The Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas debuted Panda!, the first Chinese show to take up residency in Las Vegas, earlier this month. The 47-member troupe, led by acclaimed Chinese director Zhao An, opened to worldwide audiences just two weeks before the Lunar New Year.
As a drama director, Stan Lai is a firm believer in original creation.
Mahler wrote Symphony No 9 as a personal farewell to the world. A century later, Taiwan conductor Lu Shao-chia has paid tribute to the great composer by interpreting his masterpiece with an Oriental perspective.
American band Periphery will give its debut concert in China. Formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005, the Maryland-based Djent-style six-piece group named Periphery is best known for their progressive sound constructed on polyrhythmic patterns. Its self-titled, full-length debut was released in 2010. Periphery II: This Time it's Personal was released in 2012. This time they invited Wes Hauch (the Faceless) and John Petrucci (Dream Theater) to stop by the studio to contribute several jaw-dropping solos.
When Mao Chen first read the story of how two children ate magic marshmallows made of clouds and flew to deliver dinner for their father on a rainy day, the idea of linking sweets and fairy tales became an inspiration.
In about a week, the Lunar Year of the Horse will canter in, ushering in 15 days of festivities, celebration and much needed rest for China's huge migrant workforce.
The chocolate factory has come to Southwest China, but without eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Chocolate theme park World Chocolate Wonderland arrived in Chongqing on Dec 30 and will remain until March 31, offering a visual and sweet feast to locals and tourists. "I had so much fun today," 20-year-old Guo Xueyu says, adding that immersing herself in a sweet chocolate kingdom is one of her dreams come true.
Panda cub Bao Bao's public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park over the Martin Luther King Jr Day weekend was a perfect start to Chinese Lunar New Year of the Horse celebrations.
If Hakka are permanent guests from North China, Meizhou in eastern Guangdong province is the perfect locale to showcase their hospitality, writes Raymond Zhou.
Hakka people often find excuses for the lack of presentation for their food, especially compared with their seafood-rich neighbors of Chaozhou and Shantou, where more attention is paid to how dishes are prepared and presented.
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