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Protests over Chinese ballet performing in Melbourne

Một binh sĩ đứng trước chân dung Mao Trạch Đông

Một binh sĩ đứng trước chân dung Mao Trạch Đông Source: AAP

The staging of a Mao-era ballet in Australia has brought out protesters calling for it to be called off.


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By Greg Dyett

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The staging of a Mao-era ballet in Australia has brought out protesters calling for it to be called off.


The Red Detachment of Women is playing in Melbourne, (through sat, feb 18) but its detractors say it romanticises the rise of communism and should not be performed in Australia.


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