Watch as a Henan man climbs up a ladder of large blades with nary a grimace or a wince.  Rather unbelievably, his feet remain largely intact despite the razor sharp knives, he comes away with only the slightest of indentations! The 25-year old performer was raised in Henan, the hometown of China’s martial arts, and has been working on the skill for years and years. Who knew that it was possible to stay so calm and collected!

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After the hit success of the first Tudou “made-for-Internet” drama series in October 2010, Tudou, a leading video website in China, is launching its second Tudou “made-for-Internet” drama series “Utopia Office” tonight on www.tudou.com.  Consistently targeted to the young, affluent, urban and educated Chinese audience, “Utopia Office” story can be described as Fringe.  The original drama series tell stories of a team of young scientists commissioned to tackle not crime, but one and another mind-tangling science challenge in each episode. “Utopia Office” was fully planned, written, produced and marketed by an in-house team at Tudou, as part of Tudou’s “Orange Box” original production initiative in spring 2010. 

“Utopia Office” is debuting tonight April 22, 2011 on www.tudou.com.  The drama will present 12 episodes and run two episodes per week.  Most of the actors and actresses are fresh and edgy new faces.  In the sci-fi adventure drama, the young scientists’ team has to resolve problems such as to stop a vicious mobile phone virus, to create a powerful noise reduction device, to build a time machine, and even deal with aliens.  The techno title song is created by music director Chien Yao, a famous song writer and producer in the Greater China region, and is sung by Angela Chang, a Taiwan-based pop singer who was also one of the 2010 Shanghai Expo celebrity ambassadors.

The first Tudou Original “That Love Comes” aired in October 2011 was selected as Advertising Age China’s 2010 top 10 branded content case studies partnering with AB-Inv Budweiser brand introducing its lime-flavored beer “BudLime” product to the Chinese consumers.  For “Utopia Office,” Tudou worked closely with Nokia for its sleek E7 smart phone integration into the drama’s plot and placement, as well as with Toshiba for its laptop product line placement

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Tudou “Utopia Office” feature Page: http://zone.tudou.com/utopia/ 

Tudou “Utopia Office” trailer (30 seconds): http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Ahf37yqHaKo/

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Tudou Media Contact:

Lu Yang, PR Department Head

ylu@tudou.com

This clip is of an incredibly focused and synchronized group of 700-school children in southwest China moon walking like the late King of Pop. The unique remake of “Dangerous” was filmed in Wushan County at Duping Primary School.  As part of their physical education curriculum faculty teach the students a new song each year, last year’s choice was Korean pop song, ”Nobody”. Watching the children perform in the remote area surrounded by mountains presents a contrast to the usual glitz and glamor associated with Michael Jackson. Many of the children live with extended family because their parents have moved to cities for job opportunities. Their loneliness is exacerbated by the fact that they only see their parents a few times a year. Teachers at the school have noted that they seem to laugh louder and enjoy themselves more than usual while they are dancing. Once again, MJ’s dance moves have worked their magic.

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