Source: CCTV.com
03-28-2007 08:47
Monday was the start of the“Year of China in Russia", an event to help promote Chinese culture in China's northern neighbor. This follows "The Year of Russia in China" that was help through 2006. It was one packed with of reminiscence and discovery for all Chinese.
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Rarely can another country be such an emotional trigger. But exchange between the two nations goes way back. China came to know Russia through the Bolshoi ballet, Gorky novels, and masterful oil paintings. And this year's comprehensive display of Russian culture made cross-border ties still more secure.
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Many more quality shows followed, with the theme of "Classic Forever, Heritage and Development." There were theatrical offerings, like "For Every Wise Man, There's Enough Simplicity" and "Petty Bourgeois," to Shostakovich's 1928 opera "The Nose." Chinese actors look up to Russian theater, and have taken their own bold steps, doing full justice to the country's classics.
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