Tongzhou

Locals in one village in Tongzhou, the easternmost district of China's capital, grimly call their main street "Cancer Road."

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

Fear of reprisals from authorities, who are re-modeling Tongzhou into "the Manhattan of Beijing," stops villagers from going on the record.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

Fear of reprisals from authorities, who are re-modeling Tongzhou into "the Manhattan of Beijing," stops villagers from going on the record.

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

Locals in one village in Tongzhou, the easternmost district of China's capital, grimly call their main street "Cancer Road."

'Cancer villages' one offshoot of China's economic growth 2011

Zlox, 28, a talented dianzi musician who lives in the suburban Beijing district of Tongzhou, where many musicians reside, has a more nerdy, less studied look, but he agrees with what iLoop says.

In China, Musicians For the Modern Era Ilaria Maria Sala 2010

At the Strawberry Festival in the Tongzhou suburb of Beijing, I saw crowds that were too easily excited: red balloons floated around during the Pet Conspiracy set, whose blend of electro and rock gave off a raw stage power, its mainly female vocalists gave a flailing, wild show.

Alice Xin Liu: Beijing Rock Scene Is Inspired by Western Hipster Chic Rather Than the Search for a Deeper Soul 2010

At the Strawberry Festival in the Tongzhou suburb of Beijing, I saw crowds that were too easily excited: red balloons floated around during the Pet Conspiracy set, whose blend of electro and rock gave off a raw stage power, its mainly female vocalists gave a flailing, wild show.

Alice Xin Liu: Beijing Rock Scene Is Inspired by Western Hipster Chic Rather Than the Search for a Deeper Soul 2010

At May's three-day Strawberry Music Festival in Beijing's Tongzhou Canal Park -- put on by Modern Sky, the country's largest independent record label -- rock, indie and folk bands from across China and abroad played to thousands of Chinese, many wearing the indie-rock uniform of black-rimmed glasses, skinny pants and plaid shirts, or T-shirts bearing the names of such favorite bands as The Ramones, Velvet Underground and Carsick Cars.

Rocking Beijing Janis Foo 2009

An East Hebei Autonomous Council was established between Tongzhou (outside Beijing) and the sea.

1935, Jan. 15-18 2001

Reuters' calls to the police headquarters of Tongzhou district in Beijing, where Hu lives, were not answered.

Reuters: Press Release 2012