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  • Beijing rock bands on the right track

    2011-02-09 08:18

    Second Hand Rose

  • A chorus of debate about new age

    2011-02-09 08:18

    Tales of poverty-stricken musicians rebelling against consumerism coupled with accusations of a scene haunted with a lack of creativity make Beijing rock nothing if not controversial.

  • Lounge lizards in the city

    2011-01-27 07:41

    Covers of Brown Eyed Girl are, admittedly, not for everyone. Fret not, Beijing's lounge and bar scene is teeming with top shelf jazz and soul crooners backed by heady, talented bands.

  • From Casablanca to the capital

    2011-01-27 07:41

    The year is 1937 and washed-up American singer John Ramsey has just arrived for a one-month stint as a lounge singer in Beijing.

  • Australian Day is celebrated in Chinese capital

    2011-01-26 07:59

    G'day mate! Today is the Australian national day, affectionately known as "Aussie Day".

  • Collecting memories

    2011-01-26 07:59

    Tucked in the basement of a gift shop at Yandaixiejie Street is a special festival treat, a small exhibition of Chinese New Year paintings. The exhibition, entitled The Beautiful Folk Art, is a personal collection of New Year paintings, which are called nianhua in Chinese.

  • In the shops

    2011-01-19 07:58

    Rapping in the Beijing dialect and representing the masses, In 3's Chen Haoran, Jia Wei and Meng Guodong have one of the largest followings among Chinese hip hop fans.

  • From Brooklyn to Beijing, doing hip hop Chinese style

    2011-01-19 07:58

    Like cities all over the world, today's Beijing resonates to beats from the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye West. But what of local hip hop? Natalie Thomas goes out to investigate.

  • Getting in touch with the people

    2011-01-13 08:05

    Being in charge of a Beijing community is a particularly tricky profession.

  • The boy is back in town

    2011-01-12 08:00

    If you were busy last year and had no time for art, there is one exhibition you should try and make time to see in the new year.

  • Curtain going up on new musical district

    2011-01-05 08:36

    A new area in Tongzhou could provide the soundtrack for Beijing in the years to come and help it hit the right note in its bid to become a world city, according to Wang Yunfeng, the district's Party chief.

  • Int'l short play festival hits city for third time

    2011-01-05 08:36

    Makeup, dialogue, costumes, sets. Everyone and everything is getting ready with the last rehearsals at Penghao Theater in Dongmianhua Hutong, one of the alleys that branches out to the east from Nanluoguxiang.

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