Tag: Culture

American Boy, Clay Garner, Becomes China's Justin 美国男孩成中国比伯

Clay Garner (or Gaoshan in Chinese) might be China’s answer to Justin Bieber. Through the powers of social media, the 18-year-old high school student has become famous among Chinese netizens after he posted homemade videos of himself singing Chinese pop songs on Youku. The videos have captured millions of views and the amateur musician has gained close to 30,000 Weibo followers (that number is still growing!). He has also appeared on a bunch of media, including Beijing TV and 56.com.

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赵本山 Zhao Benshan

北京前门,刘老根大舞台,坐在记者面前的赵本山滔滔不绝,表情丰富,两脚不时搭在一起。如今的他已是拥有9家剧场、企业年演出收入过亿元的民营文化企业家。除了“小品王”的称谓外,他还多了一个响当当的名头——“本山传媒董事长”。 In the Liu Laogen Grand Stage, one of his theaters in Qianmen of Beijing, Zhao Benshan sat in from

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