“Now that the mummies have awoken, will the terracotta army stay asleep?” has become a phrase among Chinese bloggers after Egyptian president Mubarak was forced from office.
Lang Lang cancelled a concert scheduled for Saturday night in Buffalo. A leading Chinese dissident sees in this cancellation a sign that Lang Lang is now beginning to pay a penalty for his promotion of the Chinese Communist Party.
While some in the U.S. media have been sympathetically reporting Lang Lang’s claims of ignorance, some Chinese scholars are holding him responsible for his performance at the White House state dinner.
DVDs of the performances of classical Chinese dance company Shen Yun Performing Arts are being circulated in some places in China, including being played in supermarkets in at least some areas.
Hong Kong government’s refusal to grant visas to key members of a performing arts group has forced a very public cancellation of the group’s shows in Hong Kong.