In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing

Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a ...
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Remembering China’s ‘Godfather of Jazz’

New Year’s usually brings a fresh start, but for Chinese jazz fans, this Jan. 1 is all about the past, as clubs in Beijing and Shanghai hold a joint concert in honor of what would have been ...

China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs

Besh pede,” a popular Uyghur folk ballad, is among dozens of Uyghur-language songs that have been deemed “problematic” by ...

Musician Lee Si Song returns to Singapore after recovery from cerebral haemorrhage in Beijing

Singaporean songwriter-producer Lee Si Song, who suffered a sudden cerebral haemorrhage in Beijing, China, in September, has ...