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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.

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

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

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.

The 2011 Beijing Design Week & the First Beijing International Design Triennial is scheduled to take place in Beijing from September 26th to October 3rd. There will be a whole series of activities in design during the event in different places in Beijing. Designers from all over the world will participate.

Wang Ying’s (王英) first solo exhibition is held in the Beauty Tao Art Center in Beijing from August 28 to September 22. The exhibition has included almost 60 works covering oil paintings and sketches and is a first-time review of her art.

Almost everyone knows the famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未), who is active in various artistic disciplines and whose Sunflower Seeds consisting of one hundred million porcelain “seeds” has made great hits in galleries around the world, but few may be familiar with his biological brother Ai Xuan (艾轩), who has chosen another road of a completely different style.