Troupe brings Chinese traditional culture to Australia

By Jade Bilowol, BRISBANE, Mar 23, 2007

Many Australians think of China in two ways.

The first image is that of an emerging global economic powerhouse, rapidly rising on the back of a colossal working population.

The other is of a people increasingly demanding greater political freedom after half a century under a stifling authoritarian regime.

But what has become of China's rich and profound traditional culture?

Influenced by Taoism, Buddhism and Confucian belief, China's history has been recorded for the past 5,000 years but is thought to be much older.

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