Pyeatphyooo is a 20-year-old man from Yangon, Myanmar. His grandparents, his parents and one of his brothers are all professional acrobats. And now, he is training to be one too.
Teddy Zhang is a Haigui and his story is typical of immigrants who succeeded overseas.
Larry Wang is CEO and founder of Wang & Li Asia Resources, China's "2008 Recruitment Firm of the Year".
When David G. Brooks wanders about a supermarket in Shanghai, it seems a world apart from his expatriate life of more than 30 years ago...
Expat life in China has changed a great deal since I first came here in the early-1980s...
With annual takings jumping more than fourfold to 4.3 billion yuan in five years, most see the box office growth of Chinese cinema as a spectacular takeoff.
It has been an extraordinary decade for Chinese cinema.
When TV sets firmly made their way into Chinese people's homes shortly after the 1980s, presenters repeating lines from tiny prompt cards and beaming performers in gorgeous garments formed most of the offerings that strained to move audiences.
In the mid-1980s, I taught English at Tsinghua University. When China Central Television (CCTV) started broadcasting 15 minutes of news in English at 10 pm.
At half past noon on Sept 29, avant-garde theater phenomenon Meng Jinghui opened the door of his studio in an old red-bricked building next to the National Theater Company of China.
Artists will persist in creating whether or not they have funding. But the support a country offers its artists often reflects the way that nation views their role in society.
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