In this edition, we'll take a look at the rapid growth of the Chinese musical market, an exhibition titled "light encoded paintings" featuring the artworks of Li Yvshuang, a puppet play "To Fly Red-crowned Cranes" which is based on the true story of a girl sacrificing her own life to save the cranes. We'll also introduce you to a book "Pictures Must be Miraculous".

In this edtion, Chinese films are ruling the box office this summer; a play Twelve Angry Men has been put on stage in Beijing; a bilingual children's musical, Five Fools, which has been highly popular in South Korea, will make its China debut soon; since Beijing has won the bid for hosting the Winter Olympic Games, we'll celebrate by playing some of the songs written specifically for the event.

An exhibition at the Capital Museum reveals the 3060-year history of Beijing; How Chinese film schools are doing to prepare students for China's ever changing film market; We'll also check out a four-episode documentary, entitled "Truth and Denial: Germany and Japan's Postwar Redemption". The documentary was aired to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Second World War. At the end of the show, we'll review a book, "The Hairstyle of Pan Jinlian" or in Chinese, "Pan Jinlian De Fa Xing" , which may help us to take a glimpse at the temperaments and daily lives of ancient Chinese people.

On this program, New York Philharmonic Orchestra has headed to Shanghai to carry out their residency cooperation at the Music In the Summer Air music festival;  a classic play, The Field Of Life and Death greeted audience once again on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the success of the War against Japanese Aggression; and a children's play "Mermaid at the East Sea" has been staged as the opening performance for the 5th China Children's Theatre Festival.

On this edition, the world-renowned musical, the Phantom of the Opera, will make its debut in Beijing this November; "The Beatles, Tomorrow" exhibition features the idols' images and detailed stories for fans in Shanghai; an American artist has exhibited how he accomplished Chinese landscape paintings with rope;  and a retired US army officer says Chinese and Americans need to learn how to find a middle ground like their forefathers in WWII.

We'll take a look at a competition on a design of a monkey, as it's the zodiac symbol for the year 2016

Hello and welcome to this edition of "In the Spotlight", a show featuring arts, culture and showbiz from right here in China. I'm your host Li Ningjing. First up on today's program, we will tell you about Germany's Goethe-Institute that is bringing several modern German plays to an experimental theatre here in Beijing. Following that, we'll be looking at an artisan who has spent her life preserving Yugur culture through clothing. Plus, we will read an encyclopedia about female health, "Only Doctors know" by Dr. Zhang Yu. And finally, we'll hear our movie reviewer Laiming's assessment of "The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom", a Chinese wuxia-fantasy 3D film adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel, Baifa Monu Zhuan. So, plenty of entertaining and informative stories up ahead on 'In the Spotlight', stay tuned.