Chinese man in Oxford University

1. Chinese man in Oxford University

2. Introducing Chinese pop music Wang Leehom is a multi-million album-selling Taiwanese-American pop starwho has remained one of the hottest names in Chinese music since his debut in 1995. He is also well known for his philanthropic work and environmental advocacy, which were cited as reasons he was the only Chinese recording artist selected as a torchbearer for the London 2012 Olympic Games. 认识华流

3. Thank you all for being here today, and the late comers as well. Thank you for coming in quietly. I want to start off today just to take a moment of silence for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and for the victims of the Boston American bomb. So let’s just take a minute to pay our respect to them. Thank you. I never thought I would be addressing you, the esteemed members of the Oxford Union, without guitar or Erhu, without my crazy stage hair, costumes.

4. But in many ways, that would be similar to what I am talking about today, that is, introducing Chinese pop music to you. I am actually a Chinese ambassador of Chinese pop whether you like it or not. Both music and movies. And today I am here to give you the state of the union address. It’s not the Oxford Union. It’s the union of east and west. I want to frankly, openly and honestly talk about how we’ve done a good job or how we’ve done a bad job of bringing Chinese pop to the west. And I also want to press upon all of you here today the importance of that soft culture, that soft power’s change and how each of us is involved in that change.

5. And I am going to try to back it up. The UN Secretary Journal, Bunki Boo, “No language required in musical world.” That is power of music and that is the power of the heart. Through this promotion of arts, we can better understand that the culture and civilization of other people in this era of instability and intolerance, we need to promote better understanding through the power of music. Now the UN Secretary Journal said we need more music, and I think he is right. Music and arts have always played a key role in my life in building relationships, replacing what once was the ignorance-fearing hatred with acceptance, friendships and even love. So I have a strong keens in promoting misic between cultures because it happened to me early in life.

6. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past almost twenty years. And it took me a long time and I am still learning. But to some point, I not only began to be able to appreciate the music, but also I started to be able to contribute to it and create my own fresh spins on the try of truth. And I think this happens to everyone, really, who is on the outside looking in, it always looks strange. If you look at things from your perspective, you will always think these people are weridoes(古怪的人).What’s wrong with them?

7. So today, what’s my called action? I want to help to prove and promote cultures exchange between the east and the west. I think I’ve made that clear. But how? I think you can all be a pop singer. That’s the answer.( I am just kidding, unless that’s really what you want to do.) My called action is to build and protect that roommate-relationship between the east and the west. Value this relationship and take ownership of it. Don’t come to Oxford as an exchange student from Taiwan and only hang out with other Chinese students. Why would you do that? You could do that back in Wuhan or Nanjing or wherever you came from.

8. Ten songs were recommended a.邓丽君《月亮代表我的心》 b.蔡琴《被遗忘的时光》 c.崔健《一块红布》 d.王菲《我愿意》 e.庾澄庆《靠近》 f.张惠妹《Bad boy》 g.陶喆《沙滩》 h.周杰伦《东风破》 i.Miss Ko《Slide》j.方大同《BB88》