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Colin Mackerras built a foundation f or later scholarship through his careful documentation of Chinese performance from a social and political perspective. His research illuminates the history of jingju, the theatre of the PRC, and the performance of minorities in China and beyond.

China has huge ethnic minorities - over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At present integrationist policies predominate, notably in the education system, where instruction in minority languages is being edged out in favour of instruction in Mandarin Chinese. This book assesses the current state of indigenous and minority language policy in China. It considers especially language policy in the education system, including in higher education, and provides detailed case studies of how particular ethnic minorities are being affected by the integrationist, or assimilationist, approach.

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If highlighting education was the point, it was reinforced by Peter Maxwell Davies's new opening fanfare, conducted by Timothy Redmond, which involved dozens of young wind and brass players from LSO on Track. It was entitled Her Majesty's Welcome, but there were moments when it sounded anything but welcoming. While some of the melodies carried a nostalgic whiff of English late-romanticism, the relentless rhythmical figures and the loud side drum at times verged on the aggressive: Holst's Mars dressed up as Jupiter, perhaps.

Katie Mitchell's staging is now 10 years old but, such is the powerful immediacy of the music, it always feels wholly new and of the moment, with this fine cast delivering by far the strongest production of WNO's autumn season. In the title role, Amanda Roocroft paces herself carefully so that the searing emotion of [Janacek]'s characterisation of the young Katya - trapped in a wholly oppressive environment and mercilessly bullied by her mother-in-law, the Kabanicha - emerged steadily over the course of the evening.

Until another conductor commands our affection in Czech repertoire as Sir Charles Mackerras did for nearly half a century - and at least we have the BBCSO's excellent Ji & #345;i B & #283;lohlavek in our midst - we can delight in his final recordings,...