The 50th Defense Day and solidarity with martyrs was commemorated today at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing with enthusiasm and solemnity paying homage to the martyrs of the 1965 War. The hallmark of the day was a tribute to the brave ...
South Korean singer Jeong Soon-won, known by his stage name The One, will release online his first Chinese album, titled Because of You, on Friday. Earlier this year, the singer took part in the third season of popular Chinese variety ...
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Hong Kong-based musicians Robynn and Kendy released their first Mandarin album, titled If I Am Not Perfect, in Beijing on Sept 16. The duo — Robynn Yip and Kendy Suen — became popular on the mainland in 2014 after ...
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A series of events for celebrating Chinese New Year and introducing Beijing's bid regarding 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Helsinki on February 18th. Yu Qingtai, China's ambassador to Finland; Jussi Pajunen, mayor of Helsinki; and Chen ...
Beijing has an ever-growing reputation as an international city, and its population of French-speakers is significant. It was clear from all the rolling R's heard in the packed crowd at Yugong Yishan last Friday that many of them came out ...
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When Ultimate Broadway, a gala musical theater show in Shanghai, held an audition for 10 ensemble members in London, nearly 1,000 applicants turned up. Show director Paul Warwick Griffin, a veteran of musicals in the West End of London, ...
British rock band Muse is currently on their first-ever tour in China. On Saturday night, they made their mainland debut at Beijing's Mastercard Centre. Famous for their highly conceptualized albums, innovative instrumentation, and ...
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Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region began celebrating on Thursday as one of the biggest religious festivals in China gets underway. The three-day Corban Festival, also known as Eid al-Adha or feast of the sacrifice, centers ...
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The president of the Vienna Boys Choir, Mr. Gerald, and his boys presented a group-singing performance at the Austrian embassy in Beijing on Sep 25, 2015. The children’s chorus performed several Austrian songs and a Chinese song, ...
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who was touring Mexico to promote his latest album entitled "Mexico," talked about his passion for China since his visit to the country in 1980s, and praised its culture in a recent interview. "I want to ...
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A solo exhibition displaying Chinese musician Guo Feng's fine art opened up in Madrid China Cultural Center on September 22. Guo Feng is widely known for his talents in pop music. Some of his songs such as "Let the World Filled with Love" ...
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After a successful debut at Honghe Grand Theater in Yunnan province, the music drama Muomaamei, which depicts the story of the Hani ethnic group's migration, will be staged in Beijing this weekend. The ethnic group is believed to have ...
Yo-Yo Ma's state of mind when performing is, he says, to have simultaneous access to both the conscious and unconscious mind. It is an act of artistic alchemy encapsulated in his new album Songs From the Arc of Life. For Ma, music has ...
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A Shanghai shopping mall hosted an unusual outdoor concert over the weekend, with western cellos, as well as traditional Mongolian horse-head fiddles, the group "Mongolia Symptoms" provided shoppers with an avant-garde adventure. The ...
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Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra will perform works by some of the most creative minds in contemporary Chinese music at the Forbidden City Concert Hall on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Beijing Music Festival. Commissioned by Hangzhou ...