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Amidst gloom of Brexit, the World turns Rio to for2016 Hope WeChat: Paper online: PAPER www.neo-ads.com/paper 04 city window PAPER MAGAZINE PAPER Guangdong Eases Visa Policies for The Higher Education Mega Foreigners Slide the City Coming to Center to Launch 7000 Bicycles The Guangdong government will begin Guangzhou implementing 16 new visa policies on August A new bicycle-rental system will be A big party that first launched in Salt Lake launched this autumn that will make 1, which will benefit foreigners working or studying in the Guangdong Free Trade City is finally coming to Guangzhou this close to 7,000 bikes available for rent August, giving locals a chance to experience in the Higher Education Mega Centre Zone (FTZ) as well as other areas in the province. These new regulations are to a huge waterslide in the heart of the city. across University Island. Organizers plan Slide down from a height of four floors on to establish 162 sites for borrowing and spur the development of innovation and entrepreneurship and are targeted at hi-tech a 300 metre waterslide, with a spectacular returning bicycles. For the initial phase of view of the Haixinsha area in the centre of the project, 84 of the bike venues will be talents, entrepreneurs, investors, foreigners of Chinese origin and overseas students. The the city and expect 12 hours of non-stop located primarily in areas accessible to the energetic music spun by renowned DJs. Let’s general public. new rules will shorten visa processing time, extend the visa duration and offer new types get wet and wild! of visas for foreign students and foreign talent in the housekeeping industry. Time: August 19 - August 21, 9:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m. Location: Haixinsha, Guangzhou Price range: RMB 180 - 320 Tel: 020 87619980 All participants must be at least 13 years old and 120 cm tall. Huge bookstores open in Qingdao Two big bookstores recently opened in Shopping Underground Qingdao, a coastal city of East China's Shandong province. Fang Suo touted as Currently, Guangzhou's underground China's most fashionable bookstore chain, shopping malls are mainly distributed opened its fourth outlet in Qingdao, covering along metro lines 1, 2, 3, and the APM. an area of 3,400 square meters over two Construction is currently taking place on Zhou Dynasty Symbol of Power floors and has attracted many storeys yet another underground shopping mall on Exhibit because of its beautiful interior. beneath Huacheng station, along the future line 9. Also included in the city’s Guangdong Museum presentes historic subterranean construction plan, we will see bronze relics in the style of the ancient Chu more underground malls appearing along State that ruled in the early 8th century lines 5, 7, and 9 in the near future. BC during the Zhou Dynasty through September 16. Temple research collaborate with universities Olympic merchandise popular TRON Lightcycle Power Run – ahead of games Presented by Shanghai Disneyland Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple recently announced that it will collaborate with The upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, If you are planning on visiting the newly local universities Fudan, Jiao Tong, Tongji Brazil has ignited the enthusiasm for opened Shanghai Disneyland, remember universities as well as East China Normal franchised goods. Products related to the to check out the TRON Light Cycle Power University and the Shanghai Conservatory of games, including key chains, mascots and Run. It is basically a train of light cycles on Music to launch a series of research projects emblems are attracting many shoppers at a twisting track at high speeds through a on China’s Buddhist cultural heritage. The the flagship store of "Beijing Gifts", located massive, color-shifting canopy enabling temple, home to two jade Buddhas, has set in the southwest end of the National you to see breathtaking views of Shanghai up a research fund to sponsor the projects. Stadium, and the Bird's Nest. Disneyland. Bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence of the Argentine Republic July 9, 1816 - July 9, 2016 French National Day @ Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich French National Day @ Intercontinental Hotel Shenzhen Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich 5th Anniversary Egyptair Daily Flight Celebration @ Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport POP-UP Restaurant @ W Guangzhou Events in Garden Hotel, Guangzhou & LN Hotel Five Earl Grape Iced Tea Charity Activity Events Collection @ Marco Polo Lingnan Tiandi Foshan Launch Party Held at Futian Station, the Largest Underground Train Station in Asia @ Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen W Guangzhou Wedding Fair Alice in Wonderland - 7th Anniversary of Gloria 225 New brands launch party by Poly Hotel Management 10 arts & events PAPER MAGAZINE PAPER Shrek The Musical Lin Ruoxi 2016 Based on the award-winning DreamWorks animation film, Shrek The Musical is Musée Titan Gallery’s pre-opening this year’s must-see show for the entire family. Join our unlikely hero and his combined a fashion show with the The Mad Phoenix traditional Chinese works of Lin Ruoxi that loyal steed Donkey as they embark on a spans the areas of poetry, calligraphy and quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly painting. Do not miss the last day of the The Mad Phoenix is based on the tragic temperamental) Princess Fiona from a exhibition in early August. life story of the eccentric 20th century fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add the Cantonese opera playwright, Kong Yu diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairy Event Date: August, 2 Kau. The play follows Kong’s life from tale misfits, and a biscuit with attitude, and Time: 09:00-17:00 you’ve got the biggest, brightest musical nd his rebellious days as the 13th son of Venue: Musée Titan, 2 floor, Dadao Road, Yuexiu Distric comedy around! Shrek The Musical brings Price: Free an official, to his rise in prominence as the top Cantonese opera songwriter all the much-loved DreamWorks characters and playwright of his generation, and to life, live on stage, in an all-singing, all- eventually to his death in the late 70s. dancing extravaganza. Dubbed the most popular Hong Kong play of all time, The Mad Phoenix is coming to Event Date: August, 10 - 14 Time: 14:00 or 19:30 Guangzhou for the first time in its 23 years Venue: Opera Hall, Guangzhou Opera House run. Get tickets early before they are sold Price: ¥80 - ¥880 out! For tickets, call 020-38392888 Event Date: August, 5 - 7 Time: 19:30 (August, 5 - 6), 14:30 (August, 7) Venue: Guangzhou Performing Arts Theater, 1229 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe Price: ¥180 - ¥680 For tickets, call 020-37206282 The Merchant of Venice Vincent Herring & Eric Alexander A finely balanced, intelligent production set Quintet concert at JZ Club against the backdrop of some of the most breath-taking venues around the world, Grammy Award winner, jazz teacher at Shakespeare’s Globe on Tour delivers William Patterson University and legendary ambitious, economical Shakespearean alto saxophone artist Vincent Herring will storytelling in the rough and ready fashion put on a Grammy Award level quintet Going home 2016 tour of Elizabethan times. performance in Guangzhou. Vincent has collaborated with Eric Alexander for the by Sophie Zelmanni Event Date: August, 31- September, 4 album The Battle Live At Smoke since Time: 19:30 (Wed - Sat), 15:00 (Sun) 2005. This time, he will perform with old It’s the 21st year of the Swedish balladeer Venue: Opera Hall, Guangzhou Opera House partner and tenor saxophone artist Eric Sophie Zelmanni’s career. After releasing Price: ¥80 - ¥880 For tickets, call 020-38392888 Alexander, pianist Yuichi Inoue, bass Peng 10 albums, the Swedish award winner is Ji and drums Yoichi Kobayashi to treat finally coming to the Five Ram city for her audiences a classic quintet concert. Going Home tour. If you like Keren Ann, Jack Johnson or Suzanne Vega, you will Event Date: August, 15 definitely adore Sophie from the moment Time: 21:30 Venue: JZ Club, The Bucket, Zhu Jiang Beer Museum, Yue you hear her music. Jiang Xi Road, HaiZhu Price: Pre-order ¥120, Door ¥150 Event Date: August, 28 For tickets, call 020-34469831 Time: 20:00 Venue: Xinghai Concert Hall Price: ¥100 - ¥380 For tickets, call 400-108-8808 12 cover story cover PAPER MAGAZINE PAPER Amidst gloom of Brexit, the World turns Rio to for2016 Hope This summer, Rio de Janeiro plays host to the much anticipated Zika virus: 2016 Olympic Games. Worldwide audiences can undoubtedly expect to be entertained by the world’s largest and most famous The Zika virus has been found to cause sporting event as athletes and sporting talent gather in Brazil microcehphaly, a birth defect casuing to showcase their athletic skills. For the first time ever, record smaller-than-heads, developmental numbers of countries are participating in a record number of delays and neurological disorders. It is sports. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic a type of mosquito-borne flatvirus that Committees, including first time entrants Kosovo and South is typically transmitted by the Aedes TSudan are scheduled to take part. With 306 sets of medals up for species of mosquitos. Although most grabs and featuring 28 Olympic sports, including newly-added people do not have symptoms, those who do have symptoms events such as rugby sevens and golf, this summer’s Olympics typically experience mild, flu-like symptoms. promises to be one of excitement and thrill for audiences around the world. While organizers frantically scrambled to offer assurances of the Zika outbreak being under control and despite respective national Looking beyond the fanfare and the splendor of the Olympics, Olympic committees’ offering means to prevent its spread, such this event is also seen as a much needed respite from an as supplying long-sleeved shirts and insect repellant, several uncertain world that has been rocked to its very core by recent athletes have decided to withdraw from Rio 2016.