Badiucao (巴丢草): Go Hong Kong!
For his latest CDT drawing, Badiucao honors protesters in Hong Kong. In this image, a protester,...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 28, 2014
For his latest CDT drawing, Badiucao honors protesters in Hong Kong. In this image, a protester,...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 3, 2013
Chinese rock legend Cui Jian complained to South China Morning Post that today’s young...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 3, 2013
Vice Magazine has posted a lengthy interview with Cui Jian, often referred to as the “Grandfather of Chinese Rock n Roll.” Cui Jian was China’s first domestic rock star in the 1980s, and gained international...
by Scott Greene | Aug 27, 2012
For The International Herald Tribune’s Rendezvous blog, Mark McDonald explores the world of Chinese rock music in light of the Pussy Riot verdict in Russia: The case has some echoes in China, which tolerates little...
by Josh Rudolph | May 11, 2012
Cui Jian began his music career playing trumpet for the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra in the early 80s. He is now lauded as the father of Chinese rock music. Earlier this week, fans gathered in Beijing for a special preview of...
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 21, 2011
Canadian drummer Jonathan Campbell has been living in China for the past 10 years. During this time, he has gotten well acquainted with China’s rock music scene, and done his part to promote China’s burgeoning music...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 10, 2011
London Chinese Radio’s New Sounds of China music podcast has reached the end of its second season, hosted by music journalist and musicologist Paul Kendall and guitarist, vocalist and Beijing opera performer Hu Pan. Each...
by Xiao Qiang | Sep 7, 2008
“The German Die Zeit published this glimpse of an anti-Olympics concert by veteran rocker Cui Jian, held in a Beijing bar outside the Olympic zone. As the greatest symbol of the “nothing” generation, Cui Jian still bottles...
by Paulina Hartono | Jan 31, 2008
An article from International Herald Tribune discusses the current musical plans of Cui Jian, the father of Chinese rock, as well as the status of rock n’ roll in China: When Cui Jian – “the godfather of...
by Liu Yong | Sep 9, 2007
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“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (一块红布), a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes....
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