BEIJING — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and ...

On Wednesday, April 11, the University of Delaware Confucius Institute (UDCI) will launch its annual China Forum Lecture Series with a lecture by Feihong Song, a renowned Peking Opera performing ...

BEIJING — The curtain is about to fall on Beijing’s oldest opera house, as China’s unstoppable push for development forces the closure of the Ming Dynasty Peking Opera stage at the Guanghe tea house.

Fang Yulin, once a celebrated Peking Opera performer in China, now works at a Long Island nail salon. Filmmaker Guo Haitao is making a documentary about him called “A Peking Opera Master in New York.” ...

Peking Opera actress Zhang Wanting performs during a show at Jixiang Theatre in Beijing, China, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior ...

BEIJING (AP) — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high ...