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Crypto Women Trailblazers - English
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Business & Current Affairs;
© , Jessica Limited
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Asia Family Traveller
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Travel & Culture; Parenting & Family;
© , Penn and Ink Communications
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Strangers at the Red Door : A Novel. by Bock, Dennis.;
In 'Strangers at the Red Door', a foreign ghostwriter visiting Hong Kong partners up with the disembodied spirit of the most dangerous novelist in China to find a local bookseller whos been disappeared by the authorities after attempting to smuggle the novelists subversive masterpiece onto the mainland. Dennis Bock lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'The Good German'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Political;
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Blue Island [videorecording] / by Chen, Zihuan,1987-film director.; Icarus Films Home Video,film distributor.;
The large-scale 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and the subsequent crackdown on freedoms provide the urgent anchoring point for this remarkable vision from HK filmmaker Chan Tze Woon, a genre-defying plunge into the political morass that has been ever-widening between the former colony and the controlling Chinese state. Taking a panoramic view of these fractures, and covering acts of resistance from 1967 to today, Chan mixes documentary footage and fictional recreations of the past starring contemporary student protestors.E.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Foreign films.; Historical films.; Motion pictures, Chinese.; Political films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Students;
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The Society of Unknowable Objects : A Novel. by Brown, Gareth.;
Magda is the newest member of a organization that keeps the world safe from magical objects. When a new artifact is discovered in Hong Kong, she is sent to retrieve it and finds herself the target of a murderer. Magda escapes with a magical object and soon discovers a web of secrets - about the Society's purpose, and her own family legacy. From the author of 'The Book of Doors' (a RADD pick).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Alternative History; FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Multiple Timelines; FICTION / Romance / Science Fiction; FICTION / Science Fiction / Time Travel;
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Citizenfour [videorecording] / by Bonnefoy, Mathilde,film producer.; Greenwald, Glenn,interviewer.; Poitras, Laura,film director,film producer.; Snowden, Edward J.,1983-interviewee.; Wilutzky, Dirk,film producer.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.; Praxis Films,production company.; RADiUS TWC (Firm),presenter.; Séville Pictures,publisher.;
Edited by Mathilde Bonnefoy ; filmed by Laura Poitras, Kristen Johnson, Katy Scoggin, Trevor Paglen.Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald.With unprecedented access, this gripping behind-the-scenes chronicle follows award winning director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's remarkable encounters with whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a hotel room in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the NSA.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.Academy Awards, 2015 : Best documentary feature
Subjects: Snowden, Edward J., 1983-; United States. National Security Agency.; Computer crimes; Documentary films.; Domestic intelligence; Electronic surveillance; Espionage; Leaks (Disclosure of information); Political films.; Whistle blowing;
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Wilful blindness : how a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West / by Cooper, Sam,author.; Burton, Charles,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references.In 1982 three of the most powerful men in Asia met in Hong Kong. That day they would decide how Hong Kong would be handed over to the CCP and how Chinese business tycoons Henry Fok and Li Ka-Shing would help Deng Xiaoping realize the CCP's domestic and global ambitions. That meeting would not only change Vancouver but the world. In 'Wilful Blindness', Sam Cooper reveals how BC government officials were aware of and potentially complicit in the resulting dirty money laundering scandal. Cooper is an award-winning Canadian journalist based in Ottawa, ON, cited as one of Canadas top investigative reporters.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Law enforcement; Organized crime; Transnational crime; Money laundering; Organized crime;
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Revenge of the Pink Panther. by Edwards, Blake,film director.; Maranne, André,actor.; Kwouk, Burt,actor.; Cannon, Dyan,actor.; Lom, Herbert,actor.; Sellers, Peter,actor.; Webber, Robert,actor.; MGM (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
André Maranne, Burt Kwouk, Dyan Cannon, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Robert WebberOriginally produced by MGM in 1978.The world believes that Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) has become the victim of Douvier (Robert Webber), a drug lord who has blown the Inspector’s home into a million pieces. Very much alive, however, Clouseau heads for Hong Kong with the drug lord’s discarded mistress (Dyan Cannon) to investigate Douvier and a heroin deal worth 50 million francs. But can Clouseau intercept the deal? And can Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) avoid killing his subordinate? Better question: Does he even want to?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion Pictures.; Crime.; Motion pictures, British.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Escape plan. [videorecording] / by Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Herzfeld, John,film director,screenwriter.; Jackson, Curtis,1975-actor.; King, Jaime,1979-actor.; Sawa, Devon,1978-actor.; Shum, Harry,Jr.,1982-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Zhang, Max,actor.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Sylvester Stallone, Max Zhang, Dave Bautista, Devon Sawa, Jaime King, Harry Shum Jr., Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.Screen legend Sylvester Stallone kicks this explosive action tale into high gear. After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team, which includes Dave Bautista and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront their sadistic foe and save the hostages before time runs out.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Escapes; Hostages; Prisons; Rescues; Kidnapping victims;
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Invisible hands [videorecording] / by Satyarthi, Kailash,on-screen participant.; Skinner, Ben,on-screen participant.; Barenberg, Mark,on-screen participant.; Kara, Siddharth,on-screen participant.; Tandon, Shraysi,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; First-Run Features (Firm),film distributor.;
Editor, Chad Beck ; cinematography, Yuanchen Liu, Eric Shirai, Selase Kove Seyram ; music by Sofia Hultquist ; executive producers, Christina Weiss Lurie, Todd Dagres, Jane Wilf, Mark Wilf.On-screen participants: Kailash Satyarthi, Ben Skinner, Mark Barenberg, Siddharth Kara, Nicholas Kristof.Produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson, Invisible Hands is the first feature documentary to expose child labor and trafficking within the supply chains of the world's biggest companies. Filmed in six countries, including India, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Ghana, it is a harrowing account of children as young as six years old making the products we use every day. Invisible Hands marks the directorial debut of journalist Shraysi Tandon.E.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Child labor.; Child trafficking.; Child trafficking victims.; Forced labor.;
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