She's no plain Jane

Jane Zhang Liangying belts out sizzlers like Beyonce and charms the older folks with Teresa Teng evergreens. Han Bingbin and Qin Zhongwei unravel the story of the enigmatic super diva-to-be.

The Wukesong Arena is known as the home of the stars. Originally built for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, it has seen some of the most luminous names in international music come and go including Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, the Backstreet Boys, and R&B heartthrob Usher. This weekend, it serves as the backdrop for China's own rising star, Jane Zhang Liangying. Zhang is the first Chinese chanteuse to be crowned best female singer four years running on the local music charts. She was the first Chinese performer to show off her talents on the Oprah Winfrey Show and she was the first Chinese singer invited to walk the red carpet at the Grammy's. With such accomplishment already behind her, singing at Wukesong will be just one more milestone in her meteoric rise.

The concert this weekend is the Beijing stop of her ambitious 2010 I Believe world tour, which would have whirled through major cities such as Shanghai, Chengdu and Tianjin before a rousing finale in Sydney, Australia.