Baidu.com, China’s search engine Goliath, has combined forces with three major American record companies to develop what is hoped to be a breakthrough against music piracy in the People’s Republic.
Baidu signs deal to legally give you free music
The semi-not-really-legal way to purchase from iTunes: Taobao
Sure, here in China there's legitimate download sites and there's mp3.baidu.com, but if you've ever wanted to straggle the fence between legality and piracy, there's a way to do that too. Taobao has long been harboring many iTunes store gift voucher hackers, selling $200 USD (1,368 RMB) gift cards for as little as 18RMB.
Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Formula 1
Welcome to the latest edition of Chinese Soundbites, a podcast series brought to you by ChinesePod and Shanghaiist. Every week we bring you topics and words pulled straight from the headlines, in Mandarin Chinese.
Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Hairy Crabs
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Chinese Soundbites, a podcast series brought to you by ChinesePod and Shanghaiist. Every week we'll be bringing you topics and words pulled straight from the headlines, in Mandarin Chinese.
Chinese Soundbites Podcast: National Day
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Economic Turmoil
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Poison Milk
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Mid-Autumn Festival
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: US Presidential Election
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: The Flood of 2008
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Chinese Soundbites Podcast: Liu Xiang
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Review: Hip-Hop Journey Mixtape Volume 1
In a genre that, perhaps more than any other in music, is driven by overt egos and self-worship, when a record opens with the words "Chinese hip-hop — a long way to go", you have to worry a bit about what will follow. This bluntly honest statement from Shanghai rapper BlaKK Bubble at the start of Hip-Hop.cn's new downloadable mix-tape is at times proven to be painfully accurate on this free release, but there are also some highlights.

