K-pop prospects brighten on China market hopes as Seoul and Beijing sign content exchange deal

K-pop prospects have brightened after Seoul and Beijing signed a content exchange deal, potentially paving the way for South ...
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K-pop has been banned in China for almost a decade. Until now, maybe.

China, which has never officially acknowledged the ban, has more confidence in its own entertainment now and is looking to boost consumer spending, experts say. The concert was set to be small but ...
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Cautious optimism in the air for K-pop concert in Beijing after Korea-China summit at APEC

China could be ready to lower its barriers to Korean pop culture, a lawmaker said Saturday, claiming that Chinese President ...
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China warms up to K-pop as it pursues cultural diplomacy, strives to boost consumption amid trade worries

Locked in a trade war with the United States and struggling with weak domestic consumption, China looks set to make a U-turn on an unlikely sector: K-pop. It was announced on April 28 that K-pop group ...