Despite restrictions, K-pop idols steadily make their mark in China

K-pop idols have been notably active in mainland China, even as South Korea’s Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange appears to downplay the possibility of Beijing lifting its unofficial Hallyu ban following South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting early this month. Newbeat, a K-pop rookie group under Beat Interactive, recently signed a management deal with Modern Sky, a leading music label in China with some 160 artists and operations sp(Feed generated with FetchRSS)