摘要
AFTER winning an award at the Third National Singers’ Contest sponsored by China Central Television in 1988, Hang Tianqi gained star status in China. Hang’s attempts at writing lyrics and composing songs is not news but the September 1993 opening of the Tianqi Art School on the compound of the Air Force Political Department’s Drama Troupe has given Hang a new chance to display her talents. Today, the first art school in China to be named after a contemporary singing star has become well known across the country. Huge ad campaigns have helped to spread the word about the school, but Hang’s name did much to enhance it’s fame. Within a year, nearly 20,000 people have enrolled in the school’s correspondence courses. The students are located all
