讲，您会得到：自由之身：您将不仅获得国际间自由旅行之便利，更获得在国内的自由权利、商业利益、税收优惠等诸多好处。子女学业：您的子女不必花去出国留学的巨大代价，就能够受益于加拿大世界上最先进的教育体系，中小学教育完全免费，并有机会进入世界最富盛名的高等学府，生活福利：您全家无条件地享受加拿大人的高福利政策，如免费医疗、完善的退休、养老等保障，使您后半生无忧无虑。

Chinese Chong Yang Festival

2004-10-07T09:57:00.000-04:00

The 9th day of September in the lunar calendar is the Chinese Chong Yang Festival and a happy occasion in autumn. According to the traditional theory of Yin and Yang, both the 9th month and the 9th day of the month belong to Yang, which means positive and masculine, and Chong means double, thus it is called Chong Yang. People often gather for a party, appreciate chrysanthemums, pin the leaves of Cornus on clothes. And the custom of climbing mountains and eating a special cake also features the day.

This custom of climbing mountains can be dated back as early as West Han Dynasty. Some old travel notes have it that, people climbed to mountain peaks not only for beautiful scenes and poetic inspiration, but also the avoidance of evil spirits and disasters.

This practice came from an ancient folktale. It is said long ago there appeared a devil of plague in the Ruhe River. People lay down and died wherever it came up. A boy named Heng Jing swore to help his neighbors and fellow people to get rid of it. He visited many famous mountains to seek a powerful master.

Finally an old Taoist took him in and taught him how to defeat the devil. Heng Jing put his whole heart into study and practice. One day, the Taoist called him up and said, 'Heng Jing, tomorrow is the 9th day of September and the devil will reappear. It is time for you to go home and stop the devil.' The master also gave him a pack of leaves of Cornus and a jar of liquor soaked with chrysanthemums.

Riding a crane, Heng Jing went a great distance back home in a day. As instructed by his master, he told his fellow villagers to climb up the nearby mountain with a Cornus leaf pinned on their clothes and a glass of chrysanthemum liquor in hand. When the devil of plague came up from under the water, it got dizzy by the scent of Cornus and chrysanthemums.

Heng Jing fought with his master's sword and killed the devil in a few rounds. People held parties, drank chrysanthemum liquor to celebrate it. And the next year, the custom of mountain climbing became popular among the villagers.

In the golden September, chrysanthemum blooms, reminding people of the folktale. And later a special cake with dates, chestnuts and meat was made to add more festivity to the special day.

Written by column writer Hao Zhuo.

Lion Dance

2004-10-04T14:06:00.000-04:00

Bringing luck and happiness The lion dance is an important tradition in China. Usually the dance is part of festivities like Chinese New Year, the openings of restaurants and weddings.
If well-performed, the lion dance is believed to bring luck and happiness. Although lions are not native in China, they came to this country via the famous Silk Road. Rulers in what is today Iran and Afghanistan sent lions to Chinese emperors as gifts in order to get the right to trade with Silk Road merchants. The lion dance dates back to the Han Dynasty (205 B.C. to 220 A.D in China) and during the Tang Dynasty (716-907 A.D.) it was at its peak. It was particularly performed during religious festivals. The lion dance was not only introduced in China, but also in Korea and Taiwan, where lions are not native as well. The dances are not exactly the same in these countries, but the symbolism is quite similar.The lion is enacted by two dancers. One handles the head, made out of strong but light materials like paper-mache and bamboo, the other plays the body and the tail under a cloth that is attached to the head. The 'animal' is accompanied by three musicians, playing a large drum, cymbals and a gong. A Little Buddha teases it with a fan or a giant ball. The head dancer can move the lion's eyes, mouth and ears for expression of moods.The lion dance combines art, history and kung fu moves. Normally the performers are kung fu practitioners. Every kind of move has a specific musical rhythm. The music follows the moves of the lion: the drum follows the lion, the cymbals and the gong follow the drum player.Quite often people observing the dances think that they are looking at dragons. The main difference between lion dance and dragon dance is that the latter is performed with more people than two.More about the origin of the lion dance:The Lion and the 'Nien'

Recipe -

2004-09-10T11:10:00.000-04:00

Sweet and Sour Pork.
Serves: 6

This sweet and sour pork recipe is easy to make in a skillet, with pineapple and barbecue sauce.

Ingredients :

1 1/2 pounds boneless pork shoulder or country style ribs, cut in small cubes
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
dash pepper
1 can (about 8 1/2 ounces) pineapple chunks or tidbits
1/2 cup barbecue sauce
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
1 green bell pepper, cut in strips (I use half red bell pepper for color)

Method :

In a heavy skillet over medium heat, brown pork cubes in the vegetable oil. Season with salt and pepper. Drain pineapple syrup into a 1-cup measure and add enough water to make 3/4 cup. Set the drained pineapple aside. Combine syrup and water mixture with barbecue sauce; pour over the meat in the skillet. Cover and simmer for 40 to 45 minutes, or until pork is very tender. Combine the cornstarch with the cold water, stirring until smooth. Add to pork mixture and stir, cooking, until thickened. Add bell pepper strips and reserved pineapple chunks and heat through. Serve over rice.

Won Ton Soup
Serves: 10

Ingredients :

1/2 lb. ground pork
1/2 Tbls. minced green onions
4 oz. can tiny shrimp - drained, chopped
1 1/2 Tbls. minced fresh ginger
1 1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 egg white - lightly beaten
1 Tbls. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. white pepper
1 1/2 Tbls. cornstarch
12 oz. package won-ton wrappers
1 egg - beaten
3 qts. water - for boiling

Method :

-Using your hands or a spoon, combine pork, shrimp, ginger, sesame oil, egg white, salt, soy sauce, and pepper.
-Add the cornstarch to mixture and stir to blend.
-Place a scant teaspoonful of the filling in the center of each wonton skin.
-Fold one corner over the filling toward the opposite corner. Roll the wonton up diagonally towards the corner you just folded in. Brush with egg. Fold the two remaining corners into the middle. Place the finished dumplings on a tray that has been lightly dusted with cornstarch.
-Heat 3 qts. of water to boiling in a large pot. Add the won tons and cover. Once the water is boiling again, cook for about 4 minutes or until they rise to the surface. Remove with a long-handled strainer and drain. Discard the water.
-Heat remaining ingredients to boiling, add the cooked won-tons, and serve.

The World Film Festival in Montreal PROGRAMMING

2004-09-03T10:43:00.000-04:00

Cinema of Asia
CELL PHONE, 2003 / 35 mm / Colour / 107 min,
Dir. Feng Xiaogang, China.
Schedule : August 31, 2004 • 19:00 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.31.5 • Chinois s.t.a. September 01, 2004 • 15:10 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.01.4 • Chinois s.t.a. September 02, 2004 • 12:30 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.02.2 • Chinois s.t.a.

JING CHA YOU YUEI (The Law of Romance)
2004 / 35 mm / Colour / 103 min,
Dir. Xu Geng, China. Schedule : August 30, 2004 • 12:20 • CENTRE EATON 4 • E4.30.1 • s.t.a. August 31, 2004 • 21:30 • CENTRE EATON 4 • E4.31.4 • s.t.a. September 01, 2004 • 18:30 • CENTRE EATON 5 • E5.01.1 • s.t.a.

LIAN AI ZHONG DE BAO BEI (Baober in Love)
2003 / 35 mm / Colour / 100 min, Dir. Li Shaohong, China.
Schedule : August 27, 2004 • 15:00 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.27.2 • Chinois s.t.a. August 28, 2004 • 16:30 • CENTRE EATON 4 • E4.28.1 • Chinois s.t.a. August 29, 2004 • 19:00 • CENTRE EATON 4 • E4.29.3 • Chinois s.t.a. August 30, 2004 • 12:00 • CENTRE EATON 2 • E2.30.1 • Chinois s.t.a.

LU CHENG (Passages)
2004 / 35 mm / Colour / 112 min, Dir. Yang Chao, China.
Schedule : August 28, 2004 • 14:40 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.28.3 • Chinois s.t.f. September 01, 2004 • 21:30 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.01.7 • Chinois s.t.f. September 03, 2004 • 14:00 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 7 • P7.03.3 • Chinois s.t.f.

YOU GOU (Darkness bride)
2004 / 35 mm / Colour / 104 min, Dir. William Wai Lun Kwok, Hong Kong, China - Taiwan, Chine.
Schedule : September 01, 2004 • 21:30 • CENTRE EATON 2 • E2.01.4 • Mandarin s.t.a. September 02, 2004 • 14:40 • CENTRE EATON 2 • E2.02.2 • Mandarin s.t.a. September 03, 2004 • 14:20 • CENTRE EATON 2 • E2.03.2 • Mandarin s.t.a.

YU GUAN YIN (Goddess of mercy)
2003 / 35 mm / Colour / 109 min, Dir. Ann Hui, China. Schedule : August 27, 2004 • 21:30 • CINÉMA PARISIEN 6 • P6.27.4 • Mandarin s.t.a. August 28, 2004 • 19:20 • CENTRE EATON 1 • E1.28.4 • Mandarin s.t.a. August 29, 2004 • 12:00 • CENTRE EATON 1 • E1.29.1 • Mandarin s.t.a. August 31, 2004 • 12:20 • CENTRE EATON 1 • E1.31.1 • Mandarin s.t.a.

Athens Olympic 2004 medals earned by China

2004-09-02T14:10:00.000-04:00

Gold
Athletics - Men's 110m Hurdles LIU Xiang
Athletics - Women's 10,000m XING Huina
Badminton - Women's Singles ZHANG Ning
Badminton - Women's Doubles CHN
Badminton - Mixed Doubles CHN
Canoe/Kayak Flatwater - Men's C2 500m CHN
Diving - Women's 3m Springboard GUO Jingjing
Diving - Men's 3m Springboard PENG Bo
Diving - Men's 10m Platform HU Jia
Diving - Women's Synchr 3m Springboard CHN
Diving - Men's Synchr 10m Platform CHN
Diving - Women's Synchr 10m Platform CHN
Gymnastics Artistic - Men's Pommel Horse TENG Haibin
Judo - Women's -52 kg XIAN Dongmei
Shooting - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions JIA Zhanbo
Shooting - Men's 10m Air Rifle ZHU Qinan
Shooting - Men's 10m Air Pisto WANG Yifu
Shooting - Women's 10m Air Rifle DU Li
Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke LUO Xuejuan
Tennis - Women's Doubles CHN
TaekWondo - Women's Under 67kg LUO Wei
TaekWondo - Women's Over 67kg CHEN Zhong
Table Tennis - Women's Singles ZHANG Yining
Table Tennis - Men's Doubles CHN
Table Tennis - Women's Doubles CHN
Volleyball - Women CHN
Weightlifling - Men's 62kg SHI Zhiyong
Weightlifling - Men's 69kg ZHANG Guozheng
Weightlifling - Women's 58kg CHEN Yanqing
Weightlifling - Women's 69kg LIU Chunhong
Weightlifling - Women's +75kg TANG Gonghong
Wrestling - Women's Freestyle 72kg WANG Xu

Silver
Archery - Women's Team CHN
Badminton - Women's Doubles CHN
Cycling Track - Women's 500m Time Trial JIANG Yonghua
Diving - Women's 3m Springboard WU Minxia
Diving - Women's 10m Platform LAO Lishi
Fencing - Men's Individual Epee WANG Lei
Fencing - Women's Individual Sabre TAN Xue
Fencing - Men's Team Foil CHN
Judo - Women's -78 kg LIU Xia
Sailing - Women's Mistral CHN
Shooting - Men's 10m Air Rifle LI Jie
Shooting - Women's Skeet WEI Ning
Swimming - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay CHN
Table Tennis - Men's Singles WANG Hao
Weightlifling - Men's 56kg WU Meijin
Weightlifling - Men's 62kg LE Maosheng
Weightlifling - Women's 48kg LI Zhuo

Bronze
Badminton - Women's Singles ZHOU Mi
Boxing - Men's Light Fly (48kg) ZOU Shiming
Diving - Men's 10m Platform TIAN Liang
Gymnastics Artistic - Men's Parallel Bars LI Xiaopeng
Gymnastics Artistic - Women's Individual All-AroundZHANG Nan
Trampoline - Women HUANG Shanshan
Judo - Women's -48 kg GAO Feng
Judo - Women's -70 kg QIN Dongya
Judo - Women's +78 kg SUN Fuming
Shooting - Men's Double Trap WANG Zheng
Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions WANG Chengyi
Shooting - Women's Double Trap GAO E
Table Tennis - Men's Singles WANG Liqin
Table Tennis - Women's Doubles CHN

Hero (Ying Xiong)

2004-09-02T09:40:00.000-04:00

Plot Outline: A series of Rashomon-like flashback accounts shape the story of how one man defeated three assassins who sought to murder the most powerful warlord in pre-unified China.

cast:
Jet Li... Nameless
Tony Leung Chiu Wai.... Broken Sword
Maggie Cheung.... Flying Snow
Ziyi Zhang.... Moon
Daoming Chen.... King of Qin
Donnie Yen.... Sky

History about Chinese Cultural Center in Montreal

2004-08-24T14:33:00.000-04:00

Organization’s History and mandate

The MCCUC/Community and Cultural Center (The Cultural Centre) is a non-profit organization registered to take charge of the construction, development and management of The Cultural Centre, formed in response to the need to separate from her associated organization, Montreal Chinese Community United Centre (MCCUC) which had conceptualized the idea of a Chinese Cultural Centre.

The project “The Cultural Centre” is originally conceptualized by The Montreal Chinese Community United Centre made up of more than fifty (50) associations of the Chinese Community and has come into existence for twenty-four years. It has accumulated interesting experiences of partnership and participation. The Montreal Chinese Community United Centre has developed valuable expertise in real property management through the successful administration of two (2) housing projects in recent years.

The development of a Chinese Cultural Centre – an organizational framework for a strategy to develop Montreal’s Chinatown in particular and the Chinese Community of Quebec in general and to encourage the return of the Chinese population has been under discussion in the last fifteen years.

GLOBAL VISION OF THE CULTURAL CENTRE
The Cultural Centre shall strive to be a Centre of Cultural exhibition, studies, reference and a Centre for socio-cultural and business exchange between the Chinese community and the public at large.

Goals
The goals of the cultural Centre can be summarized as follows:
Serve as a community support centre, particularly, for new immigrants, making them to feel welcome in their adopted homeland.
Promote vital cultural exchanges with other cultural communities and with the mainstream Quebecois society.
Serve as a focal point for local born Chinese as well as newly adopted Chinese children to remind them of their roots and serve as a discussion and mutual help platform for parents of adopted Chinese children.
Provide a place for studies, training, exhibition, shows and other cultural events.
Reinforce the appeal of Chinatown as a tourist attraction.

Corporate values
The Cultural Centre fully intends to fulfill its goals through the sharing and promotion of corporate value such as sharing equity and the recognition of the importance of the individual and his or her culture in a pluralistic society.

The Chinese Garden of Montreal Botanical Garden

2004-08-23T15:39:00.000-04:00

Activities at the Chinese Garden of Montreal Botanical Garden

From September 10 to October 31, 2004 - The magic of Lanterns

This year the theme of THE MAGIC OF LANTERNS at the Chinese Garden will be The Temple of Heaven. The famous imperial temple in Beijing, an architectural masterpiece and an integral part of Chinese tradition, will be the star of the show for the 12th edition of THE MAGIC OF LANTERNS.Over 600 lanterns of all shapes and sizes, made by artists in Shanghai, will be lighting up the garden every evening.

From May 1st to September 6 - Rice: Culture and Delights

Rice is an essential foodstuff for half the world’s population, and a central part of Chinese civilization. Learn how Chinese ingenuity is applied to growing rice, and wonder at the many varieties available!

photos of the fundraising nite of 11, 12 of August 2004

2004-08-17T09:34:00.000-04:00

A series of pictures of Beijing Golden Sail Art have been taken. If you have missed it, this is an opportunity for you to discover the troupe.

Beijing Golden Sail Art Troupe, which was founded in 1987, has been one of the best amateur students' art troupe in China so far. Up to now, it has developed more than 30 branch troupes, such as symphony, orchestral music, folk music, dance, chorus, acrobatics, and Beijing Opera and so on.

The performances of Beijing Golden Sail Art Troupe in Montreal

2004-08-06T10:18:00.000-04:00

This is a fund raising program for the Montreal Chinese Cultural Centre.

With Chinese folk dances, Chinese acrobatics, Chinese songs, Chinese music..

Address : Centre Pierre Peladeau, Salle Pierre Mercure, 300 Maisonneuve Est. (near Metro Berri)
Date : 11 and 12 August 2004 Time : 19.00
Tickets available at 211 de la Gauchetiere ouest, #3016, Montreal (514) 861 4541
Email : mccuc@videotron.ca
Price : $100 (V.I.P.) $60 $35, $15