Question: what does Wang Hui-ling and The Crossing have in common?
Context: The Wangs vs. the World is a comic novel by Jade Chang; it is her debut novel, published in 2016.  It chronicles the cross-country road trip of Chinese/Taiwanese immigrant Charles Wang and his family to his eldest daughter's house after Wang's bankruptcy in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.  As common to immigrant families, dialogue between family members is conducted in a mix of the adopted country (English) and native tongue (Mandarin Chinese, romanized for print but otherwise untranslated). Tortilla Soup is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by María Ripoll.  The screenplay by Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez and Vera Blasi is based on the film "Eat Drink Man Woman", which was written by Hui-Ling Wang, Ang Lee, and James Schamus. April Rhapsody is a 2000 TV series written by Wang Hui-ling, based on the romantic life of Xu Zhimo, one of China's most renowned poets in the 20th century. Wang Chong (, 27–c. 100 AD), courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was an ancient Chinese scientist and philosopher active during the Han Dynasty.  He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe.  His main work was the "Lùnhéng" (論衡, "Critical Essays").  This book contained many theories involving early sciences of astronomy and meteorology, and Wang Chong was even the first in Chinese history to mention the use of the square-pallet chain pump, which became common in irrigation and public works in China thereafter.  Wang also accurately described the process of the water cycle. Wong is the Jyutping and Yale and Hong Kong romanization of the Chinese surnames Huang () and Wang (), two ubiquitous Chinese surnames; Wang (), another common Chinese surname; and a host of other rare Chinese surnames, including Heng (), Hong (), Hong (), and Hong () Academy Awards best screenplay nominee Hui-Ling Wang's first television screenplay after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The Legend of Eileen Chang is a 2004 biographical drama TV series written by Wang Hui-ling and produced by Hsu Li-kong, starring Rene Liu as Eileen Chang, one of China's greatest authors in the 20th century. Hui-Ling Wang or Wang Hui-Ling is a Taiwanese screenwriter.  In 2001 she was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing for the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  In 2013 she wrote the script for The Crossing directed by John Woo, scheduled to be released in 2014. The Crossing Hero () is 2015 Taiwanese fantasy, magic realist, time travel idol-drama starring Jiro Wang, Bruce Xie, Hu Yang, Nikki Hsieh, Lorene Ren, Edison Wang, and Jeff Zhang, amongst others.  The series also represents Taiwanese singer and actor Jiro Wang's production debut.  An original web-based series jointly produced by Hairun Media and Tencent Video, The Crossing (Chinese: 太平轮) is a 2014 Chinese-Hong Kong epic historical romance-war drama (part 1) and disaster film (part 2) directed by John Woo and written by Hui-Ling Wang.  The film stars Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Song Hye-kyo, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei and Masami Nagasawa.  The film is based on the sinking of the steamer "Taiping" in 1949.  The incident led to the deaths of over 1,500 passengers and crew.  The film's first part was released in China on December 2, 2014.  Part two was released on July 30, 2015.
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