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Taipei Vice Crackdown Hits Underground Music Scene
台北市掃黃波及地下音樂場景
Source: Live Houses and Nightclubs
From: China Times
Date: July 25, 2011. Author: Lo Yueh-ch’üan
During Chen Shui-bian’s tenure as Taipei mayor in 1996, a sweeping anti-vice campaign was carried out, targeting the “eight major industries” with large-scale enforcement actions. Many livehouses and live pubs, having never been legally distinguished from the eight major industries within Taiwan’s cultural context, were caught in the dragnet; venues such as Scum, B-Side, and Boogie were among those swept up and shut down.