The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience

Hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush is going global

Taiwanese pop music superstar Jay Chou, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun (周杰倫), has put Australia’s Sovereign Hill on the map. A nationally renowned tourist attraction in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum that depicts the first decade following the discovery of gold in Ballarat in 1851. Chou’s […] The post Hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush is going global appeared first on Asia Times.

The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience

Jay Chou/InstagramTaiwanese pop music superstar Jay Chou, known in Mandarin as Zhou Jielun (周杰倫), has put country Victoria’s Sovereign Hill on the map. Chou’s 25 albums have sold more than 30 million copies, and the music video for his latest hit, Gold Rush Town (淘金小鎮) was filmed in the open-air museum. With over 9 million views on YouTube, the video offers a global audience for both Sovereign Hill and the Chinese Australian experience. Chinese…