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Dentist Wang Xiang made his money fixing teeth but his true love is bringing independent theater to the masses.
While commuters often rush at subway stations, several murals along the corridor of one of Beijing's busiest subway intersections have slowed down or stopped the steps of many.
Li Chevalier is staging a 10-day visual symphony at the National Center for the Performing Arts, with silent violins playing a Chinese theme.
The World Bodypainting Festival was held in Portschach, Austria, July 6, 2013, one day before the closure of the 7-day festival.
The southern section of the Han Meilin Art Museum opened in Beijing recently, making it one of the largest personal art museums in China.
Mountains and water are the key images for the inaugural exhibition at Shanghai Himalayas Museum, which celebrated the grand opening of its new site on June 15.
Zhu Yingren, an 83-year-old painter in Hangzhou, has spent decades observing the cute creatures in West Lake of Hangzhou and portrayed them vividly on hundreds of paintings.
Performers of the Yandong Shaolin Kungfu troupe show their kung fu during a performance held at the Worker's Cultural Palace, Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, July 6, 2013.
Beijing Inshine International Auction will preview 58 lots of Chinese ink paintings and porcelain that will go under the hammer in its spring sales.
Chinese famous choreographer Yang Liping performs in her final dance drama "The Peacock" in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, July 4, 2013.
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As a young Chinese artist influenced by her homeland's and Western culture, Han Mengyun doesn't believe in pigeonholes and strives to defy narrow definitions in her own work.