The Black roots of Chinese pop music
From Louis Armstrong to Buck Clayton to Li Jinhui: The surprising connection between early American jazz and present-day Chinese pop.
David Volodzko
David Volodzko is an editor at Brightwire, where his coverage includes Asia. He is also a former Korea correspondent for South China Morning Post and former national editor for Korea JoongAng Daily, the New York Times’s sister paper in South Korea. He has lived in Asia for over 15 years.
Latest Posts
More Posts
How Fujian was once an LGBT mecca (where people worshipped a rabbit god)
In China, the Rabbit God — Tu'er Shen — is a relatively obscure deity. But at one point in history, it held special significance, particularly for same-sex couples who looked to it for guidance and true love. Remnants of the Rabbit God can still be found today, if one looks hard enough.
How the legacy of China’s Boxer Uprising fuels anti-Asian racism even today
September 7 marks the anniversary of the Boxer Protocol, signed in 1901, an “unequal treaty” that signaled the end of the Boxer Uprising, itself a major chapter in the development of the “yellow peril” trope. The contested legacy of the Boxers is with us still, and can be seen in how we talk about the COVID-19 pandemic.