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Around Town Highlights
- Revival of the shrillest
- With a blockbuster film in the making, the opening of a specialist theatre and a slot in the new school curriculum, Tom Pattinson asks whether, after a recent decline in fortunes, Peking Opera can a comeback. »
- Maker, meet faker
- Contemporary artist Sheng Qi heads to a faker's studio with Toby Skinner and Denise Fung to critique a forged copy of his art »
- The man who conquered the world
- Mei Lanfang is revered today as the man who brought Jingju to the world stage. With a museum, restaurant, theatre and now a movie dedicated to him, Tom Pattinson takes a closer look at the man behind the make-up »
- Modern art, ancient setting
- A new contemporary art museum nestled snugly against the walls of the Forbidden City? Sounds too good to be true, especially when coupled with an innovative curatorial vision at odds with the art scene's prevailing commercial ethos, writes Dan Edwards. »
- Puyi’s final pastime
- In the 1960s, visitors to the Beijing Botanical Gardens would have seen a little old man bent... »
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