Written in 1598, the same year as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Tang Xianzu's drama follows Du Liniang, a young woman who ...

In Dobson's eyes, Shakespeare depicted the complexity of human nature, while Tang Xianzu wrote about the pursuit of the soul. Both were asking "what is life?", which is the core theme in the ...

FILE - In this March 1, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong actors Chan Hung-chun, right, and Lung Koon-tin, dressed as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, pose during a press ...

Chinese opera is an important feature of the country's art and culture, with a long history and diverse elements such as literature, music, dance and martial arts. The ninth Chinese Opera Culture Week ...

Opera has unveiled a new mobile browser called Oupeng for the Chinese market. Launched on Tuesday in conjunction with phone distributor Telling Telecom, Oupeng is a version of Opera Mini that includes ...

BEIJING/OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian online browser and advertising firm Opera Software, the takeover target of a Chinese consortium of Internet firms, has embedded a tool in its latest desktop app that ...

Art provokes. And sparks conversations. The Houston Grand Opera's recent production of John Adams' 'Nixon in China' has done just that, drawing strong responses from two critics — Scott Cantrell in ...

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese performer He Hongqing can change his facial expressions, and make up, on stage in a flash, but it's not due to skills learned at drama school. The man deemed China's ...