Iron Road (film)
''Iron Road'' is a 2009 Canada/China television miniseries written by Barry Pearson and Raymond Storey and directed by David Wu."CBC's long train running"
''The Globe and Mail'', August 8, 2009. Starring Betty Sun, Sun Li, Luke Macfarlane, Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, and Charlotte Sullivan, ''Iron Road'' chronicles the untold story of Chinese workers who helped to build the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. The mini-series was filmed in the Kamloops, B.C. area with many local actors. ''Iron Road'' is only the second joint venture to be created under a Canada/China co-production treaty established in the 1960s.
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David Wu
David Wu (born April 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Taiwanese American to serve in the House of Representatives. Wu announced that he would resign from office following resolution of the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, days after an 18-year-old woman left a voicemail at Wu's campaign office accusing him of an unwanted sexual encounter. Wu acknowledged the encounter and said it was consensual. Wu submitted his resignation on August 3, 2011. A special election was held on January 31, 2012, to fill the vacancy in advance of the regular 2012 election. Democrat Suzanne Bonamici defeated Republican challenger Rob Cornilles to win this special election. Since his resignation, Wu has remained in the Washington, D.C. area. He has been raising money for local Democratic parties, and organizing student exchange programs between the ...
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