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...Jiang Qing married the most powerful man in China, created revolutionary operas and was celebrated for bringing to life films by the country’s greatest directors....
...Shot in his home county of Gaotai, it starred highly regarded actress Hai Qing as a disabled, middle-aged spinster....
...Stone panels, sliding lattice screens and Qing-dynasty artworks round off a serene dining experience. 1037 Yuyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200085 SS Wild & The Moon, Dubai (also Amsterdam and...
...Confucius’ birthplace was in the ancient state of Lu, hence the name....
...Earlier this week Mr Lu said India-China relations had been damaged for some time....
...Conductor Lü Jia led his musical forces with a similar formula: the more people involved, the better....
...Ye Qing, deputy director of Hubei Provincial Statistical Bureau, said infrastructure construction has slowed markedly in the central province since the beginning of this year....
...Situated near vast reserves of kaolin clay and porcelain stone, Jingdezhen’s kilns were unrivalled throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911)....
...Perhaps the Prince of Lu is listening in a nearby room. Zheng’s voyages are one of the great might-have-beens of history....
...They had been interested primarily in ceramics from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), China’s last....
...Some historians argue China was the world’s largest trading nation during the Qing dynasty – which lasted from 1644-1912 – despite the ambivalence of Chinese emperors toward foreign trade....
...Mr Ai stayed away from the hearing, but he said his wife Lu Qing, who is also the firm’s legal representative, had attended....
...Lu Qing, the wife of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, was detained by police without explanation for several hours on Tuesday, according to Mr Ai and other witnesses....
...Macao, with its own historical claims to Dr Sun, chose the symphonic route for its centennial celebration of Sun’s Xinhai revolution, which overthrew the Qing dynasty and paved the way for modern China....
...Chinese police release Ai Weiwei’s wife Lu Qing, the wife of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, was detained by police without explanation for several hours on Tuesday, according to Mr Ai and other witnesses...
...But the meeting between Mr Ai and his wife Lu Qing and the accusations against the internationally renowned artist are the clearest signs yet that the authorities are moving towards a prosecution....
...For centuries, this region was a magnet for the literati and many gentlemen of letters who lived or lingered here, such as the Song dynasty poets Su Dongpo and Lu You, and the Qing dynasty poet Yuan Mei,...
...Even the menu is written on hanging cards on a board, a tradition that goes back to the Qing dynasty....
...The works, all internationally influenced but with their own historical references, include Lu Qing’s abstract paintings on long stretches of silk, Li Zhanyang’s kitsch sculptures inspired by Chinese revolutionary...
...These had been grabbed by Germany from a weakened Qing dynasty some 20 years earlier....
...Favoured by the Imperial household as far back as the Qing dynasty (1680), ivory has an illustrious reputation and an association with the wealthy and elite....
...Tian Di Yi Jia ,140 Nan Chi Zi Da Jie, Dongcheng District, +86 10 8511 5556 Beijing Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant, No 22 Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng District, +86 10 5169 0328/0329 Hai Wan Ju, 11 Zengguang Lu...
...In the Qing dynasty, he says, the popular “officialdom novels” were about official-to-official relationships. His are about “cadre-folk” relationships....
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