On top of an ongoing trade war and pandemic, a new point of tension between the U.S. and China involves the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody.

Hip hop has been getting a bad rap in China. Last year, the genre was having something of a heyday, but since then, the bubble has burst. In the wake of new rules from China’s media regulator, songs ...

CHENGDU, China — In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation's entertainment industry: Don't feature artists with tattoos and those who represent hip-hop or any ...

Xingyu Li was excited. The 20-year-old chemistry student traveled 120 miles from San Diego to downtown Los Angeles where he was about to do something he hadn’t done before: rap on the helipad of a ...