For a growing number of Chinese young people, techno music parties are an escape from the intense pressure and high expectations of the society around

In China’s regimented society, youth find release at underground raves

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2024-11-16 21:00:04

For a growing number of Chinese young people, techno music parties are an escape from the intense pressure and high expectations of the society around them. In recent years, even as space for culture and creativity has been shrinking in China, underground rave culture is growing in hidden corners of the nation’s cities. (AP video/Dake Kang)

Xing Long, a DJ and rave organizer, plays music at a friend’s bar in his hometown of Changchun in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Electronic music fan and fashion student Chen Xiangyu dances to music in Changchun in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

A DJ who goes by the stage name “Kuro” smokes a cigarette as she plays music in Changchun in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

Rave attendees dance to electronic music in Changchun in northeastern China’s Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)