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Zhang Huoding
Zhang Huoding (born 24 January 1971) is a Peking opera singer. She is a singer in the "Cheng-pai" () tradition, or school of Cheng Yanqiu (程砚秋, 1904–1958). Zhang is best known in the West for the title role in the 2003 video of the revolutionary opera Sister Jiang (opera), ''Sister Jiang'' directed by Zhang Yuan (director), Zhang Yuan. She was seen in a Chinese opera version of the ''Legend of the White Snake'' at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, New York City, in her US debut in 2015. by David Barboza, ''The New York Times'', August 30, 2015 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Huoding Chinese Peking opera actresses 1971 births ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baicheng
Baicheng () is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Jilin province, People's Republic of China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Heilongjiang to the east and northeast. At the 2010 census, 2,033,058 people lived within its administrative area of . History The area around present day Baicheng was a nomadic area which was inhabited by several nomad tribes in Northeast China as early as the Late Neolithic Age, including the Eastern Hu, the Xianbei, the Fuyu, and the Khitans once inhabited the area. During the Liao Dynasty, Baicheng was the political center of four emperors, including Emperor Shengzong, Emperor Xingzong, Emperor Daozong, and Emperor Tianzuo, as the seat of the local government was located at Chengsijiazi Ancient fort in today's Taobei District. As Qing Government forsook the settlement of Han Chinese in the 19th century, no farming was allowed until 1902. In 1904 Baicheng became a county going by the name of Jing'an (). In 1914 Jing' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Barboza
David Barboza is an American journalist. Awards In 2013 David Barboza was part of the winning team from the staff of The New York Times that received the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. Other staff members on this team included: Charles Duhigg, David Kocieniewski, Steve Lohr, John Markoff, David Segal, David Streitfeld, Hiroko Tabuchi, and Bill Vlasic. They received the award for the report that provided readers with a “penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers.” In the same year, Barboza received the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting “for his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese government, including billions in secret wealth owned by relatives of the prime minister, well documented work published in the face of heavy pressure from the Chinese officials.” This report – which became so controversial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Chinese Actresses
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21st-century Chinese Women Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Baicheng
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National Academy Of Chinese Theatre Arts Alumni
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Living People
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1971 Births
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Chinese Peking Opera Actresses
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The New York Times
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