Because of these roots and their lower budgets, Hong Kong action films typically center on physical acrobatics, martial arts fight scenes, stylized gun-play, and dangerous stunt work performed by leading stunt actors, while American action films typically feature big explosions, car chases, stunt doubles and CGI special effects technology.

Because the Academy had previously accepted films from other political entities such as Hong Kong, the rejection of Divine Intervention triggered accusations of double standard from pro-Palestinian activists.

Because of Hong Kong's and Macau's long histories as colonies of the British and Portuguese empires, respectively, and the unique " one-country, two-systems " policy, the two city-states continue to enjoy a high degree of autonomy even after their return to China.

Because of high labor costs and the lack of enough skilled workers in Hong Kong and Macau, the Universal decided to outsource its die casting in mainland China.

Because of their historic significance, many Tin Hau Temples in Hong Kong were graded historic buildings.

Because the redesign was highly sensitive with regard to political and economic reasons, the designing process of the new coins could not be entrusted to an artist but was undertaken by Joseph Yam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, himself who found in the bauhinia the requested " politically neutral design " and did a secret scissors and paste job.

Because of his fondness for martial arts, Patrick starred in two martial arts films titled Double Dragon and Hong Kong 97, both released in 1994.

Because of this, wuxia came to flourish in British Hong Kong, and the genre of kung fu movie in Hong Kong action cinema became wildly popular, coming to international attention from the 1970s.

Because the Katong people loved his laksa, it has come to be known as the Katong laksa throughout the world in Hong Kong and New York.

Because Premier Manager 2005 regarded places such as Tibet and Hong Kong as separate states, the game was banned in China by the Ministry of Culture.

Because political issues in China, many Chinese villagers left mainland and fled to Hong Kong.

Because of this talk show, Cheng was also rated as one of the 25 most influential Hong Kongers by Time magazine in 1997.

Because of this relationship, it was often said while Tung was the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that Fok ' intervened / advised ' if times, or rather Beijing, called for it.

Because New Kowloon technically remains part of the New Territories in law, privately owned land in New Kowloon is held by way of a land lease from the Hong Kong government, subject to rent payments.

Because of Hong Kong's cultural influence, the adoption of Mandarin even as a second language has been slow in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Because of her success, Lee Young-Ae has been invited to visit Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Japan.

Because of his enormous U. S. popularity, these films are usually released in the U. S., a rarity for Hong Kong films, and generally attract respectable audience numbers.

Because of his beliefs, Hong is sometimes noted as the first modern Chinese nationalist, and he was mentioned in early writings by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China.

Because of that heritage, the Tiandihui is sometimes controversial and is illegal in Hong Kong.

Because the price of imported water increased from $ 1 to $ 3 per cubic meter, the Hong Kong authorities announced in 2011 that thez would build a 50, 000 cubic meter per day seawater desalination plant.

Because Fan Chun Yip was professionally trained by the Hong Kong Sports Institute, he eventually was selected to represent the Hong Kong youth team.

Because the announcement was in a foreign language, it drew the attention of a lot of the audience in Hong Kong.

Because Barry provided not just the main title theme but the complete soundtrack score, his music often enhanced the critical reception of a film, notably in Midnight Cowboy, the 1976 version of King Kong, Out of Africa, and Dances with Wolves.

Because MGM put Harlow under exclusive contract during the pre-production phase of the film, she became unavailable for Kong, and the part went to the brunette Wray, wearing a blonde wig.

Because the two had since become well-established Rareware characters between the release of Diddy Kong Racing and its Nintendo DS counterpart, they are not present in the DS version.

Because David O Selznick thought that audiences would think that the film, with the one word title of Kong, would be mistaken as a docudrama like Grass and Chang, which were one-word titled films that Cooper had earlier produced, he added the " King " to Kong's name to differentiate.

Because Universal misrepresented their degree of ownership of King Kong ( claiming they had exclusive trademark rights when they knew they didn't ) and tried to have it both ways in court regarding the " public domain " claims, the courts ruled that Universal acted in bad faith ( see Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd .).

Because the summer was unusually dry and hot, the spring produced a smaller stream than in ordinary years.

Because he couldn't hear them, he was more convinced they were there.

Because of the political upheaval in Germany in the 1930's, Steinberg was forced to restrict his activities to the Jewish community.

Because of the falling characteristic of the rectifier, no ballast resistor was required for stability of operation.

Because negative pressure dialysis gave better recovery of proteins, permitted detection of proteins concentrated from very dilute solutions and was a gentler procedure, it was used in all but the earliest experiments.

Because of increasing anemia, triamcinolone, 8 mg. daily, was started on Feb. 23, 1958, and was continued until July, 1958.

Because of this he was known as Gimpy ( but, as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface, never in his presence ).

Because of this diversionary attack the main group that had been pinned down on the hill was able to surge forward again.

Because Don was leaving the next day, I spent the evening with him at Asia Center.

Because, if for no other reason, Willings would never for a moment suppose he was not bigger, tougher, than anything else that went on two legs.

Because his mind had been otherwise occupied for the past couple of hours, he did not think to look and see if Jerry Burton's car was still there.

-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.

Because he copiously shed his own tears, and yielded himself up as a living sacrifice to the impersonalized conscience of New England, he was not disturbed by the havoc he worked in other people's consciences.

Because your soul was made to be filled with God Himself, not religious functions `` about '' Him.

Because constitutional claims are of great magnitude, appellate courts might be more lenient to review the claim even if it was not preserved.

Because the series was at stake, the match was to be " timeless ", i. e., played to a finish.

Because of her beauty, other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat.

Because virtually all extant written material on Arianism was written by its opponents, the nature of Arian teachings is difficult to define precisely today.

Because of this, Octavius was raised by his grandmother ( and Julius Caesar's sister ), Julia Caesaris.

Because in early Anglo-Latin writing, paterfamilias (" head of a family, householder ") usually referred to a ceorl, Donald A. Bullough suggests that Alcuin's family was of cierlisc status: i. e., free but subordinate to a noble lord, and that Alcuin and other members of his family rose to prominence through beneficial connections with the aristocracy.

Because of his bellicose nature Albert received the cognomen Alcibiades after his death ; during his lifetime Albert was known as Bellator ( the Warlike ).

Because Albert was a member of the Brandenburg-Ansbach branch of the House of Hohenzollern, it had been hoped that his election as Grand Master would reverse the decline of the Teutonic Knights since 1410 ; Duke Frederick of Saxony of the House of Wettin had been elected for the same reason.