In early 2010, Spacey went to China to star in writer-director Dayyan Eng's black-comedy film, Inseparable, alongside Hong Kong star Daniel Wu.

* 1979 – Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress

** Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress

* Zhang Hong, minister for Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms ( d. 212 )

However, it is believed that the year might be in 1375, not in the Yuan Dynasty, but in the 8th year of Emperor Hong Wu.

* Daniel Wu, a Hong Kong actor who was raised in Orinda, California

Examples of this new socialist literature include The Builder ( Chuanye Shi 创业史 ) by Liu Qing 柳青, The Song of Youth ( Qing Chun Zhi Ge 青春之歌 ) by Yang Mo 杨沫, Tracks in the Snowy Forest ( Lin Hai Xue Yuan 林海雪原 ) by Qu Bo ( novelist ) 曲波, Keep the Red Flag Flying ( Hong Qi Pu 红旗谱 ) by Liang Bin 梁斌, The Red Sun ( Hong Ri 红日 ) by Wu Qiang 吴强, and Red Crag ( Hong Yan 红岩 ) by Luo Guangbin 罗广斌 and Yang Yiyan ( 杨益言 ).

A Chinese Ghost Story () is a 1987 Hong Kong romantic comedy horror film starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, and Wu Ma, directed by Ching Siu-tung, and produced by Tsui Hark.

* Empress Wu Tse-Tien ( 1963 film ), Hong Kong film starring Li Li-hua

* Empress Wu ( 1984 TV series ), or Wu Zetian, Hong Kong television series

For example, Macau, which has implemented the Article 23, identical to the article proposed for Hong Kong, in June 2009 refused transit to mainland China by a Tiananmen student leader Wu ' er Kaixi.

Today, dragon boat festivals continue to be celebrated around the world with dragon boat racing, although such events are still culturally associated with the traditional Chinese Duen Ng Festival in Hong Kong ( Cantonese Chinese dialect ) or Duan Wu festival in south central mainland China ( Mandarin Chinese dialect ).

As Sun Ce implemented strict discipline among his troops, he won the instant support of the local people and gathered many talented men, such as Chen Wu, Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Qin Song, and Lü Fan.

As a consequence of Ma Chao's defeat, the Di people turned their allegiance to Cao Hong and killed Wu Lan, one of Ma Chao and Zhang Fei's subordinates.

During a speech about the Basic Law of Hong Kong in the territory in June 2007, Wu warned that Hong Kong will only have as much authority as granted from Beijing, and that the Special Administrative Region's government is an executive-led model and should not blindly follow Western systems.

* A Hong Kong version, Whatever Things !, was hosted by Edison Chen, in which he pranked famous Asian artists like Vanness Wu.

* Myolie Wu: Hong Kong actress and singer.

* James Tak Wu: founder of Hong Kong's famous Maxim's Catering Limited, which is Hong Kong's largest food & beverage corporation and restaurant chain.

He sent Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to lead Wu Lan ( 吳蘭 ), Lei Tong and Ren Kui ( 任夔 ) on taking Wudu Commandery, which was guarded by Cao Hong.

Zhang and Ma attempted to trick Cao Hong into believing that they were planning to attack his retreat route by overtly threatening Cao Hong's rear, but Cao Xiu saw through the ruse, and Zhang Fei's forces suffered a defeat that absolved him from continuing the campaign — Lei Tong and Ren Kui were killed in action, while Wu Lan fled to take shelter from the Di tribes, where he was subsequently killed by a Di leader, Qiangduan.

Wang Lequan, Wang Zhaoguo, Hui Liangyu, Liu Qi, Liu Yunshan, Li Changchun, Wu Yi, Wu Bangguo, Wu Guanzheng, Zhang Lichang, Zhang Dejiang, Luo Gan, Zhou Yongkang, Hu Jintao, Yu Zhengsheng, He Guoqiang, Jia Qinglin, Guo Boxiong, Cao Gangchuan, Zeng Qinghong, Zeng Peiyan, Wen Jiabao.

Emperor Wu of Han sent Zhang Qian to explore the west world and to discover other confederates against Xiongnu.

* Zhang Zhao, trusted adviser of Wu ( d. 236 )

* Zhang Zhao, minister of Eastern Wu ( b. 156 )

* Zhang Cheng, general of Eastern Wu ( b. 178 )

* Pan Zhang, general of Kingdom of Wu ( b. 177 )

* Zhang Ti, minister of the Kingdom of Wu

* Zhang Bu, general of Wu

* Zhang Cheng, general of Wu ( d. 244 )

* Zhang Qian begins his explorations in central Asia for Chinese emperor Han Wu Di.

* The Chinese general Zhang Han of the Qin Dynasty pacifies a peasant rebellion led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and then lays siege to the rebel city of Julu.

Notable modern Chinese painters include Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Chang Ta Chien, Pan Tianshou, Wu Changshi, Fu Baoshi, Wang Kangle and Zhang Chongren.

The Han Dynasty made preparations for war when the Han Emperor Wu dispatched the explorer Zhang Qian to explore the mysterious kingdoms to the west and to form an alliance with the Yuezhi people in order to combat the Xiongnu.

General Zhang Liao of the Kingdom of Wei commanding 800 picked cavalry defeated the 200, 000-man army of the Kingdom of Wu.

Zhang spent several years at Hua Mountain before settling in Wu Tang Mountain.

According to relatively late ( 19th century ) documents preserved within the Yang and Wu family's archives, the name of Zhang Sanfeng's master was Xu Xuanping ( 許宣平 ), said to be a Tang dynasty hermit poet and Taoist Tao Yin expert.

Later in Shanghai, he became acquainted with influential figures including Wu Changshi, Cai Yuanpei, Zheng Xiaoxu, Xu Beihong, and Zhang Daqian.

On April 26, Wu Yi was named Zhang Wenkang's replacement as PRC health minister.

The main targets of this expedition were three notorious and powerful warlords: Zhang Zuolin who governed Manchuria, Wu Peifu in the Central Plain region and Sun Chuanfang on the east coast.

At a meeting in August 2006 with members of the Rwanda Patriotic Front, Wu Guanzheng, of the Communist Party of China, confirmed the intention of the People's Republic of China to fund a study into the feasibility of constructing a railway connecting at Isaka with the existing Tanzanian railway network, and running via Kigali in Rwanda through to Burundi.

The ruler of the Zhou, King Wu, with the assistance of his brother, the Duke of Zhou, as regent, managed to defeat the Shang at the Battle of Muye.

The dynasty continued to flourish under Empress Wu Zetian, the only empress regnant in Chinese history, and reached its zenith during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, who oversaw an empire that stretched from the Pacific to the Aral Sea with at least 50 million people.

The Manchu allied with the Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui to seize Beijing, which was made the capital of the Qing dynasty, and then proceeded to subdue the remaining Ming's resistance in the south.

The Wu Xing are chiefly an ancient mnemonic device for systems with five stages ; hence the preferred translation of " movements ", " phases " or " steps " over " elements.

Emperor Wu of Han ( r. 141 BC-87 BC ) went to war with the Dayuan for this reason, since the Dayuan were hording a massive amount of tall, strong, Central Asian bred horses in the Hellenized – Greek region of Fergana ( established slightly earlier by Alexander the Great ).

Cultural reasons were also a factor in countries like China and Japan, where silents co-existed successfully with sound well into the 1930s, indeed producing what would be some of the most revered classics in those countries, like Wu Yonggang's The Goddess ( China, 1934 ) and Yasujirō Ozu's I Was Born, But ... ( Japan, 1932 ).

It is said to have originated in China with the name Wu Zi Qi ( 五子棋 ).

During the Ming Dynasty there were also different and rivaling schools of art associated with painting, such as the Wu School and the Zhe School.

The Chinese poet Wu Li wrote a poem, which included a line about the Portuguese in Macau being supplied with fish by the Tanka.

Beginning in 1914, Sun Lutang together with Yang Shao-hou, Yang Chengfu and Wu Chien-ch ' uan taught t ' ai chi to the public at the Beijing Physical Education Research Institute.

Although divination with the I Ching is thought to have originated prior to the Shang Dynasty, it was not until King Wu of Zhou ( 1046 – 1043 BC ) that it took its present form.

In the Chinese Yuejueshu ( Lost Records of the State of Yue ) written by the later Han Dynasty author Yuan Kang in the year 52 AD, Wu Zixu ( 526 BC-484 BC ) purportedly discussed different ship types with King Helü of Wu ( r. 514 BC-496 BC ) while explaining military preparedness.

Since the first widespread promotion of t ' ai chi ch ' uan's health benefits by Yang Shaohou, Yang Chengfu, Wu Chien-ch ' uan, and Sun Lutang in the early 20th century, it has developed a worldwide following among people with little or no interest in martial training, for its benefit to health and health maintenance.

* 1107 — The Chinese engineer Wu Deren combines the mechanical compass vehicle of the South Pointing Chariot with the distance-measuring odometer device.

* Cast iron is first used in the Chinese Kingdom of Wu with the innovation of the blast furnace, and soon becomes widespread for agricultural tools and weapons during the Warring States.

* June 6 – The invading Manchu army, with the help of Ming general Wu Sangui, captures Beijing, China.

* The Chinese under Emperor Wu of Han besiege and capture Kokand of Dayuan in the Hellenistic Ferghana Valley, during a 2 year war with the Yuezhi.

* Wu Ge, the Chinese Song Dynasty Deputy Transport Commissioner of Zhejiang, has paddle wheel warships constructed with a total of nine wheels and others with thirteen wheels.

The strictest rule of dating would be to deem the era to be from the point where all three states coexisted as independent states ( 229, with the foundation of Eastern Wu ) up until the downfall of the Shu-Han Kingdom ( at which point, only two kingdoms continued to exist rather than three.

The novel could have ended with the fall of Wei, but Han's ally was Wu.

So the tale had to end with the fall of Wu.