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China's Censorship War Against Sex, Drugs, and 'Vulgar Content' Is Now Hitting Online Music Streams
Beijing's Ministry of Culture has demanded that music services implement self-censorship to check their catalogs for deviant messages from 2016. Ironically, such moves often spectacularly backfire.
Music Festivals Are Being Stamped out in Beijing
Fears about public safety since a New Year's stampede in Shanghai have led to a near wipeout of Beijing music festivals — but organizers say there is an underlying agenda to repress music and culture.
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