While the action is spectacular -- after all, the choreography was handled by kung-fu master Yuen Woo-ping, whose credits include Drunken Master and most recently The Matrix -- what really makes Crouching Tiger a gem is the wonderful blend of nostalgia, stunning cinematography, a fast-paced plot, and -- yes -- a good story.
Indeed, he looked on the verge of getting himself a contract before being forced to cut short his chat to allow Fu - waiting patiently on the sidelines - his own chance to wax lyrical.
Particularly revealing is the scene where the evil Jade Fox (veteran kung-fu movie star Cheng Pei-pei) decries the fact that she couldn't read, while her student Jen could and therefore surpassed the teacher in achievement and skill.
Those are the only reasons why Hazard isn't facing the same nine-month ban given to Manchester United icon Eric Cantona who famously launched himself at an abusive fan with a kung fu-style kick in 1995.
He became a master at wing-chun, the kung fu style best used for close-quarter fighting.
But Bervy, a tall 46-year-old with a dark Fu Manchu mustache, has lots of cash from selling his real estate business back East in 2005.
On top of that, Fu is co-authoring a book with former Indiana University President and former Stanford Law School dean Thomas Ehrlich, about their experiences in public service.
Fu claims her Chinese-born parents, who immigrated to Northridge, Calif. in the 1980s, didn't pressure her to excel.
Kai-Fu Lee and his Innovation Works are betting it does, and are funding a number of serial entrepreneurs.
Later, he bought the rights to Hong Kong Kung-Fu movies and sold them in Indonesia and markets farther in the South Pacific.
Founder Wang Chuan-fu wanted to give the company name a visionary touch.
Kai-Fu founded Innovation Works after resigning from Google in September 2009.
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Alluc.org, for instance, links to Lost episodes on Veoh, Scrubs episodes on LiveDigital and kung-fu movies on DailyMotion, bringing in about 500, 000 unique visitors a day.
No, the assembled media have been in a dither since her "Kung Fu Panda" co-star Jack Black let the news slip that she is expecting twins.
Following a scathing report on New Oriental Education, the crisis came to a head last autumn when prominent Chinese business leader Kai-Fu Lee fought back.
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Even Kai-Fu Lee, the China superstar who defected to Google and sparked a lawsuit from his former employers at Microsoft, shares a cubicle with two other guys.
Another Manchester United star, Eric Cantona, was banned for nine months after launching a kung-fu style kick at a supporter during a game at Crystal Palace in 1995.
These days top directors, such as Chen Kuo-fu, end up doing everything from publicity to numbering the tickets in the single cinema that may be showing his latest film.
Watch the video interiview with Kai-Fu Lee and Startup Asia author Rebecca Fannin, taped at the recent Silicon Dragon program held at the China Club in Hong Kong.
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This is one reason why Kai-Fu Lee is ramping up Innovation Works now to motivate young entrepreneurs to get in and have a head start before the game is over.
Joe with the kung-fu grip for Christmas this year.
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"What we hoped to accomplish with Google China is now being realized by Weibo, " proving that "engagement is the right approach, " said former Google China chief Kai-Fu Lee, who left the company in 2009.
When she was 15, Fu founded a non-profit group, Visual Arts and Music for Society, that organizes high school volunteers to play music, do art projects and perform in homeless shelters, hospitals, orphanages and senior residences.
Fu, who describes herself--inaccurately--as "pretty relaxed, " claims she usually gets seven hours of sleep a night.
Fu, who describes herself--inaccurately-- as "pretty relaxed, " claims she usually gets seven hours of sleep a night.
After stepping into a hallway to take a call from a lawyer, Fu apologizes for appearing sleep-deprived.
In the other match in Group Two, Hong Kong's Marco Fu impressed in a 5-1 victory over last month's Masters finalist Stephen Lee .
He fights the bad guys by flying through the air and engaging them in a rhythmic version of kung fu that has the clickety-clack excitement of tap dancing.
America can sell Boeing airplanes, Microsoft Windows and the Disney-made Kung Fu Panda movie series to China.
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