After seeing this video and reading the story behind it on ChinaHush, we have to admit we don't understand China's censorship methods at all. This video was originally a music video from popular Taiwanese pop stars S.H.E. called "Zhong Guo Hua," or Chinese Language: instead of praising the merits of China's history and rise like the original, this version lays waste to all of the advances of modernity in very direct and scathing fashion. The mind blowing part is that the government not only sanctioned the song with the new lyrics, it used the song for questions on the gaokao earlier this month, prompting confusion and anger from students as well as netizens. In any case, the video has since been taken off the major internet portals, so this one requires a VPN to watch. more ›

Before we get on with this weekend's live music preview (and there's plenty going on by the way), here's a quick round-up of some recent music news we thought we'd share with you. more ›

For this week's Shanghaiist Sunday Show, we present to you over a dozen songs that have been submitted to the Olympic committee. Some of the biggest names from across the Chinese music universe have been roped in, including Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Emil Chau, Joey Yung, Han Hong, Nicholas Tse, S.H.E., Zhou Bichang and Wilbur Pan, and even companies like Coca Cola have also jumped onto the bandwagon hoping to up their brand exposure ahead of the Olympics. At the moment, there's still no word on which of these songs will be selected as the Olympic theme song, but clearly, some of these singers (who are barely known outside of China) are going to benefit greatly from the international exposure given to them through these songs. more ›