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Diving World Cup's virus countermeasures in Tokyo present complicated image May 2, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen of China dive during the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard preliminary at the FINA Diving World Cup Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The 2021 FINA Diving World Cup, the final Tokyo Olympic qualifying meet and a test event for this summer's games, began Saturday under strict coronavirus countermeasures that contrasted with a lack of discipline during practice. In Saturday's practice at Tokyo Aquatics Centre, divers without masks crowded together as they formed lines to the diving boards and platforms, while coaches and others gathered at poolside. In competition, however, things will be different with divers required to take their turns going to the tower.
COVID-19 countermeasures under spotlight at two Tokyo 2020 Olympic test events Saturday, 1 May 2021 Coronavirus countermeasures which will be implemented at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are being put to the test at international diving and volleyball events in the Japanese capital. Tokyo 2020 officials are set to run the rule over the staging of the two tournaments, taking place at venues that will be used at the delayed Games. The International Volleyball Games, known as the Tokyo Challenge 2021, is taking place today and tomorrow at the Ariake Arena, featuring matches between Japan and China. A total of 225 divers from 46 countries are participating at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup from today until May 6 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Tokyo to stage rescheduled Olympic diving qualifier in "very strict bubble" Friday, 30 April 2021 Japanese capital Tokyo is set to stage the rescheduled International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup with athletes aiming to secure their place at the Olympics. A total of 225 divers from 46 countries are expected to compete at the event, scheduled to start tomorrow and run until May 6 at the Tatsumi Aquatics Center. The World Cup is serving as the final diving qualifier for Tokyo 2020 and has been chosen as a test event for the Olympics. Four Olympic spots are due to be awarded in each synchronised diving discipline as well as up to 18 places in four individual events, including men’s and women’s three-metre springboard and 10m platform.
12 International Films To Watch on Netflix 2021 hypebae.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hypebae.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taiwanese Masterpiece 'A Sun' Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight All Year (Column) Taiwanese Masterpiece 'A Sun' Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight All Year (Column) Film critic Peter Debruge's favorite film of 2020 has been widely available on Netflix since last January. Director Chung Mong-hong explains what the film says about his home country, and why this family drama is too universal to be overlooked. Peter Debruge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Last February, just before the pandemic upended virtually everything about how the film industry operates, “Parasite” made history at the Academy Awards. The ingenious South Korean thriller became the first international film to “overcome the 1-inch-tall barrier of subtitles” and win best picture, as director Bong Joon Ho phrased it at the podium.
Set in Taipei, the captivating, 156-minute story follows the aftermath of that initial machete madness. Not so much the lost hand – that’s gone, along with the meal – but the family of A-Ho (Wu Chien-ho). Radish (Liu Kuan-ting) and A-Ho were supposed to frighten their target; to A-Ho’s horror, Radish wielded his weapon, and they’re both locked up for years. The fallout extends to A-Ho’s pregnant girlfriend (Wen Chen-ling); his secretive brother, A-Hao (Greg Han Hsu); and his heartbroken parents (Samantha Ko, Chen Yi-wen). The father disowns A-Ho, even asking the judge, “I hope you put him away to teach him some discipline.” When A-Ho leaves the juvenile detention centre, he’s fundamentally changed, but so are the people he tries to make amends with. “(The slashed hand) shocks the audience in the very beginning, and the rest of the film shows the audience what a normal family life is like,” Chung says. “Many things in life originate from unknown violence and accidents.”
Movie review: ‘Plurality’ Tony Yang capably portrays five characters stuck within one body in this action-packed, sci-fi crime-thriller, which has intriguing ideas but a script that feels too forced By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Touted as the Taiwanese version of M Night Shylaman’s 2016 Split, Plurality also deals with kidnappings and multiple personalities who vie for control of one body. Tony Yang (楊祐寧) does a great job at portraying the distinct personas within him — despite their mannerisms being a bit exaggerated to distinguish them — and convincingly and single-handedly carries this action-packed, twist-filed thriller despite the flawed script filled with puzzling developments and improbable scenes.
Wu Chien-ho in 'A Sun' Already streaming on Netflix, the director's vivid and novelistic crime drama has become a dark horse favorite in the best international film category among critics and tastemakers. Taiwanese filmmaker Chung Mong-hong’s A Sun takes the material of a young adult TV melodrama and infuses it with such patient artfulness that a masterfully crafted novel soon comes to feel like the form it most resembles. The film explores the various personal and societal pressures a family of four endures after their youngest son is arrested for his part in a violent crime and sent to juvenile detention. The offender is the family's recidivist black sheep, perpetually living in the shadow of his overachieving older brother, who is their father's pride and bound for medical school. Shocking events eventually force a wrenching reevaluation of that hierarchy, but the film also achieves surprising moments of black comedy, while skillfully swerving in and out of the crime thriller genre. A pure cinematic experience throughout,
Taiwan News Quick Take Legislature passes budget The Legislative Yuan on Friday approved this year’s government budget, reduced by about NT$25.6 billion (US$901 million), or 1.18 percent, compared with last year. Under the Executive Yuan’s original budget proposal, the government planned to spend NT$2.1615 trillion, up NT$83.9 billion, or 4 percent, from last year. The Executive Yuan originally forecast a drop in government revenue of NT$62 billion to NT$2.045 trillion. However, in the budget approved by the legislature, government spending is budgeted at NT$2.1359 trillion, and revenue forecast at about NT$2.0534 trillion. The approved budget covers 5 percent less for subsidies to local governments, and 3 percent less for spending on military equipment and facilities. The allowances for official trips to China were cut by 40 percent, other overseas trips and training by 5 percent, outsourced projects by 5 percent and policy advocacy by 20 percent.