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Follow Us on WeChat Now that's guangzhou that's shenzhen China Intercontinental Press Advertising Hotline 城市漫步珠三角 英文版 8 月份 国内统一刊号: AUGUST 2017 CN 11-5234/GO 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 总编辑 Editor in Chief of China Intercontinental Press: 慈爱民 Ci Aimin 期刊部负责人 Supervisor of Magazine Department: 邓锦辉 Deng Jinhui 编辑 : 梁健 发行 / 市场 : 黄静 李若琳 广告 : 林煜宸 Editor in Chief Jocelyn Richards Shenzhen Editor Sky Thomas Gidge Senior Digital Editor Matthew Bossons Shenzhen Digital Editor Bailey Hu Senior Staff Writer Tristin Zhang National Arts Editor Erica Martin Contributors Gary Bailer, Lachlan Cairns, Zaruf Ezhan, Lena Gidwani, Matt Horn, Dr. Adam Koh, Jimmy Li, Mia Li, Vivian Liu, Noelle Mateer, Dominic Ngai, Iris Wang, Dominique Wong, Allyn Zamora, Zheng Yueyue HK FOCUS MEDIA Shanghai (Head Office) 上海和舟广告有限公司 上海市蒙自路 169 号智造局 2 号楼 305-306 室 邮政编码 : 200023 Room 305-306, Building 2, No.169 Mengzi Lu, Shanghai 200023 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 深圳联络处 深圳市福田区彩田路星河世纪大厦 C1-1303 C1-1303, Galaxy Century Building, Caitian Lu, Futian District, Shenzhen 电话 : 0755-8623 3220 传真 : 0755-6406 8538 Beijing 北京联络处 北京市东城区东直门外大街 48 号东方银座 C 座 G9 室 邮政编码 : 100027 9G, Block C, Ginza Mall, No. 48 Dongzhimen Wai Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100027 电话 : 010-8447 7002 传真 : 010-8447 6455 General Manager Henry Zeng Operations Manager Rachel Tong Accountant Annie Qi Production Supervisor Jack Lin Designers Claire Zheng, Felix Chen Sales Managers Celia Yu, Justin Lu Senior Account Executive Shumin Li Account Executives Wesley Zhang, Nicole Tang, Annie Li, Tia Weng Sales Assistant Sunnie Lü Event Manager Valentina Latorraca Event Supervisor Alice Wang Senior Marketing Executive Fish Lin Marketing Executive Peggy Ni Distribution Luo Zhi, He Wei Wen National Operation CEO Leo Zhou Head of Communication Ned Kelly HR/Admin Director Penny Li Financial Manager Laura Lu Head of Digital Vickie Guo Digital Joseph Miao, Miller Yue, Amanda Bao, Lambert Chen, Peggy Zhu 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. (Shenzhen) (0755) 8623 3220 Web & IT (021) 5238 5459 Fax (020) 8363 3759 ext. 816 www.thatsmags.com 广告经营许可证 : 京海工商厂字第 8069 号 法律大部 : 大成律师事务所 魏君贤律师 Distribution Legal advisor: Wei Junxian, Dacheng Law Firm across the 国际标准刊号 : ISSN 1672-8041 国内统一刊号 : CN 11-5233/GO Pearl River ： Delta: 63,000 定价 : 25.00 元 邮发代号 46-193 copies 如发现印刷装订问题 , 请与广州白云天马印刷厂联系 部分非卖品 , 仅限赠阅 2 | SZ | AUGUST 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM Editor's Note AUGUST 2017 My first window into esports (also known as electronic sports or professional video WIN gaming) was the 2014 documentary Free to Play, and the only reason I watched it, as I recall, was because it was the featured USD0.99 cent movie rental on iTunes that week. Fast forward three years, and I’m attending a digital gaming event live: the National Electronic Sports Open (NESO) at Shenzhen Bay Sports Center. A Chinese team has just won the whole tournament, and I’m halfway through a list of questions We're giving away tickets to some like ‘Do your parents support your career?’ which suddenly seem extremely outdated. of the very best events in the Pearl “You don’t know much about esports, do you?” A player from China’s Dota 2 Team Newbee, ranked among the top five in the world, asks with a grin. River Delta, alongside a host of free I didn’t, and my assumption that many Chinese didn’t either couldn’t have been meals and other goodies. Follow our further from the truth. Now the No. 1 market in the world for video games, China is home to more than 70 million esports enthusiasts – more than triple the US’s 20 official WeChat feeds and sign up million. Meanwhile, there are roughly 117 million esports players in China, from for our weekly newsletter for your recreational to professional, and half of the 10 highest-earning esports players in the chance to win major prizes! To stay world in 2016 were Chinese. Yet despite those numbers, electronic sports are only just beginning to reach up to date, visit www.thatsmags. their full potential here, as local governments and universities gradually show more com or scan the QR codes below and support for the industry. To read more about how China is helping shape the future of digital gaming, turn to p38. follow our WeChat accounts. Elsewhere in the magazine, we go behind the scenes of global fidget spinner production (p12), chat with a Russian photographer who is redefining impressions of modern China (p16), divulge 10 things you never knew about Ariana Grande (p34) and speak with some of the world’s leading snooker players before they compete in Guangzhou this month (p52). There’s a lot going on this summer in the Pearl River Delta, so remember to flip to p72 for a few ideas on how to spend your holiday! ThatsGuangzhou Cheers, Jocelyn Richards Editor-in-Chief ThatsShenzhen Hourly updates on news, current affairs and general weirdness from around the PRD and China. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA facebook.com/ThatsPRD twitter.com/ThatsPRD youtube.com/thatsonline #THATSPRD 4 | SZ | AUGUST 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | AUGUST 2017 | SZ | 5 8 CITY 38 COVER STORY GAME ON 9 END OF THE LINE The future of sports is digital. It's also Chinese. E-bike taxi driver. 12 MADE IN CHINA The fidget fad's cash then crash. 18 LIFE & STYLE 48 COMMUNITY 19 MIKE DYNAN Bringing the best of British to China. 22 THAT'S 2017 HOSPITALITY AWARDS Celebrating the best of China’s hotel industry. 72 EVENTS 28 ARTS SZ 32 SUMMER FLICKS China's most binge- worthy films. AUG 12 36 CHINA MUSIC CORNER Liam Gallagher Three new homegrown albums on our radar this month. MO SEPT 2 2017 Macao International 60 EAT & Fireworks Display Contest DRINK HK 66 SAFFRON Indian identity. 70 PERCH After-work aerie. AUG 11 - SEPT 2 Hong Kong Pulse Light Show THE WRAP 6 | SZ | AUGUST 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM @ucchow CITY Another China The Pearl River Delta reimagined, p16 Eco-Architecture Behind the Concrete P10 P11 8 | SZ | AUGUST 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM MAN ON THE STREET @ucchow END OF THE LINE E-bike Taxi Driver By Bailey Hu he e-bike taxi drivers don’t want to drivers in areas like this one run the risk of a total of RMB100 per diem from this job. be interviewed. They’d rather not be being caught. After subtracting the cost of necessities, T A driver named Wang Dana tells us that that’s about RMB15 of savings each day. don’t want to talk about their work. last year, police raided the places where It’s not enough. As Wang waits outside “Work?photographed. We’re unemployed!” And they definitely one ex- e-bike taxis gather to wait for passengers the subway station, he’s still dressed in the claims. daily. If caught, a driver could lose his vehi- red-and-black shirt from his second job as a - cle. In the past, you could also get detained restaurant delivery guy. brella attached, outside a popular subway for riding an e-bike unless you were lucky Wang is relatively friendly. But like the stationHe’s in sitting Shenzhen astride where a bike four with metro an um lines enough to get picked up by a “good police- others, he refuses to be photographed when intersect. It’s turning out to be a blustery man.” we ask. It’d be too much risk, apparently, in day, full of sudden summer showers – not This year, according to Wang, the raids a position that’s already plenty precarious. weather you’d want to walk through – but are less frequent. But that’s only because after 30 minutes of waiting, the four men e-bike taxi drivers have had to contend with don’t pick up a single fare. an even greater foe: shared bicycles. THE DIRTY DETAILS “The state of laobaixing [‘the common With the plethora of colorful bikes Monthly salary: RMB3,000 people’] is really terrible,” the same driver parked outside subway station exits in Days per week: 7 comments. Chinese cities, the e-bike taxi trade has been “You can’t even make a living.” hit hard. Fewer drivers means there’s less Hours per day: 10 That’s at least in part because their reason for local police to raid so often, but trade is illegal. Citing safety reasons, au- it’s a mixed blessing. thorities banned e-bikes from many parts Wang, a Shandong native, tells us that Man on the Street is a monthly feature where we talk to someone doing an everyday job to gain insight into of Shenzhen and Guangzhou (also Beijing, he’s been ferrying passengers on his bike for the lives of ordinary Chinese people. Shanghai and Xiamen). Every day, e-bike taxi five years now.
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