Romeo and Juliette made its Beijing debut on Dec 9 and will end its run Sunday. The show has been seen by over 6.5 million people in 18 countries since 2001. To appreciate the great enthusiasm of Chinese fans, the major performers met with fans at the Beijing Tiaoqiao Performing Arts Center on Wednesday.
Design Society, a new cultural hub featuring a Victoria and Albert Museum gallery, will open to the public in Shenzhen, in October.
US musical-theater performer Brad Little, who's known for starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of Opera, gave a thumbs up to the French musica lRomeo and Juliette in Beijing on Dec 13.
The National Symphony Orchestra, one of the longest established orchestras in the United Kingdom, will make its debut in China on Dec 28 at the Great Hall of the People.
Hong Kong-born Londoner Emma-Lee Moss, better known to fans as "Emmy the Great", is of to China next year to take part in a six-week musicians-in-residence program organized by the British Council and the PRS for Music Foundation, the UK's leading founder of new music.
One of William Shakespeare's most celebrated plays, Romeo and Juliet, was adapted into a musical by French composer Gerard Presgurvic in 2001.
The 4th Cultural Discovery Tour for diplomats based in China is currently under way in Central China's Hunan province. The trip, in which 13 envoys from 11 countries are taking part, began on December 5 and ends on December 8.
China has many ethnic groups whose members can be identified through what they wear on a daily basis and on special occasions. Now, Intimate Distances, an exhibition in Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is showcasing some 115 costumes, accessories and masks worn by these Chinese ethnic groups.
Ukraine's Kiev Ballet will bring the classic ballet work, Swan Lake, to Beijing on Dec 30 at the Great Hall of the People.
Grammy Award-winning rock band Metallica will return to Asia with a concert in Shanghai on Jan 15 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Russian dancers perform in the ballet "Swan Lake" in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, Dec 7, 2016.
The annual Beijing New Year's Concert will be staged at the Great Hall of the People on Dec 31.