CFLAC China Dance Federation News Scraper
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CFLAC China Dance Federation News Scraper
Scrapes news, announcements and articles from the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC / 中国文联) dance section — the apex Chinese arts-governance body whose Dance Association administers the Lotus Award and Taoli Cup. Returns article title, date, source, body text and metadata.
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Scrapes news articles and announcements from the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC / 中国文联) dance section — the apex Chinese arts-governance body. Its Dance Association (中国舞蹈家协会) administers the Lotus Award (荷花奖) and Taoli Cup (桃李杯), the two credentials that define professional standing in Chinese dance.
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What It Scrapes
Two content sections under cflac.org.cn/new_ys/yswd/:
- 综合动态 (General News) — ~500 articles across 50 pages. Competition results, policy announcements, ensemble tours, award ceremonies.
- 话题关注 (Dance Topics) — ~190 feature articles across 19 pages. Critical discussion, industry analysis, choreography commentary.
Each article yields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
page_url | Canonical article URL |
title / title_zh | Headline in Chinese |
category | dt (general news) or wdht (dance topics) |
publish_date | Date string extracted from the article page |
body_html | Full article body as HTML |
body_text | Full article body as plain text |
tags | Breadcrumb category labels (e.g., 艺术门类专区, 舞蹈, 话题关注) |
department | Author name |
source_url | Source publication (e.g., 《中国艺术报》) |
scrapedAt | ISO-8601 scrape timestamp |
Input
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | 20 | Max articles to scrape. Leave empty for full crawl (~690 articles). |
Anti-Bot
None. CFLAC is a plain HTML server-rendered Chinese government site. No Cloudflare, no paywall, no CAPTCHA. Datacenter requests return 200.
Use Cases
- Tracking Lotus Award / Taoli Cup announcement cycles
- PRC cultural policy monitoring via official arts-governance communications
- Sentiment analysis on Chinese performing-arts industry trends
- Academic research on Chinese dance governance and state-cultural institutions
Coverage
All articles from both dance sub-sections, paginated from newest to oldest. Full crawl covers approximately 690 articles. Runtime scales linearly with maxItems.
