Gun-toting ballerinas launch spectacular Beijing arts complex
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Arts & entertainment: Dancers with machine guns will grace the stage for the first performance at China's National Grand Theatre.
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The execution was meant to show that Beijing is serious about improving the safety of Chinese products.
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A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. China&#39;s Ministry of Information Technology, the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council, and a Beijing Internet company devised the new college as a joint venture.
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Beijing is making a big push to market itself, similar to the way the U.S. promoted its culture and values during the cold war.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rio de Janeiro erupted  to the beat of drums on Sunday night as the half naked dancers  from the city's samba schools showed off their skills to win  what promised to be the most expensive Carnival yet.
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The visually smashing "Nutcracker" choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, is elegant and beautiful.
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Two of 12 new Beijing Olympic venues have been completed and could be handed over to officials as early as next week.
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The seasonâs second program, a quadruple bill called âDance for Joy,â which opened on Thursday, is a reminder that City Ballet also leads the world in sheer quality of repertory.
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Fu prima ballerina al Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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As public fascination with fashion deepens, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts displays Paris's latest haute couture.
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In Raleigh, N.C., where the ballet used to practice in a mall, the arts are blossoming.
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An invincible China has added seven more gold medals to its bulging bag of Asian Games titles, with more in store when its world class gymnasts and badminton players spring into action.
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BEIJING China on Wednesday opened its ancient capital of Xi&#39;an and an industrial city in the northeast to overseas banks, a year earlier than planned, as it eases restrictions on their expansion.
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BEIJING  - Beijing saw double Saturday as the Chinese capital opened its first festival for twins, attracting hundreds of lookalike siblings - a rare sight in a society where birth control rules limit most urban families to one child.
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A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. Xinhua, China&#39;s main government-run news agency, reported Saturday that China&#39;s Ministry
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BEIJING, Nov. 17 -- There were two Chinas on display at the Beijing Folk Culture Plaza on Friday, as an exhibition on human rights began a 10-day run.
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The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.