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Email Print Related News Berlusconi sex trial opens, immediately adjourned 9:23am EDT China artist's detention tests depth of crackdown Tue, Apr 5 2011 China ups rates 4th time since October Tue, Apr 5 2011 Taylor Swift wins top prize at country awards Mon, Apr 4 2011 Britain and Germany urge China to free Ai Weiwei Mon, Apr 4 2011 Analysis & Opinion How video games have shifted the culture Lessons from a retracted editorial Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » Music » China » Bob Dylan performs ''Maggie's Farm'' at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California in this February 13, 2011 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson By Ben Blanchard BEIJING | Wed Apr 6, 2011 1:09pm EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Counter-culture hero and 1960s protest singer Bob Dylan got a rapturous welcome from fans on Wednesday at his first gig in China, despite agreeing to sing an approved set so as not to offend political sensitivities. Famous for his songs against injustice and for civil liberties and pacifism, Dylan struck a cautious line in Beijing and did not sing anything that might have overtly offended China's Communist rulers, like "The Times They Are A-Changin'." On stage for almost two hours at the city's Worker's Gymnasium, Dylan brought the audience to a standing ovation with his penultimate song, "All Along the Watchtower," and came back for two encores. "Like a Rolling Stone" also proved popular. He spoke only once directly to the crowd of some 5,000 people -- mostly young Chinese though with a strong foreign presence -- and that was to introduce his band. "I was a little disappointed that he didn't sing many of his songs because of the politics," said Zhang Tian, 30, a Beijing lawyer. "What is the government so afraid of?" Dylan's gravelly voice, which made his lyrics hard to pick out even for native speakers of English, would have flummoxed many Chinese in the crowd in any case. Promoters tried to bring Dylan to China last year, but the Culture Ministry did not give its approval, as is required for any concert in the country. China's agreement this year came with the proviso that Dylan "performed with the approved content," according to a brief statement issued last month by the ministry, which gave no other details. Dylan's concert comes at a sensitive time in China, where musicians and artists have always had to contend with at least a measure of government control and censorship. Over the weekend renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei was taken into custody at Beijing airport and has not been heard from since, in the latest part of a sweeping campaign to stifle dissent. Beijing perhaps ought not to have been so worried. While some Western artists such as Lady Gaga and Celine Dion are wildly popular in China, especially with young people in the big cities, the aging Dylan is much less well-known. "I know his songs from karaoke, but I'm really not that familiar with him," said advertising executive Yin Yang, 24. "Still I think this was a historic concert and I'm glad I've seen him." One state-run newspaper, the Global Times, a popular tabloid run by Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily, sniffed that Dylan had nothing to say to the man on the street in China. "The subject of Dylan's songs, from drugs to racial equality to human dignity to war, are not on the radar of the average Chinese person, who is more interested in taking care of his or her family," it wrote in its English language edition. However, American studies professor Teng Jimeng said Dylan's musical messages of justice and world peace were just as meaningful today as when he first sang them. 1 2 Next Entertainment Fashion Music China Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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