China Photographer Tom Carter

Chinese Go-Go dancer at a China disco.

Today’s Chinese nightclubs (Yezonghui) vary from their western counterparts in that headshaking (an effect of Chinese “Yaotouwan” Ecstasy pills) and a trampoline floor replace actual dancing, while ceaseless DJ call-and-response over really bad Euro-House techno substitutes for music.

In addition to the go-go girls in their revealingly short skirts and platform boots, Chinese “Diting” megaclubs usually pay young ladies (wunü) to populate their dance floors in an effort to attract male patrons. However any attempt to approach these girls can be expected to be met with vacant stares and disinterest.

Filmed circa 2004 by China photojournalist Tom Carter, author of ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People,’ a definitive 600-page volume of street photography on today’s China, coming winter 2007 from Hong Kong publisher Blacksmith Books.

http://www.tomcarter.org

Dancing Chinese Girl Lineup at a China Disco.

Today’s Chinese nightclubs (Yezonghui) vary from their western counterparts in that headshaking (an effect of Chinese “Yaotouwan” Ecstasy pills) and a trampoline floor replace actual dancing, while ceaseless DJ call-and-response over really bad Euro-House techno substitutes for music.

In addition to the go-go girls in their revealingly short skirts and platform boots, Chinese “Diting” megaclubs usually pay young ladies (wunü) to populate their dance floors in an effort to attract male patrons. However any attempt to approach these girls can be expected to be met with vacant stares and disinterest.

Filmed circa 2004 by China photojournalist Tom Carter, author of ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People,’ a definitive 600-page volume of street photography on today’s China, coming winter 2007 from Hong Kong publisher Blacksmith Books.

http://www.tomcarter.org

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