{"id":14840,"date":"2007-09-25T20:18:43","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T03:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/25\/gun-toting-ballerinas-launch-beijing-arts-complex-jonathan-watts\/"},"modified":"2007-09-25T20:18:43","modified_gmt":"2007-09-26T03:18:43","slug":"gun-toting-ballerinas-launch-beijing-arts-complex-jonathan-watts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/gun-toting-ballerinas-launch-beijing-arts-complex-jonathan-watts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun-Toting Ballerinas Launch Beijing Arts Complex &#8211; Jonathan Watts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/beijingnationaltheatre372.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/beijingnationaltheatre372.php','popup','width=372,height=192,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/beijingnationaltheatre372-thumb.jpg\" width=\"193\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> From Guardian Unlimited:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ballerinas with machine guns will grace the stage for the first performance at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China_National_Grand_Theatre\">China National Grand Theatre<\/a>, when the spectacular arts complex opens its doors on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Detachment_of_Women\">The Red Detachment of Women<\/a>(\u00c1\u222b\u00a2\u00cb\u00e2\u2264\u00c2\u00ae\u00f2\u00c2\u2260\u00ea\u00c2\u00dc\u00f5) ballet is one of seven shows that will be put on during a trial of the silver, egg-shaped building designed by the French architect <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Andreu\">Paul Andreu<\/a>&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/china\/story\/0,,2176447,00.html\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[Image: Workers clean the floor outside the National Grand Theatre in Beijing to prepare for its opening. 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