The popular yet controversial singer Namewee 

Namewee is a well-known singer throughout Asia, but also controversial. He’s ruffled feathers in his home country of Malaysia and he’s banned in China. The World’s China correspondent Rebecca Kanthor spoke with Namewee last summer.

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