Lu Meiting arrives early at her office job to check e-mails and daily work arrangements before logging onto her favorite daily routine.
In the past four decades the China Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (COSDE), founded under the auspices of late premier Zhou Enlai and vice-premier Chen Yi, has been responsible for entertaining foreign dignitaries and other visitors.
It's Sunday and pastor Kan Renping gets up at 6:30 am. It only takes two minutes for him to walk from his dormitory to the church where he begins his daily routine.
We never thought painting the walls would be so difficult - and risky - until we stood in our newly painted corridor, awe-struck.
The lights dimmed. The curtains parted. Two files of flag-bearing soldiers marched onstage and planted themselves to the side - a sign, as fans of Peking Opera would know - of a commander coming. Suddenly, everything fell silent.
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