Feature: Africa in East Asia

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>:::JAZZ IN CHINA:::</strong></h2> <blockquote> “I think you could tell a really interesting alternative history of modern China through popular music. For more than 100 years, there’s a tradition of Chinese people engaging with America and others kinds of global cultures and remaking their own culture through that dialogue.”<br> -<a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/9253/andrew-jones-on-the-story-of-shanghai-jazz-2/">&nbsp;</a><a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/2415/andrew-jones-on-the-story-of-shanghai-jazz/"><strong>Andrew Jones on the Chinese Jazz Age</strong></a></blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Jinhui">Li Jinhui</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content_39869.htm">Nie Er</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/buck-clayton-p6289">Buck Clayton</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.chinesemirror.com/index/2006/11/zhou_xuan_a_sad.html">Zhou Xuan&nbsp;</a>//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/artist/Bai_Kwong">Bai Gwong</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.shjazz.com/artists.html">John Huie</a>&nbsp;//<a href="http://dancesofvice.com/post/7196192498/july-30th-shanghai-foxtrot-at-lpr">&nbsp;Shien Lee</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Jang.shtml">Jon Jang</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8jfrK93up0E/Tny4uwo0XTI/AAAAAAAAAgY/jx5S-LLS4VI/s400/zhouxuan.jpg" width="274" height="400"></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>(Zhou Xuan)</em></p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>:::CHINESE HIP HOP:::</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2fqsKklluY">Yin Tsang</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yugongyishan.com/2010/12/in3/?lang=en">In3</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.myspace.com/bra2sface">Brass Face</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHPY6rlIHCo">Dum Due</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://gangstalean.typepad.com/gangstalean/2005/01/wang_bo_aka_mc_.html">MC Weber</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KjIzlkhizp8/TntpCRAe_aI/AAAAAAAAAgI/yBSebcWJBzQ/s640/Ying%252520and%252520Sbazzo.JPG" width="512" height="342"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>(Sbazzo w/ Yin Tsang)</em></p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>:::Soundsystems & Dancehall in Japan</strong><strong>:::</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: center;">“In Japan, for you to be considered a really serious dancehall artist, the expectation is that you spend a certain amount of time at heart of dance hall culture. They say you can't really learn real dance hall in Japan; you have to learn it in Jamaica.”</p> <p style="text-align: center;">-&nbsp;<a href="https://afropop.test.ejaedesign.com/wp/2410/marvin-sterling-delves-into-the-japanese-dancehall-reggae-scene/"><strong>Marvin Sterling on the Japanese Dancehall Scene</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mightycrown.com">Mighty Crown</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://youtu.be/rVfzsb68Z-g">Junko Kodo</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2BqLhj6h0">Nanjaman&nbsp;</a>//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.myspace.com/kingjamsound">King Jam Unlimited</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.myspace.com/riskydicethedeadlysound">Risky Dice</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.jamaipanese.com/ryo-the-skywalker-japareggae-artist/">Ryo Skywalker</a>&nbsp;//<a href="http://www.myspace.com/boogiemandeejay">&nbsp;Boogie Man</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Miki+douzan">Miki Douzen</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvWRL-OLHcI">Boxer Kid</a>&nbsp;//&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40886746328&v=wall">Jing Teng</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ti8U2oKeRvw/TntpicjaJcI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/80iXkFNlssQ/s800/mighty_crown.jpg"></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>(Mighty Crown Soundsystem)</em></p>