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Jackie Chan to sing for Beijing Olympics 2008

Washington, April 8: Jackie Chan, Lee-Hom Wang, Zhang Ziyi and Stefanie Sun will team up to sing 'Stand Up,' the theme song for 'The One,' a film about China's first Olympian.

Producer Wang Zhebin told the Beijing Times that each singer will represent a different Chinese group - Chan, Hong Kong; Wang, Taiwan; Zhang, the mainland; and Singaporean Sun repping overseas Chinese. Wang Pingjiu, a member of the cultural committee for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games, wrote the lyrics of 'Stand Up' and music was composed by Shu Nan, reports Variety.
'The One' is in post-production and will be ready for release in May.

The film, which is being made as a tribute to the 2008 Beijing Games, is based on sprinter Liu Changchun, who represented China at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, despite the efforts of Japanese occupation forces in Manchuria to stop him.

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Japan freezes Iranian assets over nuclear plan

Tokyo, May 18: Japan decided today to freeze the assets of more Iranian individuals and institutions in line with United Nations sanctions aimed at persuading Tehran to stop nuclear enrichment, which could be used to make an atomic bomb. Fifteen Iranian individuals and 13 institutions designated by a UN resolution as being involved with Iran's nuclear programme will be added to a list of those whose assets have already been frozen, the government said......
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