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"Rocking China traces the rise and spread of indie rock scenes from the rock capital of Beijing to Shanghai and many other cities in China. Through interviews with key players in these scenes over a period of twenty years, Andrew Field explores the meanings of rock music in Chinese society as well as the many challenges and obstacles to the development of indie rock scenes in China. Highlights include a journey by rail into the heartlands of China with the hardcore rock band SUBS and legendary ""rock godfather"" Cui Jian. Along the journey to document the live rock music scenes of Beijing, he discovered an emerging world of musicians, bands, clubs, festivals, promoters, record shop and record label owners that were pushing the envelope of indie music for China and the world. This book takes the reader deep into the world of independent rock music that has been flourishing in urban China since the 2000s."

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"""Andrew Field presents a fresh and reflected insider perspective of China's indie rock scene since 2007. Both eye- and earwitness, he condensed his rich material in a synthesis of diary and travelogue, shares personal experience and observations, while detecting motivation and the dynamics of change in dialogue with a wide range people in the scene."" - Andreas Steen, Professor of China Studies at Aarhus University ""Rocking the Chinese Nation is an intimate and fascinating account of Chinese rock music in all of its creativity and contradictions. Based on insider experienceand extensive interviews, Field engagingly maps the scene from the early 2000s to the present, providing unique stories and deft insights all along the way."" - Andrew Jones, Louis B. Agassiz Professor of Chinese, University of California"

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Andrew Field is a professor of Chinese history who specializes in the history of music and dance scenes in urban China. He resides in Shanghai and in Kunshan where he teaches at Duke Kunshan University.

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