“That’s just crazy. Crazier than you can imagine,” said Yang Haisong, one of China’s most revered indie rockers. He was reacting to recent news about a university textbook degrading the internet, pop ...

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A significant live recording in the history of Chinese rock, a night of unprecedented madness in Hong Kong's concert history. The musical force from Beijing shook the music scene of Hong Kong. A full ...

The band, Varihnaz, has gained fans by offering an alternative to China’s hyper-polished, fast-paced modern life, with songs about pesticides and poultry raising. By Vivian Wang Vivian Wang traveled ...

A comparison of the former Eastern Bloc and China's ways of dealing with the social implications of rock music as an alien cultural import from the West reveals significant analogies. The paper traces ...