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    BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 21: (CHINA OUT) The National Grand Theater is lit up with laser beams at night on December 21, 2007 in Beijing, China. The National Center for the Performing Arts building, designed by French architect Paul Andreu, opened in June 2007, but will raise its curtain officially on December 22 for a strong visiting line-up from Russia's legendary Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Opera Company. (Photo by Wu Xiaolei/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)