Movie industry roars back with robust recovery
Record revenues in the wake of the Spring Festival holiday signal a turnaround for the sector. Xu Fan reports. Matt William Knowles, an [...]
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15 years later… full circle. 🥊🔥🍲🥃![]()
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He used to be my student. Now he’s flying across Asia to buy me cigars.![]()
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William @wenqichun surprised me in Thailand for my birthday — Muay Thai, hotpot, Japanese whiskey, and a lot of laughter.![]()
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When I met him, he was a kid from one of the poorest parts of China.![]()
I was his English teacher in Guizhou. I asked my class, “What’s your dream?”![]()
Most said: join the Communist Party, help China surpass America.![]()
Then William stood up: “I dream to meet my mother. She left the day I was born.”![]()
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That moment changed everything. I saw myself in that kid.![]()
He became my student, then my friend, then my brother. Years later, we searched for his mother on national TV in China. ![]()
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And this trip, over whiskey and laughter in Thailand, he told me she finally found him.![]()
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From a mountain village to Marina Bay. From pain to peace.![]()
I couldn’t be prouder.![]()
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Our story is a big part of the memoir I’ve been writing — I can’t wait to share it with the world someday.![]()
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#truestory #friendship #brothers #fromchinawithlove #memoir #birthday #fullcirclemoment![]()
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William wrote an article about our friendship here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/DV2AHJDHMZB4nsHxR3Dl5Q
The last 7 weeks I’ve been hiding in the jungle of northern Thailand training Muay Thai.![]()
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#muaytai #training #actorslife