The Taiwanese pop megastar spreading the hidden Chinese history of Australia’s gold rush to a global audience
- Written by Sophie Loy-Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Australian History, University of Sydney
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...





