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An underground club scene in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, according to writer April Clare Welsh, "has provided plenty of alternative spaces for electronic music adventurers, with a constant stream of artists, producers, broadcasters and label heads pushing things forward."

History
China's underground club culture began in the late 1990s. The nation's homosexual culture influence several parties where most people wore "amazing costumes," where "people looked like they had just stepped out of Berghain," explained Beijing producer and label boss Helen Feng. By the early 2000s, the scene began involving clubbers doing "really insane stuff," as Feng put it, such as holding a foam party on the nation's Great Wall. Genres associated with the scene include psychedelic trance.

The scene has been an outsider culture since it began, further so since 2009 when the Chinese government issued a commission in 2009 regarding regulations of buildings. This decision was inspired bby the 2008 Wuwang Club fire where 43 people were murdered.

In 2018 there are still a decent number of Beijing night spots serving the alternative club scene, including traditional Berlin-style techno club Lantern, which was set up by the crew at trailblazing techno label Acupuncture Records, and Dada, which books genre-spanning DJs and acts, from Mumdance and DMX Krew to Awesome Tapes From Africa and Horse Meat Disco.

Reception
Writer April Clare Welsh stated that the scene has faced "a number of unique challenges," such as Chinese citizens being prevent from accessing internet services such as SoundCloud, Youtube, and Spotify and live performances facing rising rent prices, police invasions, and strict building regulations.