PEOPLE.com | When George Michael Toured China with Wham! PEOPLE.com This article originally appeared on TIME. At a time when “Careless Whisper” is standard karaoke fodder right across China, it is difficult to imagine when the sound of it was utterly and fantastically strange. But strange it was in April 1985, when the ... Critic's Notebook: In George Michael's Music Videos, the Blossoming of a Gay Icon George Michael's Death: Newspapers Around the Globe Pay Tribute to the Pop Superstar How George Michael's Wham! baffled Communist China and inspired its youth |