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"The plaintiffs include Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, and they are suing Alibaba, which runs Yahoo China, for a total of RMB5.5 million for their combined economic losses," says China CRS. "They are also asking Alibaba to stop having Yahoo China infringe on their copyrights."

Here's an interview I recently did with Neocha SEO Sean Leow. Sean gives us the low-down on the changing Chinese creative landscape as well as talking about his company, Neocha - a social network of creative Chinese who upload everything from pictures to music.

Also in the article are links to Neocha's cool NEXT player, which streams non-stop independent Chinese music free for all to listen to. Let it never be said again that China doesn't have any "good" music.

Early one Sunday morning in 2002, a phone rings in Yu Ling's Beijing duplex. She's cleaning upstairs; her son is asleep, while downstairs, her husband, Wang Xiaoning, is on the computer. Wang writes about politics, anonymously e-mailing his online e-journals to a group of Yahoo users. He's been having problems with his Yahoo service recently. He thinks it's a technical issue. This is the day he learns he's wrong.

The country's government has let it be known that western classical and religious music is no longer acceptable. Why?

BEIJING -- Yahoo Inc., under fire from civil-rights groups for its indirect role in human rights abuses in China, is answering critics by setting up a fund to give victims of government censorship legal and other assistance.

The webco has been charged with complicity in the jailing and torture of Chinese dissidents, and this week was criticized because Yahoo China, in which Yahoo Inc. has a stake, ran a wanted list of rioters involved in violent protests in Lhasa, Tibet.

Mark Berry, Chairman of Attack Media Group touches upon key issues related to doing business in China's music, television and film industry from the perspective of a foreign investor.

It's hard to not lose faith in the Chinese music scene. It would appear, on the surface at least, that China is happy enough filling their ears with prefab crap - but this article shows there's hope in the wings.

The first part in an introductory report on the state of the Chinese independent music industry, written from a western industry perspective.

A general introduction to the music business in China from a western industry perspective.