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from YouTube on Wed, May 21 2008

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28 May 07 visit Nessun Dorma by Yu Qiang Dai  »  YouTube videoAfter hearing Qiang's singing in Pavarotti's first opera he directed, Pavarotti said to Yu Qiang: you can be the best tenor in the world if your Italian can improve. The following is an excerpt from Yu Qiang Dai sang leading roles in China's most...
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06 Jun 08 visit China: The Suffering of Qiang Minority  »  Global Voices Sunbin draws readers' attention to the suffering of Qiang (an ethnic minority in Sichuan) in the earthquake. Initial stats shows that Qiang had lost close to 10% of its population. The government official acknowledged the need to save Qiang's...
14 Aug 08 visit Qiang quake hero puts aside painful memories  »  People's Daily Being an expert in Qiang ethnic minority dance, Wang Jiaming, a volunteer for the Beijing Games gave a simple but tragic reason for not being able to perform for Olympic spectators. "My Qiang costume was buried in the earthquake," the 18-year-old...
22 May 09 visit Sala  »  Danwei From the Afterquake music project, the traditional Qiang minority song "Sala". More about this video and Afterquake below. One year after the May 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in China, the Afterquake music project has created music with quake survivors to...

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