{"id":4718,"date":"2009-09-17T05:09:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-16T18:09:59","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T18:09:59","slug":"Sing-for-China-Tour-makes-its-way-to-Columbia-University","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=4718","title":{"rendered":"Sing for China Tour makes its way to Columbia University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 25, 2009 from 7:00pm-10pm the <strong>Chinese Students Club<\/strong> and <strong>Sounds of China <\/strong>are proud to co-host a brand-new event at <strong>Columbia University<\/strong>! Working in conjunction with Modern Sky Records, a major Beijing record label, we are excited to hold the <strong>Sing For China Tour &#8211; Modern Sky Festival NYC<\/strong>. <strong>The concert will bring three of China&#8217;s biggest and best bands &#8211; Hedgehog, Queen Sea Big Shark, and Casino Demon &#8211; to the U.S.<\/strong> as part of an unprecedented effort by the Chinese music community to support children orphaned by AIDS in China as well as to introduce Americans to China&#8217;s emerging independent music scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sing for China national tou<\/strong>r is primarily a series of benefit concerts for the <strong>China AIDS Orphan Fund (CAOF)<\/strong>. Since its inception in 2003, the CAOF has followed its mission to improve the lives of children orphaned by HIV\/ AIDS in central China, especially Henan Province. The organization&#8217;s activities include education, advocacy, funding research and support for organizations serving the affected population in China. Funding priorities include <strong><em>(1) Education for AIDS orphans, (2) humanitarian services to families affected by HIV\/ AIDS, (3) Medical care and training, and (4) foster care and orphanage programs.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernskyent.com\/singforchina\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.modernskyent.com\/singforchina<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<!--Session data--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 25, 2009 from 7:00pm-10pm the Chinese Students Club and Sounds of China are proud to co-host a brand-new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"On September 25, 2009 from 7:00pm-10pm the Chinese Students Club and Sounds of China are proud to co-host a brand-new","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":145,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">News<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}