China's Web-based generation may find it ridiculous to see people of their parents' age, or even older, weep when listening to Russian folk songs.
Liberals call it "the movement of life", whereas conservatives consider it an expression of loose lifestyles, or worse - a vicious element that would lead the youth towards direct moral breakdown.
China has tested some new diplomatic concepts with France, such as strategic partnership, culture year, youth exchanges, and then expanded them to other countries, said the French Ambassador to China, Herve Ladsous.
The economic relationship between China and France has been progressing steadily over the last years, based on the strategic partnership established by the two governments.
Rariko Nasu is a geisha. The 23-year-old can only afford to wash her hair once a week. She also has to wear the heavy kimono even in the blistering heat of summer. In the geisha house where she works, she is called Komomo.
At the end of the Chinese premiere of Mamma Mia! in Shanghai last Friday, the whole audience was on its feet swaying along to the music. The moving story of a daughter who does not know which one of three men is her father hit a chord with the crowd, who were also taken by the music - a collection of ABBA's best-loved songs.
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