Song by Tan Weiwei, one of the nation’s favourite performers, appears to reference high-profile instances of violence against women
In the torrent of comments below the video of Tan Weiwei’s latest single, one summed up the burgeoning anger of Chinese women: “The roar of the times should not be buried. This is a war song.”
For the past six months Tan, one of China’s most popular singers, has been releasing singles from her album 3811. The songs tell the stories of women: a taxi driver, a charity worker, a single mother, a 60-year-old woman who cannot read. But it is her latest single that has made the biggest impact, arriving at a key moment in China’s reckoning with gender-based violence and harassment.
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