The life of legendary songstress and actress Zhou Xuan and the style of old Shanghai are celebrated in an original dance drama produced by the Shanghai Opera House Dance Troupe. Rehearsal begins next ...

The story of Zhou Xuan (1920-57), the legendary singer and actress who was a household name in the 1930s, will be retold in a TV drama now being shot in Shanghai. Shooting of the 40-part TV drama ...

This article is the third in a series on the lives and legacies of three women born a century ago, and how they intersected with and reflected some of the major trends of the past 100 years of Chinese ...

THEY ARE THE songs many people carry in their hearts, but few know who wrote them. Most music lovers can remember the tunes from Shanghai in the 1930s and 40s and are familiar with the era's singers, ...

"Zhi zi hua, bai lan hua," cries a little girl in the Shanghai dialect, as she peddles cape jasmine and magnolia from a basket on her arm. Taiwan singer and actress Yi Nengjing plays the role of Zhou ...