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Low-price performance tickets a big hit withBeijing's budget conscious concert goers.

It was eight o'clock on the morning ofJanuary 1, one and a half hours be- fore standing tickets for the National Grand Theater were to go on sale for, that night's New Year Concert and al-ready a crowd of more than 500 people milledaround outside the venue's ticket office.