Here are three articles about different aspects: first, an attack on the kitschy pop saturating the state-owned air waves; second, a peek at the "underground," which for my money sounds depressingly like the Anglo-American version 30 years ago; and third, cultural criticism from the future first lady, Peng Liyuan, a formidable pop presence in her own right.

What I wouldn't give for some old-time Cantonese pop...