Wang Shuo‘s got another bad habit: the paparazzi. Fighting the demons of sex, drugs and police scrutiny as he mounts a literary comeback, the foul-mouthed writer recently agreed to tape the late-night CCTV psychiatry show Xinli Fangtan(ÂøÉÁêÜËÆøË∞à) along with his 79-year-old mother. After a teary three-hour sitting focused on a tempestuous relationship between mother and […]
From Danwei: China’s rock legends will gather in Shenyang on the 16th of this month for a three-day concert commemorating the 20th anniversary of rock music’s arrival on the national stage. To properly observe such a landmark, the country’s media outlets have been featuring retrospectives on the history of domestic rock, dusting off stories they […]
From Xinhua News Agency (link): Famous rock singer Dou Wei made a formal statement through his lawyer on Wednesday to apologize for his aggressive behavior at the Beijing News office last week, reports Chinese website sohu.com. Dou is currently in custody after storming into the Beijing News newspaper’s editorial department on May 10, 2006. He […]
From EastSouthWestNorth blog (link): At around 10am on May 10, Dou Wei went to the office of Beijing Times. According to eyewitnesses, Dou Wei(Á™¶ÂîØ) demanded to see the reporter named Zhuo Wei (Âç쉺ü) who had written several reports about him. When Zhou did not appear, he sat quietly and waited. But after his request was […]
From Shanghai Daily (link): BEIJING police detained Dou WeiÔºàÁ™¶ÂîØÔºâ, a Chinese rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, for alleged arson this morning after he went out of control in the newsroom of Beijing News yesterday, and set fire to a car in front of the office, media reported today. Dou is also well known for being the […]
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