Beijing Beat blog with Mark Godfrey

Beijing Beat

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Listening to Asian music, in Asia
By mark_godfrey on 11/25/2008 8:03 PM

Chinese bachelors get a day named in their honour - by marketing executives exploiting their insecurities for cash

By mark_godfrey on 11/24/2008 8:42 PM

Des McGarry fronts Black Cat Bone on their first release, Drinkin Alone

By mark_godfrey on 11/18/2008 8:39 PM

The Dandelion School for Beijing's migrant children welcomes donations of instruments

By mark_godfrey on 10/13/2008 7:24 AM

Why everyone wants a car but there's no place to park -except for the footpath

By mark_godfrey on 10/4/2008 12:30 AM

Hong Kong-based jazz musician and impresario Peter Scherr has been bringing “improvisational” music into cities across mainland China

By mark_godfrey on 10/2/2008 7:22 AM

Here’s a possible recipe for success as a rock band in China

By mark_godfrey on 9/29/2008 7:31 AM

Counterfeiters in the East block use a different ploy to their Chinese counterparts but the problem seems more entrenched here

By mark_godfrey on 9/26/2008 5:11 AM

How did the muslim Uyghur people in China's western region learn to play great flamenco guitar?

By mark_godfrey on 9/26/2008 4:56 AM

Air are one of the first foreign groups into China in the post-Olympics chill out - but 70 euros a head is steep for China

By mark_godfrey on 9/21/2008 2:00 AM

There’s loads of potential for distribution deals between fast-expanding café chains and piracy-blighted local labels, surely?