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CUI JIAN [Pronounced 'sway-GEN'] China: Ease of restrictions against mainland rock-father Cui Jian A concert for an audience of 10,000 people marks the end of a decade of censorship against Cui Jian's angry rap-inflected rock 27 September 2005 China: Magazine featuring Cui Jian banned Three weeks after the first copies of a Chinese version of Rolling Stone hit the newsstands and were torn off the shelves, Chinese regulators said they would not allow it to publish a second issue. 30 March 2006 China: Country profile In China, the censorship authorities act with the aim of protecting its citizens against "mental contamination" and its government against criticism. 25 April 2008 China: Once banned Taiwanese singer regains popularity Beijing officials who seven years ago banned the music of Taiwan's pop star A-Mei now use her name to improve political ties between mainland China and Taiwan 17 September 2007 China: Canto-pop Censorship in China & Singapore An edited version of a part of a thesis entitled 'Three Decades of Canto-pop: Hybridization, consolidation and Innovation', written for University of Liverpool in 2005 04 September 2007 China: Imported music must be approved by ministry The Chinese Ministry of Culture has said it must approve all imported network music distributed in the country, the official Xinhua news service reported on 12 December 2006. 13 December 2006