Liu Qibao (R front) Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet , a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, distributes smart reading machines and other braille reading devices to the library and education facilities for the visually impaired at the launch ceremony of a campaign to increase digital reading resources for the blind and visually impaired Cheap Air Max 2018 Outlet , in Beijing, capital of China Cheap Air Max 90 Outlet , Sept. 13, 2017. (XinhuaLiu Weibing)
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ST. PETERSBURG， Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese historical drama "True Friends"， staged by the Beijing People's Art Theater， became a hit as the final play of the Alexandrinsky International Theater Festival in St. Petersburg on Sunday.

"True Friends" was chosen from a total of eight plays to become the closing show by the art-director of the Alexandrinsky Theater Valery Fokin， according to the Chinese drama's director Ren Ming. The theater thus became the 60th place where the drama had been staged.

"True Friends" actor Feng Yuanzhen noted that the foreign version of the show was slightly enriched with new "Asian-style" details， making the ancient story more exotic and modern.

The Chinese drama tells a story of Chinese poet Gu Zhenguan who tried to save his unfairly accused friend Zhao Qian.

Feng， on his stage debut in Russia， was glad that this performance could attract the attention of the Russian audience to the Chinese theater art.

Anna， a Russian university lecturer， told Xinhua that she had never seen any Chinese drama before. At the beginning， the play seemed very exotic， but the acting charmed her.

Boris， a theater musician， said he still couldn't completely understand the Chinese theater art， but in the technical aspect the show was flawless.

Maria， another spectator， praised the quality of the translation. "It's not only a very consistent translation， it also conveys a sense and emotions of the original text，" she said.

In 2014， "Our Jing Ke" produced by the Beijing People's Art Theater became a great success in St. Petersburg. Last year， the Beijing People's Art Theater invited the Alexandrinsky to present the famous comedy "The Government Inspector" in China.

Ren Ming hopes that such exchanges will become a tradition that will promote cultural exchanges and dialogue between China and Russia.

The Annual Alexandrinsky International Theater Festival， hosted by the Alexandrinsky Theater in St. Petersburg， promotes the art of national theaters from various countries.

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By Luan Xiang， Yuan Suwen

BEIJING， June 19 (Xinhua) -- Most Chinese want an end to the controversial "Yulin Dog Meat Festival"， saying it has "harmed China's reputation"， according to a poll out Friday.

About 64 percent of the survey group， aged 16 to 50， said they would support a permanent end to the infamous annual event.

It also showed 51.7 percent of the respondents - who included Yulin residents too - wanted the dog meat trade banned completely， while 69.5 percent claimed to have never eaten dog meat.

"The poll shows most people here don't eat dogs，" said Qin Xiaona， director of the Capital Animal Welfare Association charity， one of a cluster of animal welfare groups that commissioned the survey.

Yulin， a small town in southwest China's Guangxi region， has become notorious in recent years for its "dog meat festival"， a commercial event in which thousands of dogs and cats are slaughtered and eaten.

Local businesses launched the festival - arguing it was a tradition and part of the local culture - in 2009 to promote the remote area to tourists.

"It is embarrassing to us that the world wrongly believes that the brutally cruel Yulin festival is part of Chinese culture，" said Qin.

"It isn't."

The campaign to end the festival was supported by people around the world who were disgusted at the cruelty involved in the butchering of the animals， she said.

An unprecedented 8 million Chinese voted online in support of lawmaker Zheng Xiaohe's legislative proposal during the National People's Congress in March to ban the illegal dog and cat meat trade.

Last week， a petition to ban the dog slaughter， signed by 11 million people from China and abroad， was presented to the Chinese embassy in London.

A draft law to prohibit and punish cruelty to animals was submitted to China's highest legislature in 2009.

Since then， Tenger， a renowned Inner Mongolia singer and political adviser， has been presenting his proposal to implement the law at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference annual meeting.

His proposal has topped online opinion polls， backed by a growing number of Chinese animal lovers.

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