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[14.10.14] Info - T-ara ventures into China for possible 2015 China Tour and many more activities! For Queen's that do not understand both Korean and Chinese (Mandarin) and had watched the Beijing press conference held yesterday (13th October 2014) to announce the partnership between MBK Entertainment and Longzhen Culture, this article is to fill you in on the important details that you need to know about what was said during the event. For the sake of copyright and ownership issues, fan-taken pictures (although made public on Weibo and Twitter) will not be used here. All pictures are taken from Yule Sohu, a news site similar to Newsen, Osen, Starnews etc. The article can be found here. For those who have not watched the press conference and would like to do so, visit here. Let's start off with a gallery of our 6 beautiful goddesses shall we! All of them were invited to introduce themselves in Mandarin in this order: Eunjung, Qri, Boram, Soyeon, Jiyeon, Hyomin. Eunjung was a little nervous but her pronunciation was quite accurate! Qri and Boram kept their introductions short and sweet but Boram was really adorable with her singing voice. Soyeon was probably the most confident of them all mainly because she's a natural speaker and also really good at languages. Jiyeon was really nervous but introduced herself well; Hyomin was confident but she made a minor blunder by saying "Hello, we are T-ARA's Hyomin," it was adorable because she ended off with a Chinese slang "me me da" which means hugs and kisses (like xoxo). After the introduction, T-ARA was given a short interview by the MC about some generic questions like "Is this your first time in China," and "What are your hopes of achievements in China?" When asked if they had prepared anything for the fans and media that had attended the press conference, Eunjung said that they had prepared to sing a slow-tempo song/ballad "I Don't Want You", a song that they had been promoting alongside with "Sugar Free". After T-ARA's performance, the MC continued the short interview and also mentioned to the media that T-ARA had been holding and maintaining first place for a few of their songs now on various music charts in China, especially their newest promoted song "Sugar Free". Shortly after the questions and praises, fan representatives from T-ARA China were invited up stage to present gifts that they had prepared for T-ARA and also to take a picture with them! The highlight of the press conference was MBK Entertainment's Representative and Longzhen Culture's CEO taking the floor to address the media and fans. MBK's Representative talked about how MBK and Longzhen met at first, which was during the Guangzhou concert last year, since Longzhen was one of the partners that made the concert possible. They decided to partner and bring T-ARA to China, considering their popularity and demand from the Chinese fans. Longzhen's CEO gave a short speech to the media and fans, talking about Longzhen's commitment to make T-ARA successful in China through CFs, variety shows, new music, performances and many more activities to show China and the world T-ARA's ability to shine even in a foreign land. The CEO thanked many people, including the fans, his family for support and the media for gracing the press conference. He did something like an inspirational cheer that was directed at T-ARA fans that attended the press conference to create hype and to also show the media how much support and popularity T-ARA has in China. Following all the talk was an official contract signing session by MBK's Representative and Longzhen Culture's CEO. T-ARA was invited along with them for pictures and to mark the official commencement of T-ARA's activities in China and also the partnership between MBK Entertainment and Longzhen Culture. Following that was a champagne session where MBK's Rep and Longzhen's CEO were to pop champagne bottles and pour to fill the champagne tower. The rest of the press conference was pretty much T-ARA having fun with champagne, taking pictures and looking flawless. Some concluding thoughts: According to the introduction video that was played before T-ARA went up stage, Longzhen Culture managed several immensely popular Mando-Pop idols. Notable ones are Ah Mei (Zhang Hui Mei from Taiwan) and S.H.E. (Selina, Hebe, Ella from Taiwan), whom sent congratulatory greetings to MBK Entertainment and T-ARA. It is still early to discuss about T-ARA's success in China, especially when they are still in the early stages of their activities in a foreign country and language is still a significant barrier for them to overcome. They had managed to be successful in Japan, and arguably achieved notable popularity and fame through their Japan promotions, tours and of course concerts. From my personal point of view, it is almost as easy for Koreans to learn Chinese as learning Japanese. Mainly because the grammatical structure and sentence formation are pretty similar for all these three languages, so I believe T-ARA will prevail in China! Then again, it's just purely my hunch and opinion. Charts and album sales won't lie though, so we shall wait and see what lies ahead of T-ARA in the near future. We must show our continuous support and love for T-ARA despite the country they're promoting in and of course, the Diadem team will try our best to deliver translations and all the good stuff to Queen's and Diademers as much as our capabilities permit! T-ARA hwaiting! Memeda (xoxo in Chinese slang)! ***** Source: yule.sohu.com & T-ara Press Conference Cr: vancew90 @ diadem

[PICS] Hyomin for SURE Magazine (10/13) *** Credit: mnb magazine + ily_ahreum + tiaradiadem

为了中国的饭们开设了微博^^ 以后请多多的关注我的微博 现在公开我和素妍的一起拍的半边照片 CR: Lee Qri, @Qripretty_Original, Park Soyeon + cptfantasy + tiaradiadem

[WEIBO] T-ara on set of MTV China Dragon Dance (14/10) CREDIT: youngyoung1023 @ weibo + craZy + tiaradiadem.com

Beijing #TARA Yeon note: This is Jiyeon's sweater. Acne Studios is a multidisciplinary luxury fashion house based in Stockholm, Sweden with its own-brand retail stores in locations around the world. It was founded in 1996 as part of the creative collective ACNE. Beijing T-ARA Dinner CR: @euna3579, T-ARA + cptfantasy + tiaradiadem

[PRESS] T-ara Press Conference in Beijing (10/13) Credit: yule.sohu.com + ily_ahreum + tiaradiadem

[14.10.14] Video - T-ara 'Sugar Free' at M Super Concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nmICYdq54&list=UUc74FSfbhossnDUSSbNkM_Q cr : 화요일방송 @ youtube

141013 T-ara @ MBK - Long Zhen Press Con (Beijing) [Part 1: Introduction] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL8gLpv4KSY 141013 T-ara @ MBK - Long Zhen Press Con (Beijing) [Part 2: I Don't Want You + Ceremony] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PJV3v4GiZU [720p] 141013 I Don't Want You @ MBK - Long Zhen Press Con (Beijing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qwo-3kJGq6w Cre: renny

#보람#입술#때려주고싶어#귀여웡 http://phhhoto.com/i/in561-172c1 by ssoqri #phhhoto CR: Lee Qri, @QriPretty + ssoqri@phhhoto + cptfantasy + tiaradiadem

The prettiest world conquerors ever have set their sites on China.

I like when the girls are pouring the champagne. What a great reception in China!

Watch video #2 in this thread. @19:50.

[PRESS] T-ara at Gimpo Airport to Beijing (10/13) To see the rest of the photos: http://www.tiaradiadem.com/forums/gallery/album/2336-gimpo-departure-for-china-1013/ CREDIT: Nate + VicoleHeakiii + QueenRi + ily_ahreum + tiaradiadem

T-ARA in Beijing CR:Official Facebook + asah_ara2472 + tiaradiadem

IIRC one of the hashtag is #IWantToSlapHerLips ... (with my lips) ... last one was my addition, but who knows! XD

@hyominnn00 웨이보 시작! 我开始用微博了。请多多关注我的微博～我们常常见哦～ 么么哒-3- Credit: Hyomin's Instagram + T-4R4 + tiaradiadem

[14.10.12] Video - T-ara 'Sugar Free' at SBS Inkigayo *** Credit: SBS Music 1@ Youtube

[WEIBO] Lee Jin Joo Update Ft. Hyomin, Jiyeon, Qri & Dani (10/12) Hyomin t-ara hyomin 이 ㅎㅎ 아. . .셀카 실력이 남다른. . .ㅋㅋ 장난꾸러기 효민이 ㅋㅋ 효민이가 "나이스 바디" 솔로곡 으로 중국에서 인기를 많이 얻어서 너무 좋다!♡♡ Jiyeon t-ara 지연이 넘 귀엽고 예뻐! 낼 베이징으로 중국진출 기자회견하러 떠난다! 중국가기전에 한컷! ㅎㅎ 내가 크게 나올까봐 앞으로 쭉나가준 너에게 나는 너무 고맙다! ♡♡ recording (?) Qri t-ara 섹쉬미녀 큐리 ! 큐리는 스타일도 너무좋고 네일, 머리염색,색조화장법, 또한 멋있다! 나도 살빼서 큐리 스타일 따라해봐야지! 앞으로 티아라 중국활동 항상 화이팅! 응원할께! Allegedly, the tattooed fellow is Shindong Garcia, a CCM employee (CR: @PJY_9367) Dani & Shannon 노래잘하는 새넌이랑 연기잘하는 다니^^* ㅋㅋ 회사에서 연습하는것도 보고 하루종일 같이 놀았는데 다니와 새넌은 간식도 안먹고 저녁으로 연어 샐러드만 한접시 먹는다! 같이 못놀겠다! ㅋㅋㅋ 너무 안먹는다 ㅋㅋㅋ 다니랑 새넌이랑 매일 같이 놀면 나도 살이 빠질수 있겠다는걸 느꼈다! ㅎㅎㅎ * * * * * * * * * CREDIT:Lee Jin Joo @ Weibo + HeraldC + tiaradiadem.com

[14.10.10] Video - T-ara " Sugar Free " @ Music Bank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZcdyHYO58&list=UUc74FSfbhossnDUSSbNkM_Q cr : 화요일방송 @ youtube