BEIJING—At a state banquet hosted by Xi Jinping last week, President Trump was treated to a Chinese military band playing one of his favorite songs, “Y.M.C.A.” Also on the set list was another ...

TME's chart combines listening data with votes from over 250 Chinese music professionals to ensure accuracy and fairness in the rankings. By Hsiuwen Liu HONG KONG — Concerned about the impact that ...

The China Now Music Festival concludes with a concert featuring THE ORCHESTRA NOW, 120 choristers, and guest soloists ...

NetEase Cloud Music and gamma., the global media and technology company founded by Larry Jackson and Ike Youssef, today announced a multi-year strategic partnership that will expand opportunities for ...

Tensions between Taiwan and China are growing. But despite the rift, they maintain tight cultural connections — pop culture, that is. : [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: In this report, we refer to the ...

In March 2026, IFPI reported that China had passed Germany to become the world's fourth-largest recorded music market, after a single year of 20.1 percent growth, the fastest of any major market. 1 To ...

During China’s rock (or yaogun, as many young Chinese gig goers call it) boom circa the 2008 Summer Olympics, Andrew Field was a steadfast concert chronicler. From his perch at the side of the stage, ...

Universal Music Greater China has signed Jason Zhang, one of the most commercially successful artists in Chinese-language pop, in a wide-ranging deal spanning recorded music, artist management, live ...

“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 ...

The original lead actor and director withdrew from the Phoenix production of a show about the 1989 pro-democracy protests, a topic that China aggressively censors. By Christopher Kuo When it was ...

A Broadway star has withdrawn from a musical about the Tiananmen Square protests weeks before its debut in the US – while he is on a concert tour in China. Zachary Noah Piser, a Chinese-American actor ...