A US music factory has set up shop in China to produce one of the first Mandarin-singing, Beijing-based, all-American pop stars.

The Nettwerk Music Group, which launched megastars Avril Lavigne and Dido, has recently unveiled its latest pop creation: 17-year-old Chloe Wang, who sings in both Chinese and English.

Although Wang's father is Chinese, the American-born teenager grew up in Chicago and did not begin learning Chinese until March this year. She admits the 2008 Beijing Games was really the first time she became aware of China.