YOUNGSTERS CHASE THEIR DREAMS OF STARDOM

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Swinging her arms and dropping to the floor, 17-year-old Yu Yangzi turns around, looks into a mirror, and smiles.

For five hours a day, Yu repeats dance moves in a classroom near Beijing's East Fifth Ring Road. She also receives at least an hour of vocal training, exercises to strengthen her body and jogs to help stay trim.