Beijing Beat blog with Mark Godfrey
Beijing Beat
Author:mark_godfreyCreated:3/26/2007 7:03 AM
Talking with the movers and makers of China's rock scene

Journalists for Sale

By mark_godfrey on5/14/2008 3:15 AM
Giving journalists the chance to report from the Olympics is one of countless scams in China in the run up to Olympics
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China's Karaoke King

By mark_godfrey on5/13/2008 3:26 AM
An idea of just how massive the karaoke business is in China
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US Slump A Sour Note for China's Instrument Makers

By mark_godfrey on5/7/2008 3:52 AM
Local instrument makers will have to make better guitars, pianos and sell more domestically to survive a tougher export market
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China Banning Buskers?

By mark_godfrey on5/6/2008 12:22 AM
Street musicians may be latest to go in Beijing spruce
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China Dolls

By mark_godfrey on5/5/2008 3:42 AM
The bizzare and cheap are to be had in China at the world’s biggest trade fair
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Beijing's famed Yugongyishan club boss speaks

By mark_godfrey on5/3/2008 12:41 AM
Yugong Yishan Cultural Promotions boss Lue Zhiqiang talks about running Beijing's most successful rock bar
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Top of the Pops, China Style

By mark_godfrey on5/2/2008 10:19 PM
Cluas joins the audience for a recent episode of Xin Shi Ting, popular Chinese variety show
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Time To Stop Pity For Chinese Human Rights?

By mark_godfrey on4/27/2008 11:38 PM
Even left wing, artist sets are with government, against west on recent Tibet, Olympics protests. So why bother standing up for human rights in China?
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Rocking Kunming

By mark_godfrey on4/26/2008 8:47 PM
The southwestern city's Outdoor Music Festival was an improvement on last year's, and more proof that there's gigs and glory to be had in China's hinterlands
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Moshpit Control China Style

By mark_godfrey on4/26/2008 8:23 PM
Great photo shows mass of numbers in stiff concert security
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