THE FUTURE SOUND of CHINA the Conflicting Tides of Digital Streaming and Live Music
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G reater B ay A rea THE FUTURE SOUND OF CHINA The Conflicting Tides of Digital Streaming and Live Music Follow China Intercontinental Press Us on Advertising Hotline WeChat Now 城市漫步珠 国内统一刊号: 三角英文版 that's guangzhou that's shenzhen CN 11-5234/GO FEBRUARY 2020 02月份 International School of Nanshan Shenzhen FIRST FULL CONTINUUM IB WORLD SCHOOL IN SHENZHEN, CHINA AD APPLY TODAY LEARN MORE The International School of Nanshan Shenzhen aims to provide students in Early Years (ages 4-6) with educational experiences that develop a positive approach to learning. With this approach in mind, we hold screenings to provide students the opportunity to experience the joys of learning at ISNS. During the screenings, they will meet their potential teachers, student support teams, principal, community, and future friends. This holistic approach eliminates the pressure of interviews and standardized testing and allows the student and teacher to interact in a more comfortable environment. 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Farm-to-table fusion. 32 HKRC 53 BC PHO HKRC founder Gavin Wong talk about Fresh pho. building a radio community. 6 | SZ | FEBRUARY 2020 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 36 COVER STORY THE FUTURE SOUND OF CHINA The conflicting tides of digital streaming and live music. 56 EVENTS SZ HK FEB 8 FEB 14-17 Swimming Tapes Masters of Hong Kong SZ MO FEB 24-27 FEB 14 Int’l Large Screen Display Technology Exhibition Latin Passion – Valentine’s Day Concert WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | FEBRUARY 2020 | SZ | 7 CITY Class Clowns Laughter is the Best Medicine, P12 Slovenian Slapper Chinese Slang P10 P11 8 | SZ | FEBRUARY2020 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM TALES OF THE CITY TALES AVIATION ACCOUNTABILITY Plane Engine Coin Tosser Fined RMB120,000 By Matthew Bossons emember that idiot that threw coins had thrown coins into the plane’s engine, at a jet engine in Anhui province last to which Liu answered that he had tossed airline’s quest for compensation reached its Ryear for good luck? Yah, so do we – climaxes estimated last month, to be aroundwhen a RMB140,000.court in Anhui The him and the hundreds of the other bozos (a maintenance personnel hunted for the cur- slight exaggeration) that decided that toss- rency.two coins. One Theof the flight coins was was then then delayed found whilein the for his coin-throwing antics. ing a piece of metal into a highly complex plane’s left engine. provinceLiu pled issued guilty Liu in a thefine case, of RMB120,000 but did take machine that transports people through the the time to blame the airport for not inform- air is a good idea. ing him of the fact that passengers are not Anyway, we’ll get to the point: A While the flight was originally scheduled allowed to throw items into the plane’s en- - followingto leave Anqing morning. at 3.05pm, The whole the episodeplane was was not gines (errr – okay, Liu). The defendant also ments by the alias ‘Liu Qiang’ has been presumablyable to leave super the airport annoying until for 7.30am passengers, the 28-year-old man identified in legal docu who had to spend the night in Anqing, and time traveling by air, and that he was igno- coins at an airplane’s jet engine at Anqing very expensive for the airline, Lucky Air (or, rantnoted of that how flight aircraft 8L9960 operate. was to be his first Tianzhushanfined a whopping Airport. RMB120,000 The incident for tossingoccurred as we’ve dubbed it, Unlucky Air). As noted at the start of this piece, Liu is - In the immediate aftermath of Liu’s mis- guided attempt to attain good luck, or bless toss a coin at – or into – an airplane engine; on February 17, 2019, when Liu (whose ac far from the first superstitious traveler to fortual good surname luck.