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GET LOST EXPLORING DESTINATIONS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 城市漫步 Follow 珠三角 Us on WeChat 英文版07 Now 月份 国内统一刊号: CN 11-5234/GO China Intercontinental Press Advertising Hotline that's guangzhou JULY 2019 that's shenzhen that’s PRD 《城市漫步》珠江三角洲 英文月刊 主管单位 : 中华人民共和国国务院新闻办公室 Supervised by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China 主办单位 : 五洲传播出版社 地址 : 北京西城月坛北街 26 号恒华国际商务中心南楼 11 层文化交流中心 11th Floor South Building, Henghua lnternational Business Center, 26 Yuetan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing http://www.cicc.org.cn 社长 President: 陈陆军 Chen Lujun 期刊部负责人 Supervisor of Magazine Department: 付平 Fu Ping 编辑 Editor: 朱莉莉 Zhu Lili 发行 Circulation: 李若琳 Li Ruolin Editor-in-Chief Matthew Bossons 马特 Guangzhou Editor Ryan Gandolfo 甘德发 Shenzhen Editor Phoebe Kut 吉蓁蓁 Senior Staff Writer Tristin Zhang 张岳烽 National Arts Editor Bryan Grogan Contributors Wang Xuefeng, Lindsey Fine, Edoardo Donati Fogliazza, Mia Li, Barnaby Lofton, Naomi Lounsbury, Bob Palmer, Lindsey Fine, Valerie Osipov HK FOCUS MEDIA Shanghai (Head Office) 上海和舟广告有限公司 上海市静安区江宁路 631 号 6 号楼 407-408 室 邮政编码 : 200041 Room 407-408, Building 6, No.631 Jiangning Lu, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200041 电话 : 传真 : Guangzhou 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 广州市麓苑路 42 号大院 2 号楼 610 室 邮政编码 : 510095 Rm 610, No. 2 Building, Area 42, Luyuan Lu, Guangzhou 510095 电话 : 020-8358 6125 传真 : 020-8357 3859 - 816 Shenzhen 广告代理 电话 : 0755-8623 3220 传真 : 0755-6406 8538 Beijing 广告代理 电话 : 010-8447 7002 传真 : 010-8447 6455 General Manager Henry Zeng 曾庆庆 Operations Manager Rachel Tong 童日红 Finance Assistant Sunnie Lü 吕敏瑜 Designers Felix Chen 陈引全 Cilla Yang 杨美婷 Regional Sales Manager Justin Lu 卢建伟 Sales Manager Celia Yu 余家欣 Account Manager Wesley Zhang 张炜 Senior BD Executive Nicole Tang 汤舜妤 Account Executives Annie Li 李泳仪 , Tia Weng 翁晓婷 , Rason Wu 伍瑞鑫 Senior Marketing Executives Peggy Ni 倪佩琪 , Kathy Chen 陈燕筠 , Shumin Li 黎淑敏 Sales and Marketing Assistant Wyle Yuan 袁咏妍 National Operation CEO Leo Zhou 周立浩 Financial Manager Laura Lu 陆晓岚 Director of National Communications Ned Kelly Director of National Digital BD Doris Dong 董雯 National BD Manager, Hospitality Tina Zhou 周杨 Director of National Digital Products Vickie Guo 郭韵 Digital Marketing Manager Bridget O'Donnell, Associate Project Manager Catherine Luo 罗屹焮 Digital Elsa Yang 杨融 , Kane Zhu 朱晓俊 , Ruyi Jin 金如意 , Walle Cao 曹健 , Orange Wang 王爽 , Yu Sun 孙宇 , Taylor Luo 罗素梅 General enquiries and switchboard (020) 8358 6125 [email protected] Editorial (020) 8358 9847 ext 808 [email protected] Sales (Guangzhou) (020) 8358 9847 ext 802 [email protected] (Shenzhen) (0755) 8623 3210 ext 801 Distribution/Subscription (020) 8358 7749 ext 828 Listings & Events (Guangzhou) (020) 8358 9847 ext 808. 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On pages 38-47, you’ll find a selection of fascinating spots from the Middle East to the South Pacific and everywhere in between. In our City section this month, we share with you the winners from our third annual That’s PRD Writing Contest, which concluded with a well-attended reading event last month at the Conrad Guangzhou. While we only had enough space to include our top four submissions, I want to personally thank everyone that participated and I hope to see you again next year! The rest of this issue is an eclectic blend of editorial goodness that I just know you’re going to love. There’s a spread on the season’s hottest must-have item (beach towels, obviously) on pages 20-21, an interview with the South China-based founder of a skateboard lifestyle company on page 17 and a quick review of three new homegrown albums to check out on page 32. I’ll close this off by reminding all our China-travel-loving readers that the third edition of our Explore China travel guide is set to launch next month. You can preorder your copy by visiting thmart.com.cn. Ciao! Matthew Bossons Editor-in-Chief Hourly updates on news, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA current affairs and general facebook.com/ThatsGuangzhou youtube.com/thatsonline weirdness from around the PRD and China. twitter.com/ThatsGuangzhou #THATSGUANGZHOU WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | JULY 2019 | GZ | 3 6 CITY 38 COVER STORY GET LOST 7 MOBILE MADNESS Exploring Destinations in Asia and the Pacific. Five depressing stats about Chinese mobile phone users. 10 WINNING WORDS The winning prose from our 2019 That’s PRD Writing Contest. 16 LIFE & STYLE 58 EVENTS 17 JASON GUADALAJARA GZ Founder of concrete vision- ary distribution. 22 MODULAR MAGIC Designing a honeycomb- inspired hotel in Sichuan. JUL 6 Cheer Chen GZ 24 ARTS 28 HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER American Football and Chinese Football on their legacies and influences. JUL 30-31 The Grand Mansion Gate 34 THE RACE FOR SPACE Is China’s sci-fi cinema HK movement ready to blast- off? JUL 4, 11, 18, 25 48 EAT & Lan Kwai Fong Bar Crawl DRINK MU 52 BATTLE OF THE BURRITOS The inside scoop on the PRD’s big, bad burritos. 57 VEGAN TOFU BANH MI SANDWICH ONGOING A Vietnamese classic with a Legend Heroes Park plant-based twist. THE WRAP 4 | GZ | JULY 2019 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM Winning Words The Winning Prose from Our 2019 That’s PRD Writing CITY Contest, p10 Sky-High Grannie Urban Dictionary P8 P9 6 | GZ | JULY 2019 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM TALES OF THE CITY TALES MOBILE MADNESS Five Depressing Stats About Chinese Mobile Phone Users By Ryan Gandolfo that they struggle to focus without having respondents who believe phone addiction new survey has come out that reveals their mobile phones around (isn’t it supposed is a serious issue that many face in modern Chinese people are seriously addicted to be the other way around?). More than half society. to their phones. Surprised? We didn’t A responded that they believe their phone ad- think so. diction has had a negative impact on commu- The impact of phone addiction is Reports have surfaced in recent years nication, driving a wedge between them and quite profound, with the habits of phone- showing a disturbing trend in how much their families and friends. obsessed individuals having major implica- people use their phones on a daily ba- tions for others. sis, and it doesn’t seem to be improving 77.8% In April, a 4-year-old girl suffocated to anytime soon. China Youth Daily’s survey What has everyone glued to their phones you death inside her father’s car after he was center wenjuan.com recently unveiled ask? Well, according to survey results, 77.8% distracted by his phone. The father was some depressing statistics about Chinese of respondents mainly use their powerful lambasted online for paying more attention mobile phone users after conducting a sur- handheld device for social networking apps to his phone than his own daughter, who vey, which compiled questionnaires from like WeChat and Weibo. Meanwhile, over 60% was left in the vehicle for nine hours. Last 2,004 respondents ranging from 19 to 59 noted browsing information as the top rea- year, one student in Hunan dropped out of years old. son to tune into their phone. school in October after a teacher confiscat- ed her phone. The 10th-grader wrote the just how glued Chinese people are to their 84.7% teacher a chilling letter, threatening to take phones:Here are five staggering stats that show According to the survey, 84.7% of respond- her own life if her phone wasn’t returned ents spend, on average, over three hours each to her. 12 hours day on their mobile phones. By our simple It’s important to note that this issue 2.3% of respondents admitted to using their calculation, that amounts to over 45 days a spans far beyond the Middle Kingdom, with mobile phones more than 12 hours a day. We year spent looking at a tiny screen. several countries around the world logging weren’t even sure that was possible… similar daily phone activity. 93% 54% This high number shows the percentage of Nearly 54% of survey participants confided WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | JULY 2019 | GZ | 7 THE BUZZ DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? RANDOM NUMBER Miao Xiaohong (or Flying Grannie) Retirement is only a state of mind. Miao Xiaohong 10 million recently proved that, after the 82-year-old former ... is the approximate number of high school students who signed up for this 40 minutes around the nation’s capital. The sky year’s gaokao, the grueling university frolicpilot (and reportedly certified set badass) a record flew in China’s a small aviation plane for admission exam that took place on June industry, according to China Daily.