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

Rock-focused Pilot Records’ Zeng Yu subsidises CD sales with studio hire and production work for pop stars

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Beijing conservationists are closing the door when the horse has bolted maybe, but they're at least trying

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Beijing's excess of English-language glossies filled with meaningless pap and consumer goods advertorials just gets... more excessive

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Beijing gets oceans of verbal diarrohea from corporations not wanting to say anything that could be interpreted as hurtful to local government

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Beijing Pop Festival is latest in a line of outdoor music events to be cancelled by authorities nervous about Olympics, crowd control. We talked with Yang Yu, impressario and local hard rock luminary

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We talk with the manager of the Chinese website helping local fans find friends for concerts, art exhibitions

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There’s also the signs of some new, smart tactics in the organization’s offensive against Baidu

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Under pressure to shut down counterfeiters, shops at home, China is increasingly exporting the problem

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It takes 54 hours of lessons to get your license, but everyone wants to get behind the wheel in traffic-jammed Beijing,

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Local fixations on economic growth leaves little for preserving a rich local musical culture

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