No encore for D-22

The indie rock venue opened nearly six years ago with high expectations but closed to general indifference. Mu Qian asks 'why?'

When the live music venue D-22 opened in Beijing in 2006, its founder Michael Pettis believed it would temper some talented young Chinese rock musicians to become international stars.

Last week, when the venue closed down three months prior to its sixth birthday, it seemed Pettis' vision had proven a little too optimistic.