For decades China has placed many limits on foreign music that can be marketed in its territory, but it is possible that this situation did nothing but increase the curiosity of the Chinese for the banned melodies that triumphed in developed countries. One of the ways in which styles such as heavy metal, grunge or hip-hop came was through the surplus of cassettes and CDs that the big western record companies sold to the Asian giant as recycling material. It is supposed that this "musical garbage" should be unused before being sent to China, so that it could not be sold on the black market. However, for some reason, many of these albums came with minor damage and formed a business and a cultural movement (打 口, dǎkǒu) of underground music around them. -Help us with Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Jabiertzo -Blog: https://www.historiasdechina.com/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historiasdechina/ -Twitter: https://twitter.com/JavierTelletxea -Instagram (new): https://www.instagram.com/jabiertzo/ 🤘 More about the dakou culture: https://goo.gl/tNVYJX 🤘 Chinese documentary about this movement: https://goo.gl/yP1ist 🤘 The punk in China: https://goo.gl/97SXoq Music: ▶ Jack's Garage - Midnight North ▶ Remembering Her Face - Silent Partner THE OVERCOME WOMEN OF CHINA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE3BEY_7Hyo HOW ARE THE WESTENERS TREATED IN CHINA? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMMEXT9IIDU HOW I MET MY CHINA WIFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQIYMwc4W20 EDUCATION IN CHINA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er43TSxLKt8 HOW TO TALK TWO LANGUAGES AT A TIME: CHINGLISH & CHISPAÑOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCPeHQ_vnMo CHINA AND DRUGS: A DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQlOYLcqoVY PRIVACY IN CHINA: "UNCOMFORTABLE" SITUATIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVcArCAEPRA FOOD AND BUSINESS IN CHINA: THE SECRET OF SUCCESS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cruCNZekuUI