1) Pop Music and Sensuality
#1 Pop singer Zhu Hua talks about the juncture of big business and sensuality in pop music. Dutch historian Jeroen deKloet discusses the role of pop and rock in China.

2) COBRA - China Rocks!
China's first all-female rock bands talks about government censorship of rock lyrics, and the hostility of male rock bands.

3) Chinese Teens - Consumers
3 year old girls discuss their love and admiration for pop stars from the west and China. Hong Kong Conservatory teachers relate their views on the consumerism and commercialization of Hong Kong culture.

4) Chinese Teens - Professionals
11-13 year old members of the PingYu Opera company talk about their rigorous training schedules, and lament the hard work.

5) Anti-Japanese Protest Songs
77 year old composer Qu Xi-xian, conductor Zheng Xiaoying, and a survivor of Nanjing talk about their protests during the Japanese invasion of China.

6) Bridging China & Japan
Japanese singer Tokiko Kato uses music to bridge the hostilities and mistrust between these two countries. Historian Robert Immerman discusses Japanese views of China. Historian Lu Xiaobo discusses Chinese official and unofficial views of Japan.

7) Tibetan Songs - from Traditional to Pop
Pop singer Djomyoung Djoma collects Tibetan folk songs and transforms them into pop music for audiences in 30 countries, and for president Jiang Zemin. Dr. Matthew Kapstein and Xu Mingxu provide background.

8) Female Buddhist Monk
In a remote section of northeast China, a female Buddhist monk who has led her Manchu community for 50 years sings Buddhist chant, which historian Pi-yen Chen analyzes.

9) Conducting the Cultural Revolution
China's first woman conductor discusses the impact of gender on her work; and teaching conducting during the Cultural Revolution.

10) A Daughter's View
The daughter of China's first woman conductor, Su Zheng, shares her difficulties living in the shadow of her famous mother, and the responsibilities she shared with her mother during the Cultural Revolution.

11) The Golden Flute
Composer Chen Yi, born in China and now living in the U.S., merges east and west in this work for flute and orchestra.

12) Tang Dynasty Today
Members of the China Conservatory recreate old musical traditions on ancient instruments. Are modern audiences interested?

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