East Meets West Africa: The Growing Popularity of Afrobeats
From the first Afrobeat album to the first Afrobeat festival, the genre has been quietly making inroads in China’s music market
For the Record: How a War Refugee Built His Vinyl Haven in Hong Kong
Record store owner Paul Au has escaped the Vietnam War, slept in the streets, and weathered two pandemics to pursue his passion for vinyl
How Joanna Wang Redefines Mandopop in the TikTok Age
Fourteen years after debuting with a cover album, the singer-songwriter stays relevant to Gen Z with eclectic sounds and experimentation
Rainbow Chan’s Love Song to Cantopop
Rainbow Chan remembers the beauty and cheese of the golden age of Canto and Mandopop, acknowledging its mark on her identity while also stamping it with her own
JIHU Bridges East and West with Contemporary R&B
Rising singer-songwriter fuses Yi language, Han lyricism, and sounds of nature in new single
Regional Harmonies
China and Southeast Asia have adapted many of each other’s pop hits
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Sound of a Century
A singular museum in north China offers a rare insight into its musical history
The Viral Week That Was: Ep 107
World’s dopiest thief, a teacher-student slapfest, a firefighter’s race: It’s Viral Week
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