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From Voices 7 July 2014

The first Chinese/English magazine about the Beijing Punk Scene launches in Wellington. Up the Punks project co-coordinator and photographer John Lake spent three months on an artist's residency in Beijing to record Beijing's growing punk scene with some very entertaining Vimeo recordings going viral already.

Images courtesy John Lake

SUBS singer Kang Mao (in red) at DMC, Beijing. Photo courtesy John Lake

Hell City perform at the Old What Bar, Beijing

Hell City sport their mohawks outside the Old What Bar, Beijing

D Crash at the School Bar, Beijing

Up the Punks kiosk at Changying BMG Shopping Mall, Beijing. Courtesy John Lake

Sochu Legion perform at BMG Shopping Mall, Changying, Beijing to a bewildered audience. Courtesy John Lake

Sochu Legion lead singer Yang Chong

Rambo from The Last Resort does high kicks at the School Bar, a venue in Beijing. Photo courtesy John Lake

Stage diving is universal, at Mao Live House bar, Beijing

The circle pit, beer goes flying at the School Bar, Beijing

Unregenerate Blood at the Mao Live House bar, Beijing

China's Godfather of Punk, Xiao Rong. Photo courtesy John Lake

John Lake at the Film Archive, Wellington

Jennifer King, Director of Culture, Asia NZ Foundation

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