"Golden Voice" Zhou Xuan, popular singer and film actress in the 1930s. Shanghai on Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of "Golden Voice" Zhou Xuan, popular singer and film actress in the 1930s, ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Japanese singer and actress Yoshiko Otaka, widely known in China by the name Li Xianglan, died in Tokyo on Sept 7, 2014. Li was born to Japanese parents in northern China in 1920 and rose to stardom ...

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In early 20th-century Shanghai, jazz was made by composers, performers, and bandleaders from across Asia and beyond. This is the third article in a four-part series tracing how that sound took shape, ...

Dave Liang always loved Ella Fitzgerald. Then he discovered the voice of Chinese jazz legend Zhou Xuan. Born to Chinese parents in Lawrence, Kan., the Harvard graduate was exposed to the music of Xuan ...