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chinese kun opera and today

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August 13th 2006
yesterday evening i was to the chinese kun opera. it was really great. actually one of the actors seemed to be quite a star of chinese opera and it was a kind of gala evening for her. so we saw parts of three operas (usally a chinese opera could last for 12 or even 24 hours, so that was convenient). before it started you could watch the actors getting prepared and during the performance we had pla ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more