Turning Japanese heads to China: The Shanghai scene

At Shanghai's Dream Factory concert venue, the local talent outshines western bands to such an extent it suggests the Chinese indie-rock revolution is imminentAt the Zhijiang Dream Factory in downtown Shanghai, Mick Jagger proudly informs me that the Chinese music scene is the greatest in the world. Mick is a 20-year-old university student who, like most young internationally minded Chinese people, has taken a Western moniker for the benefit of foreigners who struggle to pronounce Mandarin names...

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