No lip-synching for singers in China

[ballzer]

China will punish any firm or singer who is found to be lip-synching.

ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS - Government officials are cracking down on lip-syncing, a trend that's been spreading north into the Mainland by way of Hong Kong singers. Starting on September 1st, it is criminal activity for performers from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, while performing in China, to lip sync. Their belief is that it constitutes consumer fraud. All along, new and old singers from Hong Kong have lip-synced, such as Andy Lau, Leo Ku, Twins and Kelly Chen. They've been accused of it and with the new breed of singers, the situation is just getting worse. As China has opened up its markets, more Hong Kong singers are flocking to the Mainland to perform. Monkey see, monkey do, singers from the Mainland are catching on too. Should any performer, promoter or production company be found guilty of this charge, even for nonprofit organizations, the government will take away the company's business license. Furthermore, the Chinese government is no longer allowed to sponsor any concert and cannot use any government funds to purchase any concert tickets. They are trying to get the public involved too. Any person who suspects that a performer is lip-syncing should report it to authorities either by phone or text messaging. The government promises that they will take appropriate action.

Credits to asianfantics.net

[Lozerish]

itz good that they are finally cracking down on lip-synching...its time to show their real talents and show us that they still got what a takes to be where they are now. i think itz a good idea and should be enforced here too.
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[Boii]

The government should have no say in this and i find it quite ridicously that they say Kelly Chen Lipsinks, which is totally UNTRUE because i know that she doesn't, for i have seen her perform many times.

Personally i don't care if people lipsink, if its a fast song, then i guess it's fine. It's really hard for a singer to be dancing and singing at the same time, especially when it's a fast and upbeat song.

Singers lipsink in Korea and Japan all the time. Shouldn't be a big deal because again, it's for the fast songs.

[WinterSnow]

Yea ~ true :roll: It will be hard singing a fast song and dancing at the same time...

[kk]

It's good that they dont allow singers to lipsynch ... other wise what would be the point of them being SINGERS if they are NOT SINGING??

Usually those that are good at singing, they don't need to dance because their voice is enough to capture the audience. However, those that are bad at singing then they will lose the audience if they don't entertain them with something else (such as dancing). :shock: