TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban

The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal ...
China Daily Global Edition

Chinese rapper's Lingnan-rooted hip-hop a big draw in US

A Chinese rapper has drawn packed audiences on his North America tour, marking a rising wave of China-to-global cultural ...

Fleetwood Mac’s Decades-Old Song Becomes A Hit, Thanks To TikTok

Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs" debuts on a pair of Billboard charts this week, earning the band its first new win in years ...
CNN

Taiwan bans popular Chinese social media app amid growing number of fraud cases

Taiwan’s government has ordered a one-year block of a popular, Chinese-owned social media app following its failure to cooperate with authorities over fraud-related concerns. Xiaohongshu, also known ...
The Financial Times

Taiwan bans one of China’s most popular social media apps

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Taiwan has blocked the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, in a rare move for a democracy that has long shied ...
scmp.com

Lee Tien-ming, who died last week, wrote for the curious and critical reader rather than fellow academics, and local literary fans embraced him

Once, when pop diva Faye Wong was seen reading on a plane, the book reportedly on her lap was the perennial local bestseller Art of Thinking by Lee Tien-ming. Food critic, columnist and media ...
Billboard

Holiday Digital Song Sales

THE WEEK'S TOP-DOWNLOADED HOLIDAY SONGS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. click to see more Hear It Loud Gains In Performance Columbia/Legacy Gains In Performance Columbia/Legacy Gains In Performance ...
Billboard

China TME UNI Chart

For full chart and more detailed rules, visit https://yobang.tencentmusic.com/ For 2024 Year-End chart, visit https://yobang.tencentmusic.com/chart-h5/annual-report ...
The New York Times

China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies. By David Pierson Reporting from Hong Kong China’s ...
The Independent

Most-streamed Christmas song of 21st century is not by who you would expect

Leona Lewis’s festive anthem, 'One More Sleep', has officially been crowned the most streamed British Christmas song of the 21st century. Released in 2013, the track, which peaked at number three on ...
BBC

Japanese 'One Piece' singer stopped mid-show after China-Japan feud

The popular anime One Piece centres on a rowdy crew of pirates who have made it their mission to challenge a draconian regime The abrupt cancellations of several Japanese music events in Shanghai - ...