WUHAN — Adorned in her elegant dance costume, Wang Xiaolan, the founder of a square dance troupe in Central China's Hubei province, relishes her regular practices and gatherings with fellow dancers.

Members of a troupe at a cultural center in Beijing's Xicheng district practice square dance in a park on Sept 8. TAI SICONG/XINHUA Decked out in fancy attire, Li Fengwei and her teammates have been ...