I was interested to hear mention of Sa Ding Ding on the latest podcast and also, the struggle to name any well-known Chinese musicians.

Being a bit of a hippy, by local standards, Sa Ding Ding is not megastar famous here in China. Her fame is akin to her outfit and hair at the BBC World Music Awards: a construct of the Imperialist Universal Music Group.

Of course, the father of Chinese Rock is Cui Jian and it's criminal that you have probably never heard of him. If you go looking for his albums on itunes uk, all you will find is a tribute covers album called: "Who Is Cui Jian?". That pretty much says it all.

Commonly referred to as China's Bruce Springsteen, Cui Jian is, to me, China's Joe Strummer. Seek him out, if you will.