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    <title><![CDATA[A vanished Shanghai in black and white]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4097.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An American opium trader stands beside his beloved horse in front of a Western-styled villa in Shanghai. The drug dealer is Francis Blackwell Forbes, one of the wealthiest US merchants in late 19th century China, who disguised his opium bus]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Painting fetches record price]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4096.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Snowy Mountain in Switzerland, a Chinese painting by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), fetched a stunning 52.64 million yuan (US$7.72 million) at Beijing Council International's autumn auction, setting a new world record for the artist. The paint]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Charity auction boosts Thang-ga painting school]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4095.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A school teaching traditional Tibetan Thang-ga painting in West China's Qinghai Province is to be expanded with 300,000 yuan (US$45,000) raised at a December 19 charity auction organized by the Beijing Saving Foundation Association (BSFA).]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Pictures tell of poverty in the age of globalization]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4093.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Butuo, Chung Khneas and Manohara, a photography exhibition about poverty in three villages in China, Cambodia and Nepal, opened on December 19 in Beijing, in the Academy Hall of the Central University of Finance and Economy. The photograp]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Exhibition on Taiwan ethnic minorities held in Beijing]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4092.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An exhibition introducing the mainlanders to the history and culture of ethnic minorities in Taiwan opened Monday at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in downtown Beijing. The exhibits include some 10,000 photos, 40 films and 400 artifac]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Photographer shot portraits to reveal philosophy]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4091.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A photo exhibition held in the Orange of Sanlitun Village reveals French born photographer Elisa Haberer’s concept of the difference between me and others when looking at myself. The exhibition, named Me, by you, is composed of 45 g]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Returned treasures up for grabs]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4088.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Several hundred returned Chinese treasures are the highlight of Poly International's upcoming auction. The Chinese painting and calligraphy category features two Qi Baishi masterpieces - a Longevity polyptich (pictured) and a large Pine an]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Photo exhibition about landmine survivors held in Beijing]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4086.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[18-year-old amputee Aynalem Zenebe is a survivor of a landmine explosion in Ethiopia. Photo: Gael Turine [ Global Times ] Fatal Footprint, a photo exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Beijing, depicts the difficult lives of landmin]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Liu Wen in vogue]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4083.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Liu Wen is the new face of China after becoming the first Asian model for Victoria's Secret (VS). It means the 21-year-old is busier than ever, striking poses for next year's New York fashion magazines. Liu told China Daily in an e-mail int]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Fashion blogs: Who cares?]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4082.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Catching a growing trend abroad, more Chinese are writing fashion blogs in a bid to influence the way people dress. When Piksi from Finland posted her photos on her blog, she never expected that the HM dress in that photo would trigger suc]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Drab to dramatic]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4081.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Fashion designers are remodeling the traditional Mao suit in the hope that it will once again become a popular item of clothing. The gray Zhongshan, or Mao suit, that President Hu Jintao wore when he stood on the rostrum in Tian'anmen Squ]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Poetic snapshots combine words and photographic images]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4078.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Yi (Memory), the top prize winner Gu Yanliang and Huang Xiaoling from Shanghai No. 1 Middle School A picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, an original Chinese poem composed by high school students bout city life. They are]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Tough to let go for 70-something fashion designers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A model presents the Autumn Winter 2009-10 creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani at a fashion show in a concert hall in Luxury Village in Barvikha outside Moscow, October 29, 2009.[Agencies] Italian designer Giorgio Armani, wh]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Sketching tiger, hidden meaning]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4074.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Yao Shaohua was born in Beijing in 1942 and studied under Wang Jinglu, one of the most renowned artists of his generation. From him, the young Yao learned the skills necessary for his exquisite depictions of landscapes, flowers and birds. L]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Portrait of modern Chinese women displayed in Shanghai]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4073.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the paintings by He Jiaying [ Shanghai Daily ] Today's Chinese women, whether rustic, working-class or stylishly urban, are celebrated in 70 realistic paintings in a one-man show at the Shanghai Art Museum. The artist, 52-year-old H]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Lensmen focus on Shangri-La]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4072.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A Family in Pamir Plateau by Luo Pinxi [ Shanghai Daily ] The winners of the My Shangri-La Photography Contest have been on display at the Pudong Shangri-La Shanghai and are available online. The competition is sponsored by Shangri-La Ho]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Backing tradition in the art market]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4068.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[There is drama at the auction house for contemporary Chinese art pieces these days. A crash in the world's markets has seen a fall in sales for red-hot vanguard artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Zeng Fanzhi and Fang Lijun. Contemporary Chines]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Warriors on the march]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4067.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A woman looks at Terracotta Warriors on display at the National Geographic Museum in Washington. [Reuters] National Geographic Museum director Susan Norton gazed at a piece of armor constructed of hundreds of limestone pieces the size of ma]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Artist dedicates exhibition to mom for her birthday]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4066.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, located in the 798 Art District, is displaying an exhibition that artist Wen Fang is dedicating to her mom as a birthday gift. Wen's mom was born in the same year that the People's Republic of China was foun]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Photo exhibit by low-income folks]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4064.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[As Chinese contemporary art fetches astronomical prices by collectors, one expat group is working in the opposite direction - to bring prices way down. The Art+ Cooperative wants to popularize art for the masses by encouraging everyone to c]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Veteran comics artist donates his works]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4062.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Fang Cheng, a veteran comics artist from Beijing, has recently donated five of his signature works to the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Bureau. The 91-year-old artist suggested Shanghai should build a museum for original comics and cartoon wo]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Testing public taste]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4061.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing's 798 Art Complex presents Landscape of Childhood, a piece of installation art by artist Yan Peiming this summer [CNSPHOTO] A new term to most of China's urban residents, public art h]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Art on the move]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4059.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Sea of Books: The theme fresco at the National Library Station depicts the classical books of China [Wei Yao] Art will soon imbue many subway stations and even trains in Beijing. The newest subway line in the capital city's mass transit net]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Porcelain made for Western tastes]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4058.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An ongoing exhibition titled Traces of Trade at Shanghai Museum features Chinese export porcelain made during the late Ming (1368-1644) and early Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. All of the 97 porcelain pieces were donated last year by Mr Henk]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ District preserves ancient bamboo carving art]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4057.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Two bamboo carving professionals exchange their views over a bamboo carving artwork. Jiading District is preserving and promoting the ancient art, through an association, classes, a museum and various activities. Bamboo is one of the most p]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Austrian artist Alfred Hrdlicka dies]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4056.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[One of the most famous Austrian sculptors, Alfred Hrdlicka died at the age of 81 on Saturday in Vienna. Alfred Hrdlicka was an outstanding Austrian sculptor, graphic artist, writer and painter. He took up the critical controversy about the]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Why are Chinese art museums getting the cold shoulder?]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4055.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum [arton.net] More and more Chinese local governments are waking up to the fact that a dash of culture can improve a city's image. Lavish art museums are springing up like mushrooms all round the country. But]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Art from 3G Chinese kiwi]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4054.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Shanghai artist-in-residence, New Zealander Kerry Ann Lee, looks Chinese, but she can't speak, read or write a word of it - a perplexing dichotomy for locals who expect her to chirp away in Mandarin or Shanghai dialect. As the third-generat]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ New tangled tattoos with no taboos]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4053.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Some artist are instantly recognizable by their use of certain symbols or images, and Jean-Luc Moerman is no exception. His sign is the tattoo. Moreman's solo exhibition of tattooed installations, posters, paintings, photos and wall paper i]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Folk art dying out as old masters pass away]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4051.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Folk arts are dying off along with their practitioners Are you familiar with Tantou Spring Festival pictures? I fear they are going to disappear after the last old master Mr. Zhong Haixian passed away earlier this year. How to save grassro]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Digital timepieces]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4050.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An on-going media art show at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing offers viewers some food for thought about time. Entitled Time-lapse, the philosophically-charged media art exhibition examines the fundamentals of digital media, inc]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Timeframe of exhibition]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4049.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Time-lapse, A Swiss-China Media Art Exhibition is the second of its kind held at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), and is part of the Swiss Chinese Cultural Explorations 2008-2011 program, initiated by the Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts C]]></description>
    <pubDate>2010-01-09</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Assembling the leading edge]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4048.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Eight Chinese contemporary artists have gathered at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) for a group exhibition titled A History of the Future with Breaking Forecast: 8 Key Figures of China's New Generation Artists. The eight artis]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Brush with tradition]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4046.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Thought of Her Love in the Flower-Scented Garden [ China Daily ] Ren Jianye, dean of China's Confucius Painting Academy and a member of the China Arts Association, knows that a successful artist should have not only refined ability, but a]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy big auction winne]]></title>
    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4045.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[One year ago, as the art market shivered in the global economic downturn, few would have predicted a warm outcome to the big autumn auctions of 2009, barometers of market confidence. Contrary to most expectations (but not those of some savv]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[ Buddhist Thangka paintings on display in Beijing
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    <link>http://www.aboutchn.com/china/arts/art_design/2010/0109/4040.html</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Buddhist Thangka paintings by Vajra Master Sang Ji Ka are on display at the Cocolan Art Center in Beijing through January 21, 2010. Vajra Master Sang Ji Ka. [Chen Chen/China.org.cn] Thangka, also known as Tangka, is a painted or embroidered]]></description>
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