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ATHENS Wholesale Bucks Jerseys , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- ""We are proud hosting this treasure of Chinese culture,"" Nicholas Theocarakis, chairman of the Athens Concert Hall, told Xinhua after watching Female Generals of the Yang Family, a classic masterpiece of Beijing Opera.


Artists from China National Peking Opera Company won the admiration and the warm applause of the Greek audience through their performance Sunday night at the concert hall Cheap Bucks Jerseys , one of the most impressive venues of its kind in Greece and the world.


The electrifying performance was part of a series of events staged this year for the 2017 Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges and Culture Industry Cooperation.


It was the first time ever that the play was hosted in Greece with Greek subtitles.


The story of the strong and courageous Chinese women who safeguarded their homeland after their husbands, sons and fathers were killed heroically in battle moved the Greek spectators.


The impressive costumes and scenery, as well as the flawless singing, dancing and martial arts and acrobatics performance were also praised by the audience.


Like Theocarakis, spectators said they appreciated the exemplary sample of the Beijing Opera which is included since 2010 in UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list and are eager to learn more about Chinese culture.


""I think the artists were excellent. We do not often have the chance to watch such events. I look forward to learning more (about Chinese culture) through such shows and events John Henson Jersey ,"" Vassiliki Ligri told Xinhua.


Ligri and her friend who bought the tickets for the show were also impressed with the colorful Chinese traditional costumes used in opera which were put on display at the Athens Concert Hall on Sunday.


""Female Generals of the Yang Family is a very attractive piece of traditional Beijing Opera. It features Sheng (male role), Dan (female role), Jing (painted face), Chou (clown) -- all the four main type of characters in Beijing Opera, fully representing the opera's artistically charming Tony Snell Jersey ,"" Liu Yupu, deputy director of China National Peking Opera Company told Xinhua.


""Greece is the birthplace of European civilization while China is one of the four ancient civilizations, thus I think it is our obligation to bring the quintessence of Chinese culture to the Greek audience,"" Liu said.


Zou Xiaoli, Chinese ambassador to Greece thanked the artists for overcoming the barriers of culture Rashad Vaughn Jersey , language and nation, contributing greatly to the Greece-China Year of Cultural Exchanges


During 2017 Greece and China have organized several events to promote cultural exchange between the two peoples along cooperation in many other areas.


China is the honored country in the recently held 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) which is the largest on terms of participants and visitors in the past decade, according to the Greek organizers.


Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hailed Sino-Greek cooperation during the opening of China's pavilion at TIF in the northern city port of Thessaloniki.


Addressing the event, he praised China's Belt and Road initiative, reiterated Greece's strong support and underlined the key role Chinese investments hold in Greece's efforts to overcome the debt crisis and restore growth.


""We will quickly move forward Jabari Parker Jersey , and via the collaboration with Chinese enterprises and Chinese investments here, to transform Greece into an international transport, trade and energy hub,"" the Greek prime minister said.

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NAIROBI, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qian Jian on Wednesday said China will strongly support the Horn of Africa nation's peace and reconstruction process as part of the bilateral pact between the two countries.


Qian said Beijing had made positive contribution to Somalia in various fields including economic and social development to assist the country in acquiring political stability.


"The Chinese government has built over 80 infrastructural projects like hospitals Matthew Dellavedova Jersey , stadiums and roads to ease the burden of the Somali people. We have dispatched a medical team of more than 400 members in 13 batches to the country since 1991," the envoy said in Nairobi during celebrations to mark the 68th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.


Qian told the guests, among whom were top government officials and diplomats, that under the strong leadership of the Communist Party, China had over the last 68 years achieved what it would take other countries centuries to attain.


In 2016 Thon Maker Jersey , China's gross domestic product (GDP) hit about 11 trillion U.S. dollars and per capita GDP stood at 8,000 dollars, he said, noting that China is the second largest economy in the world.


Speaker of the House of People, Mohamed Osman Jawari D. J. Wilson Jersey , congratulated the Chinese government on the occasion and shared his country's best wishes to the Far East nation.


"Relations between Somalia and China commenced in 1960 after we attained independence, and ever since we signed our first official trade agreement in 1963, the Somali people have been beneficiaries of Chinese benevolence in the areas of maternal and child care as well as other infrastructural largess," Jawari said.


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