From NPR’s Morning Edition: B6 is that rare creature in China, an independent musician who is making a living from his work. Until recently, the Chinese government limited the number of CDs that could be sold — and music...
Read MoreFrom AFP: Chinese music industry representatives Tuesday warned the nation’s top search engine Baidu that it risked losing advertising contracts over allegations that it allowed the pirating of music files....
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: The New York Philharmonic may have played Pyongyang, but they’re not the only ones using the tip of the orchestra to break diplomatic ice. On May 7, Conductor Yu Long and the China...
Read MoreIn the New York Times Magazine, Ian Buruma has a lengthy profile of composer Tan Dun: Tan is based in New York City, but I managed to catch him in Stockholm (between gigs in Shanghai and Rome), where he was attending part of a...
Read MoreA Sanskirt spoken Beijing girl, Sa Dingding won the BBC World Music (Asia/Pacific) prize for her cross-culture music. This is London leads: “I’m a Chinese girl and I love my country’s culture,” said Sa Dingding, accepting...
Read MoreForbes reports on law suits brought by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. These suits, if successful, will have big implications for the status of intellectual property rights in China. China’s long...
Read MoreChen Yue, a dizi player and a graduate student at Central Conservatory of Music, is a devoted student of Zhao Songting, the well-known leading professional dizi player in China. Chen plays four different dizi in her works...
Read MoreIn China, illegal music downloading from internet and pirated CDs make it hard for pop stars to earn money. That’s also a key reason why they “rely heavily on commercial performances, which make up more than half of...
Read MoreFrom Earthtimes.org : Singer and actor Edison Chen, the star at the centre of a nude photo scandal , is to return to Hong Kong to face the music. Chen’s agent confirmed Sunday that the actor would be flying back this week...
Read MoreReuters reports on a study on cell phone usage in several countries, including China. The first study of its kind to tackle Chinese mobile phone usage, the report offers up some interesting statistics on how many people use...
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