It took actress Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng two decades to team up on a movie project with the person who helped kick-start her Hollywood career - director John Woo Yu-sum.
'We've known each other for ages. When I first went to the US, it was Woo and producer Terence Chang Chia-chen who brought me over,' she said. 'From then on, they've helped me deal with jobs in the US. I have to thank them for introducing me to so many friends and seeking opportunities for me.'
Yeoh (below, with Woo) finally got the chance to collaborate with Woo on the new wuxia film, Reign of Assassins. Produced by Woo and directed by Su Chao-pin, it is the story of an assassin (Yeoh) on a mission to return the remains of a monk to his final resting place.
PLA, Chinese firm release satellite images showing US military build-up around Iran
Imagery of combat aircraft and support planes at bases in the region comes amid reports that Washington appears ready to strike Tehran
Images posted on social media on Thursday by Chinese commercial satellite analysis company MizarVision show the latest American deployments at bases in Qatar, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
The images from Jordan show 18 F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters and six EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft on the tarmac of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. The post did not say when or by which satellites the images were taken.
China scrambles fighters to confront US warplanes based in South Korea
The American warplanes made a rare approach towards China’s air defence identification zone over the Yellow Sea, local media reported
US and Chinese fighter jets have engaged in a rare stand-off over the Yellow Sea, according to media reports in South Korea.
This comes at a time when the United States has been trying to shift the focus of its troops stationed in the country away from North Korea to concentrate more on China.
The incident on Wednesday involved around 10 US F-16s, which took off from Osan Air Base around 65km (40 miles) south of Seoul and flew west over the Yellow Sea as part of a training operation, according to reports citing South Korean military sources.
As the F-16s approached China’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), Beijing responded by scrambling its own fighter jets, in what South Korea’s MBC news described as a “brief” face-off.
The US planes did not enter the Chinese ADIZ and the Chinese planes did not enter the South Korean one.
The US has not released any information about Wednesday’s operation, but it is rare for its planes to approach the Chinese air defence zone over the Yellow Sea.
