Rocking on

The innovative sounds of Linkin Park return to an eager audience in China this summer, Chen Nan reports.

For Zhao Yilin, the summer of 2000 was memorable. For the first time, Zhao, then 12 years old, listened to the songs of American rock band Linkin Park and was overwhelmed by their hybrid of rock, rap and electronic beats.

"Jay Chou (one of the biggest Taiwan pop icons) released his debut album that year. All my classmates were listening to his music. But I became a diehard fan of Linkin Park since then," says the 27-year-old Hunan native, who works at an advertising company in Beijing.