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Blu-Ray from getting closer to our lives?? From the beginning of the year can be discerned CES exhibition, including Samsung, Sony , Panasonic, LG, Toshiba and other international brands, including Blu-ray manufacturers have introduced 2010 Washer New, high degree of media attention. On the other hand, several recent overseas listing of the new low-cost Blu-ray disc players, which was expected to usher in 2010, Blu-ray large-scale growth.

The other hand, in recent years in China, launched by domestic enterprises have gradually blue-CBHD consumer attention and recognition. CBHD is a Toshiba HDDVD technology, patented by a number of independent optimization of the second era of high-definition DVD format, with single-layer 15GB, 30GB double-layer storage capacity.

Then, the face of the raging BD Blu-ray, Blu-ray China with CBHD what they contend with it? Simple analysis of the following.

Policy orientation First, as the core of CBHD technology has a number of patents have advantages in their policy orientation. A few years ago, China’s DVD industry has the world’s largest production scale, but the lack of core patents, only remain in the import Fitting The assembly of the primary processing mode, “the patent door” after the outbreak of domestic enterprises that producing a DVD disc players, have to pay 21 dollars to foreign companies royalties, leading to almost unprofitable domestic enterprises.

Recent years, China’s industrial structure continues to adjust, and a global economic crisis, also sounded the alarm for domestic enterprises?? Gone are the days of cheap labor, pure “Made in China” industry model for future development has not only controlled by others out of the situation, grasp the core patents, control of the market economy initiative.

At this point, CBHD exactly grasp the current domestic enterprise urgent desire of innovation, but also won the support of the policy.

Since 2006, China Video Industry Association, China Electronic Audio Industry Association in support of the former State Ministry of Information Industry of China began high-definition optical disc industry in innovation and exploration. September 7, 2007, high-definition Blu-ray Disc Industry Alliance of China was established, comprising the new Division, TCL, Haier, backgammon and other Chinese Video Industry Association and the China Audio Industry Association, some backbone enterprises, Tsinghua University, Centre national CD and Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation No. 3, in singing, recorded, Film and other content distributors, as well as more than a dozen overseas companies.

Core patents In HD has become mainstream, the traditional DVD will be faced by an alternative fate, who will become the next generation high definition disc format, on this issue has been there for the Sony-led Blu-ray camp and Toshiba BD led HDDVD camp battle.

Chinese CBHD is Toshiba HDDVD Blu-ray technology, but not exactly the same as HDDVD technology. After a long technical optimization, in CBHD technology, our core technology has a number of domestic patents, which supports audio and video GB AVS, and interface with autonomous navigation technology, DVD and BD effectively avoid the patent, the formation of a self- high definition standards.

Patent pool area, BD Blu-ray patent pool addition to the core patents, there are several optional criteria. Each disk player manufacturers to increase their support for a non-core standards would pay an additional cost of this part of the patent, which is no doubt part of the cost will eventually be passed on to consumers. Moreover, the use of a non-core technical standards may be part of the BD BD disc Players Can not successfully play on.

The CBHD will have a unified patent pool. All added disc players, discs are in line with all of its core standards. That is, if the user purchased is genuine CBHD discs, it can be any brand of any one CBHD disc players on the smooth play.
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The Blue Kite $18.35 Tian Zhuangzhuang, a charter member of China’s politically beleaguered, so-called Fifth Generation of Directors (along with Ju Dou’s Zhang Yimou), made this film about the gradual disintegration of an entire family targeted by Mao’s political reformation movements of the ’50s and ’60s. Told in a series of three stories, the audience sees the little boy Tietou and his mother try and try again to rebuild their lives from the ashes left them by the madness of the era. Director Tian works from a palette of primary colors on widescreen images that are often fixed in an icy-white Kubrickian glare of omnipresent paranoia. Yet much of The Blue Kite is resplendent with palpable signs of ordinary life: noisy kids, happy weddings, loud mealtimes. Tian amplifies the human element of these heady days, so that viewers may genuinely feel the humanity ripped from this story as events overtake and shatter all hope. ~ Tom Keogh, Rovi

Peace Kids: The China Trip $16.16 Peace Kids: The China Trip

China From the Inside $16.45 China From the Inside

Tibetan Buddhism in China $15.58 Tibetan Buddhism in China

China Rose $6.76 Filmed in Hong Kong, the made-for-TV China Rose stars George C. Scott as an American businessman. Scott arrives in Canton, China, trying to find out what has happened to his rebellious son, who was swept up in China’s “cultural revolution”. Ali MacGraw plays a freewheeling guide who falls in love with Scott while helping him locate his son. Together, Scott and MacGraw uncover what was described in the original ads as a “shocking secret”. The long-in-tooth stars are not ideally suited to their roles in China Rose, but that’s only one of the many problems plaguing this murky melodrama. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

China Blue $219.99 Ben Schonzeit China Blue – Wall Tapestry

Musical Journey: China [5 Discs] $28.48 Musical Journey: China [5 Discs]

Discover the World: China / Hong Kong $10.82 Discover the World: China / Hong Kong

China: A Century of Revolution [3 Discs] $22.28 China: A Century of Revolution [3 Discs]

The Secret World of Wellness: Ancient China $17.16 The Secret World of Wellness: Ancient China

An American in China $7.37 David Braddock is a recent Stanford grad whose world view is being changed by a summer trip to China. Amidst all his life-altering experiences is his encounter with Mei, a woman who provides plenty of surprises for the 22-year-old man. ~ Kimber Myers, Rovi

China Cry $17.64 Julia Nickson (then billed as Julia Nickson-Soul) stars as Nora Lamm, whose childhood was rent asunder when the Japanese invaded Shanghai at the outset of World War II. Recalling these horrific times, Nora remembers the cloistered pre-invasion existence she enjoyed thanks to the prominence of her physician father (played by James Shigeta). The deprivations she experienced at the hands of the invaders are compounded when postwar China is taken over by the Communists. In the early 1960s, Nora escapes to Hong Kong, where she works tirelessly on behalf of basic human rights for those still trapped on the Mainland. China Cry is based on the autobiography by Sung Neng Yee. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Best of Global Lens: China $28.15 Four award-winning films from China in a Special Edition Box Set.

China Blue (Import) $41.08 China Blue (Import)

First Emperor of China $9.94 Originally presented in IMAX theatres, The First Emperor of China has been shrunk down and released by Slingshot Entertainment in DVD and VHS formats for the world to enjoy in the comfort of home. This stylish documentary tells the story of how Qin Shihuang united, through diplomacy and force, the Chinese land and people. Considering the age of the Chinese culture, much of this story has never been fully revealed to the Western audience. This 40 minute film delves deeply into the history of the first imperial reign with dazzling re-creations of major events and wars, as well as modern views of amazing sites like the inner sanctum of Emperor Qin’s royal palace. With a rise of curiosity in ancient China, this documentary will help a great many people understand the pride many Chinese hold in their culture. Directors Tony Ianzelo and Liu Hao Xue present a masterful piece of filmmaking that is aptly supported by a musical score from Eldon Rathburn and {Zhao Ji Ping} that combines the modern and the ancient. The The First Emperor of China DVD is Internet ready for further exploration and equipped with menu options that make it easy for the viewer to often visit their favorite sections. ~ Ed Atkinson, Rovi

China Doll $9.79 Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) is a US pilot serving in China in 1943, flying supplies to Allied soldiers in Burma. He’s the best at what he does in the air, but he’s also emotionally cut off from everyone around him, disillusioned by the loss of men in his command during nearly two years of war. When he’s not in the air on a mission, or riding his new men (including Stuart Whitman, Tige Andrews and Johnny Desmond) to learn their jobs as fast as they can so they can survive, he’s usually either passed out drunk or getting there on the ground. One night, while staggering out of his usual watering hole, he chances to meet an elderly Chinese man and, after a barely understood conversation, hands him a pile of money. When Cliff awakens the next day, he discovers that he’s bought three months of housekeeping service from the man’s daughter, Shu-Jen (Li Li Hua). At first he’s at a loss over what to do about her — he would gladly send her back to her father, until he learns from local missionary Father Cairns (Ward Bond) that Shu-Jen (whose name means “precious jewel”) is the sole supporter of her family; and that if he sends her back, they’ll return his money as a matter of honor, and have to sell her services as a housekeeper again; and that the next time that may be to someone who is a lot less honorable than Cliff, and could destroy the rest of the girl’s life. So they’re stuck with each other, and in the course of three months together Cliff discovers through Shu-Jen a joyous side to life that he’d forgotten — his men even notice that he smiles occasionally, and he actually seems like a human being, enough so that Cliff soon wants more out of life than just day-to-day survival; he wants a life with Shu-Jen. And despite her initial misgivings, they decide to marry. But duty constantly beckons to Cliff, especially when he’s moved to a forward base to support a new Allied offensive — he isn’t there for the birth of their child, but he is able to bring them both to him, only to find that the war is now on both their doorsteps. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

China’s Forbidden City $2.14 This two part series opens the door to China’s Forbidden City. It was the inner sanctum and pulsating heart of the Chinese Empire. Today it is modern China’s greatest tourist attraction, Beijing’s Forbidden City. For 500 years, it served as the home of the almighty Emperors of China, along with their wives, concubines, and entourages of ten of thousands of eunuchs and civil servants. However, the Forbidden City is more that imperial residence. It is the center of the universe and a unique complex of structures revealing a hierarchy of power, both imperial and divine.

Blue’s Clues: Blue’s Jobs $8.6 Blue’s Clues: Blue’s Jobs

The Modern Marvels: The Great Wall of China $14.86 Winding roughly 6700 kilometers through undulating mountains grasslands and desert its vastness seems beyond the realm of human possibility. A wonder of the ancient world the Great Wall of China is one of mankind’s most massive building achievements. Yet contrary to popular belief there is no single wall of China but rather a series of walls built for different reasons at different times. MODERN MARVELS- embarks on a journey of discovery investigating the mysterious history surrounding this cultural marvel. Historians and modern engineers discuss the planning construction and function of various segments while extensive location footage illuminates the stunning majesty of its architecture. Legend claims that the wall is a wellspring of warfare madness and death–can this be true? From ancient China onwards THE HISTORY CHANNEL- explores the incredible history of THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. DVD Features: Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

China: The Panda Adventure $7.35 In this visually striking tale of adventure, Ruth (Maria Bello) is an American widow who during the 1930s travels to China in hopes of making her late husband’s dream a reality by bringing Chinese pandas to the United States. Ruth is awed by the striking beauty of China and discovers several of the rare pandas as well as a number of other unusual animals; however, Ruth learns that the Chinese government is lax in their protection of wildlife, and that hunters are making short work of the pandas. China: The Panda Adventure was shot and originally released in the high-definition IMAX film process. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

China Circus [2 Discs] [Blu-ray] $19.66 China Circus [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Touring the World: Touring China/Touring India $11.84 Touring the World: Touring China/Touring India

Once Upon a Time in China: Next Chapters Collection $10.27 Once Upon a Time in China: Next Chapters Collection

Discover China: Stupendous Shanghai $12.29 Discover China: Stupendous Shanghai gives an armchair traveler a look at some of the natural and man-made highlights of one of the most colorful cities in the world. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

China Steam $9.19 This program takes a look at the secret railroad built by the Chinese government, the existence of which is denied by Chinese authorities to this day. Investigating the secrets of the system, filmmaker John Agnew explores the wonders of the Chinese railroad system, traversing harsh and beautiful landscapes, as well as the intensely powerful steam engines that travel them. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

China And Sex $13.74 Marc Gosalvez, Nongkok Kok. Shock director Joe D’Amato delivers an Asian sexploitation flick about a rich man who falls for an exotic Chinese dancer who rebuffs his advances and sends him into a dark sexual purgatory. In Italian with English subtitles. 1994/color/92 min/NR/fullscreen.

China Heat $12.29 A three-woman task force travels from Asia to New York in search of a murderous drug lord taken to killing anyone who stands in his way in this explosive Hong Kong action film. Captain Tie Hua is determined to bring notorious drug lord Hong Gang to justice, but Gang isn’t a man known for playing by the rules, and he isn’t about to go down without a fight. Now, as Captain Hua leads her team on the most dangerous mission ever attempted, there’s no telling how far Gang will go to remain a free man. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Blue China in Advert $39.99 Blue China in Advert – Giclee Print

China and The Forbidden City $11.45 From the award-winning Jarvis Collection, China & the Forbidden City offers an insider’s look into the opulence, mystery, and fascinating charms of the magnificent center of imperial China. For 500 years, this city was off-limits to all except rulers and their servants. The Forbidden City was home to two dynasties of emperors, the Ming and Qing. Journey to this intriguing Eastern locale and discover its ancient secrets. Explore some of humankind’s greatest treasures, civilization, and cultures. This educational film is appropriate for students in grades six through 12. ~ Sally Barber, Rovi

Video Visits: China $10.78 Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering China & Tibet offers a visually stunning glimpse at some of the hallmarks of the Chinese and Tibetan republics, including Beijing, Hangzou, and the West Lake (a popular honeymoon spot), and, of course, the legendary Great Wall of China. Also among the highlights are tours into the mystical city of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and a peek at the long-standing cultural tradition of Chinese opera and acrobatics, as well as insight on Chinese homeopathy and its lasting effect on the International community, particularly regarding herbal remedies and the practice of acupuncture. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Discover China: A Tale of Tofu $7.31 Tofu, or soya bean curd, has been a valued provider of protein in poverty-stricken China for thousands of years, quietly feeding millions and fermenting into a thousand varieties. A Tale Of Tofu provides unique insight into this nutritious food. From the Black Tofu of Nanking to the smoked tofu of Guizhou, A Tale Of Tofu is a tour de force showcase of one of China’s most revered food.

China’s Century of Humiliation $14.81 China’s Century of Humiliation explores the fundamental differences between Western and Chinese culture from the early beginnings. Part one debates how Christianity and Confucianism were translated in political thought and social systems. Next, the film investigates why the industrial revolution did not take place in China, despite its many early inventions, but in Europe. The second part sheds light on the first economic and military encounters between the British and Chinese Empires through the eyes of Asian and Western historians. Trade deficits, war threats and reprisals have marked the 19th century as one of the bloodiest and most shameful in Chinese history. Today, these part lessons can serve as a powerful insight for what the future might bring for China and the rest of the world.

Wild China [2 Discs] $24.24 A land rich with history, culture and adventure, China presents a dazzling array of landscapes, each with its own romance, splendor and natural complexity. Journey from the peaks of the Himalayas to the steppes, deserts and islands that make these lands so beautiful. 2 DVDs. 2008/color/5 hrs/NR.

China Circus Elites $15.35 This fascinating documentary takes a look inside China’s Wuqiac School of Acrobatic Arts, where kids as young as seven years old live in the institution full time, to hone their skills as gymnastic performers in a highly disciplined program. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Wild China [Blu-ray] $26.55 A land rich with history, culture and adventure, China presents a dazzling array of landscapes, each with its own romance, splendor and natural complexity. Journey from the peaks of the Himalayas to the steppes, deserts and islands that make these lands so beautiful. 2 Discs. 2008/color/5 hrs/NR.

China 9, Liberty 37 $5.87 China 9, Liberty 37 falls halfway between the Hollywood backlot-western school and the Italian “spaghetti” western genre, borrowing the best elements from both. Fabio Testi plays a gunfighter who is saved at the last moment from a hangman’s noose. His liberators are a cartel of railroad men who want Testi to kill farmer (and former hired gun) Warren Oates, who has refused all entreaties to sell his land. As part of the scheme, Testi befriends Oates; on his own volition, he sleeps with Oates’ wife Jenny Agutter. When the railroad barons insist that Testi go through with his mission, he refuses, and helps the farmer fight off the train moguls’ hired thugs. Also known as Gunfire, China 9 Liberty 37 features a cameo by director Monte Hellman’s role model, Sam Peckinpah, who plays a bombastic Ned Buntline-style novelist. And the significance of the title? It’s the location of Warren Oates’ spread: Nine miles from the town of China, 37 miles from the town of Liberty. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

China 9 Liberty 37 $9.14 China 9, Liberty 37 falls halfway between the Hollywood backlot-western school and the Italian “spaghetti” western genre, borrowing the best elements from both. Fabio Testi plays a gunfighter who is saved at the last moment from a hangman’s noose. His liberators are a cartel of railroad men who want Testi to kill farmer (and former hired gun) Warren Oates, who has refused all entreaties to sell his land. As part of the scheme, Testi befriends Oates; on his own volition, he sleeps with Oates’ wife Jenny Agutter. When the railroad barons insist that Testi go through with his mission, he refuses, and helps the farmer fight off the train moguls’ hired thugs. Also known as Gunfire, China 9 Liberty 37 features a cameo by director Monte Hellman’s role model, Sam Peckinpah, who plays a bombastic Ned Buntline-style novelist. And the significance of the title? It’s the location of Warren Oates’ spread: Nine miles from the town of China, 37 miles from the town of Liberty. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Oil For The Lamps Of China $16.95 Hester Adams weds Stephen Chase, but she’ll soon discover he already has a wife. He’s married to his job with Atlantis Oil, acting as the company’s roving man in China as it taps into a burgeoning market. Based on a bestseller and directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Oil for the Lamps of China follows Chase (Pat O’Brien) as he obeys the dictates of the corporate hierarchy. He’ll betray a friend. Abandon his wife in childbirth to attend to a business emergency. Sacrifice one life and risk his own to protect a trifling amount of Atlantis’s wealth. Critics noted the film did not wholly match the novel’s anti-industry broadside. Yet even today there’s enough here for anyone who’s ever faced the conflict of career and personal life. 1935/b&w/98 min/NR/mono/fullscreen.

High School Musical China $21.34 From the Disney World Cinema Collection, High School Musical China captures all the excitement, drama, music and dance of the original U.S. film with unique Chinese characters and extraordinary adventures. A new student at an international college in Shanghai meets a gifted young man, with whom she shares a secret passion for singing. Without her parents’ support, she and her new group of friends enter an inter-school singing competition and discover their true calling and the value of friendship. Anything is possible when you follow your dreams!

China Circus on Ice [P&S] $14.18 China’s Heilongjiang Acrobatic troupe has spent decades perfecting their skills as one of their country’s most impressive teams, but this documentary captures their efforts to take their talents to the next level. Led by artistic director Guan Xin Min, they make the unique innovation of bringing their complicated show to the ice, increasing the skill level and danger. Once they have perfected this show, they expand beyond their country’s borders, but outside events may make their international tour an impossibility. ~ Kimber Myers, Rovi

Discovering China: Eating in Canton $7.31 Known for their hearty and adventurous appetite, people in Canton (aka Guangzhou) have been known to eat “anything that moves”! This 5-part series serves as proof of Guangzhou people’s devotion to food. Eating In Canton will unveil the secrets of Guangzhou cuisine, with each dish epitomizing the best recipes from over 20 provinces. The 4,000 year-old gastronomical tradition of China have never been better preserved – or served – than in Eating In Canton!

Young & Restless in China $18.23 The Chinese economy grew at a fantastic rate in the first years of the 21st century, offering new possibilities but also presenting new challenges to its people, and filmmaker Sue Williams offers a portrait of a nation in flux as she chronicles the lives of a handful of people in their twenties and thirties in this documentary. Lu Dong and Ben Wu are two people who left China seeking greater opportunities and later came home to take advantage of the nation’s booming economy, and though both have found success — Lu founded a clothing company and Ben runs an Internet coffee shop — they’ve also discovered how hard it is to keep up in China’s newly fast-paced society. Xu Weimin was a student activist during the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989, but he turned his back on politics to become an entrepreneur, opening a chain of hotels while looking after his ailing mother and combative family. Zhang Jingjing is another activist who has become a legal advocate for the homeless, a job that’s become especially difficult with a million and a half people in Beijing left with nowhere to live thanks to construction for the 2008 Olympics. Zhang Yao is a doctor who tries to find the time and resources to care for the nearly three-quarters of the Chinese population without health insurance. And Wang Xiaolei is a hip-hop artist whose verses cast a cynical eye on the rise of capitalism in China. Young & Restless in China was aired by PBS as part of the news and public affairs series Frontline. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

National Geographic: China’s Lost Girls $14.64 In the 1980s, as China’s population continued to rise at an alarming rate in a politically and economically precarious environment, the nation’s leaders mandated a “one child policy,” stipulating that married couples could only legally have a single offspring. In China, cultural and social traditions make boys more desirable than girls to most families, leading to a tragic phenomenon of thousands of female babies being either abandoned or put up for adoption by parents hoping for a male. National Geographic: China’s Lost Girls is a documentary hosted by Lisa Ling which examines China’s controversial policy, the nation’s population crisis, and several American families who have traveled to China in hopes of adopting little girls in need. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

China’s Great Wall $14.09 The documentary China’s Great Wall provides a feature-length exploration of the titular monument, posited in the early 21st Century as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. A structure spanning 6,700 kilometers, so mighty that it can be easily glimpsed in low extraterrestrial orbit, the Wall reportedly claimed the lives of 2-3 million Chinese over the many centuries required to complete it. This program places a dual emphasis on the myths and legends surrounding the structure and the technical feat that it represents, areas explored via super-advanced CGI, aerial photography and on-camera reenactments. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Mysterious China: Land of Legends $13.61 This sociocultural documentary about the legendary Hubei Province in Central China sees that nation as standing at the intersection of two vastly different yet complementary trends: that of history, myth and religion; and that of science . As such, the program shifts its focus between focal points of local Chinese worship (such as the Holy Mountain of Taoism) and the contemporary advances in technology exemplified by Hubei’s massive Three Gorges Dam – a structure used to control the raging waters of the Yangtze River. Throughout the film, Lao Tzu’s central axiom about the dangers of tampering with nature lingers unspoken in the background. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Discover China: Bodacious Beijing $12.29 Venture deep into the heart of the Chinese capitol with this travelogue that takes viewers to places rarely seen by foreign eyes. Roadside food stands offer tasty treats that have become an integral part of Chinese culture, and antique flea markets boast beautiful treasures that pay artful tribute to the rich heritage of this ancient land. Of course what’s a trip to China without visiting the Great Wall, and with additional trips into the Forbidden City and a variety of Peking Opera houses this is one release that anyone interested in Chinese culture will not want to miss. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Champion Acrobats of China: Flying Lotus $11.83 This performance compilation features a series of daring and high-risk acrobatic acts from China. Selections include: “Flying Eggs and Plates,” “Plate Spinning,” “Pagoda of Bowls” and much more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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The Murder in China Basin $16.34 In this modern noir-style drama, Claire (Elizabeth Rossa) is a former police officer who has drifted into an aimless funk. Her former husband Steve (Chris Byrne), however, pulls her out of her depression when he calls her, seeking her help. Steve has become the key suspect in the murder of a wealthy musician (Noel Harrison); it seems among the pianist’s many eccentricities, he decided to embrace a life of celibacy. However, his wife Allison (Jennifer Starr) had no interest in putting her sexual appetites on hold, and was dallying with a number of men, including Steve. While Steve admits his affair with Allison, he states emphatically that he is innocent of the murder, and Claire begins to search for whoever might be responsible for the crime. Noel Harrison, who plays the murdered musician, had a briefly successful career as a musician in the late 1960′s and enjoyed a hit single with his cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” Harrison wrote and performed several original songs for The Murder In China Basin, which was screened at the 1999 Dances With Films Festival of the Unknowns. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Once Upon a Time in China $6.78 Though generally unknown to Western audiences, Tsui Hark is considered a giant among Asian filmmakers and this exceptional epic, combining hard-hitting martial-arts action with romance, comedy, history, genuine poignance, and sharp insight into the effects of the century-long encroachment of Western civilization in Asia more than amply demonstrates why. The story centers on the exploits of Master Wong Fei-hung (a familiar figure in Hong Kong cinema) a 19th-century doctor, Confucian, and exceptional martial artist. As the film begins, he has just opened a new clinic in Canton Province. To help him with patients, he hires a few apprentices including Porky Lang (the comic relief) and Buck Teeth Sol, who was raised outside China and barely can speak the language. Wong is platonically involved with the lovely, worldly Aunt Yee, who has been abroad most of her life. Wong soon gets in trouble when he begins using his skills to protect and assist the poor and helpless in his community. As a result, someone torches his clinic, forcing Wong and his compadres to set off and get spectacularly staged revenge. They also try vainly to stop Western culture from changing traditional Chinese ways, but they soon find that they may as well be shoveling sand against a rising tide. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

China Blue White $31.99 Clarice Smith China Blue White – Art Print

Blue China Vase $19.99 Joan Potter Blue China Vase – Art Print

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Kai-Lan’s Great Trip to China $8.45 Join Kai-Lan and her friends Rintoo, Tolee and Ho Ho on their exciting trip to China! In the double-length, feature episode Kai-lan and her friends travel to visit her aunt and a baby panda in China, and are amazed by all the things they see along the way! The DVD includes 2 additional episodes, plus a music video, ‘We’re Going To China.’

Champion Acrobats of China: Steel Silk $11.83 This performance compilation features a series of daring and high-risk acrobatic acts from China. Selections include: “Man & His Best Friend,” “Spinning Diablo ‘Flying Bamboo Tops,’” “Rope Skills,” “Dancing with Lions” and much more. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Beyond Beijing: Exploring China’s Cities $18.17 Beijing may be the site of the 2008 Summer Olympics, but there are plenty of other remarkable urban sights to see in China as evidenced in this release showcasing such world-class cities as Shanghai, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Shenyang, and Hong Kong. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

In China They Eat Dogs $10.27 A man looking to spice up his life gets a bit more excitement than he expected in this manic crime comedy. Arvid (Dejan Cukie) is a bank teller whose life has fallen into a rut — so deep a rut that his girlfriend, Henne (Trine Dyrholm), breaks up with him for being too dull. Hoping to put some much-needed adventure into his life, Arvid helps stop a robbery at the bank by bashing would-be thief Franz (Peter Gantzler) over the head with a squash racquet. At first, Arvid is proud of his accomplishment, but Franz’s wife, Astrid (Line Kruse), tracks him down and tells him a dubious story about how Franz was robbing the bank only so he could pay for medical treatments that would allow the couple to have a child. Imagining he can help out Franz and Astrid and prove himself a dangerous outlaw all at once, Arvid plots a robbery of his own bank, and even persuades his brother Harold (Kim Bodnia) to help out. But crime is not exactly second nature to Arvid and his crew, and soon they find themselves on the run from the Yugoslavian mafia. A major box-office hit in Denmark, I Kina Spiser de Hunde (aka In China They Eat Dogs) spawned a prequel, Gamle Maend i Nye Biler, in 2002. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

The China Syndrome [Special Edition] $10.53 This gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power carried an extra jolt when a real-life accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania occurred just weeks after the film opened. Kimberly Wells (Jane Fonda) is a TV reporter trying to advance from fluff pieces to harder news. Wells and cameraman Richard Adams (Michael Douglas, who also produced) are doing a story on energy when they happen to witness a near-meltdown at a local nuclear plant, averted only by quick-thinking engineer Jack Godell (Jack Lemmon). While Wells and Adams fruitlessly attempt to get the story on their station, Godell begins his own investigation and discovers that corporate greed and cost-trimming have led to potentially deadly faults in the plant’s construction. He provides evidence of the faulty equipment, which could lead to another meltdown (the “China syndrome” of the title), to the station’s soundman to deliver to Wells and Adams at a hearing on nuclear power. However, on the way to the hearing, the soundman is run off the road by evil henchmen, leading Godell to realize that his own life is threatened, possibly by his bosses at the plant. Driven to the edge of a breakdown, Godell takes over the plant’s control room at gunpoint and demands to reveal his findings on TV. The plant’s management, however, has other plans, and the facility itself is becoming dangerously unstable. Whether or not you agree with the film’s clear anti-nuclear bias, its sobering message and riveting, realistic story and performances are still difficult to ignore. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

Blue Ice DVD $9.97 Blue Ice DVD

DVD : LIVE FROM THE CHINA CLUB NYC $29.48 DVD : LIVE FROM THE CHINA CLUB NYC

DVD : Peccatori in Blue Jeans $22.13 DVD : Peccatori in Blue Jeans

BLUE CHINA DOLL SEXY COSTUME $68.99 BLUE CHINA DOLL SEXY COSTUME

China’s First Emperor [2 Discs] $27.14 He commanded an army that shadowed that of Napoleon’s, put Alexander the Great’s conquests to shame, established a realm that thrived longer than the Roman Empire, and build the Great Wall of China, and although we know well his many accomplishments, we have little knowledge of the First Emperor of China as a man. His name was Chin Shi Huang Di, and he was a charismatic leader credited with unifying China. But he was also said to torment the country’s citizens, making him as controversial as he was celebrated. In addition to standardizing such things as currencies, weights, and measures, Huang Di also unified languages both written and spoken, as well as establishing transportation systems and establishing what is widely believed to be one of the very first assembly lines – 2000 years before Henry Ford revolutionized the auto industry with that same, efficient method of manufacturing. But Huang Di wasn’t turning out cars; he was more concerned with mass producing such precision crafter weapons as arrows and swords. From his revolutionary military practices to his ambitious plans for a wall that would stretch for hundreds of miles, this documentary explores Huang Di’s remarkable legacy in vivid detail. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Once Upon a Time in China II $7.13 It is 1895 in Canton, China. The Europeans are still milking the country for every dollar they can and claiming special privileges in it, as well. Meanwhile, the virulently anti-foreign White Lotus Society is mounting attacks on the generally clueless British, with the very obvious but low-key support of the government. If somebody doesn’t protect the idiotic foreigners, things could get so far out of hand that they will bring in their armies for some really debilitating reprisals. This is all going on just at a time when China has some other serious problems, like the democratic agitations of Sun Yat Sen and the imperialist inroads of the Japanese, who have just stolen Taiwan from China. Fortunately, Wong Fey Hong (Jet Li) is a crafty and effective man and a wonderfully skilled martial artist. He is prepared to do what he can to protect the widely resented foreigners for reasons which are quintessentially Chinese. This is the second of four martial arts historical epics, all with the same basic title. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Ancient Mysteries: China’s Wall of Doom $14.39 As produced for A&E Networks, this documentary special delves into the historical enigmas surrounding the Great Wall of China. Though the said wall retains a status as one of the world’s most legendary landmarks, historians still struggle to answer certain questions regarding it – from the methods that builders used to construct it, to its original purpose (which may or may not have involved protecting China from invasion) to certain facts regarding the emperor who conceived it and prompted its centuries-long construction. This program investigates the said mysteries, and places a particularly strong emphasis on the architect of the wall himself, a tyrannical despot whose tomb is guarded by thousands of terra cotta figures – and still has yet to be opened. Leonard Nimoy (In Search Of. . .) narrates ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

China Rises: Behind the Great Wall $14.21 Experience one of the most fascinating phenomena of our times – the rapid evolution of the world’s most populous nation from a secluded land of mystery to an economic powerhouse welcoming the modern world. In this compelling four-part series, China Rises takes you inside this dynamic country – from jeep joyriding in the Gobi Desert to a factory floor in Zhejiang Province, from walking the red carpet at the Shanghai Film Festival to staging a pop concert at the Great Wall, from police rescuing abducted women to experts training astronauts, from celebrating Chinese Central Television’s new state-of-the-art headquarters to transforming controversial Tiananmen Square into an Olympic beach volleyball court. The seismic changes happening in China today reflect a potent mixture of dreams and despair, with consequences that will shape the future of the entire planet.

Into the Blue $12.74 More than one case of mistaken identity is leading an expatriate Briton into hot water in Greece in this tale of suspense. Harry Barnett (John Thaw) was once a successful British businessman, but after his luck and his business acumen went south, Harry suddenly found himself single, and these days he works as a laborer for his old friend Alan Dysart (Matthew Marsh), a former government figure who fled to the Greek island of Rhodes to get away from a scandal. One night, Harry enjoys a brief fling with Heather Mallender, an attractive woman from out of town; the next morning, Harry discovers that Heather is nowhere to be found, and has seemingly disappeared. When Dysart’s men seem downright casual about Heather’s death, it draws Harry’s suspicion; he begins digging, and learns Heather’s death parroted the killing of one of Dysart’s former employees — who was also Heather’s sister. 1997′s Into the Blue was originally produced for British television, and first aired in the United States as part of the anthology series Masterpiece Theatre. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Big Trouble in Little China/Kung Pow! Enter the Fist [2 Discs] $10.28 Big Trouble in Little China/Kung Pow! Enter the Fist [2 Discs]

Discover China: A Peking Duck’s Tale $7.31 In China, Peking Duck us a delicacy that has become virtually synonymous with Chinese Imperial cuisine. Now, for the first time ever on home video, viewers can follow filmmakers as they trace the origins of this famous dish and find out just what it takes to become a Peking duck chef. From the prestigious duck farms of Beijing to the selection, roasting, and presenting of the bird, this documentary follows the preparation of a roast duck banquet in a manner that is as fascinating as it is mouth watering. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Secrets of the Dead: China’s Terracotta Warrior $13.84 The First Emperor of China was preparing an extravagant tomb for his journey into the afterlife, and decreed that he be protected forever by 8,000 terracotta warriors. Since then, no one has seen these ancient warriors in their original splendor, brightly painted and fully armed, ready to protect their Emperor for all eternity. Now this once mighty army will be returned to its former glory for the first time.

Best of Travel: China [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD] $23.16 This travel release takes an in-depth look at desirable destinations in various areas of China, following hosts Rudy Maxa as he shows viewers the best methods for touring locales like Shanghai’s epic metropolis, Hong Kong’s ancient religious art, and more. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

China Inside Out: Bob Woodruff Reports $13.87 Reporter Bob Woodruff explores the global transformation that has helped to define what many call “The Chinese Century” in this documentary that ponders just what it means for such an isolated nation to finally reach out to the rest of the world. For the past 300 years, China had virtually closed itself off to the rest of the world. At the dawn of the 21st Century, however, America was focusing on the global war on terror as China began making new friends with neighboring countries and former rivals. But how will China’s rise affect the rest of the world? As massive new wealth lifts over 600 million people out of poverty in the past thirty years alone and resources are stretched thin, China’s leaders come to the inevitable conclusion that isolation is no longer an option. Now, as the population of China surpasses 1.3 billion, the time has come for Chinese leaders to meet the evolving needs and desires of an increasingly complex and expectant society. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

A Night At the Family Dog 1970: Santana, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane $11.08 The concert film A Night at the Family Dog captures an evening of music performed in September of 1970 at the Family Dog Ballroom in San Francisco. Three of the leading bands of the era – Santana, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane – perform both individually and in a jam sessions together at the end of the event. The seven song set list includes “Sour Sacrifice,” “China Cat Sunflower,” and “Eskimo Blue Day.” ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Chandni Chowk to China $9.04 Kal Ho Naa Ho director Nikhil Advani takes the helm for this tale of mistaken identity concerning a chef who’s confused for a dangerous martial arts expert. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Legendary Weapons of China $11.51 Considered one of the finest kung fu films made by the Shaw brothers, this film was directed by master choreographer Lau Kar-Leung. Three years after the Yim Ho clan sends ace fighter Lei Kung (played by the director Lau) to Yunnan to set up a branch there, headquarters learns that their man has spurned clan loyalty and closed down the group’s southern outpost. Boss Li Lien-ying sends a trio of assassins independent of each other out after their renegade brother: Lei Ying (Lau Kar-wing) is skilled in the magical arts; Tieh Hon (Hsiao Hou) is a skilled killer; and Ti Tan (Lau Ka Fai) is the master at kung fu. Lei Ying hires a bumptious petty thug, Wu (Alexander Fu-Sheng), to pose as assassin, hoping to smoke Lei Kung out of hiding. Meanwhile, Tieh Hon becomes convinced that a wizened lumber salesman is the missing clan member. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

First Pinup Girl of China $19.07 Keung Ka-Ling. This beauty from Beijing works hard for the money-as a phone-sex girl! She shares her provocative talents and passions in this sexy celebration of Asian beauty. Full nudity. 63 min.

Luciano Pavarotti: In Concert in China $13.88 Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti is captured during a live performance in Beijing in this concert showcasing the works of Puccini, Verdi, Mascagni and more. In addition to Pavarotti’s personal favorite arias, this release also offers the tenor performing a special set of Italian songs including “Mamma” and “O Sole Mio”. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Blue’s Clues: Blue’s Room – Little Blue Riding Hood $8.6 Blue’s Clues: Blue’s Room – Little Blue Riding Hood

Flowers and Blue China II $119.99 Walter Perugini Flowers and Blue China II – Framed Art Print

Flowers and Blue China IV $19.99 Walter Perugini Flowers and Blue China IV – Art Print

Blue China I $9.99 Jackie Von Tobel Blue China I – Art Print

Blue China II $9.99 Jackie Von Tobel Blue China II – Art Print