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| | Latest Dance News - Riverdance Takes a Great Leap Forward on Mao's Stage |
 | | Beijing's Great Hall of the People, once the reddest place on earth in political terms, has turned a Gaelic shade of green to stage sell-out performances of the Irish cultural extravaganza, Riverdance. |
 | | China's urban middle class - the 100 million people with an average annual income of 60,000 RMB (£4,500) - appear increasingly keen on western art, films, sport and music, most of which were banned during the cultural revolution. |
 | | Although hundreds of thousands of people among the 1.3 billion population live on less than US$1 a day, 50,000 Riverdance tickets sold out despite prices ranging from 380 RMB to nearly 1,280 RMB (£30 to £100). |
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