Keeping them on their toes

When Alvin Ailey and his dance theater first toured China in 1985, the country had not been open to the world very long. Even those familiar with the Russian-style Swan Lake or the Chinese Red Detachment of Women could barely comprehend Ailey's Revelations and Blue Suite, which were edgy even to the American dance scene when they were choreographed in late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Miao rising

The world's a stage

Tonight, at the 10th anniversary of the Beijing Music Festival (BMF), 74-year-old Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki will perform his Symphony No 8 Songs of Transience. Although not a new work, Penderecki says he has rearranged it and added something inspired by nature for the concert at Poly Theater.

The power behind the glory

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The PUSH Group recipe for success

Located in Yibin, a large city in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the PUSH Group has attracted widespread attention on account of its drastic speed of development and excellent performance in recent years.

From workshop to industry giant

A subsidiary of the Wuliangye Group, PUSH Group Co Ltd developed out of what was formerly Workshop 615 of Wuliangye Liquor Brewery.

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Core industry clustrers

The Xinxiang Economic Development Area

Resource-rich Huixian on fast track

A small city in Henan, Huixian has seen spectacular development thanks to its rich natural resources.

Xinxiang poised for economic take-off

In ancient times, Xinxiang county, lying in the center of the northern Henan Plateau, with the Taihang Mountains to the north and the Yellow River to the south, was hailed as a place of "success and prosperity".