Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (ethnicity).

The racial categories represent a social-political construct for the race or races that respondents consider themselves to be and "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country." The race categories include both racial and national-origin groups.

Race and ethnicity are considered separate and distinct identities, with Hispanic or Latino origin asked as a separate question. Thus, in addition to their race or races, all respondents are categorized by membership in one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino".

In 1997, OMB issued a Federal Register Notice regarding revisions to the standards for the classification of federal data on race and ethnicity. OMB developed race and ethnic standards in order to provide "consistent data on race and ethnicity throughout the Federal Government. The development of the data standards stem in large measure from new responsibilities to enforce civil rights laws." Among the changes, OMB issued the instruction to "mark one or more races" after noting evidence of increasing numbers of interracial children and wanting to capture the diversity in a measurable way, and after having received requests by people who wanted to be able to acknowledge their or their children's full ancestry rather than identifying with only one group. Prior to this decision, the Census and other government data collections asked people to report only one race.

How data on race and ethnicity are used

The OMB states that “many federal programs are put into effect based on the race data obtained from the decennial census (i.e., promoting equal employment opportunities; assessing racial disparities in health and environmental risks). Race data are also critical for the basic research behind many policy decisions. States require these data to meet legislative redistricting requirements. The data are needed to monitor compliance with the Voting Rights Act by local jurisdictions."

"Data on ethnic groups are important for putting into effect a number of federal statutes (i.e., enforcing bilingual election rules under the Voting Rights Act; monitoring and enforcing equal employment opportunities under the Civil Rights Act). Data on Ethnic Groups are also needed by local governments to run programs and meet legislative requirements (i.e., identifying segments of the population who may not be receiving medical services under the Public Health Act; evaluating whether financial institutions are meeting the credit needs of minority populations under the Community Reinvestment Act).”

Brief overview of race and ethnicity in the U.S. Census' history

Census 1790

In 1790, first official year of the U.S. Census, the following questions were asked, four of which had racial implications:

Number of free White males aged under 16 years

Number of free White males aged 16 years and upward

Number of free White females

Number of other free persons

Number of slaves

In 1800 and 1810, the age question regarding free white males was more detailed.

Census 1820

The 1820 census built on the questions asked in 1810 by asking age questions about the slaves who were owned. Also the term “colored” enters the census rhetoric. In addition, a question stating “Number of foreigners not naturalized” was included.

Census 1830

For the 1830 census, a new question which stated “The number of White persons who were foreigners not naturalized” was included, as well as combining the number and age question of both slaves and free colored individuals.

Census 1850

The 1850 census saw a dramatic shift in the way information about residents was collected. For the first time, free persons were listed individually instead of by head of household. There were two questionnaires: one for free inhabitants and one for slaves. The question on the free inhabitants schedule about color was a column that was to be left blank if a person was White, marked "B" if a person was Black, and marked "M" if a person was Mulatto. Slaves were listed by owner, and classified by gender and age, not individually, and the question about color was a column that was to be marked with a "B" if the slave was Black and an "M" if Mulatto.

Census 1870

For the 1870 census, the color/racial question was expanded to include “C” for Chinese, which was a category that included all east Asians, as well as “I” for American Indians.

Census 1890

For 1890, the Census Office changed the design of the population questionnaire. Residents were still listed individually, but a new questionnaire sheet was used for each family. Additionally, this was the first year that the census distinguished between different East Asian races, such as Japanese and Chinese, due to increased immigration. This census also marked the beginning of the term “race” in the questionnaires. Enumerators were instructed to write "White," "Black," "Mulatto," "Quadroon," "Octoroon," "Chinese," "Japanese," or "Indian."

Census 1900

For 1900, the “Color or Race” question was slightly modified, removing the term “Mulatto”. Also, there was an inclusion of an “Indian Population Schedule” in which “enumerators were instructed to use a special expanded questionnaire for American Indians living on reservations or in family groups off of reservations.” This expanded version included the question “Fraction of person's lineage that is white.”

Census 1910

The 1910 census was similar to that of 1900, but it included a re-insertion of “Mulatto” and a question about the respondent's "mother tongue.” “Ot” was also added to signify "other races", with space for a race to be written in. This decade's version of the Indian Population Schedule featured questions asking the individual’s proportion of white, black, or American Indian lineage.

Census 1920

The 1920 census questionnaire was similar to 1910, but excluded a separate schedule for American Indians. “Hin”, “Kor”, and “Fil” were also added to the “Color or Race” question, signifying Hindu (South Asia Indian), Korean, and Filipino, respectively.

Census 1930

The biggest change in this year’s census was in racial classification. Enumerators were instructed to no longer use the "Mulatto" classification. Instead, they were given special instructions for reporting the race of interracial persons. A person with both White and Black ancestry (termed "blood") was to be recorded as "Negro," no matter the fraction of that lineage (the "one-drop rule"). A person of mixed Black and American Indian ancestry was also to be recorded as "Neg" (for "Negro") unless he was considered to be "predominantly" American Indian and accepted as such within the community. A person with both White and American Indian ancestry was to be recorded as an Indian, unless his American Indian ancestry was small, and he was accepted as White within the community. In all situations in which a person had White and some other racial ancestry, he was to be reported as that other race. Persons who had minority interracial ancestry were to be reported as the race of their father.

For the first and only time, "Mexican" was listed as a race. Enumerators were instructed that all persons born in Mexico, or whose parents were born in Mexico, should be listed as Mexicans, and not under any other racial category. But, in prior censuses and in 1940, enumerators were instructed to list Mexican Americans as white.

The Supplemental American Indian questionnaire was back, but in abbreviated form. It featured a question asking if the person was of full or mixed American Indian ancestry.

Census 1940 (Population)

The 1940 census was the first to include separate population and housing questionnaires. The race category of "Mexican" was eliminated in 1940, and the population of Mexican descent was counted with the White population.

Census 1950 (Population)

The 1950 Census questionnaire removed the word “color” from the racial question, and also removed Hindu and Korean from the race choices.

Census 1960 (Population)

The 1960 Census re-added the word “color” to the racial question, and changed “Indian” to “American Indian”, as well as added Hawaiian, Part-Hawaiian, Aleut, and Eskimo. The Other (print out race) option was removed.

Census 1970 (Population)

This year’s census included “Negro or Black”, re-added Korean and the Other race option. There was a questionnaire that was asked of only a sample of respondents. These questions were as follows:

a. Where was this person born?

b. Is this person's origin or descent...

Mexican

Puerto Rican

Cuban

Central or South American

Other Spanish

None of These

14. What country was the person's father born in?

15. What country was the person's mother born in?

16.

a. For persons born in a foreign country- Is the person naturalized?

b. When did the person come to the United States to stay?

17. What language, other than English, was spoken in the person's home as a child?

Spanish

French

German

Other

None, only English

Census 1980 (Population)

This year added several options to the race question, including Vietnamese, Indian (East) Guamanian, Samoan, and re-added Aleut. Again, the term “color” was removed from the racial question, and the following questions were asked of a sample of respondents:

11. In what state or foreign country was the person born?

12. If this person was born in a foreign country...

a. Is this person a naturalized citizen of the United States?

b. When did this person come the United States to stay?

13.

a. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?

b. If yes, what is this language?

c. If yes, how well does this person speak English?

14. What is this person's ancestry?

Census 1990 (Population)

The racial categories in this year are as they appear in the 2000 and 2010 Census. The following questions were asked of a sample of respondents for the 1990 Census:

8. In what U.S. State or foreign country was this person born?

9. Is this person a citizen of the United States?

10. If this person was not born in the United States, when did this person come to the United States to stay?

The 1990 Census was not designed to capture multiple racial responses, and when individuals marked the Other race option and provided a multiple write in, the response was assigned according to the race written first. “For example, a write in of "Black-White" was assigned a code of Black, a write in of "White-Black" was assigned a code of White.”

Census 2000 (Population)

Race was asked differently in the Census 2000 in several other ways than previously. Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate racial identities. Data show that nearly seven million Americans identified as members of two or more races. Because of these changes, the Census 2000 data on race are not directly comparable with data from the 1990 census or earlier censuses. Use of caution is therefore recommended when interpreting changes in the racial composition of the US population over time.

The 23rd federal census, 2010 asks one ethnic and one race question (questions 1-4 not reproduced here, questions 5 and 6 paraphrased):

8. Is the person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

*No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin

*Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano

*Yes, Puerto Rican

*Yes, Cuban

*Yes, another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin — Print origin, for example, Argentinean, Colombian, Dominican, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, Spaniard, and so on.

9. What is the person's race?

*White

*Black, African Am., or Negro

*American Indian or Alaska Native — Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.

*Asian Indian

*Chinese

*Filipino

*Other Asian — Print race, for example, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Pakistani, Cambodian, and so on.

*Japanese

*Korean

*Vietnamese

*Native Hawaiian

*Guamanian or Chamorro

*Samoan

*Other Pacific Islander — Print race, for example, Fijian, Tongan, and so on.

*Some other race — Print race.

This census acknowledged that "race categories include both racial and national-origin groups."

The following definitions apply to the 2000 census only.

"White. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish."

"Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as 'Black, African Am., or Negro,' or provide written entries such as African American, Afro American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian."

"American Indian and Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment."

"Asian. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. It includes 'Asian Indian,' 'Chinese', 'Filipino', 'Korean', 'Japanese', 'Vietnamese', and 'Other Asian'."

"Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. It includes people who indicate their race as 'Native Hawaiian', 'Guamanian or Chamorro', 'Samoan', and 'Other Pacific Islander'."

"Some other race. Includes all other responses not included in the 'White', 'Black or African American', 'American Indian and Alaska Native', 'Asian' and 'Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander' race categories described above. Respondents providing write-in entries such as multiracial, mixed, interracial, We-Sort, or a Hispanic/Latino group (for example, Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban) in the "Some other race" category are included here."

"Two or more races. People may have chosen to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, by providing multiple write-in responses, or by some combination of check boxes and write-in responses."

The Federal government of the United States has mandated that "in data collection and presentation, federal agencies are required to use a minimum of two ethnicities: 'Hispanic or Latino' and 'Not Hispanic or Latino'." The Census Bureau defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race." For discussion of the meaning and scope of the Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, see the Hispanic and Latino Americans and Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States articles.

Use of the word ''ethnicity'' for Hispanics only is considerably more restricted than its conventional meaning, which covers other distinctions, some of which are covered by the "race" and "ancestry" questions. The distinct questions accommodate the possibility of Hispanic and Latino Americans' also declaring various racial identities (see also White Hispanic and Latino Americans, Asian Latinos, and Black Hispanic and Latino Americans).

In the 2000 Census, 12.5% of the US population reported "Hispanic or Latino" ethnicity and 87.5% reported "Not-Hispanic or Latino" ethnicity.

Relation between ethnicity and race in census results

The Census Bureau warns that data on race in 2000 Census are not directly comparable to those collected in previous censuses. Many US residents consider race and ethnicity to be the same concept.

100 93.7 47.9 2.0 1.2 0.3 0.1 42.2 6.3 5.3 1.0

!Race !!Hispanic orLatino!!% ofH/L!!% ofUS!!Not Hispanicor Latino!!% of NotH/L!!% ofUS
!Any races	35,305,818	|	12.5	246,116,088	100	87.5
!One race:	33,081,736	|	11.8	241,513,942	98.1	85.8
!White	16,907,852	|	6.0	194,552,774	79.1	69.1
!Black orAfrican A.	710,353	|	0.3	33,947,837	13.8	12.1
!A. Indian/Alaska Nat.	407,073	|	0.1	2,068,883	0.8	0.7
!Asian	119,829	|	<0.1	10,123,169	4.1	3.6
!Hawaiian N.& Pacific Is.	45,326	|	<0.1	353,509	0.1	0.1
!Some other	14,891,303	|	5.3	467,770	0.2	0.2
!2+ races:	2,224,082	|	0.8	4,602,146	1.9	1.6
!Some other+ W/B/N/A	1,859,538	|	0.7	1,302,875	0.5	0.5
!2+ W/B/N/A	364,544	|	0.1	3,299,271	1.3	1.2

In the 2000 Census, respondents were tallied in each of the race groups they reported. Consequently, the total of each racial category exceeds the total population because some people reported more than one race.

The Census Bureau implemented a Census Quality Survey, gathering data from approximately 50,000 households in order to assess the reporting of race and Hispanic origin in the 2000 Census with the purpose creating a way to make comparisons between the 2000 Census with previous Census racial data.

The AAA also stated,

The recommendations of the AAA were not adopted by the Census Bureau for the 2000 Census or the 2010 Census.

2010 Census

The 2010 US Census includes changes designed to more clearly distinguish Hispanic ethnicity as not being a race. That includes adding the sentence: "For this census, Hispanic origins are not races." Additionally, the Hispanic terms are modified from "Hispanic or Latino" to "Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin".

Although used in the Census and the American Community Survey, "Some other race" is not an official race, and the Bureau considered eliminating it prior to the 2000 Census. As the 2010 census form does not contain the question titled "Ancestry" found in recent censuses, there are campaigns to get non-Hispanic West Indian Americans, Arab Americans and Iranian Americans to indicate their ethnic or national background through the race question, specifically the "Some other race" category.

The Interagency Committee has suggested that the concept of marking multiple boxes be extended to the Hispanic origin question, thereby freeing individuals from having to choose between their parents' ethnic heritages. In other words, a respondent could chose both "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino".

Other agencies

In 2001, the National Institutes of Health adopted the new language to comply with the revisions to Directive 15, as did the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the United States Department of Labor in 2007. See Race and ethnicity (EEO).

See also

Criticism of the term Latino

Language (United States Census)

Race (classification of humans)

Race in the United States

Race and ethnicity in the United States

United States Census, 2000

References

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Robert Bromley Oxnam is a China scholar and former president of the Asia Society. He ran the society for more than a decade, and led financial-cultural tours of China for Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. He also spent time on the Board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He became well-known in the public media after his 2005 autobiography, ''A Fractured Mind'', in which he revealed that he was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.

Career

After an academic career as a China scholar, Oxnam presided over the Asia Society – the leading sponsor of cultural, educational and artistic contact between the United States and Asia – from 1981 to 1992. He was frequently tapped by political leaders to help them figure out how to deal with the Chinese due to political unrest in China in the late 1980s. He accompanied former U.S. President George H. W. Bush as an on-the-ground adviser on a goodwill trip to China in the late 1990s.

Oxnam was educated at Williams College (BA, 1964, Phi Beta Kappa) and then pursued graduate studies at Yale University (MA in Asian Studies, 1966, and Ph.D in Chinese history, 1969). He taught Asian history at Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) from 1969-75. Then he joined the Asia Society as program director of its nationwide China Council, concurrently serving as the Society’s vice president and director of its Washington Center. In 1981, he became the Society’s third president, a position he held until 1992.

Oxnam is the author of several books on China, including ''Ruling from Horseback'' about 17th century Manchu rule, ''Dragon and Eagle'' on US-China relations (co-edited with Michel Oksenberg), and two novels about China, ''Cinnabar'' and ''Ming''. He has also served as visiting professor at Columbia University and at Beijing University (graduate program at the School of International Studies). He was the anchorman for the MacNeill/Lehrer NewsHour nine-part series on China which aired twice in 1993-94.

Since 2008, Oxnam has embarked on a career as an artist, making unusual sculptures out of driftwood inspired by the ancient tradition of Chinese scholar's rocks. As of early 2011, he has had seven exhibitions in the greater New York area, and is slated to have international one-man shows in Spain (2011-12) and Beijing (late 2012).

Oxnam is married to Dr. Vishakha Desai, noted art historian and president of the Asia Society since 2004.

Problems

In his autobiography, Oxnam candidly admits that his life had a deeply troubling side, a rising set of psychological and addictive difficulties.

In the 1980s, he suffered from alcoholism and bulimia. He flew into frequent, irrational rages, and his first marriage soon fell apart. He saw a psychiatrist, but his problems – including blackouts – continued. According to his autobiography, several nights a week he performed what he calls his addiction ritual. "It required," Oxnam writes, "two packs of cigarettes, Polish sausage, a gallon of ice cream, a two-pound bag of peanuts, a bottle of scotch, and a pornographic movie on the VCR."

He would wake up with burns and scratches on his body, but had no idea what had caused them. He would find himself hanging around Grand Central Station in New York City, lost in the crowds in a kind of trance, and he would hear voices.

So, during the 1980s, in spite of seeing several therapists, Oxnam saw his inner problems getting worse with no solution and no diagnosis in sight.

Dissociative identity disorder

And then in 1990, one day, what seemed like seconds after he had begun a session with his psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Smith, the doctor informed Oxnam that their time was up. Smith said: "I spent this past fifty minutes talking with ... Tommy. He's full of anger. And he's inside of you." Oxnam asked: "Tommy? Who's Tommy?”. Smith told Oxnam that he was suffering from dissociative identity disorder and had eleven independent identities. Oxnam eventually accepted the diagnosis.

Oxnam went about his business at the Asia Society, meeting and greeting the Dalai Lama and other dignitaries, and giving no hint of his private problems.

Although dissociative identity disorder has an entry in psychiatry's official manual, the DSM-IV, it is highly controversial. According to Joe Scroppo, a clinical psychologist and director of North Shore University Hospital's Forensic Psychiatry Program in Manhasset, New York, "I believe he believes he had all those separate personalities, but I don't think that's necessarily the way it is." According to Scroppo, therapists use multiple personality as a metaphor for a patient's mental state, and then both the patient and therapist begin to mistake the metaphor for reality.

However, Scroppo's view does not represent the view of the experts in the field. Those who are highly expert include Dr.Richard Kluft-- ''Clinical Perspectives On Multiple Personality Disorder'', Dr.Ira Brenner--''Psychic Trauma: Dynamics, Symptoms, and Treatment'', Dr.Colin Ross--''Moon Shadows: Stories of Trauma and Dissociation'', Dr. Catherine Fine--''Despine and The Evolution of Trauma'', and Dr. Frank Putnam--''The Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality'', amongst many others who have understood that these different states of mind are very real. While representing a view shared by the other experts Dr. Brenner explains that under the pressure of extreme trauma many children have a "not me" response. The "not me" experience is simply an attempt to adapt to the horror by imagining that the trauma is not happening to themselves, but to an imaginary other. These others (or better put,states of mind) are then made concrete to where the individual comes to believe there are others within himself. The overt manifestations do not usually present themselves until some time after adolescence. If one reads Dr. Oxnam's book it illustrates, that this is not a mysterious condition, and in fact is easily understood.

Oxnam’s book, ''A Fractured Mind, My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder'' (Hyperion, 2005), has become a classic work for therapists and patients alike. The book takes the reader inside the mind of someone with severe dissociation as Oxnam encourages his inner voices to speak for themselves. Oxnam learns that severe dissociation results from severe childhood abuse, so horrendous that the child represses the awful memories and instead the child’s mind fractures into other personalities (often called “identities” or “alters”). Since the autobiography was published, Oxnam has been a frequent speaker at mental health seminars and conferences, emphasizing the fact that childhood abuse is a chronic problem in the US and around the world. He also observes that while most people do not have multiple personalities, many so-called normal people often report having widely different behaviors depending on time and place. In his book, he coined the phrase, “cohesive multiplicity,” not only as a way of thinking about dissociation therapy, but also as a way of thinking about mental health in general.

References

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Zhang Ziyi (born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is coined by the media as one of the ''Four Young Dan actresses'' (四小花旦) in the Film Industry in China, along with Zhao Wei, Xu Jinglei, and Zhou Xun. With a string of Chinese and international hits to her name, she has worked with renowned directors such as Zhang Yimou, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai, Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Lou Ye, Seijun Suzuki, Feng Xiaogang and Rob Marshall.

She achieved wider fame in the West after starring in major roles for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (2000), ''Rush Hour 2'' (2001)'', House of Flying Daggers'' (2004), and ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005). She has been nominated for numerous awards throughout her career, including three BAFTA Award nominations and Golden Globe Award nomination.

Early life

Zhang Ziyi was born and raised in Beijing, China, to Zhang Yuanxiao, an accountant and later economist, and Li Zhousheng, a kindergarten teacher. She is very close to her older brother, Zhang Zinan (Chinese: 章子男; pinyin: ''Zhāng Zǐnán''; born 1973). Zhang began studying dance when she was 8 years old; subsequently, she joined the Beijing Dance Academy by her parents' suggestion at the age of 11. While at this boarding school, she noticed how mean the other girls were to each other while competing for status amongst the teachers. Zhang disliked the attitudes of her peers and teachers so much that, on one occasion, she ran away from the school. At the age of 15, Zhang won the national youth dance championship and began appearing in television commercials in Hong Kong.

In 1996, Zhang entered China's prestigious Central Academy of Drama (regarded as the top acting college in China) at the age of 18.

Career

1999–2002

At the age of 19, Zhang was offered her first role in Zhang Yimou's ''The Road Home'', which won the Silver Bear award in the 1999 Berlin Film Festival.

She rose to further fame in 2000 with her role as Jen (Chinese version: Yu Jiao Long) in ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', for which she won several awards in the Western world, such as Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, Toronto Film Critics Association Awards and Independent Spirit Awards. Zhang's first appearance in an American movie was in ''Rush Hour 2'', but because she did not speak English at the time, Jackie Chan had to interpret everything the director said to her. In the movie, her character's name is "Hu Li", which is Mandarin Chinese for "Fox".

Zhang then appeared in ''Hero'' (2002), with her early mentor Zhang Yimou. This was a huge success in the English-speaking world and was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

2003–2006

She then signed on to film an ''avant-garde'' drama, ''Purple Butterfly'' (2003), which competed in the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Zhang went back to the martial arts genre in ''House of Flying Daggers'' (2004), which earned her a Best Actress nomination from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In ''2046'' (2004), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring many of the best-known Chinese actors and actresses, Zhang was the female lead and won the Hong Kong Film Critics' Best Actress Award and the Hong Kong Film Academy's Best Actress Award.

Showing her whimsical musical tap-dancing side, Zhang starred in ''Princess Raccoon'', directed by Japanese legend Seijun Suzuki, who was honored at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. She then accepted the lead role of Sayuri in the film adaptation based on the international bestseller ''Memoirs of a Geisha''. Controversy arose in Japan and China about having a Chinese woman portray a Japanese geisha. For this film, she was reunited with her ''2046'' co-star Gong Li and with ''Crouching Tiger'' co-star Michelle Yeoh. For the role, Zhang received a 2006 Golden Globe Award nomination, a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and a BAFTA nomination.

Zhang has also been known to sing, and was featured on the ''House of Flying Daggers'' soundtrack with her own musical rendition of the ancient Chinese poem, ''Jia Rén Qu'' (佳人曲, ''The Beauty Song''). The song was also featured in two scenes in the film.

On 27 June 2005, it was announced that Zhang had accepted an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), placing her among the ranks of those able to vote on the Academy Awards. She then appeared as Empress Wan in ''The Banquet'' (2006), a film set in the Tang Dynasty.

2007–present

Zhang provided the voice of Karai in ''TMNT'' (2007). She later starred in ''Forever Enthralled'' (2008) and appeared in ''The Horsemen'' (2009) with Dennis Quaid.

In January 2010, it was announced she had plans to produce a film adaptation of ''Snow Flower and the Secret Fan''; however, it was announced that she had turned down the role due to a busy schedule.

Zhang has been cast in the role of Lin Huiyin in a 2011 film.

Zhang is currently playing the titular heroine in ''Mulan'', a live-action version of the Chinese folk tale of Hua Mulan, previously popularized around the world by Disney through their 1998 animated movie. The film, which is directed by Jan de Bont, is expected to wrap in January 2011.

Along with Aaron Kwok, Zhang stars in an AIDS-themed film "Love for Life" premiering on 10 May 2011.

Ambassadorship and representation

Zhang is the face of Maybelline, Garnier, Omega Watches and Shangri-la Hotel and Resort Group. She is also a Global Ambassador for the Special Olympics and a spokesperson for "Save the Children," a foster-home program in China.

Sichuan Earthquake Charity Donation Fraud Scandal

In February 2010, Zhang Ziyi became embroiled in a charity scandal with accusations of fraud and embezzlement of donations for a Sichuan earthquake relief fund that she had organized.

False Donation charge She had pledged to aid victims of the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, promising to donate one million yuan of her own money to the Chinese Red Cross Foundation in their aid. However, only 840,000 yuan had been donated. After the scandal broke out, Zhang Ziyi responded saying that there had been a miscommunication with her agent, and made up the missing 160,000 yuan.

Embezzlement charge She also organized and hosted a fund-raising party during the 2008 Cannes movie festival. She told Chinese media that more than US$1,000,000 had been raised. However, after almost two years, only a small amount of the reported sum had been transferred to the relief efforts.

An anonymous friend of her then-fiance, Vivi Nevo, told media sources that the Foundation's donation funds, earmarked for the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, were channelled into Zhang's personal overseas account and remained there for almost 18 months after her fundraising efforts at the film festival. .

Zhang claimed that the reported amounts were oral promises, and she had not actually received the money. She stated that the discrepancies were due to inexperience with handling charity drives, and bad accounting. .

Reaction After the revelations, she became a target of Chinese netizen outrage. .

In March 2010, her contract with Armani expired and was not renewed; it was rumored that she was dropped due to the donation-gate scandal..

Personal life

Soon after Zhang's debut in Zhang Yimou's ''The Road Home'', rumors arose regarding a possible affair between the actress and the older director. Yimou was previously rumored to be involved in an affair with actress Gong Li, whom he similarly debuted and with whom Ziyi was quickly compared. However, no relationships were ever confirmed.

Hong Kong and Taiwanese media hinted at ties between Zhang and her ''Rush Hour'' co-star Jackie Chan, and also publicly linked Zhang with Erik Fok, grandson of Hong Kong business tycoon Henry Fok. Zhang was involved with, and lengthily engaged to, Israeli venture capitalist Aviv "Vivi" Nevo until late 2010. The reason being was because of cultural differences:

In the July 2006 issue of ''Interview'' magazine, Zhang Ziyi spoke of her movies' contents and being careful about the roles she takes on, especially in Hollywood:

Zhang obtained Hong Kong residentship through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme for her contribution to the local film industry. After several screen performances in 2010 and beginning of 2011, in May 2011 Zhang was named ambassador for the ScreenSingapore 2011 film festival, joining American director Oliver Stone.

Filmography

星星點燈 ''The Road Home (1999 film) ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' ''Rush Hour 2'' 蜀山傳 武士 ''Hero (2002 film) ''Purple Butterfly'' 我老婆是大佬2 ''2046 (film) 十面埋伏 茉莉花開 ''Princess Raccoon'' 艺伎回忆录 ''The Banquet (2006 film) ''TMNT (film) ''Forever Enthralled'' ''Horsemen (2009 film) 非常完美 建国大业 ''Love for Life'' 花木蘭

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Director
1996	''Touching Starlight''	|	Chen Wei	Sun Wenxue
1999	The Road Home'' ||	我的父親母親	Zhao Di	Zhang Yimou
2000	|	臥虎藏龍	Jen Yu	Ang Lee
rowspan="3">2001	|	尖峰时刻	Hu Li	Brett Ratner
''The Legend of Zu''	|	Joy	Tsui Hark
''Musa (film)	Musa''	|	Princess Bu-yong	Kim Sung-su
2002	Hero'' ||	英雄	Moon	Zhang Yimou
rowspan="2"	2003	|	紫蝴蝶	Cynthia	Lou Ye
''My Wife is a Gangster 2''	|	Gangster boss	Jeong Heung-sun
rowspan="3"	2004	2046'' ||	2046	Bai Ling	Wong Kar-wai
''House of Flying Daggers''	|	Mei	Zhang Yimou
''Jasmine Women''	|	Mo	Hou Yong
rowspan="2"	2005	|	貍御殿	Princess Tanuki	Seijun Suzuki
''Memoirs of a Geisha (film)	Memoirs of a Geisha''	|	Chiyo Sakamoto/Sayuri Nitta	Rob Marshall
2006	The Banquet'' ||	夜宴	Wan	Feng Xiaogang
2007	TMNT'' ||	忍者神龟	Karai	Kevin Munroe
2008	|	梅蘭芳	Meng Xiaodong	Chen Kaige
rowspan="3"	2009	Horsemen'' ||	骑士	Kristen	Jonas Åkerlund
''Sophie's Revenge''	|	Sophie	Yimeng Jin
''The Founding of a Republic''	|	Gong Peng	Jianxin Huang
rowspan=2	2011	|	最爱	QinQin	Changwei Gu
''Mulan (2011 film)	Mulan''	|	Mulan	Jan de Bont

Awards and nominations

Nominations

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2001 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

2005 – Best Actress for ''House of Flying Daggers''

Asian Film Awards,

2007 – Best Actress for ''The Banquet''

BAFTA Awards

2001 – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

2005 – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for ''House of Flying Daggers''

2006 – Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2001 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

Chlotrudis Awards

2006 – Best Supporting Actress for ''2046''

Golden Globes

2006 – Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

Golden Horse Film Festival

2000 – Best Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

2004 – Best Actress for ''2046''

2009 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Forever Enthralled''

Golden Rooster Awards

2009 – Best Actress for ''Forever Enthralled''

Hong Kong Film Awards

2001 – Best Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

2003 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Hero''

Hundred Flowers Awards

2006 – Best Actress for ''House of Flying Daggers''

2006 – Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

Kids' Choice Awards

2002 – Favorite Female Action Hero for ''Rush Hour 2''

MTV Movie Awards

2001 – Breakthrough Female Performance for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

2002 – Best Villain for ''Rush Hour 2''

2005 – Best Fight for ''House of Flying Daggers'' (For Zhang Ziyi vs. The Emperor's guards)

2006 – Sexiest Performance for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

National Society of Film Critics Awards

2005 – Best Supporting Actress for ''2046''

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2001 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

Satellite Awards

2005 – Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2006 – Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for ''Memoirs of a Geisha''

Teen Choice Awards

2001 – Film — Choice Breakout Performance

Wins

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2001 – Most Promising Actress

Golden Bauhinia Awards

2001 – Best Supporting Actress for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

Golden Rooster Awards

2004 – Best Actress for ''Mo li hua kai'' (''Jasmine Women'')

Hong Kong Film Awards

2005 – Best Actress for ''2046''

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

2005 – Best Actress for ''2046''

Huabiao Film Awards

2005 – Best Actress for ''House of Flying Daggers''

2005 – Best Actress for ''Forever Enthralled''

Hundred Flowers Awards

2000 – Best Actress for ''The Road Home''

Independent Spirit Awards

2001 – Best Supporting Female for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

MTV Movie Awards

2001 – Best Fight for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' (Versus entire bar)

Shanghai International Film Festival

2008 – Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

2000 – Best Supporting Performance, Female for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

Young Artist Awards

2001 – Best Young Actress in an International Film for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''

Magazine recognition

Ranked 2nd of the 100 Sexiest Women by ''FHM'' Taiwan (2001).

Named one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 by ''Teen People'' Magazine (2001).

Named one of the 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 by ''Teen People'' Magazine (2002).

Ranked #91 in ''Stuff'' magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)

Voted in at #100 in ''FHM'''s Sexiest 100 Girls of 2002, UK edition. [June 2002]

Ranked in the top 5 of ''Forbes'' magazine's China Celebrity 100 list every year.

Named by ''Entertainment Weekly'' in their 'The Must List' 2005. Listed 38th out of the 122 people and things the magazine "loves" this year, Ziyi was the only Chinese to be included.

Selected by ''Southern People Weekly'' magazine as 'Chinese Top Ten Leaders Of The Younger Generation' in 2005.

Listed in ''People'''s '50 Most Beautiful People' List in 2005.

Listed in ''TIME'''s World's 100 Most Influential People. They called her "China's Gift to Hollywood".

Ranked one of the '100 Most Beautiful Women in the World' in the July 2005 issue of ''Harpers & Queen'' magazine. It was her first time on the list. She was ranked number 15.

Included in ''People'''s 100 Most Beautiful People in the World the second year in a row in 2006. This is now her third appearance on the list.

Voted in at #86 in ''FHM'''s sexiest women in the world in 2006. She had not appeared in the list since 2002.

Topped Japanese ''Playboy'''s "100 Sexiest Women in Asia" list and was featured on the cover. (April 2006)

Voted #1 in ''E!'''s Sexiest Action Stars list in summer 2007.

Ranked #3 in Japanese magazine ''CLASSY'''s 'Super Perfect Head-to-Body Size Ratio List' in January 2009.

See also

Cinema of China

References

External links

Zhang Ziyi's Official Website (Chinese)

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Coordinates	44°25′57″N26°6′14″N
name	Lee Byung-hun
birth date	July 12, 1970
birth place	Seoul, South Korea
nationality
occupation	Actor, Singer, Model
agent	BH Entertainment
years active	1991–present
website	www.leebyunghun.kr

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Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He achieved wider fame after starring in the television dramas ''Iris'' (2009), ''All In'' (2003) and ''Beautiful Days'' (2001). He is also known for his starring roles in ''Joint Security Area'' (2000), ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005), ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008) and ''I Saw the Devil'' (2010). He has received multiple awards and nominations throughout his career.

Career

Lee's career began in 1991 when he auditioned in the KBS Super Talent Audition and was accepted, making his debut in the television drama ''Asphalt My Hometown''. His breakthrough role was in the 2000 film ''Joint Security Area'' with Song Kang-ho and Lee Young Ae where he played a border-guard soldier who crossed to North Korea nightly and forged a friendship with a soldier on the opposing side. Directed by Park Chan-wook, it was a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest grossing film in Korean history at the time. He received Best Actor jointly with Song Kang-ho at the Pusan Film Critics Awards. After the success of ''Joint Security Area'' he filmed ''Bungee Jumping of Their Own'', about a man who's girlfriend dies and is later reincarnated.

He rose to further fame in 2001 with ''Beautiful Days'' in which he played Lee Min-chul, a charismatic and arrogant businessman, who falls for an innocent and caring orphan, played by Choi Ji-woo. He was then cast in ''Addicted'' as a man who falls into a coma and wakes up believing he is his dead brother. In 2003 he took the leading role in ''All In'' opposite Song Hye-kyo, where he played a man who becomes a millionaire through his amazing skills in playing poker. For his performance, he won the Grand Prize at the SBS Drama Awards and Best Actor at the Paeksang Arts Awards. In 2004, Lee appeared as a playboy in ''Everybody Has Secrets'', a romantic comedy about three sisters who fall in love with Lee Soo-hyon. It reached a very high bid of US$5.5 million in Japan.

In 2005, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Kim Sun-woo in ''A Bittersweet Life'' which was screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. For his performance Lee received Best Actor nominations from the Blue Dragon Film Awards and Grand Bell Awards, and won at the Chunsa Film Art Awards, Paeksang Arts Awards and the Critics Choice Awards. His next role was in the romantic ''Once in a Summer'' opposite Soo Ae. His first villain role was as "The Bad" in the Korean western ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' directed by Kim Ji-woon and also starring Song Kang-ho and Jung Woo-sung. The film revolves around three men in a race to acquire a treasure map and was also screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009 he costarred with Josh Hartnett and Takuya Kimura in the film ''I Come with the Rain''. He then appeared as Storm Shadow in the American film ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'' directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Sienna Miller and Channing Tatum. Miller described him as "not only incredibly talented and handsome, but also incredibly funny and silly".

In late 2009, Lee starred in the espionage action thriller ''Iris'' with Kim Tae-hee playing secret agents caught in a dangerous game of love, betrayal, and national security. It was one of the most expensive shows ever produced with filming locations in Hungary, Japan as well as South Korea. It was one of the most highest rated and acclaimed dramas of 2009 and for his performance Lee received the Grand Prize at the KBS Drama Acting Awards and Best Actor at the Paeksang Arts Awards.

In 2010, Lee costarred with Choi Min-sik in ''I Saw the Devil'', his third collaboration with director Kim Ji-woon, in which he plays Soo-hyun, an intelligence agent who tracks a serial killer who murdered his fiance. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2011, he will reprise his role as Storm Shadow in G.I. Joe 2 directed by Jon Chu which will be released on August 10, 2012.

Other activities

In June 2006, Lee formed his own management company BH Entertainment which manages many actors including Han Hyo-joo, Go Soo, and Han Chae-young. He owns a shop BHNC which sells hats, scarfs, wallets and sundries and is involved in designing the products that are sold. On October 15, 2008 he released a single in Japan called "Itsuka" (Someday) which was sung in Japanese and composed by renowned songwriter and producer Yasushi Akimoto which rose to claim the third slot in Japan's music charts. He served as the body model for the main character, Wayne Holden, in the Capcom video game ''Lost Planet: Extreme Condition'' which was released on January 12, 2007.

In 2009, he collaborated with fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld in an ad campaign for Japanese beauty site yamanohada.com. Lagerfeld also hosted a photo exhibition in Japan with Lee as his main model which opened for two days starting on September 9, held at Space O in Tokyo under the title “Lee Byung-hun x Karl Lagerfeld.” In 2011 he donated 7 hundred million won (approximately $617,700 USD) towards the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Personal life

He has a younger sister, Lee Eun-hee, who was Miss Korea in 1996. His father, Lee In-chul, died in 1997. His English name is Brian but prefers being called Byung-hun. He graduated from Hanyang University with a major in French Literature and the Graduate School of Chung-Ang University with a major in Theater and Cinematography.

Lee and Song Hye-kyo became a couple after starring in the TV series ''All In''. They broke up in 2004.

Filmography

Film

! Year	! Title	!Korean Title	! Role
	''Who Drives Me Mad?''	누가 나를 미치게 하는가	Lee Jong-du
	런 어웨이	Lee Dong-ho
1996	''Kill the Love''	그들만의 세상	Love
1997	''Elegy of the Earth''	지상만가	Park Jong-man
1999	''The Harmonium in My Memory''	내 마음의 풍금	Kang Soo-ha
2000		공동경비구역JSA	Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok
2001	''Bungee Jumping of Their Own''	번지점프를 하다	Seo In-woo
	''My Beautiful Girl, Mari''	마리 이야기	Namoo (voice)
	중독	Dae-jun
	''Everybody Has Secrets''	누구나 비밀은 있다	Choi Su-hyeon
''Three Extremes'' - segment "''Cut''"		Ryu Ji-ho
2005	''A Bittersweet Life''	달콤한 인생	Kim Sun-woo
2006	''Once in a Summer''	그해여름	Yun Suk-young
2007			Kang (cameo)
2008	''The Good, the Bad, the Weird''	좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈	Park Chang-yi, the Bad
	''I Come with the Rain''		Su Dongpo
''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''		Storm Shadow
		아이리스	Kim Hyun-jun
''The Influence''	인플루언스	W
''I Saw the Devil''	악마를 보았다	Kim Soo-hyeon
2012	''G.I. Joe: Retaliation''		Storm Shadow

Television

! Year	! Title	! Role
	''Asphalt My Hometown''
''Family''
''Flower That Never Wilt''
	''Wild Sunflower''
''Days of Sunshine''	Choi Hyung-Man
''Dawn''
''Tomorrow Love''	Shin Bum Soo
	''The Sorrow of the Survivor''	Ja Myung
''Police''	Oh Hae-Sung
1994	''The Fragrance of Love''	Kim Jun-ho
	''Asphalt Man''	Kang Dong-joon
''Son of Wind''	Chang Hong-Pyo
	''Beautiful My Lady''	Hwang Jun-ho
''I Do''
''White Sand''
1998	''White Night 3.98''	Min Gyeong Bin
		Suh Tae-poong
''Lovestory'' - Story 1: Sunflower	Tae Sung
''Sally is Back''
	''Road''	Woo-sik
''Beautiful Days''	Lee Min-chul
2003		Kim In-ha
2009		Kim Hyun-jun
2011	''Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda''	John (cameo)

Discography

Albums

Album #	Album Information	Tracklisting
	''Lee Byung Hun - To Me''	* Released: August 1, 1999	* Label: Doremi Media Co., Ltd	*Language: Korean

Single

Single #	Single Information	Tracklisting
	いつか	''Itsuka (Someday)''	* Released: October 15, 2008	* Label: Universal Japan	*Language: Japanese

Soundtrack

Year !! Track !! Album
rowspan="2"	2010	"Stay"	Iris (TV series)>Iris'' OST
"Endless Road"	Iris (TV series)>Iris'' OST

Awards and nominations

Won

2011 47th Paeksang Arts Awards - Grand Prize award for Film for ''I Saw the Devil''

2010 Style Icon Awards: Style Icon of the Year

2010 Tokyo Drama Awards - Best Actor in Asia for ''Iris''

2010 5th Seoul International Drama Awards - Hallyu Star Male Actor for ''Iris'' 2010 5th Asian-Pacific Producers Networks Awards - APN Award

2010 14th China Music Awards and Asian Influential Awards - Best Asian Influential International Actor

2010 46th Paeksang Arts Awards: Best Actor in a Drama for ''Iris''

2010 Green Planet Movie Awards - 10 Best International Actors of the Decade (Asia) 2010 1st Seoul Arts & Culture Award - Best TV Actor for ''Iris''

2010 5th Asia Model Festival Awards: Asia Star Award

2009 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang) for ''Iris''

2009 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Netizen Popularity Award for ''Iris''

2009 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Best Couple with Kim Tae-hee for ''Iris''

2009 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popularity Award

2006 42nd Paeksang Arts Awards: Best Actor in a Film for ''A Bittersweet Life''

2005 13th Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best Actor for ''A Bittersweet Life''

2005 25th Critics Choice Awards: Best Actor for ''A Bittersweet Life''

2003 39th Paeksang Arts Awards: Best Actor in a Drama for ''All In''

2003 SBS Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang) for ''All In''

2003 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Award for ''All In''

2001 SBS Drama Awards: i-Star Award for ''Beautiful Days''

2001 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Award for ''Beautiful Days''

2001 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popularity Award

2000 1st Pusan Film Critics Awards: Best Actor for ''Joint Security Area''

1996 32nd Paeksang Arts Awards: Male Excellence Award (TV category) for ''Son of Wind''

1996 34th Grand Bell Awards: Best New Actor for ''Runaway''

1995 6th Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best New Actor for ''Who Drives Me Mad?''

1995 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Male Excellence Award for ''Son Of Wind''

1993 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Male Excellence Award for ''Tomorrow Love''

1992 KBS Drama Acting Awards: Best New Actor for ''Day of Sunrise''

Nominated

2010 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''I Saw the Devil''

2010 47th Grand Bell Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''I Saw the Devil''

2009 Asian Film Awards - nominated Best Supporting Actor for ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird''

2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird''

2007 15th Chunsa Film Art Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''Once in a Summer''

2005 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''A Bittersweet Life''

2005 42nd Grand Bell Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''A Bittersweet Life''

2002 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''Addicted''

2001 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''Bungee Jumping of Their Own''

2001 38th Grand Bell Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''Bungee Jumping of Their Own''

2000 21st Blue Dragon Film Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''Joint Security Area''

2000 37th Grand Bell Awards - nominated Best Actor for ''The Harmonium in My Memory''

References

External links

Lee Byung-hun Official Website

Official Japanese Fan Club

Lee Byung-hun reference site with over 1600 articles

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