Any quick YouTube search will show that Chinese b-boys have definitely been coming up strong in the recent past.

However, b-boys from other countries are usually quick to wonder why the Chinese have yet to “catch up” to neighboring b-boys from Korean and Japan.

Though it deals mainly with hip-hop music, this article from the New York Times does a pretty good job of revealing and explaining the unique culture and climate within which the Chinese underground hip-hop community is attempting to bloom.

Check the video that’s about halfway down the first page for brief snippets of b-boy cyphers in China as well.

LINK: New York Times – Now Hip-Hop, Too, Is Made in China