The Alternative Education of a Chinese Punk - Tang Shui’en

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This article is presented as two imposed PDFs intended to be printed on A4 paper, resulting in an A5 saddle-stitched pamphlet. The first PDF is a single-sided cover intended to be printed in colour, the second double-sided inside pages intended to be printed in black and white.

Submitted by Freedom Shop A… on September 11, 2026

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A translation by Husunzi of “一个小朋克的基础另类教育” (Basic alternative education of a little punk) by (唐水恩), a mainland Chinese left-libertarian musician and activist. Here he recounts his path from childhood in 1980s rural Hubei to participation in Wuhan’s pioneering punk scene since the late 1990s, interaction with overseas radicals, and experimentation with independent media and an autonomous youth centre.

The writer covers a lot of ground that will be familiar to anyone involved in anarchist counter culture, and, for those of us stuck in a small country out in the middle of nowhere, this essay is a pleasant reminder that shit is much the same everywhere.

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