When Will You Return?
"When Will You Return?" (Chinese: 何日君再来; pinyin: Hé Rì Jūn Zài Lái) is a song first sung by Zhou Xuan in 1937.
The song became heavily associated with Teresa Teng through her cover version in 1980.[1] In Mainland China, Teng became prominent via the song. Geremie R. Barmé, author of In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture, described the song as a "nostalgic ode". Barmé said that some individuals on the Mainland condemned the song, describing it as "traitorous" and "obscene".[2]
Memorials for Teng have included performances of "When Will You Return?"[3]
This song was banned in Taiwan in the times of martial law because the word 君 jūn "gentleman" (here used to address the person, therefore translated "you") sounds in the same way as the word 軍 jūn ("army"), therefore censors feared that people may associate the song with People's Liberation Army.[4]
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- ^ http://daily.rsi.sg/story.php?cat=3&id=13
- ^ Barmé, Geremie R. In the Red: On Contemporary Chinese Culture. Columbia University Press. 1999. 125.
- ^ http://www.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/232315.htm
- ^ http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20070715_1.htm
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