Mandopop: Leah Dou (Dou Jingtong / 竇靖童)

Famous Hong Kong star Faye Wong's daughter Leah Dou is well on her way to become a star of heir own. The latest "Brother" (filmed in Shanghai btw) is an excellent example of this, with a style that feels personal and a modern sound.

• Leah Dou - Brother (兄弟, backup link here)
• Leah Dou - May Rain
• Leah Dou - Bitter Sweet
• Leah Dou - Chimes
• Leah Dou - My Days
• Leah Dou - River Run

Mandopop: IGO

Chinese synthpop? Yes, actually, I have found a few of them but they are far between. IGO from Shanghai I think has closed down but I have a few songs and an album at least, and they are really nice. Enjoy!

• IGO - It's no easy
• IGO - Synth love (Live version here)
• IGO - Rockself dot com
• IGO - Taken
• IGO - Laguna
• IGO - Fake van Gogh
• IGO - Holy Mood
• IGO - Whole album Synth Love

Chinese pop: AM444

AM444 consists of singer ChaCha from China and dutch producer Jay. Together with -M- they have remixed the old version and added the french vocals by -M- (Matthieu Chedid). And it is so f--ing cool and international!

• AM444 - Détache Toi / Shen Jing Mo Shao
• AM444 - Eye wonder
• AM444 - Lies (remix)

Mandopop: Laure Shang (尚雯婕)

Laure Shang (Shang Wenjie) from Shanghai became famous through her win in the last season of Super Girl in 2006. There is two versions of Little Star, with the "starlight" version being fully english, while the other is more mandarin based.

• Laure Shang - Paint My World (畫出我世界)
• Laure Shang - Little Star (星光, "starlight")
• Laure Shang - Little Star (小星星)
• Laure Shang - Love Changes Love (越愛越明白)

Movie: One Night Surprise (一夜惊喜)

There is nothing unique about the story or cinematics in One Night Surprise, the production values is like any high-end Hollywood production, and the story is a well told but familiar one about a girl who wakes up pregnant and she has to figure out which of three candidates it is. But. The movie is Chinese, with super star Fan Bingbing in the lead role (and Asian-American Daniel Henney as one of the male leads) and the polished surroundings is not from the usual New York, but city-hubs like Shanghai and Beijing. This is part of a rising prescence of asian movies on the world scene, which is now beginning to affect even Hollywood. With 1,3 billion Chinese just in China, and a growing economy, the potential for movie productions is of course big and the number of high-cost movies per year is increasing quickly.
More asian movies under Movies and Series.