Peking Opera Roles include sheng (male role), dan (female role), jing (painted-face male role), and chou (comedic male role), distinguished on the basis of sex, age, and personality. Sheng (male ...

Retrace Peking opera's journey over the past seven decades with performer Hua Dan and her partner Wu Sheng.

Key characters of Peking Opera Romance of the Western Chamber — Cui Yingying (center), Zhang Sheng and Hongniang — which will be staged at Mei Lanfang Theatre in Beijing on Friday. [Photo provided to ...

Huang Danian, a geophysicist who returned to China seven years ago from Britain and contributed greatly to deep earth exploration technology. [Photo/Xinhua] Shortly after he obtained his doctor's ...

Regarded as one of the key figures of China's 'New Generation' (xinshengdai) in the 1990s, Shen Ling is renowned for her use of a vibrant palette to create emotionally charged oil paintings.