 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munenge panguva yokupinda kweJapan muManchuria, uye Hondo Yenyika yeChina, nziyo dzepop dzaionekwa sechinhu chokutsausa chisingakanganiswi chakarerekera kuruboshwe. Mushure meHondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan uye Hondo Yenyika II C-pop yakatengeswa, yakagadzirwa uye yakashambadzirwa munharaunda. Bato reCommunist reChina rakagadza Peoples Republic of China muna 1949. Chimwe chezviito zvayo zvokutanga chaiva chokutumidza rudzi rwacho kuti Mimhanzi yeYellow ruvara rwunobatanidzwa nezvinonyadzisira. Indasitiri yemimhanzi yepop yeShanghai yakazotora mimhanzi yepop kuHong Kong uye muma1970 yakagadzira cantopop. Kuomintang, yakatamira kuTaiwan, haina kukurudzira kushandiswa kwemutauro wechiTaiwanese weHokkien kubva kuma1950 kusvika kuma1980. Somugumisiro, mandopop yakava nziyo huru muTaiwan. 