Culture and Society Teresa Teng: Mandopop icon, soldier’s sweetheart and Asian diva September 6, 2019 0 Written by Zuzana Shejbalová. Image credit: 邓丽君 Teresa Teng 鄧麗君 by hto2008/Flickr, license CC BY-NC 2.0 Teresa Teng, in Mandarin Deng Lijun 鄧麗君, was a Taiwanese singer…
Taiwan Songs of Defiance: LGBT Pop Music in Taiwan (Post-2018 Referendum) [Part 2] February 14, 2019 0 Written by Matt Taylor In part one of this two-article feature, where we are trying to understand the impact of the November 2018 same-sex marriage…
Taiwan Songs of Defiance: LGBT Pop Music in Taiwan (Post-2018 Referendum) [Part 1] February 13, 2019 0 Written by Matt Taylor Music, politics and protest in Taiwan are intrinsically linked. From the rumblings of Taiwanese identity in the campus folk music of…
Cambodia Musical style and social identity in Khmer Rouge songs: A preliminary view January 9, 2019 0 Written by J.W. Turner. At the moment of their victory, the Khmer Rouge enjoyed little public support. Accordingly, their ‘Four-Year Plan’ outlined two primary goals:…
China Underground: Chinese Rock and Roll March 8, 2018 1 Written by June Wang and Li Chen. On June 24 2017, a Chinese reality show “the Rap of China” was aired. Featuring eighteen rappers and…
China Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: China’s National Policies and their Impact August 24, 2017 0 Written by Hwee-San Tan. International concerns for the loss of intangible culture due to the impact of globalization prompted UNESCO’s programme of Masterpieces of the…
Uncategorized Silk-Bamboo: Traditional Chinese Music and the Confucian Heritage August 23, 2017 0 Written by Alan R. Thrasher. Traditional Chinese instrumental music can be divided into several quite different domains, each with regional subtypes and repertoires. Most prominent…
Uncategorized Female Singer-Songwriters and China’s TV Talent Shows August 22, 2017 0 Written by Lijuan Qian. The centralized, state-controlled Chinese media industry has gradually evolved into a highly commercialized and international system over the last decade. A…
Uncategorized China: a glimpse of the future of music streaming? July 28, 2017 0 Written by Robert Lyons. China’s music streaming market is of interest on several fronts, including the vast size of the market, the high percentage of use…
Taiwan Popular Music and Cross-Strait Relations: Have TV talent shows helped Taiwanese citizens view China differently? July 27, 2017 0 Written by Ya-Hui Cheng. For eight years, under the leadership of Taiwan’s President, Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan and China had maintained close ties. When President Tsai…
