China’s Songs from Space
p2pnet.net News:- China’s national anthem, “The East is Red”, broadcast in 1970 from the country’s first terrestrial satellite, will now be beamed from its first lunar-probing satellite when it’s launched in 2007.
Twenty-nine other sings will also be played from space, says Xinhua, going on:
“The Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, in charge of the lunar project, announced Friday a list of 30 tunes to be played from the lunar-probing satellite, which coincides with this year’s traditional Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Festival, a time for family reunions.
“The songs were chosen according to public votes and by a panel of experts, organized by the commission, China Central Television and China Musicians Association.”
According toXinhua, “Experts said these songs can express Chinese people’s love for the motherland, for life, peace and their pursuit of truth and nature, which will showcase the beauty of Chinese culture and its influence.”
Most were Chinese folk song with “My Wonderful Home Town” garnering the ost votes, followed by “I Love China” and “Singing Praises of Motherland,”says the story, adding:
“The satellite launch at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province next year will be followed by the landing of an unmanned vehicle on the moon in 2010 and collecting samples of lunar soil with an unmanned vehicle in 2020.”
Xinhua doesn’t say if any copyright fees are involved, or whether or not the 30 songs are loaded with DRM.
Also See:
Xinhua – Thirty Songs To Be Broadcast From Lunar-Probing Satellite, October 9, 2006
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