The film was already a recipient of multiple local and overseas awards at the creative sample stage. It has been included in the Centre Pompidou s collection and acclaimed as an outstanding artwork .

China s government has blocked Liu s wife, the acclaimed photographer Liu Xia, from participating by keeping her under virtual house arrest in Beijing. It has browbeaten other countries into boycotting the award ceremony.

Kolakowski, modern Poland s most acclaimed philosopher, quickly learned that mendacity was the true building block of Communism, and he withdrew from it in horror. By 1968, the Polish regime could no longer tolerate his presence.

This high school dropout died at the age of 82, a formidable intellectual, cofounder and first CEO of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and founder of Schocken Books, an acclaimed imprint that was later acquired by Random House.

On 4 March 2005, President Hu Jintao set forth four point guidelines on cross Strait relations under the new circumstances, which have been warmly acclaimed by the compatriots on both sides of the Strait and received wide attention in the world.

Acclaimed as a national hero among radical right wingers, the iron fisted Park Chung hee ruled South Korea from 1963 to 1979, in the wake of the 1961 military coup, only to be assassinated by his intelligence chief. His daughter is proud of his legacy, which marked the beginning of South Korea s economic boom.

At this year's Shanghai Bookfair, the focus of numerous important books is on themes such as the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, the 95th anniversary of the communist party of China, supply side reform and the Belt and Road. So, will these theme publications be both critically acclaimed and hot selling?

MEXICO CITY For a glimpse of the average American s understanding of the relationship between the United States and Mexico, one only has to watch the critically acclaimed television series Breaking Bad. Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a few hundred miles from the border, the series chronicles the rise and fall of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a methamphetamine tycoon.

There have been academic experts on Japan, like the acclaimed scholar Edwin Reischauer. There have also been political heavyweights, such as Michael Mansfield, a long time Democratic majority leader of the US Senate, former Vice President Walter Mondale, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Foley, and Senator Howard Baker, who also served as President Ronald Reagan s chief of staff.

Higgins experience as an academic and his status as an acclaimed poet undoubtedly give him an advantage over other heads of state, enabling him to hold his own with top thinkers in a way that few others can. More important, however, is his recognition that a political leader should also be a leader of thought and culture for his or her country and the world.