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An exclusive interview with Fu Jia, the leading actor in the play Bird Man, a production by Beijing People’s Arts Theater.

The legendary Chinese dancer Yang Liping, who is famous for her solo dance Spirit of Peacock, performed a rearranged version of the dance, Love of Peacock, on the 2012 CCTV New Year’ Gala and once again caught the audience’s attention.

Zhu Qi, from the perspective of an art critic, talks about how he thinks about good artistic works and the current exploding market.

Tencent has recently released a 2011 Chinese film figure report on its web portal and had a reflection on Chinese movies in 2011.

With the publication of his quasi-biographical book to A Good Life is Not Necessarily Expensive (好的生活没那么贵), Qiao Xiaodao’s stories are inspiring more than those who love his music.

A reflection on domestic Chinese movies in 2011 with a list of ten most important productions.

An interview with the designer Chu Yan (楚艳) in which she talked about how she became a designer, the Chinese fashion industry and education, and the Chinese influence on the world’s runway.

David Der-wei Wang in his lecture in Peking University reflected upon the history of Chinese science fiction and the perspectives of Chinese intellectuals from Lu Xun (鲁迅) to Liu Cixin (刘慈欣) on Chinese society.

According to Pan Gongkai, famous Chinese artist and educator, many geographical and historical factors have contributed to the differences between western painting and Chinese painting, the former being similar to drama and novel, the latter to music and poetry.

Her show is named Ting Xiang (listening to fragrance), which resonates with an ancient Chinese poem “one is not worried by the disappearance of the bright moon, for the hidden fragrance still pervades”, suggesting the existence of flowers not necessarily calling to be seen.