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Compared to K-pop and J-pop which has been making influence worldwide lately, C-pop (Chinese pop music 華語歌曲) seems to be lacking impact on the international stage. Moreover, many netizens from the Chinese-speaking sphere seem to share the opinion that C-pop has fallen.

In this video, I explore the factors that led to the downfall of C-pop from its golden era of mid 2000s to the current time being. I argue that idol stan culture and the rise of TikTok contributed greatly to C-pop's decline.



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Chinese Music - Its Not Dead, It's Misunderstood...

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In Hong Kong, nearly 25,000 Pakistanis call the city home, forming a small but growing community with deep roots dating back over a century. From rapping in fluent Cantonese to teaching Urdu in schools, they navigate dual identities while preserving tradition. Younger voices embrace a fluid sense of belonging, proudly identifying as both Pakistani and Hong Konger.

At the moment, this might be the best solution to eventually become a US citizen. First, you join the Canadian military under their foreign recruitment program as a path to Canadian residency and then wait for each Canadian province one by one declare independence from Ottawa before they petition for American statehood.

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Director Ang Lee is looking for
Taishanese speakers as extras
for his film "Gold Mountain"
李安导演的《⾦⼭》电影近期将
在沙加缅度地区拍摄，
现在招募年龄在18-50岁的男⼠
有酬群众演员。华裔群众演员包
括
1、
有特殊技能的演员，如会吹排箫
的，会炒⼤锅菜的，会玩牌九的
、会打算盘的、剃头匠、会抽⽔
烟的。
2、 普通演员:
会说台⼭话的、愿意剃头留清朝
发式的、可以蹲马步的。
4⽉26⽇上午11点致下午6点在C
OLOMA COMMUNITY CENTER,
4623 T Street, Sacramento
95819试镜

Director Ang Lee's film “Gold
Mountain” will soon be filming
in Sacramento area, they are
seeking for paid male extras
aged 18-50. Chinese extras
include:

1, Featured performers: Paixiao player, people who know how to cook with a big wok, play Pai Gow, quickly use abacus, barber, and water pipe smoker.
2, General performers:
Taishanese speak, people who are willing to shave heads to wear a queue hairstyle, and people who can squat.

Open Call will be Sunday, April
26, 11am-6pm at COLOMA
COMMUNITY CENTER, 4623 T
St. Sacramento, CA 95819.

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There is another Cantonese phrase, "as messy as the Seven Kingdoms" ("七國咁亂" ), which is used to describe a completely chaotic and very messy situation.

During the Warring States period, wars frequently broke out among the seven kingdoms, and many ordinary people fled from the Central Plains Region to the south. When the people of Lingnan in the south asked these refugees, they would say: "The Central Plains Region are as messy as the Seven Kingdoms".

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What surprised me was that the word 餸 (sung3) was unavailable: it’s a word that is so commonly used that I had forgotten it was Cantonese.

An attempt to explain what 餸 is feels like trying to write a dictionary entry for “nighttime.” Nighttime is defined by its opposite, daytime, much like 餸 is defined by its opposite 飯 (faan6, rice). In a Chinese meal, 餸 is the part of the meal that is not the rice. So for a plate of char siu rice, char siu is the 餸. For a family meal, the steamed fish, braised chicken, and stir fried vegetables are all 餸. I can’t think of a good direct translation of 餸 in English, because Western cuisines do not categorise food in the same way. Yes, 餸 can be an entrée, but we rarely eat 餸 on its own without the rice like one would eat a a grilled salmon steak with three pieces of asparagus, and eating a whole plate of sweet and sour pork on your own without the rice is inconceivable for a Chinese person.

Although some 兩餸飯 (loeng5 sung3 faan6) places in Hong Kong translate their menus as “rice with two sides,” 餸 is not really a companion on the sidelines, but the main character that defines the meal. Perhaps this is why going grocery shopping is called 買餸 (maai5 sung3): yes, everyday staples like rice and noodles are always stockpiled in the kitchen like extra toilet paper, and you can always whip up something using canned and frozen foods. But fresh produce is always expected for a proper home cooked meal unless acts of god made groceries shopping impossible, such as a typhoon or a sudden pandemic lockdown. If there are no groceries at home, there will be no proper 餸, and eating out or ordering in feels way less depressing unless you really don’t mind eating fried spam on rice.

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This video explores how Chinatown was born, how it survived, and why it still stands today — a city within a city where history, culture, and resilience continue to collide.

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Chinatown in transition

When Socialist-Democrats decriminalized theft in California, thieves were embolden to steal more things causing many retailers to leave California. When California became a sanctuary state, illegal migrants from all over were incentivized to go to California and exploit social welfare and health programs that are bankrupting the state so the state needs to increase taxes to pay for people who aren't legally allowed to work but are taken care of by state programs that should take care of our homeless people first. If the "Stop Nick Shirley Act" is passed, that will embolden more criminals to set up shop in California and commit more fraud against the Federal government. This is how the Democratic party evolved into a socialist party and then into a communist party. Anyone who escaped Red China can see through how the Democratic party has been hijacked by socialist communists.

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The "Stop Nick Shirley Act" literally sounds like it was authored by the CCP. Mr. President, please send your federal auditors to investigate all the politicians pushing to pass this legislation especially our state attorney general and his wife. Corruption and protecting criminals now defines the Democratic Party.

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Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud.

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"...In the two months leading up to the competition, Li's coaching team worked closely with a Shaolin martial arts master to study traditional Mantis Fist techniques, integrating its explosive power and fluidity into breaking choreography.

“We call it tracing the roots,” Lai said. “Breaking in the 1980s was heavily influenced by kung fu movies. Now we're bringing authentic Chinese culture back to the world stage.”