Blog Tag - Spring Festival Gala

Zhao Yingjun
Feeling left out when your Chinese colleagues are gossiping about a trending star? Puzzled by those glamorous Chinese faces in subway ads, but can't...
Trending in Beijing: Unique Haircuts, Cringey Subway Experiences, and Spring Festival Gala Anticipation
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general...
On Again, Off Again: Cui Jian Out for CCTV Spring Festival Gala
That's what we get for tempting fate. We go ahead and write the "Cui Jian will play on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala broadcast" piece, and of course...
Rocker Cui Jian to Perform on CCTV Spring Festival Gala
UPDATE: Cui Jian's manager is now saying Cui will not likely be appearing on the Spring Festival Gala. China's Godfather of Rock, Cui Jian, has been...
Feng Xiaogang to Direct 2014 Spring Festival Gala
Feng Xiaogang, director of war drama Remembering 1942 and If You Are The One parts one and two, will direct the 2014 China Central Television (CCTV...
One More For the Road: Chinese Gala Sing-Along Songs
We’ve already got a glimpse of Warren Buffet and Shaquille O’Neil on China’s New Year’s gala but they aren’t the only international acts that graced...
Galas Galore: The Best of the Rest
If you thought that CCTV held the monopoly on kitschy Spring Festival song and dance numbers, think again. During the days around and on Chinese...
Gala Gigs: The Acts You Missed on Chinese New Year
If you were out with friends on Chinese...