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August 16, 2016

A Musical Revival in a Chinese City Stirs Memories of a Jewish Past

The St. Petersburg of the East.

In response to President Xi Jinping’s call for a “cultural renaissance,” the city of Harbin has invested many millions in building concert halls and sponsoring musical performances. The city, located near the country’s northeastern frontier, had been a major center of Western music a century ago, largely because of an influx of Russian Jews. Amy Qin writes:

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