China Daily profiles eclectic musician Wu Tong and reviews his new album, Sound of My Heart: It employs a variety of instruments from around the world, including the xun (Chinese ocarina), guqin (Chinese plucked instrument),...
Read MoreFrom marcodonnarumma.com: Golden Shield Music (Marco Donnarumma, 2009) is a generative composition for eight audio channels that sits somewhere between net.art and sound art originally created for the Zeppelin 2009 exhibition at...
Read MoreHani musician in Yunnan, by Marta Stroppa.
Read MoreOn China Beat, Tim Hathaway interviews underground musician Zuoxiao Zuzhou about his recent collaboration with Canadian band The Cowboy Junkies: TH: Can you explain why you have such a distinct singing style? What reactions has...
Read MoreA new music video by pop singer Huang Zheng (黄征) is a viral hit online. Called Sell, it takes on skyrocketing housing prices in Chinese cities by depicting people at different levels of society and calculating how many years it...
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Read MoreIncreasingly, music videos in China are not only a form of entertainment but carry a political message – sometimes subtle, sometimes not – as well. See this CDT translation for an example. ChinaHush has also...
Read MoreThe Orwellian control efforts of Chinese Internet censors have not only generated an attention-getting pushback from Google, but on the heavily policed Chinese Internet, there are plenty of signs for resistance as well. The...
Read MoreFrom the CBC: The Walt Disney Co. plans to adapt, rather than translate, the film for the Chinese market, working with Shanghai Media Group and Huayi Brothers Media Corp., according to a statement from Disney released Sunday. By...
Read MoreFor Danwei, Nick Frisch reviews two recent Chinese music events in New York in recent weeks: A show by indie bands PK14 and Carsick Cars, and a festival celebrating intersections between Chinese and Western musical traditions at...
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