#liu huixia

[ulkaralakbarova]

In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After traveling to the other side of a mountain, Moxy and her UglyDoll friends discover Perfection — a town where more conventional dolls receive training before entering the real world to find the love of a child. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Moxy (voice): Kelly Clarkson Lou (voice): Nick Jonas Mandy (voice): Janelle Monáe Ox (voice): Blake Shelton Lucky Bat (voice): Leehom Wang Ugly Dog (voice): Pitbull Wage (voice): Wanda Sykes Babo (voice): Gabriel Iglesias Wedgehead (voice): Emma Roberts Tuesday (voice): Bebe Rexha Kitty (voice): Charli XCX Lydia (voice): Lizzo Peggy (voice): Ice-T Jumbotron (voice): Laura Nicole Harrison Scanner / Electronic Female Voice (voice): Jane Lynch Gibberish Cat / Oliver / Chef / Buttons (voice): Kelly Asbury Meghan (voice): Natalie Martinez Michael (voice): Stephen Zimpel Nolan (voice): Enrique García Santos Exposition Robot (voice): Rob Riggle New Arrival (voice): Steven Schweickart Tray (voice): Afi Ekulona Sporko (voice): Jacques Colimon Various Voices (voice): Poonam Basu Various Voices (voice): Keith Harrison Various Voices (voice): Laura Schein Wedgehead (uncredited): Susana Raposo Film Crew: Executive Producer: Jason Grode Characters: David Horvath Story: Robert Rodriguez Director: Kelly Asbury Screenplay: Alison Peck Producer: Oren Aviv Executive Producer: Gabriela Bloch Steinmann Executive Producer: Luyuan Fan Executive Producer: Adam Fogelson Executive Producer: Fu Ruoqing Producer: Jane Hartwell Executive Producer: Shujin Lan-Shuster Executive Producer: Jerry Li Executive Producer: Drew Matilsky Executive Producer: Mingyu Peng Executive Producer: Pitbull Executive Producer: Robert Simonds Executive Producer: Huixia Zhang Editor: Julie Rogers Editor: Nolan Southerland Casting: Ruth Lambert Casting: Robert McGee Production Design: Shannon Jeffries Art Direction: Ravinder Kundi Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Joel Dougherty Characters: Sun-min Kim Original Music Composer: Christopher Lennertz Songs: Glenn Slater Additional Writing: Liu Guoqing Additional Writing: Vivian Wang Production Design: Andrew Woodhouse Associate Producer: Andrea McCarthy Paul Songs: Keith Harrison Songs: Anitta Screenplay: Blaise Hemingway Movie Reviews:

[magicaleggplant]

Rio 2016 Summer Olympics: Team China wins gold in synchronized diving in the women's 3m springboard, women's 10m platform, and men's 10m platform events (August 7-9, 2016). They finished 31.77, 9.66, and 39.87 points, respectively, ahead of second place.

[humanrightsupdates]

Update China: Falun Gong practitioner indefinitely detained

A judge has asked the prosecutor to collect further evidence for the trial of Falun Gong practitioner, Chen Huixia, for her indictment of “using an evil cult to undermine law enforcement”. Following a court hearing in Hebei province on 12 May 2017 her trial has now been indefinitely adjourned. Arbitrarily detained since 3 June 2016, Chen Huixia was tortured and has had no access to her family for over a year.

Chen Huxia’s family only found out about the trial less than two days before it was due to be held, in Hebei province, northern China, on 12 May 2017, from the defence lawyer. The court only allowed one family member and a single friend to attend the hearing, stating that only three people, including the defence lawyer, were allowed to attend.

During the three hour hearing, Chen Huixia was twice taken away from the court by the police. On both occasions her defence lawyer was not allowed to accompany her. The lawyer argued in the hearing that the evidence provided by the police were extracted by torture and should be excluded. While not stating that evidence extracted through torture would be inadmissible in court, the judge nonetheless asked the Procuratorate (prosecutor) to collect further evidence and adjourned the trial until further notice. The family has since received no information about Chen Huixia and have not yet been allowed to visit her once since police took her away on 3 June 2016.

In the transcript from an interview conducted in 15 December 2016, only recently obtained by her daughter, Chen Huixia provided the details of how she was tortured. According to her testimony, police strapped her to an iron chair in a “brainwashing centre”, an arbitrary detention facility set up to get Falun Gong practitioners to renounce their belief, from 17 June to 16 July 2016 and did not allow her to sleep for 30 days. When Chen Huixia asked the prosecutor investigating the incident whether the events amounted to torture, she said it did not.

Please write immediately in Chinese, English or your own language urging authorities to:

Immediately and unconditionally release Chen Huixia, as she has been detained solely for exercising the right to freedom of belief and expression and, pending her release, ensure that she has prompt, regular and unrestricted access to her family and lawyers of her choice;

Ensure that Chen Huixia is tried in line with international fair trial standards, including to guarantee her rights to legal counsel pre-trial and adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence, by promptly informing her of the nature and cause of the charge against her;

Ensure that while detained, Chen Huixia is protected from torture or other ill-treatment, and that her treatment is in accordance with the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules).

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 13 SEPTEMBER 2017 TO: Chief Procurator of Shijiazhuang Municipal People’s Procuratorate Chen Xiaoming Jianchanzhang Shijiazhuang Shi Renmin Jianchayuan 360 Xinshibei Lu, Shijiazhuang Shi Hebei Sheng 050091 People’s Republic of China Salutation: Dear Procurator

Director of Shijiazhuang Municipal No. 2 Detention Centre Shijiazhuang Shi Dier Kanshousuo Zhaoling Lu, Changan Qu Shijiazhuang Shi Hebei Sheng, 050000 People’s Republic of China Salutation: Dear Director

And copies to: Governor of Hebei Province Zhang Qingwei, Hebeisheng Renmin Zhengfu 113 Yuhuadong Lu, Changan Qu Shijiazhuang Shi Hebei Sheng 050000 People’s Republic of China Tel: +86 311 8790 2359 (Chinese only)

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. HIS EXCELLENCY MR LIU XIAOMING, Embassy of the People's Republic of China, 49-51 Portland Place W1B 1JL, 020 7299 4049, press_uk@mfa.gov.cn

Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the second update of UA 216/16. Further information: www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/5751/2017/en/; www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/4869/2016/en/ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION According to her daughter, Chen Huixia started practicing Falun Gong in 1998 to heal her chronic illness and poor health. She was consequently detained for approximately three months in 2003 and following her release her family has been subjected to persistent harassment and intimidation by authorities.

The spiritual movement Falun Gong was banned in China for being a "threat to social and political stability" after its practitioners held a peaceful sit-in on Tiananmen Square in July 1999. In response, the government established a dedicated office, the “610 Office”, to oversee the crackdown on the Falun Gong and other “heretical cults”.

As a result, tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been arbitrarily detained and, often through the use of torture and other ill-treatment, made to renounce their spiritual beliefs. Since the 2013 abolition of “Re-Education Through Labour” (RTL) facilities, Chinese authorities are using alternate methods of arbitrary detention, including the criminal prosecution of individuals.

Torture and other ill-treatment are endemic in all forms of detention, although China ratified the UN Convention Against Torture in 1988. Amnesty International receives regular reports of deaths in custody, often caused by torture. Other inmates and “cell bosses” are used by detention centre and prison authorities to monitor the behaviour of fellow inmates and mete out punishment including subjecting resistant detainees to sleep deprivation, stress positions, as well as other physical and mental forms of torture or other ill-treatment.

The criminal justice system in China is roughly divided into three distinct phases: the police-led investigation, the prosecution phase, in which the prosecutors approve of the initial evidence needed to arrest a suspect and engages in further investigation to decide whether to indict a suspect; and the final trial phase carried out by the courts. Similar to previous years, the conviction rate in 2015 was higher than 99.9%, making it very important to voice concerns as early in the criminal justice process as possible, preferably before the decisions to arrest or indict suspects are even made.

Further information on UA: 216/16 Index: ASA 17/6860/2017 Issue Date: 3 August 2017

[thecraggus]

UglyDolls (2019) ain't got no alibi.

UglyDolls (2019) ain't got no alibi. #Review

A little bit of “Toy Story”, a little bit of “Monsters Inc” and a whole lot of cynical box-ticking does not an animated classic make.

In the adorable fabric world of Uglyville, the Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) yearns for the day when she will be chosen by a child of her very own to be loved by. Taking matters into her own hands, she sets out to journey to the other side of the tunnel to Uglyville and…

[superjanicewoodthings-blog]

06-04 KAZAN, RUSSIA - JULY 27: Ruolin Chen and Huixia Liu of China compete in the Women's 10m Platform Synchronised Preliminary Diving on day three of the 16th FINA World Championships at the ... http://dlvr.it/PJdWwf

[imperial-waterboy]

[kickassfemaleathletes]

China’s Liu Huixia and Chen Ruolin win gold in the 10m platform diving event!

[newsdock]

In this photo by Kin Cheung, Chinese divers Chen Ruolin, left, and Liu Huixia compete in the women's synchronized 10-meter platform diving final at the Asian Games. They won gold, adding to China's lead in the medal tally at the continental games. With 322 of 439 gold medals decided, China stood atop the tally with 125, followed by host South Korea with 54, and Japan with 37. China's dominance was expected, largely because it brought the most athletes - nearly 900. The Asian Games end Sunday after bringing together athletes from 45 countries and regions to compete in 42 sports. Source: Associated Press

[chinesediving]

[superjanicewoodthings-blog]

05-29 KAZAN, RUSSIA - JULY 27: Ruolin Chen and Huixia Liu of China compete in the Women's 10m Platform Synchronised Preliminary Diving on day three of the 16th FINA World Championships at the ... http://dlvr.it/PGfDkJ

[imperial-waterboy]

[chinesediving]

LIn Yue and Chen Aisen, Liu Huixia and Chen Ruolin  winning gold at the synchronized platform events in Dubai this weekend.

[chinesediving]

Happy birthday, Liu Huixia!    My hope is that if Chen Ruolin ever decide to focus on individuals, Liu Huixia and Zhu Jiaming can be the next pair of platform synchro champions.

[chinesediving]

Congrats to Liu Huixia  and Si Yajie for getting 1st and 3rd respectively on Women's Group B 1m springboard , and Peng Jianfeng and Tu Yun for getting 2nd and 4th on Men's Group A 3m springboard on Monday! 

(photo source: 2012 FINA World Junior Championships)

[chinesediving]

Liu Huixia, Lian Jie, Li Pingan and Yang Hao in training today in Adelaide, getting ready for the Junior Diving Championships.   LOVE their form.