Photo: Yunnan Musician
Hani musician in Yunnan, by Marta Stroppa.
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Aug 14, 2010
Hani musician in Yunnan, by Marta Stroppa.
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Aug 11, 2010
On 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 MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Jun 30, 2010
A 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...
Read MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jun 3, 2010
Philip Morgan: Blood is on the Square
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Jan 26, 2010
Increasingly, 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 MorePosted by Xiao Qiang | Jan 18, 2010
The 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 MorePosted by cschultz | Nov 23, 2009
From 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 MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Nov 17, 2009
For 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...
Read MorePosted by Paulina Hartono | Oct 24, 2009
Shaanxi music performance, via Beardy Git.
Read MorePosted by Sophie Beach | Oct 20, 2009
A homeless street musician plays for change, by monkeyking
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