Dylan makes China debut after censor approval

COUNTER-CULTURE legend Bob Dylan made his long-awaited China debut yesterday after finally getting approval to bring his charged songs of protest and struggle to a nation where dissent is muzzled.

Dylan played the Worker’s Gymnasium in central Beijing to a warm reception from a mixed crowd of Chinese and foreign expatriates who brought the icon out for a pair of encores after a roughly two-hour set.

Dylan heads to Shanghai tomorrow and then Hong Kong for two more shows next week on a tour commemorating 50 years since his first major performance on April 11, 1961.