K-pop’s return to China cancelled once again
China's first K-pop concert in a decade has been postponed, dashing hopes that the country is relaxing its unofficial ban on Korean music
News By Hanna Ellington | 29 August 2025
China’s first K-pop concert in a decade has been postponed, dashing hopes that the country is relaxing its unofficial ban on Korean entertainment.
Girl group Kep1er was scheduled to perform at the Fujian Meeting Hall in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, to an estimated 1,000 attendees in September, but the performance was delayed due to “unavoidable local circumstances”, according to the group’s management agency WakeOne.
Chinese promoter Aying Company delivered a statement earlier this week that the performance was cancelled…
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