An Interview with Shirley Temple of The East

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Fung Bo Bo speaks good English. The interview below is in English. As I view this, I wonder if her western counterpart speaks Cantonese or Mandarin. Fung Bo Bo acted mostly in Cantonese movies but occasionally, she appeared in Mandarin movies too. Once, when she had already blossomed into a woman, she even appeared in a Hokkien opera TV serial produced in Taiwan. I am sure I have seen my mom watched her then.

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Liudmila said…
Somebody of important English said that english-speaking persons feel themselves as a part of Great Empire, something like gurus sitting on the mountain that never go down to those who wants to speak to them.
17 March 2008 at 08:29
footiam said…
Those were the days, Liudmila. Over where I live, the British once were the colonial master. They built schools for local people, bringing in the British to teachthe locals English and missionary schools too, teaching the locals christianity. That's why I think many people all over the world can speak English and many Chinese adopt Christianity and western names. Most of these people return to England after the country obtained Independence and a few stay back like Sister Enda in my post, A warm nun indeed at http://steptpg.blogspot.com/2007/12/warm-nun.html . The weird thing about it all is a lot of locals pick up English, some to the extent of idolising it but the British teachers never learn much about the local language and local culture. The British Empire at one time boasted that it's an empire that did not get to see the sun set because you can see so many of its colonies in the East which include Malaysia, India and most of South East Asia were colonized by Western forces at one time or another except Thailand which has never been colonised. The Spanish were in Phillipines, the Hollanders were in Indonesia and at one time in Malaysia too. Malaysia was first colonized by Portuguese, then Hollanders and British. When the Japaneses invaded Malaysia, the British just ran! In China, there were a lot of westerners trying to get a cut of it, too. The British brought opium to weaken it and this has caused the opium war which China lost and had to sign an unfair treaty; losing Hong Kong to the British. Those were the days, Liudmila.
21 March 2008 at 19:33
Liudmila said…
I watched yesterday a film about Salah ad-Din too realistic -for me- and thought how fortunate I am to live always in places where there is not war and where I'm free to live my life so as I make it...
22 March 2008 at 10:14
footiam said…
Yes, we are lucky to live far away from war. Everyday is already a war and we can't afford one where lives are lost.
24 March 2008 at 04:35
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