K-pop prospects brighten on China market hopes as Seoul and Beijing sign content exchange deal

K-pop prospects have brightened after Seoul and Beijing signed a content exchange deal, potentially paving the way for South ...
NBC Washington

K-pop has been banned in China for almost a decade. Until now, maybe.

China, which has never officially acknowledged the ban, has more confidence in its own entertainment now and is looking to boost consumer spending, experts say. The concert was set to be small but ...
The Motley Fool

Meet China's Top 3 Music Streaming Platforms

Tencent, NetEase, and Baidu are the top names to watch in China’s streaming music market. China's streaming music industry could generate $645 million in revenues this year according to Statista's ...
NPR

As China Cracks Down On Cultural Fringe, Indie Rock Finds A Home In Beijing

"Some guys have sports cars — I have this." That's how Michael Pettis, an American economist based in Beijing, has always explained his rather extravagant hobby: running his very own corner of the ...
Los Angeles Times

In China, Echoes of the Past

XILINHOT, China — Video recorder in hand, Wang Hong sat inside a small stone-and-brick house with one of China’s aging musical masters — a Mongolian vocalist named Hajab who once sang his region’s ...
NPR

Keeping China's Ancient Music Alive

Read Anthony Kuhn's essay about modern variations on China's traditional themes. For many years, music scholars in China and Japan tried unsuccessfully to decipher ancient musical notations that ...
Los Angeles Times

Music firm brings Chinese indie rock groups to U.S. audiences

Reporting from BEIJING — In a country where the vast majority of pop music acts still seem prepackaged for the karaoke machine and syrupy anthems dominate the airwaves, China’s three-day Strawberry ...
The Hollywood Reporter

BMG Moving Into China Music Market

“You can make money in China with music,” says Thomas Rabe, CEO of BMG parent Bertelsmann, announcing plans to expand in its music rights business in Asia. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief BMG, ...
Rolling Stone

China’s Version of Spotify Is Going Public in the U.S.

China’s version of Spotify is following the Swedish giant to Wall Street. Three months after Spotify’s debut on the U.S. stock market, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) – China’s leading ...