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Folk art that rocks

2016-10-24 07:12

Intensive beats and high-pitched singing have made Qinqiang Opera appealing to generations of fans.

Old opera meets its spring in Hubei with youngsters

2016-10-10 15:40

Hubei province carries out a traditional opera promotion project among young people. At present, students of different ages from 8,300 schools in Wuhan have engaged in the project.

Using the 'fan economy' to build franchises

2016-09-17 07:49

iQiyi, the web-based entertainment arm of Chinese tech giant Baidu, will start to broadcast in October, a series based on the popular crime novel Mei Ren Wei Xian that loosely translates to "beauty lies within the dumpling", in a first major exploration of its franchise-building abilities, a senior company executive says.

Passion for ballet's graceful moves takes off

2016-09-16 09:49

Classes popping up everywhere, a reflection of increasing consumer disposable incomes

Beware of the unqualified plastic surgeons

2016-09-16 09:47

About 60 percent of the complications caused by cosmetic injections in China were reported at unlicensed institutions, top specialists estimate, urging beauty pursuers to seek services from qualified hospitals and physicians.

Rappers bring real China to the world

2016-09-13 07:51

CD Rev, a rap group from Chengdu, Sichuan province, is expected to release a new single, This Is Our Generation, in October, a sign of the rising popularity of using rap to explain China to the outside world.

Reviving a grand spectacle

2016-09-13 07:21

If it is grand traditional Mongolian wedding ceremonies you want to see, there's one man you can count on.

Painters' village on the canvas as slowdown bites

2016-08-25 08:14

Dafen was once a world-leader in the production of oil paintings, but the fragile global economy and China's slowing growth is forcing artists to adapt to a new reality. Zhou Mo reports from Shenzhen, Guangdong province.