Inside the Music Business in China
As labels big and small attempt to gain traction in the world’s largest market, they’re learning that selling pop is never simple in the epicenter of piracy.
As labels big and small attempt to gain traction in the world’s largest market, they’re learning that selling pop is never simple in the epicenter of piracy.
Ed Peto The Register Nov 2007 10min Permalink
Nearly all the world’s fake products come from China. America’s oldest private detective agency is on the case.
Joshua Hunt California Sunday Aug 2017 15min Permalink
In mountainous Wenzhou “the emperor is far away” and the freest of markets reign.
Bradley Gardner Reason Dec 2011 15min Permalink
A painter’s dogged, doomed pursuit of the perfect $100 bill.
David Wolman Wired May 2012 20min Permalink
An American, born into privilege, became a bootleg DVD kingpin in Shanghai and then, in an unprecedented development, landed in Chinese prison.
Joshua Davis Wired Oct 2005 25min Permalink