Chinese ballet show draws protests for 'glorifying Red Army'

Minister says staging The Red Detachment of Women is a privilege but protest organiser says government needs to understand what the story is aboutProtesters in Melbourne have called for a boycott of a visiting Chinese ballet performance that they say “glorifies the Red Army”.The National Ballet of China is performing The Red Detachment of Women, created in 1964, , at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. Related: ‘The conversation’s changed’: how Asian culture edged into th