Just like the growth of everything else post the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China’s appetite for performing arts has seen dramatic changes in the industry over the past decade; giving rise to the fast development of new performing arts centers across the country.

When Kenyan entrepreneur Walter Ruigu embarked on his journey to China in 2009, he had no clue this would be the place he’d spot so many business opportunities for a budding African entrepreneur.

She is a music siren and one of the most sought after foreign singers in China. Having moved to China in 2007, this music diva has had immense success not only as a singer but also in many other areas.

For AJ Donnelly, coming to China was the first bold step to achieving his childhood dream. As a kid, he had always fantasized about growing up to be a martial arts star and train with the greatest Chinese Kungfu masters.

With Jazz clubs opening up venues all across cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the question that still lingers is can this genre really thrive in China?

Daniel Krause’s creative and “wow-ing” works are emblematic of China’s profound past realities.

If you live in China and are an avid fan of the Chinese legendary figure Monkey King, then you must be familiar with Gaffar Pourazar; a British stage actor and a Peking opera fanatic.

It’s been months since Tatum Nzinzi Joseph a Yenching Academy scholar made her first trip to Beijing to specialise in Politics and International Relations. Like many of her peers at the academy attached to Peking University, the South African national has been learning and discovering China’s role in the world through her research on the country’s response to social development issues, while at the same time investigating what her mother continent –Africa, can learn from their approach.

For the better part of his life, French archaeologist Phillipe Bouvet has called China home. Like many other long-term expatriates, his initial plans were to come here short term - to study Mandarin, but as fate would have it, those plans went out the window.

She is an American performer regularly consulted by the Chinese Ministry of Culture for her expertise in contemporary performing arts. The founder of Ping Pong Productions - a cultural exchange organization - Alison Friedman has worked closely with governments from around the world to further dialogues and foster mutual understanding amongst stakeholders.