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China's youth embrace street dance amid hip-hop crackdown with many enrolling for classes

Most aspiring dancers practise within the confines of a studio. [AFP/WANG Zhao]

In China, where children are often saddled with a packed schedule of extracurricular activities before they even enter grade school, some parents are making room for a surprising pursuit: hip-hop dance classes.

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