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1. Dam displaces happy peasants
2. Exhibitions (Page: 6, Date: 10/18/97)
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Dam displaces happy peasants
WITHIN three weeks, China's longest and the world's third-longest
river will be blocked.
The two dikes blocking the mighty Yangtze River will stand 76
metres tall and consume 11,300,000 cubic metres of earth and rock.
When the final damming takes place on November 8, workers will be
fighting 14,000 to 19,400 cubic metres of water to close the
60-metre-deep, 130-metre-wide mouth.
After the blocking succeeds and the Yangtze gushes through the
diversion canal, workers will dry the 630,000-square-metre river
bed between the upper and lower dikes as the basis for a central
dam.
By the opening of a permanent lock in 2003, that dam will be ready
with 26 turbo-generators and power-transmitters.
When the diversion canal of the Three Gorges Dam opened to
navigation on October 6, Gao, a peasant, became one of the first
to witness his home disappear underwater.
But today, Gao is fishing at leisure as his family has been
resettled into a new house long before his home was submerged.
At Sandouping, the construction site of the Three Gorges Dam,
hundreds of locals now live in new houses set up by the
government. Along the river, thousands more have either moved or
are preparing to leave their old home for a fresh beginning.
China has spent more than 8.8 billion yuan ($1.06 billion) on
100,000 residents displaced by the first stage of construction,
says Lu Chun, spokesman of the Bureau for Resettlement and
Development of the State Council's Three Gorges Project
Construction Committee.
Lu puts the total number of residents to be resettled at nearly
1.2 million, and the total investment will reach 80 billion yuan
($9.64 billion).
Not far from Gao's boat, truck-drivers are racing against the
surging river to dump giant rocks for the upper dike of the future
dam.
As the two arms of the dike inch closer together, more stones are
dumped but swept away as the furious river roars on at increasing
speed and volume.
At a meeting on the preparation to block the Yangtze River,
Premier Li Peng said the project has proceeded smoothly during the
past five years and resettlement of local people has also advanced
well.
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_Date: 10/18/97_
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Exhibitions (Page: 6, Date: 10/18/97)
Joint art exhibition -- More than 30 newly emerged artists of ink
and wash paintings from across the country will present a joint
exhibition from October 18-25 at Wanfung Art Gallery in Beijing.
Time: 9am-4pm, October 18-25.
Place: Wanfung Art Gallery, 136 Nanchizi Dajie, Dongcheng
District, Beijing.
Tel: 6523-3320.
Fang Tianbo's art -- The young artist will display his paintings
at the Ancientry Gallery from October 18-21. Fang, a graduate of
Beijing Clothing Design Institute, has tried his hands in various
forms of art including calligraphy, traditional Chinese paintings,
oil paintings over the past few years.
Time: 9am-4pm, October 18-21.
Place: Ancientry Gallery, 4A, Ritan Dongyijie, east of Ritan Park,
Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Tel: 6509-3083.
Solo art show -- Rossano Fan (Fan Mingzheng), a New Zealand-based
artist with Chinese origin is holding his first art exhibition in
Beijing at the Qin Gallery.
Time: 9am-4pm, through October 23.
Place: Qin Gallery (formerly Han Gallery), Ritan Dongyijie, east
of Ritan Park, Chaoyang District.
Tel: 6507-4062.
Abstract vision -- Shanghai artist Qin Yifeng is displaying his
works at the Red Gate Gallery until October 29.
The paintings develop the distinctive abstract style of Qin's
earlier line drawings, by employing strong brushwork and a
confident use of acrylic colour on medium- and large-format
canvases.
Qin's mastery of the medium brings to life the rich texture of his
paintings, titled the Linefield Series.
Time: 11 am-6 pm, until October 29.
Place: Red Gate Gallery, third floor, China World Trade Centre, 1
Jianguomenwai Dajie
Tel: 6505-2266 ext 6821/5729.
Veteran photographers -- A retrospective photo show of Hou Bo and
Xu Xiaobing will be held from October 18-November 5 at Yanhuang
Art Museum in Beijing.
Over the past 60 years, the couple have captured a large number of
historical moments and honestly recorded the great history of
Chinese revolution. They have received a lot of prizes for their
brilliant achievements. And many of their works have been
collected by the State Archives as important historical documents
Time: 9am-5pm, until November 5.
Place: Yanhuang Art Museum, 9 Huizhonglu, Asian Games Village,
Chaoyang District.
Tel: 6493-5334, 6491-2902.
Peruvian painter -- Peruvian painter Antonio Maro will hold his
one-man show at the Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace.
Antonio Maro studied painting in Lima and in Stuttgart, Germany,
with master Willi Baumeister.
He has displayed his works in Lima, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Bonn,
Frankfurt, Madrid, Venice, Monaco and other cities. He has taken
part in various expositions, the most noteworthy being the Venice
biennial.
Time: 9 am-4 pm, October 20-31.
Place: Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace (east side of
Tian'anmen Rostrum).
Tel:6532-2178.
Hong Kong art '97 -- The Hong Kong Museum of Art is presenting an
exhibition, featuring 85 various art works at the China National
Art Museum.
The exhibit highlights the Hong Kong museum's collections --
covering water and inks, prints, seal cuttings, sculptures,
potteries, calligraphies, oils, photos and mixed-material art
works. Many of the artists are familiar to mainlanders, while
others are being introduced to Beijing for the first time. In
terms of artists, categories and academic merit, the exhibition
provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse development of
Hong Kong art and the distinctive styles and achievements of Hong
Kong artist
s.
Time: 9 am-4 pm, until October 19.
Place: China National Art Museum, 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District
Tel: 6401-2252.
Relics show -- Photos and artifacts unearthed from the Qing royal
tombs are featured at the Yongshou Palace inside the Palace
Museum.
It was customary for Chinese rulers to have their own family
burial ground, where successive emperors and other members of the
royal family were entombed. The largest such cemetery is the
Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), located at the foot
of the mountain in Zunhua, Hebei Province.
Buried there are five emperors, 15 empresses, 100 imperial
concubines and one princess.
The tombs were pillaged and severely damaged by warlords early
this century. The exhibits were those sorted out by
archaeologists. A very good guide is on site to tell interesting
stories.
Time: 8 am-5 pm, until October 20.
Place: Palace Museum, 4 Jingshan Qianjie, Dongcheng District.
Tel: 6513-2255.
CONCERTS
Peruvian guitar concert -- Peruvian guitarist Alexander Ramirez
will present two concerts in Beijing.
Alexander Ramirez studied in the Conservatory of Dusseldorf,
Germany. In 1984, he won the contest of the Robert Schumman
Superior Conservatory. He also studied guitar with Spanish
professor Jose Luis Gonzalez (pupil of Antres Segovia) and won the
Alhambra International Award. He has given concerts in Peru,
Russia, Germany, Austria and Belgium, and recorded many compact
discs.
Time and Place: 7:30 pm, October 31, at Kempinsky Hotel, Jade
Ballroom; 7:15 pm, November 3, at the Central Music Conservatory
(43 Baojiajie Street, Xidan District).
Tel: 6532-2178.
Japan's "Groove Museum" -- Famous Japanese musician Tetsuya Komuro
will present his "Groove Museum" concert on November 14 at the
Capital Gymnasium.
It will mark the 25th anniversary of the normalization of
diplomatic relations between China and Japan.
Kumoro is a jack-of-all-trades figure in music circles: He
composes music, writes lyrics, operates electric synthizer, plays
instruments, produces albums and cassettes and even packages new
singers. Because of his enormous success, he was dubbed the
"Emperor of Music."
Japan's superstar Namie Amuro boasts a bold and enthusiastic
singing style. The performances will also feature TRF, a
techno-rave group; and dance band Globe: a trio of Kumoro, top
model Marc Panther and new singer Keiko.
The programme includes "Feel Like Dance Departures," "Chase the
Chance," "Boy Meets Girl," "Overnight Sensation" and others. The
themes are about nature, tradition, future and friendship.
The concert is sponsored by the China Liaison Society for
International Friendship and the China National Culture and Art
Corp. After Beijing, the Japanese musicians will tour Shanghai on
November 23.
Time: 7:15 pm, November 14.
Place: Capital Gymnasium.
Tel: 6608-4160, (022)2712-2025.
Cologne band -- Koelner Kammerorchester Cologne Chamber Orchestra,
one of Germany's leading ensembles in the genre of ancient music,
will perform in Beijing on October 19.
In the late 1920s, famous conductor Hermann Aben-droth founded the
Cologne Chamber Orchestra, engaging soloists from all important
orchestras of Cologne. Following him were Kraack, renowned as an
editor of claudio Monteverdi's music, and Helmut Mueller-Bruehl,
who turned the Cologne Chamber Orchestra into the house orchestra
of the Bruehler Schlosskonzerte -- in the world-famous Palace
Augustusburg.
In the ensuing period, the orchestra entertained audiences
throughout Europe and America. Famous pianist Wilhelm Kempff
accompanied the orchestra during the early tours.
Today, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra succeeds like, probably, no
other orchestra in applying musicology research and its own
experience in the practice of period instruments for modern
instrumentation.
Time: 7:30 pm, October 19.
Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District.
Tel: 6406-7605, 6605-6340.
Saxophone quartet -- Dortmund Saxophone Quartet Chamber Music
Troupe, comprised of elite saxophonists from German Dortmund
Conservatory, will make its Beijing debut.
The troupe, which has performed in more than 20 countries and
regions, will present capital saxophone buffs with numerous
pieces, including hits by renowned American composer George
Gershwin (1898-1937).
They will also perform the "Art of the Fugue," composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), a German organist and composer.
Also, the troupe will perform the well-known Chinese classic
"Jasmine Flower."
Time: 7:15 pm, October 23.
Place: Beizhan Theatre, 135 Xiwai Dajie.
Tel: 6835-1383, 6403-6065.
Performance from Taibei -- The Taibei Municipal Traditional
Chinese Music Ensemble will come to perform in Beijing, Nanjing,
Hangzhou and Xi'an, and will attend the 5th China Arts Festival in
Chengdu this month.
Founded in 1979, it is the first professional ensemble in Taiwan
which is devoted to the promotion of traditional Chinese music and
has also taken an active role in exchanges with their foreign
counterparts.
After years of effort, the ensemble has been recognized as the
centre of traditional music research and performance on the
island.
Time: 7:15 pm, October 19-20.
Place: Poly Plaza International Theatre, Dongzhimen Nandajie,
Dongcheng District.
Tel: 6405-5512, 6407-3532.
Soviet songs -- A symphony chorus concert -- featuring former
Soviet songs -- will be presented by the Zongzheng Song and Dance
Troupe.
Zheng Jiang will be the conductor. Cheng Zhi and Wang Xiufen will
lead the songs.
Programmes include "Red Plum Flowers," "Small Path," "Night at the
Suburb of Moscow," "Three Carriages," "Weaving Girls," "Night of
the Port," "Boatmen's Songs," "Song for the Youth League," "Holy
War" and "We Toast."
Time: 7:30 pm, October 18.
Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie.
Tel: 6605-5812.
Ode to autumn -- A special concert, sponsored by the Beijing Red
Earth Art Centre and the China Opera and Dance Theatre, will
present both Chinese and foreign songs -- praising, lamenting and
grieving over autumn.
The "Autumn Water Pleases Heart" concert will include "Hunters'
Chorus," "Budding Flower," "My Sun," "I Love the Deep Blue Sea,"
"Herdmen's Song" and "Frosted Leaves Redder than Blooming Flower."
Time: 7:30 pm, October 21.
Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie.
Tel: 6605-5812.
Pingtan concert -- Pingtan, a folk art telling stories and singing
ballads in the Suzhou dialect, will come to capital audiences next
week.
The Shanghai Pingtan Troupe will perform "Xiaoxiang Night Rain,"
"Meibao Sings for a Living," "Baoyu Visits at Night," "New Mulan
Poem," "New Year Eve," "Laugh Three Times," "Yingying Plucks the
Zither," "Pearl Tower," "Young Couple Meets," and "Create Havoc at
the Court."
Time: 7:30 pm, October 22-23.
Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District.
Tel: 6605-5812.
ACROBATICS
Acrobatics -- The China Acrobatic Troupe is juggling, cycling and
tumbling every night at Chaoyang Theatre.
The 46-year-old troupe, one of the best in the country, has toured
more than 60 countries and won international-competition awards.
The company's repertoire includes tightrope walking, martial arts
and traditional Chinese magic tricks.
Time: 7:15 pm, daily. Place: Chaoyang Theatre, 36 Dongsanhuan
Beilu, Chaoyang District.
Tel: 6507-2421
STAGE
The Marriage of Figaro -- "The Marriage of Figaro," one of
Mozart's most famous operas, will be presented by Vienna State
Opera in Beijing Century Theatre.
It will be the highlight of the '97 China International Opera and
Ballet Year.
The Vienna State Opera, one of the world's most outstanding opera
houses, has a long history, tracing back to the early 17th
century.
Presently, the theatre has 1,000-plus employees. Each year, it
performs 60 operas and 20 ballets in 300 days.
For further information, please call 6405-5510/09 or 6406-3324/25
Time: 7 pm, October-22-23; 6 pm, October 24.
Place: Beijing Century Theatre, 40 Liangmaqiao Lu, Chaoyang
District.
Tel: 6405-5512 or 6526-5087/5090.
Cinderella from Israel -- The Israeli Ballet will participate in
the '97 China International Opera and Ballet Year, by performing
"Cinderella" in Beijing Beizhan Theatre.
With elegant dances and dream-like stage designs, the ballet
vividly and uniquely portrays Cinderella, evoking viewers'
imaginations.
Established in 1967, the troupe has accepted first-class artists
from different countries and trained young and promising dancers.
After painstaking efforts in the past three decades, Israeli
Ballet has become one of the better-known troupes in the world. It
follows a romantic, pure and flawless performing style. Its
repertoire includes "Cinderella," "Nutcracker," "Sleeping Beauty"
and "Romeo and Juliet," as well as ballets with a more modern
flavour.
Time: 7:15 pm, October 20-22
Place: Beijing Beizhan Theatre, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Xicheng
District. Tel: 6405-5512, 6407-3532, 6526-5087.
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_Date: 10/18/97_
_Author: _
_Copyright© by China Daily_

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_[1]The 15th Party Congress_

_[2]Sep. 12 - Sep.18, 1997_

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[5][LINK] _[6]New Party Leadership elected,
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