When Chris Verrill, a media and e-marketing professional from San Francisco, held the very first shows of The Christmas Carol, in December 2006 in Beijing's Canadian International School auditorium, there were just about 10 people in the audience.
When Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, directed by Kris Chung, opens at Beijing's Penghao theater on Thursday, a shriveled, shaven-headed terminally-ill patient with huge lanceolate eyes will take center stage.
It is known for having the most number of people, but not many are aware that China is also facing its first peak in a graying population.
Due to the increasing average age and fewer children per family, China is confronted with a rapid demographic change.
Rui Chenggang interviews world leaders for State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) but made headlines himself when he campaigned to get US-based coffee chain Starbucks evicted from the Forbidden City.
China's "little emperors" are used to being the center of attention.
It is known for having the most number of people, but not many are aware that China is also facing its first peak in a graying population.
Grassroots lawmaker Wu Qing solves problems few others can - by reaching to officials through their wives.
Lawyer Zhou Dan lives with his partner, plays an active role in gay events and speaks outright for gay rights in public.
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