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3 million yuan (US$482,400) Bestseller: 1Q84 《1Q84》 Country: Japan Age:

63 The top earning locally produced films were: 1. Lost in Thailand (Ren zai jiongtu zhi Tai jiong 人再逋局) 2. Painted Skin: The Resurrection (Huapi II Fuhuo 画皮Ⅱ复活) 3. CZ12 (Shi'er shengxiao 十二生肖) 4. Back to

1942 (1942) 5. Cold War (Hanzhan 寒战) 6. The Silent War (Tingfengzhe 听风者) 7. The Four (Si daming bu 四大名捕) 8. The Great Magician (Da moshushi 大魔术师) 9. Caught in the Web (Sousuo 搜索) 10. Mission Incredible: Adventures On the Dragon's Trail (Xiyangyang huitailang zhi kaixin chuang longnian 喜羊羊灰太狼之开心闯龙年) 1.16 billion yuan 04.51 million yuan 735.97 million yuan

372 million yuan 253.61 million yuan 233.74 million yuan 192.17 million yuan 174.12 million yuan 173.54 million yuan 165.95 million yuan The Top Ten MOST POPULAR FOREIGN WRITERS IN

2012 The following list published in Huaxi Metropolitan Daily (Huaxi dushibao 华西都 市报) is based on book sales figures in China: Film posters of top domestic films: Painted Skin;

The Ressurection;

CZ12;

Back to 1942;

Cold War. Sources: Qianqiandy.com, Fmoviemag.com, Wikimedia Commons, Wandafilm. Bestsellers in 2012: The Casual Vacancy;

One Hundred Years of Solitude;

Steve Jobs;

The Little Hen series. Sources: Sina Weibo, QTC.com.cn, Chinamac.com, Shaoer.book110.cn. Scene from the domestic block buster Lost in Thailand. Source: ImagineChina

416 417 Popular Books and Films Higashino Keigo 东野圭吾 Income from royalties: 2.8 million yuan (US$450,200) Bestseller: White Night 《白夜行》 Country: Japan Age:

54 Thomas Brezina 托马斯 ? 布热齐纳 Income from royalties: 2.6 million yuan (US$418,100) Bestseller: A Mystery for You and The Tiger Team series for children 《冒险小虎队》 Country: Austria Age:

49 Kuroyanagi Tetsuko 黑柳彻子 Income from royalties:

2 million yuan (US$321,600) Bestseller: Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window 《窗边的小豆豆》 Country: Japan Age:

79 Dan Brown 丹?布朗 Income from royalties: 1.6 million yuan (US$257,300) Bestseller: The Da Vinci Code 《达? 芬奇密码》 Country: U.S. Age:

48 Inamori Kazuo 稻盛和夫 Income from royalties: 1.5 million yuan (US$241,200) Bestseller: The Principles to Living series 《活法》 Country: Japan Age:

80 A Chinese version of Haruki Murakami's work 1Q84. Photo: Wu Fake 发课吴

418 419 Ang Lee and China's Oscar Angst A NG LEE is a Taiwan-born Amer- ican film director, screenwrit- er and producer. His many films, in both Chinese and English, have won critical acclaim: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won him the Best Director prize at the Academy Awards (Oscars), the Golden Globes, and the BAFTAs. Brokeback Mountain (2005) won the Golden Lion at the prestigious Venice Festival and Best Director prize (Lee's second) at the Academy Awards. Lee's latest success is Life of Pi, which won the

2013 Oscar awards for Best Director, Best Cine- matography, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Score. As Hollywood's pre-eminent ethnically Chinese director, Lee's life and career is of considerable in- terest to Chinese media and Internet commenters;

his latest Oscar awards provoked many reactions in China. Generally, reactions to Lee on the Chinese Mainland fall into three cat- egories: ・ The first is one of hand-wringing and complaint, mostly on social media, about why the People's Republic has still failed to produce an Oscar-win- ning director. Some people noted that in his Oscars acceptance speech, Lee thanked Taiwan for making the film possible, and asked when the Mainland would get such a chance. State media organisations talk about A N G L E E A N D C H I N A ' S O S C A R A N G S T