Small Town Rock 21 疯医
Photo Credit: Liao Xinzhong
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Rock is Not Dead in Xinxiang, China’s Former Capital of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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Nearly 30 years after it hosted “China’s Woodstock,” a small central Chinese city is still home to a music culture that rocks in its own way

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author Liao Xinzhong

Liao Xinzhong is the author of the book “Our Taiwan in These Years (《我们台湾这些年》).” He has lived on the Chinese mainland for around two decades. In 2016, he started writing about his travels on his self-titled WeChat account in order to introduce readers to the “real China” through his eyes. He has posted over 200 pieces on WeChat as of July 2023.


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author Ana Padilla Fornieles

Ana Padilla Fornieles is a Spanish translator, writer and creative currently based in Beijing, where she is part of Spittoon International Arts Collective and a regular contributor to The Beijinger. You can find her prose and poetry featured in The Shanghai Literary Review, Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Womanhood, Sledgehammer and more. Her comics and linocut prints have appeared in Shaving in the Dark, F*EMS and Celestite Poetry. Her literary translation work has been published or is forthcoming with a series of publishing houses and magazines, such as Penguin, De Gruyter, Spittoon Magazine and Books from Taiwan.

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