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CHINA China: Western religious music banned Western musicians and tour organisers have encountered difficulties with performances in China due to a tightened political control over the arts and Christianity. 23 October 2008 China: Online music store blocked because of pro-Tibetan album Access to Apple's online iTunes Store has been blocked in China after it emerged that Olympic athletes have been downloading a pro-Tibetan music album 21 August 2008 China: Authorities stricter on foreign performers "Any artistic group or individual who have ever engaged in activities which threaten our national sovereignty will not be allowed in," the Chinese Ministry of Culture stated 22 July 2008 China: Tibetan musicians arrested and "effectively silenced" Since March 2008, the Tibetan singers Drolmakyi and Jamyang Kyi, and musician Lhundrup have been arrested and held in custody by Chinese authorities 17 June 2008 China/Tibet: Singer and song-writer detained without charges Jamyang Kyi, prominent Tibetan singer and a song-writer, internet writer and feminist activist, was arrested on 1 April 2008 and is held without charges by Chinese authorities 28 April 2008 China: Tightened control over cultural activities The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced on 26 April 2008 that China will tighten up controls over cultural activities and products ahead of the Summer Olympics 28 April 2008 Campaign: Urge for immediate release of Tibetan singer Freemuse joins campaign supporting the Tibetanian singer and song-writer arrested by Chinese authorities 25 April 2008 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: Authorities considered tightening control of foreign artists During a concert Björk added “Tibet! Tibet!” to her song “Declare Independece”. The statement was followed by angry reactions amongst Björk fans and Chinese politicians. 26 March 2008 China: Censorship of American jazz concert American jazz pianist Harry Connick Jr. was forced to make last-minute changes to his show when he performed with his band in Shanghai on 8 March 2008 14 March 2008 Taiwan: Ban on Tibetan rapper promoted sales of his album A religious group in Taiwan managed to get the government to ban the singer Singa Rinpoche from entering the country for one year. The ban only increased his popularity 30 October 2007 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: Danish rock band requested to change lyrics In order to be allowed to perform in China, the Danish band Rock Hard Power Spray had to change the title of one of their songs 01 May 2007 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship 200 professional musicians, scholars, and composers from 22 countries met at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on 25-26 November 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey 18 December 2006 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 Jeroen de Kloet Video interview with the Dutch Assistant Professor Jeroen de Kloet about the situation in 2006 concerning music censorship in China 06 December 2006 Stephan Smith-Said Video interview with the American musician and political activist Stephan Smith-Said (and others) about the importance of music and of fighting music censorship 06 December 2006 East Turkistan: Uyghur composer died in exile From his exile in Sweden the Uyghur composer, musician and poet Kurash Sultan was like an ambassador to the Uyghurs in north-western China. He died in Sweden on 29 October 2006. 06 November 2006 Taiwan: Restrictions on mainland Chinese musicians Taiwan regularly restricts mainland Chinese musicians visiting the island, according to an article in China Post on 17 October 2006 17 October 2006 China: Concert by American rapper Jay-Z censored Chinese censors stopped a concert by American rapper Jay-Z 16 October 2006 Tibet: Last "singing nun" released from prison and exiled The release of 34-year-old Tibetan nun Nyidron marks the end of the imprisonment in Tibet for a group of women who became known as the "singing nuns" of Drapchi prison 26 April 2006 Tibet: Teacher of traditional Tibetan dance imprisoned A Tibetan monk and teacher of the traditional monastic dance Cham has been sentenced to four years in prison after he gave talks about Tibetan culture and history 24 April 2006 China: Popular music tv programme banned A programme called "Supergirl" on Hunan provincial television made history among tv programmes in China. Now it has been banned by Chinese authorities. 21 April 2006 China: Rolling Stones had five songs censored Chinese censors restricted the Rolling Stones from performing five songs when they made their debut in mainland China on 8 April 2006. 10 April 2006 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: The Rolling Stones accepts censorship Veteran rock star group The Rolling Stones will likely follow the beat of China's censors when they perform in China in April concert 03 March 2006 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: authorities ban "unhealthy" and "reactionary" performances Cultural and art authorities in China will strictly ban 10 kinds of "unhealthy" and "reactionary" performances 09 August 2005 China: Hong Kong pop star CoCo Lee’s new album banned When the singer known as “Asia’s Mariah Carey” launched her new album, it instantly attracted controversy with its sexy image and lyrics 06 May 2005 Kurash Sultan Interview with exiled Chinese musician on music censorship in East Turkistan / Xinjiang. Interview in Chinese, Swedish and Uyghur. Transcription in English 19 October 2004 Taiwan star silenced by China row Taiwanese pop singer Chang Hui-mei, better known as A-mei, had to cancel a concert in China after a protest accusing her of supporting independence for the island 13 June 2004 Chinese punk band denied visas China’s only all girl punk band Hang On the Box have been forced to pull out of a UK tour after the Chinese government deemed their music as "inappropriate" and denied the band visas to travel 13 November 2003 China: "opium song" banned Faye Wong's song In the Name of Love, which includes the lyrics "opium is warm and sweet", will be removed from her upcoming album 30 October 2003 China: Culture, Legislation and Censorship Excerpts from the article "Chinese Cultural Laws Regulations and Institutions" by Gao Shuxun (ed.) 01 August 2003 China: Freemuse invites China to discuss music censorship 01 April 2003 China 'orders Stones songs ban' The Chinese Government has ordered the Rolling Stones to drop four of their best-known songs from their concerts in the country next month, according to a tour organiser 13 March 2003 China: Moon Hee-jun's song banned The song "Media," included in Moon Hee-jun's second album, was banned by all three major broadcast stations (KBS, MBC, and SBS) for attacking mass media 30 August 2002 Chen Shi-Zheng The story of an exiled Chinese opera director 01 January 2001