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Golden Gate Girl, also known as Tears in San Francisco or Jinmen Nü is a Hong Kong drama film made in San Francisco in 1941, directed by Esther Eng and veteran filmmaker Kwan Man-Ching, the film was released in San Francisco but wasn't shown in Asia until 1946.
The Yangluo Yangtze River Bridge (Chinese: 武汉阳逻长江大桥) is a suspension bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei, China.With a main span of 1,280 metres (4,200 ft), at its opening it was tied with the Golden Gate Bridge as the ninth longest suspension bridge in the world. [3]
According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006. [1] [needs update] People who have survived the jump have had severe consequences including paralysis, organ damage, broken bones and lifelong pain. Most ...
Kinmen (金門) means 'golden gate'. The name was first recorded in 1387 when the Hongwu Emperor appointed Zhou Dexing to administer the island and protect it from pirate attacks. [6] The spelling "Kinmen" is a postal romanization. [7]
The Golden Gate Pavilion is a Chinese peace pagoda near the shore of Blue Heron Lake. It was given to San Francisco by Taipei, its sister city, in 1976. [4]
Golden Gate Girls is a 2013 documentary film focusing on the life and works of Esther Eng (1914-1970), once honored as the first woman director of Southern China. [1] She crossed boundaries of both gender and culture by making Cantonese language films for Chinese audiences during and after WWII.
The Golden Shield Project (Chinese: 金盾 工程; pinyin: jīndùn gōngchéng), also named National Public Security Work Informational Project, [a] is the Chinese nationwide network-security fundamental constructional project by the e-government of the People's Republic of China. This project includes a security management information system ...
Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company: 1962 56 Ross Alley: Working fortune cookie factory and shop. 9 Chinese Hospital: 1925 (demolished), 1977, 2017 845 Jackson: Only Chinese-language hospital in United States. 10 Chinese Historical Society of America: 1932 965 Clay: Former YWCA building designed by Julia Morgan: 11 Six Companies: c.1907 ...