Several hundred people packed 9-Club early this year for the “Unite Punk Music ... to reach China, but witnessed explosive growth there in the late 1990s, when influential bands such as SMZB ...

Others frequent underground raves with pounding techno beats. Advertising But some are forming new punk bands, and China has skateboard, new school and hardcore punks, Liu said before a recent ...

Others looked like clean-cut college students. A crowd joins Chinese punk rock band Gum Bleed as they perform during a punk festival in Hangzhou, China, on Jan. 17. Photo: AP Then the body slamming ...

Punk rock burst onto the scene globally in the 1970s with groups such as the Ramones and the Sex Pistols. It took longer to reach China, but witnessed explosive growth there in the late 1990s, when ...

Others frequent underground raves with pounding techno beats. But some are forming new punk bands, and China has skateboard, new school and hardcore punks, Liu said before a recent punk night at ...