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Niki Chow
Niki Chow (周勵淇, previously 周麗淇; born August 30, 1979) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. Early life Chow was born and raised in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin. However, netizens have pointed that her Cantonese pronunciation is less than perfect. This is because she grew up speaking Shanghainese in her family. She is the younger sister of the Hong Kong model Kathy Chow. Niki's school life ended when she was spotted by an agent who offered her a modeling opportunity. This was the beginning of her life as an artist. She was just about 17 years old at that time. Acting career Several years later, she began her acting career in movies and television series, working mostly with TVB. Cast by Amy Wong, her first TVB series was ''Hard Fate''. She is well known for her role and performance in Producer Lau Ka Ho's 2005 series ''The Gentle Crackdown'', which stars Moses Chan and her. She won the Most Improved Actress award at the TVB Anniversary Awards (2005) for her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhou (surname)
Zhōu () is a Chinese-language surname. In places which use the Wade–Giles romanization such as Taiwan, Zhou is usually spelled as "Chou" (ㄓㄡ), and it may also be spelled as "Chiau", "Chau", " Chao", "Chew", " Chow", "Chiu", "Cho", "Chu", "Jhou", "Jou", "Djou", "Jue", "Jow", or "Joe". Zhou ranks as the 10th most common surname in Mainland China . In 2013 it was found to be the 10th most common name, shared by 25,200,000 people or 1.900% of the population, with the province with the most being Hunan. Derived from the Zhou dynasty, it has been one of the ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan dynasty. It is the 5th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. The Korean surname, " Joo" or "Ju", and The Vietnamese surname, " Châu" or "Chu", are both derived from and written with the same Chinese character (周). The character also means "around". ''Zhōu'' can also stand for another, rare Chinese family name, 洲. History According to historical records, Zhou surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The King Of Snooker
''The King of Snooker'' (Traditional Chinese: 桌球天王) is a TVB television drama miniseries revolving around the sport of snooker in Hong Kong. It was originally broadcast by the network in 2009, from 30 March through 24 April, and subsequently re-released on DVD in several translations. Synopsis World champion snooker player Yau Yat Kiu (Adam Cheng) takes everyone by surprise when he suddenly retires from the snooker world. This comes as a huge disappointment to his daughter Yau Ka Kan (Niki Chow), who has always wanted to follow in his footsteps. She feels bewildered too, for although Kiu pretends he does not care about the sport any more, he has set up a series of challenge matches on the snooker table in his restaurant. His real purpose is that he is waiting for someone he feels is worth taking on as a protégé. Kiu comes to know Kan Tze Him (Patrick Tang) by chance. Noticing his flair for snooker, Kiu decides to teach Him all he knows about the game. Later, Kan manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Era
''Another Era'' () is a 2018 drama produced by TVB, iQiyi, CCTV and CRTP. It is the sequel to At the Threshold of an Era with Roger Kwok, Niki Chow, Frankie Lam, Tavia Yeung, Benjamin Yuen and Pakho Chau as the main leads; and Linda Chung as a guest star. The theme and storyline revolve around the development of Hong Kong's economy in the past 10 years. Production cost a total of HK$100 million and took half a year. The cut 34-episode version was uploaded on iQiyi on 29 August 2018, and aired on CCTV-8 on 30 August 2018. The original 36 episode version aired on TVB Jade from 10 September 2018 and on Mediacorp's Channel U on 23 April 2020. Plot The story of Another Era begins with the global financial crisis of 2008. Ambitious businessman Leo Ho Ting Sang (Roger Kwok) wanted to buy out Fong Chung Yam’s ( Bowie Wu) business group, but Cheuk Kai Tong ( Pat Poon) stopped him in time. Furious, Leo decides to out a plan to destroy him. Ten years later, Cheuk Kai Tong becomes one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nothing Gold Can Stay (TV Series)
''Nothing Gold Can Stay'' () is a 2017 Chinese television series directed by Ding Hei and starring Sun Li and Chen Xiao. The series aired on Dragon TV and Jiangsu TV from 30 August 2017 to 8 October 2017. Background The series is an original script based on the real-life story of Widow An Wu (安吴寡妇), who was known as the god-daughter of Empress Dowager Cixi. Synopsis Zhou Ying is sold to the powerful Shen family by her foster father, yet successfully escapes her childish and bratty master Shen Xingyi by sneaking into merchant Wu Pin's palanquin. After a failed business collaboration that resulted in Shen Yuesheng's (Xingyi's older brother) death, the Shen family suspects that Wu Pin was the culprit behind Yuesheng's death. Xingyi then injures Wu Pin by using a club to hit his forehead multiple times, causing Wu Pin to fall into a coma. After the bride-to-be's father has a last-minute change of heart, Zhou Ying is married to Wu Pin in an effort to dispel bad luck. Miraculous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue Emperor
''Rogue Emperor'' (; literally "Rogue Emperor") is a 2016 Hong Kong pre-modern romantic-comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma, Niki Chow, Mandy Wong, Benjamin Yuen, Koo Ming Wah and Brian Tse as the main cast. Filming took place from April till June 2014. The drama was originally scheduled to broadcast after ''"Master of Destiny"'' on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and HD Jade channels on August 3, 2015, every Monday through Friday during its 8:30-9:30 pm timeslot with a total of 20 episodes. On July 8, 2015, the drama was shelved again with no scheduled date of when it will be broadcast. In November 2016, it was announced that the drama will finally have an air date of 12 December 2016, with the number of episodes decreasing to 17. ''Rogue Emperor'' is a remake of TVB's 1981 drama '' The Misadventure of Zoo'', which starred Adam Cheng and Louise Lee as the leads. Synopsis Poor village boy Chu Gam Chun (Kenneth Ma), lives with his step-mother Yau Yue Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virtuous Queen Of Han
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Change Of Heart (TV Series)
''A Change of Heart'' (), is a Hong Kong television modern drama serial produced by Nelson Cheung, starring Michael Miu, Bosco Wong, Niki Chow, Joey Meng and Mandy Wong. It premiered on TVB Jade in Hong Kong on June 3, 2013. Story The story primarily focuses on the karmic life between Siu-Kat Yuen (Niki Chow) and Chi Lik "Power" Fong (Michael Miu). Siu-Kat is a HK police officer and commander of her own investigative squad. A dutiful cop, she works hard to maintain order and justice, however, secretly, she's on a personal quest to find her mother's killer. Unfortunately, her journey would lead to many tragedies as well as revelations to the people around her and the unusual connections of her past, present, and future. Siu-Kat's mother was once a showgirl that had fallen on hard times. Desperate for financial survival for both mother and daughter, she became a prostitute to survive; it was a life she wanted to leave and planned for a fresh start once she had enough saved. Unfortu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant Tabloid
''Sergeant Tabloid'' is a Hong Kong television drama produced by TVB under executive producer Nelson Cheung. The drama tells the story of female police officers of the Hong Kong Police Force, using their perspectives to look at issues of modern women experience in society. ''Sergeant Tabloid'' first aired on TVB's overseas affiliates and partners from 2 to 27 April 2012. The first episode premiered on Hong Kong's Jade and HD Jade channels on 11 March 2013. ''Sergeant Tabloid'' has been well received by overseas viewers, and TVB has plans to produce a sequel. Production A costume fitting press conference and blessing ceremony was held on 25 November 2011 at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One Parking Lot at 3:00 pm where filming began. Filming is estimated to be completed on 3 February. Synopsis Lui Fei-hap (Niki Chow), known as "Lui Hap", is a thirty-one-year-old Emergency Unit sergeant of the Hong Kong Police Force, who has been let down in love many times; so when she fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottled Passion
''Bottled Passion'' is a Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Lee Tim-shing. The drama premiered on Jade and HD Jade channels on 6 December 2011 and ended its run on 2 January 2012 with a total of 21 episodes. The Chinese title literally translates to "My Ideal Cruel Husband" (; Cantonese Yale: ngo5 dik1 yu4 yi3 long4 gwan1), with a wordplay on the words "long4 gwan1" (郎君), meaning "husband" or "pimp", and "long4" (狼), meaning "cruel" or "cunning". Synopsis Tung Kwok Hing (Rebecca Chan) adopted an orphan and claimed he was Ko Yi Ho (Raymond Wong), the illegitimate child that her husband Ko Siu Tong (Samuel Kwok) had been searching for many years. Tong believed Ho was more suitable than his oldest son Ko Yi Tai (Joel Chan) to be his successor, which later led Mrs. Ko's discontent. Eventually Ho was kicked out of the family, leaving him homeless. Living out alone, Ho got a taste of the bitterness in life and was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Central Television
China Central Television (CCTV) is a Chinese state- and political party-owned broadcaster controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its 50 different channels broadcast a variety of programing to more than one billion viewers in six languages. However, news reporting about topics sensitive to the CCP is distorted and often used as a weapon against the party's perceived enemies, according to Freedom House and other media commentators. CCTV is operated by the National Radio and Television Administration which reports directly to the CCP's Central Propaganda Department. CCTV was established on 1 May 1958 as a state-owned propaganda outlet. CCTV has a variety of functions, such as news communication, social education, culture, and entertainment information services. As a state television station it is responsible to both the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council. It is a central player in the Chinese government's propaganda network. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Book And The Sword Characters
The following is a list of characters from the novel ''The Book and the Sword'' by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). Some of these characters also appear in ''The Young Flying Fox'', another of Jin Yong's works. Main characters * Chen Jialuo () is the protagonist. Born in the Chen family of Haining, he was sent to southern Xinjiang at a young age to learn martial arts from Yuan Shixiao. After returning to central China, he joined the Red Flower Society and eventually became its chief after the death of its former chief, Yu Wanting, who was also his godfather. He is described in the novel as a handsome young man with a refined demeanour who is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also well-versed in the four arts. He also appears in ''The Young Flying Fox'', in which he is mistaken for Fuk'anggan because of their similar appearances. * Huoqingtong (), nicknamed "Emerald Feather and Yellow Dress" (), is the elder daughter of Muzhuolun, the chief of a Uyghur tribe in southern Xinjiang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book And The Sword (2008 TV Series)
''The Book and the Sword'' is a 2008 Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on CETV-3 in China in 2009. It starred Qiao Zhenyu, Adam Cheng, Niki Chow, and Liu Dekai. Plot Although the flow of events is generally similar to that in the novel, Yu Wanting's role is greatly emphasised, with him being the primary antagonist instead of the Qianlong Emperor. "Yu Wanting" is actually the alter ego of the exiled prince Yintang, a younger half-brother of the Yongzheng Emperor. The power-hungry Yintang seeks vengeance and wants to usurp his nephew (the Qianlong Emperor)'s throne. Yintang knows the truth that the Qianlong Emperor is not the legitimate successor to the throne and he constantly threatens the emperor with the evidence he holds. Yintang rallies a group of martial artists in the ''jianghu'' and establishes the Red Flower Society. He instigates the society's members and some tribal peoples in northwestern Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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