The news agency says China has about 50,000 venues, such as karaoke bars, which have "a basic music library of over 100,000 songs." Chinese officials expect such establishments to police their ...

Karaoke music providers — which contribute to more than 50,000 music entertainment venues in China, according to the ministry — are being urged to review their catalogs for such subject matter ...

China is readying a blacklist for karaoke songs in order to ban tracks featuring “illegal” content, its Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. Such content includes anything that harms national ...

China is set to begin blacklisting some songs in 50,000 karaoke venues starting October. It stands to clamp down on lyrics that encourage drug use, incite ethnic harm, and violate social ethics.

In October of 2018, China forbade karaoke spots from allowing customers to sing more than 6,600 tracks, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported at the time.

China has tens of thousands of karaoke venues, some packed with private rooms where groups can sing along to their favorite songs without embarrassing themselves in front of strangers.

China will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing "illegal content" at karaoke venues across the country starting from Oct. 1, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.

China boasts some 50,000 or so karaoke bars, which tend to be equipped with songs from a catalogue of over 100,000 songs, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Popular on Variety ...

China will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing "illegal content" at karaoke venues across the country starting from Oct. 1, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.

China is readying a blacklist for karaoke songs in order to ban tracks featuring “illegal” content, its Ministry of Culture and Tourism said. Such content includes anything that harms national ...