Tag Archives: rock music

In New York: Contemporary heroes from China’s music scene

Nick Frisch writes from New York about the wave of rock and classical music from China that appeared in the American metropolis.

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Cui Jian’s concert on the square

A four-song concert given in 1989 by Cui Jian and his band.

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Zachary Mexico’s China Underground

Zachary Mexico (pseudonym) is author of China Underground, published by Soft Skull Press. About “the crazy people I’d met in China and the even crazier people they’d introduced me to” - Danwei excerpts.

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He Yong in 1994

1990s Beijing rock music enfant terrible He Yong (何勇) in 1994: a short monologue and a live performance of the song ‘Girl, Beautiful’ (姑娘漂亮).

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Beijing rock–Asia Society at the Olympics

The Asia Society on Beijing rock music.

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