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SHENZHEN FILM & ACTING P44 THREE TO SEE ARTP24 EXHIBITIONS QUOTE OF THE ISSUE "You know my motto, right? Single, bilingual and ready to mingle." International music star Pitbull shares his life philosophy on p26 62 EVENTS HK P54 WINE OF THE MONTH APRIL 18 APRIL 25 APRIL 2-26 Miloš Karadaglic The Greatest Hits of Elvis Cavalia 4 April 2015 / SZ / www.thatsmags.com 8 CITY 12 MYTH-BUSTING THE YAO Facts and fictions about Guangdong's largest ethnic minority. 14 MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER Can't find 'the one?' Your parents will. 16 LIFE & STYLE 20 INSIDE THE FLOWER HoteL A huge ode to excess. 22 MOZAMBIQUE A pristine paradise. 24 ARTS 28 "WE TEASE, WE MOCK, WE EXIST" Meet the rappers who use Gaga to go after Sinopec. 32 ALL DOLLED UP English National Ballet prepares to delight with Coppélia. 54 EAT & DRINK 58 FLAMENCO HOUSE RESTAURANT Peace and paella. 60 CHAMPOO Nothing to do with washing your hair. www.thatsmags.com / SZ / April 2015 5 Editor's Note April WIN WIN WIN “Never was anything great province, she has all the achieved without danger.” facts about the Yao people So said Niccolò Machiavelli, and their customs (p12). one of the great minds of It’s a busy month the Renaissance. Of course, for pop music fans, with he was talking about how to the advent of both Katy successfully rule your realm Perry (who we covered In Guangzhou, a pair of tick- by crushing opposition and in our last issue) and ets to Club for Five (p64), dominating neighboring Pitbull (see p26 for an a pair of tickets to Roni states, but it applies equally interview), as well as the well to this month’s cover Backstreet Boys (see the Benise (p64), a pair of tickets story: urban extreme sports. Hong Kong calendar). to Théâtre de la Feuille’s Skateboarding, parkour We’ve also nabbed a chat L’Orphelin 2.0 (p66), a pair of and BMX all came into being with Jiangnan Xiren, the tickets to Melisma Saxophone as part of a counterculture duo who has taken the Quartet (p66) and a pair of desire to do something Middle Kingdom by storm tickets to the English National extraordinary – and they all with their takedowns of Ballet’s Coppélia (p68). come with plenty of hazards. everything from ‘tuhao’ Torn ligaments, broken bones to Sinopec. Using popular In Shenzhen, a pair of tickets and even death are not uncommon to these melodies, including ‘Bad Romance’ and to the Zola Quartet (p62), a disciplines, but that hasn’t deterred thrill ‘Gangnam Style,’ they recompose the lyrics to pair of tickets to the Greatest seekers from testing the limits of gravity with present amusing social commentary (p28). Hits of Elvis (p63), a physi- backflips and supermans. More high culture is on the horizon, too, In fact, these three sports have been with the English National Ballet bringing otherapy session at Vista-SK steadily growing in China, and like everything the sparklingly light and easily digestible International Medical Center in the country, while it may be arriving a Coppélia (p32) and Théâtre de la Feuille’s very (p73), a voucher for a bottle little late to the global party, you can be sure physical version of Chinese classic The Orphan of selected wine at Shark’s that big things are on the horizon. We took of Zhao (p30). Looking ahead, Shenzhen is Coco Park location (p73) and the highway to the danger zone and spoke to set to welcome a grand production of Ghost a pair of Skechers D'Lites people in China’s major metropolises for a the Musical in May. Keep an eye out for our Golden Panda shoes (p74). glimpse into how skateboarding, parkour and interviews with the stars in our next issue. BMX are turning cities into extreme sports Until then, one more piece of advice from For details of how to win, visit playgrounds (p36). Machiavelli to mull over that has always our WeChat feed: Thats_PRD Looking into other subgroups of society, been very instructive to me: “It is better to be this month Guangzhou editor Jocelyn Richards feared than loved.” lays down the facts about Guangdong’s largest ethnic minority, the Yao. Having journeyed Tom Lee into their villages in the countryside of the Editor in Chief Hourly updates on news, current affairs We’re in the market for a new National and general weirdness from around PRD and China. Online Editor. Someone young and hungry with a good knowledge of all FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA things China and China related, the ability to spot a good story and well facebook.com/thatsonline versed in the ways of social media. twitter.com/thatsonline Mandarin and Photoshop skills youtube.com/thatsonline preferred. Resumes to nedkelly@ urbanatomy.com gplus.to/thatsonline online.thatsmags.com 6 April 2015 / SZ / www.thatsmags.com www.thatsmags.com / SZ / April 2015 7 TALES OF THE CITY Who let the dogs out? A dog slaughter ring in Shenzhen was shut down on March 16 after animal rights activists spent almost 40 hours protesting outside the site. Members of the Shenzhen City Canine Society posed as purchasers of dog carcasses in order to enter the compounds, where they found hundreds of iron cages packed with dogs. Within minutes, authorities arrived at the scene, arresting the soulless canine kidnappers and saving 89 dogs in the process. Although the story is not expected to improve China’s infamous reputation for cruelty towards animals, it does promote more pawsitive thinking. Land of opportunity Don’t head west just yet! A joint report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) China and the China Development Research Foundation named Shenzhen and Guangzhou as the top two “cities of opportunity” last month. Twenty cities – including Tianjin, Chongqing and Nanjing – were ranked based on indicators like healthcare and safety, culture and lifestyle, technology and sustainability. As the ‘Silicon Valley of China,’ Shenzhen scored highest in technological readiness and economic clout, while Guangzhou topped a subcategory for having the highest overall standard of living. Crucial indicators like the number of palm trees per square kilometer and average temperature apparently weren’t factored in, but hey, we still won. Bromance Do not pass Go Port-a-reality March 18 saw the meeting of two total Head coach Fabio Cannavaro of the Dongguan is sprucing up streets with its strangers: BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football latest art installation project, Real Fiction Guangzhou resident Li Hongjun, dubbed ‘Bro Club has been handed a 10-month jail term Cinema, which sets up ‘port-a-cinemas’ Orange.’ A few weeks back, Li was gifted a by Italian courts.