Language Matters Beijing's Most Inﬂ Uential People Testify to the Power of Words

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Language Matters Beijing's most inﬂ uential people testify to the power of words

Flavors of Portugal at the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing China’s literary wars Secrets of a Weibo kong The best wordless apps and much more

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Cover image: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing Executive Sous Chef Ricardo Bizarro at Vasco’s. Photo by Mishka Photography.

2 AGENDA THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 广告DM LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Love words? So do we!

Through the course of history, words have been used to win hearts, crush spirits, make money and ﬁnd enlighten- ment. The past ten years have been the most exciting in the use of words since the invention of the printing press, and many privileges that were once reserved for the elite and intellectual have now fallen into the hands of the common man and woman, ushering in a hitherto unforeseen age of semantic freedom.

In this issue, Australian Ambassador Geoff Raby (page 18) and CSOFT’s Executive Vice President Carl Yao (page 20) told us why they believe in the power of words to make the world a smaller place, while Queer Comrades founder and anchor Wei Xiaogang (page 26) showed us how he uses words to open the closets that conﬁne many members of China’s LGBT community. ImpactAsia’s social media expert Foniz Wong (page 24) explained how to “knit” the perfect Weibo feed, and user interface (UI) designer Kou Liqin (page 28) reminded us that it’s not just what you say, but what it looks like that counts.

We also met with acclaimed author Brian Keith Jackson (page 22), Portuguese chefs Elisabete and Fernando Real of Tromba Rijo (page 12) and master baker Fernando Sousa Marques (page 13), and all of them reminded us how delightful and delectable traditional literature and culture really are. Feeling literary? Check out our events calendar (pages 42-57) for the events taking place during the Bookworm’s annual literary festival, and be sure to read our list of the four most inﬂuential books in China (page 30) and the best game apps for when you want a break from the black and white (page 36).

So go on! Turn oﬀ your phone and computer, bundle up at home with a good book, and remember the wise words of Victor Hugo: “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”

Jennifer Thomé Managing Editor

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Assorted sashimi

Nadaman’s striking interior plays oﬀ its traditional cuisine Assorted sushi

Japanese Nadaman 滩万日餐厅 The name Nadaman carries nearly two centuries of tradition, and the latest incarnation of the restaurant, located in the China World Summit Wing, lives up to this reputation with its selection of authentic dishes and their playfully fashioned fusion cousins. The more traditional dishes, such as the Tenjyu tempura served on steamed rice (RMB 120) draw a steady crowd of Japanese and non-Japanese diners alike, and the breadth of the menu ensures that diners of all tastes are well taken care of. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, be sure to save room for the Gula Melaka, the tapioca-studded coconut broth paired with vanilla ice-cream and brown sugar caramel (RMB 60). Learn more about the tradition at www.nadaman.co.jp/english/index.htm. Daily 11.30am-2pm, 5.30-10pm. 4/F, China World Summit Wing, China World Trade Center Phase 3, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District (6505 2299 ext 6407) 朝阳区建国门外大街1号国贸大酒店4层

Perfect for a reﬁned Japanese business lunch or dinner ROAD DONGDAQIAO

Signature dishes include the stewed black JINTAI XIZHAO cod set menu (gindara no netsuke, RMB 180), the STATION teppan seafood set lunch (RMB 280), the braised salmon belly sprinkled with salt (sake harasu yaki, RMB 60), and the homemade asparagus tofu NADAMAN GUANGHUA ROAD with crab meat (asuparqa tofu, kanimi, RMB 60) ATMOSPHERE 15% service charge applies to all meals.

ARIA While you’re in the neighborhood, take your business partner to Atmosphere for a breath-taking view and wine selection. For a GUOMAO XIU STATION cozier place to chat, Aria is a prime choice, or YONGANLI STATION for some fun, check out Xiu or Twilight if the TWILIGHT line at the former is too long.

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European classics

A never-ending sea of delicacies Decadent desserts

International Kranzler’s This Kempinski venue’s claim to fame is their classy East-meets-West buﬀet, featuring a daily lunch buﬀet, semi-open kitchens in the evenings and the Sunday Family Brunch with a range of German, Italian, Japanese and Chinese specialties and delicacies such as oysters, live lobster, foie gras and Swiss cheese fondue. Be sure to save some room for dessert, as their wide selection of sugary delights is sure to rouse your inner sweet tooth from its winter sleep.

Daily 6am-midnight. 1/F, Kempinski Hotel, 50 Liangmaqiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6465 3388 ext 4222) 朝阳区亮马桥路50号凯宾斯基饭店1层

Perfect for a splendid East-meets-West dining experience, with family, business partners, or friends

Signature dishes include the international Sunday brunch (RMB 328-448), and the Sunday night sushi promotion “Sushi Soul” (5.30-10pm, RMB 148). 15% service charge applies to all meals.

ROAD While you’re in the neighborhood, let your inner foodie roam at the Kempinski’s numerous LIANGMAQIAO STATION LIANGMAQIAO promotions, including a DIY chocolate station, a Sichuan promotion during the ﬁrst two weeks KEMPINSKI HOTEL of March, and a vegetarian delights menu at KRANZLER'S DIY CHOCOLATE STATION Paulaner. If you’re feeling stir-crazy, pick up PAULANER some breads, certiﬁed organic meats or one KEMPI DELI of 25 imported cheeses at the Kempi Deli and head east in a cab for a picnic in the park.

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Would this bird lie?

Kro’s pizzas are back and larger than ever An experience for all the senses

Pizza Kro’s Nest 乌巢 Graﬃti, hydroponic herb walls, secret doors and arcade games are just a few of the treats awaiting you at the newly opened Kro’s Nest, along with some gargantuan pizzas topped a la America - think pepperoni and sausage laden slices. While the pizzas are a major draw, the menu is expansive, and includes pastas and salads that make the green giant look small, as well as a fun assortment of drinks (soda ﬂoats and milk shakes).

Daily 11am-1am (kitchen closes at 11pm on weekdays and at midnight on weekends). 35 Xiaoyun Lu, Chaoyang District (8391 3131) 朝阳区宵云路35号 EAST 4TH RING NORTH

Perfect for pizza and beer with friends

Signature dishes include the signature, larger ROAD than life pizzas (RMB 90-150), pizza cones FLOWER WHOLESALE MARKET

(RMB 25 and up) and rocky road rice krispies SANYUANQIAO STATION pie (RMB 45)

While you’re in the neighborhood, make a night of with ﬁve for RMB 100 imported ROAD beers at the Thursday night pub quiz, or stay N up all night playing old arcade games. If you XIAOYU end up shutting the place down, head over to Bellagio for some late-night desserts. If you’re KRO'S NEST there during the daytime, check out the new- BELLAGIO est blossoms at the ﬂower wholesale market (Xianhua pifa shichang 鲜花批发市场).

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Grilled tilapia

Little Yunnan is a cozy escape from the impersonal capital Asparagus with laver

Yunnan Little Yunnan It’s not surprising that the popularity of Yunnan cuisine has sky-rocketed in the past few years. The alluring flavor combina- tions and the uniqueness (think flowers and mushrooms) and freshness of the ingredients have made it one of the few cuisines that can compete on its own merits in the capital, without the added flash of fancy renovations or decorations. Little Yunnan is charming through and through, featuring two small lofts that serve as private dining rooms and warm wooden decor. The homestyle dishes are flavorful and attract a steady stream of repeat customers. MEISHUGUAN BACK STREET BACK MEISHUGUAN Daily 11am-midnight. 28 Donghuang ZHANGZIZHONG Chenggen Beijie, Dongcheng District (6401 BEIHE ZHANGZIZHONG ROAD STATION 9498) 东城区东黄城根北街28号 YAN DA YAN Perfect for a charming taste of the southwest

in a cozy locale JIE

Signature dishes include the smoky and savory grilled tilapia, mint-infused beef stew LITTLE YUNNAN DONGSI (RMB 48), and rice wine (RMB 18-30) STATION FORBIDDEN CITY While you’re in the neighborhood, reserve a ticket for a classical performance at the KAOGU BOOKSTORE Forbidden City Concert Hall (www.fcchbj.com, FORBIDDEN CITY in Chinese), tucked away in a verdant park just CONCERT HALL west of the Forbidden City, or admire some DENGSHIKOU “ancient” Chinese art, furniture and books at STATION the Kaogu Bookstore (考古书店).

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Elisabete Real and her husband Fernando Real return to charm our palates SMALL COUNTRY, BIG TASTES Elisabete and Fernando Real of Tromba Rija

This is your second visit to was the main food that fifteenth Beijing is currently abuzz with lit- China. What’s the first thing you’re century Portuguese sailors ate erary figures. Please tell us about going to do after you land? The first during the numerous days they your favorite Portuguese writer, thing we will do after landing is to spent at sea, traveling to places like and what meal you’d share with take a deep breath and take in the China and Japan. them if you had the chance. One feel and smell of the country that of the more famous Portuguese we like so much in our memory. You are quite involved in the wine writers, a Nobel-laureate in litera- industry in Portugal. What are the ture, was Jose Saramago, who died How much is Portugal’s history signature characteristics of Portu- a few months ago. If we had had the reflected in its food? Portugal’s guese wine? Portuguese wine is one chance to eat with him, we would history is linked to its cuisine in of the best wines of the world, and is chose our national fish, cod, pre- two different ways. First, it reflects profoundly influenced by the climate pared in a very special way. the food and the different types of and soil of our nation. Most people people that arrived and stayed in don’t know this, but before the 11th Interview by Jennifer Thomé Portugal throughout the centu- century, people came to this region ries. It also reflects Portugal’s naval from Rome, Carthage and Northern Elisabete and Fernando Real of history, which touched upon the Europe to purchase our wines and Tromba Rija will be in town from American, African and Asian conti- olive oils. March 3 to 13, and you can sample their food at Vasco’s during lunch nents. These explorers brought back Does Portugal have any food many flavors, making Portuguese and dinner for RMB 268 plus 15% related sayings? Our sayings about cuisine very diverse and unique. at the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing’s food are endless, but I really like this Flavors of Portugal promotion. one: “Those foods bad for health What’s on the menu for the Join the chefs in the kitchen on are pardoned because their fla- Portuguese Food Promotion this March 5 and 12, and learn how to year, and why did you choose these vors are good.” It means that many make your own egg tarts, Bacal- dishes? The main dish this year is times, we eat foods based solely on hau a bras, and more. See events the codfish (bacalhau), a staple their flavors, and not because they calendar for more details. of the Portuguese diet. This dish are good for our health.

12 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM SPOTLIGHT no other country has: the Oporto wine and the Vinho Verde (green wine). The ﬁrst wine is a dessert wine and the second is a “white” wine, despite being green, that should be served very cold. It’s really delicious and everyone likes it straight away. But our history is not just present in the food itself, but also can be seen in the language. We have a saying that goes “A mulher quer-se pequenina como a sardiha.” This means that a woman should be as small as a sardine. Back then, Portuguese women were quite short, and this was seen as a really good attribute. Another great quote that I really like is: “A fome é má conselheira.” It means hunger is not a good adviser, and I don’t think truer words were ever spoken.

As you know, Beijing is currently hosting an international literary festival. Please tell us about your favorite Portuguese writer, and what meal you’d share with them if you had the chance. I think I might choose the poet Camões, who is Master baker Fernando Sousa Marquez heats up the kitchen to Portugal what Shakespeare is to England and the rest of the world. All Portuguese students have to BREAD OF PORTUGAL study his most famous book Os Master Baker Chef Fernando Sousa Marques Lusiadas. For our meal, I think that I would choose a very typical Por- Master Baker Fernando Sousa Marques history and influences of Portu- tuguese meal: The soup would be is famous for his breads, although guese foods are. What are your Caldo Verde, made of potatoes, on- people do flock to his traditional thoughts on this topic? I agree that ions and kale. For the main course Portuguese desserts when they are Portugal’s history is very much reflect- I would serve Bacalhau à Gomes de looking to indulge their sweet tooth in ed in our food. During the 15th cen- Sá, a dish made with salted cod and an incredibly rich treat. Agenda caught tury, while we were discovering the potatoes and boiled eggs. For up with Marques as he was on his way world, we brought a lot of ingredients dessert, I’d choose a traditional Portu- to Beijing to take part in the Hilton and spices to our country that were guese egg tart called a Tigelada. Beijing Wangfujing’s Portuguese food included in our cuisine. Another promotion to learn more about what significant influence is our religious Interview by Jennifer Thomé makes Portuguese food so exciting. background. Back when the monks were making wine they used a lot of Master Baker Fernando Sousa Is this your first visit to China? No, egg whites to clarify the wine, and Marques will be in Beijing from March it’s not. I actually live in Macau and gave the remaining egg yolks, along 3 to 13, and you can sample his come to “China” quite often to go with sugar, flour and almonds, to the at the Hilton Beijing Wangfujing’s shopping or sightseeing. It’s also my sisters in the convent. This is why we Flavors of Portugal promotion. second time visiting as a chef. have a lot of really sweet, egg yolk Get your kids in the kitchen with based desserts. a special baking class. See events We asked the chefs of Tromba Our wines are also quite special, calendar for more details. Rija what his thoughts on the and we have a couple of wines that

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Will everybody know your name?

Spacious and warm, The Loop is a place you’ll want to come back to The party is about to get started

Bar The Loop 回路咖啡馆 This Shuangjing area bars has got a little bit of everything: pool tables, video projectors, a stage and a dance ﬂoor, plush leather chairs, and fusion cuisine, not to mention a stellar selection of drinks at all price points, whether it be a RMB 15 Tsingtao, RMB 20-50 imported beer, or a solid RMB 40 and up sour or cocktail. Everyone who has been describes this place as cozy and wishes it was closer to their homes - if you’re lucky enough to like in Shuangjing, consider making it your regular hangout.

Sun-Thu 11am-2am, Fri-Sat 11am-late. 1/F, Bldg

5, 78 Baiziwan Nan Er Lu, Chaoyang District (8772 DAWANGLU 5713) 朝阳区百子湾南二路78号5号楼1层 GUOMAO STATION STATION

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Signature drinks include their RMB 30 buy- one-get-one-free drinks between 9pm and ROAD midnight, especially the Amaretto sour MINNIE'S DAO LE While you’re in the neighborhood, head over Pingod North and receive some much- needed and very affordable primping and pampering at Minnie’s (massages start at RMB THE LOOP 89) and take a walk through some of the local art stores or grab another glass of wine at GUANGQU RD Dao Le wine bar before heading for greener SHUANGJING STATION dining pastures.

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Mahjong…

Billiards… and drinks!

Club Zone Club (理想国度) It may not be perfect, but there’s something to be said for a bar where hunkering down with a group of friends over a game of pool, foosball, electronic darts, or even a board game, is the norm. The bar can, and frequently is, reserved for private functions, but if you’re looking for some causal, internationally-friendly and low-alcohol fun, come here.

Daily 10am-2am. 3/F (next to Tairyo Teppan- yaki), China View, Gongti Donglu, Chaoyang District (8587 1345) 朝阳区工体东路中国红街3层(大渔铁板烧旁)

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16 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM 广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 17 SPOTLIGHT million people, but huge amounts of resources, energy, agricultural production. China’s got a lot of people, and these days it’s got a lot of capital, so you can imagine the fit is very close, and it’s just getting closer and closer. But there are many other areas. For example, we have a hundred and fifty thousand Chinese students studying in secondary and postsec- ondary schools. That’s more than the United States or Great Britain, and yet our population is significantly smaller than both of those countries. We also had 380 thousand Chinese tourists to Australia in 2010, so a big tourism move there, and great potential for the future. There’s great cooperation in science and technology. Australia’s got, I think, the third biggest number of cooperative scientific papers with Ambassador Geoff Raby opens the book on Sino-Australian relationships Chinese writers. So it’s a very complex relationship. It works at many levels, and it’s well beyond big-ticket CULTURAL CONNECTIONS resources and energy. Australian Ambassador Geoff Raby What are some common Dr. Geoff Raby has been the Australian matter disproportionately to China. conceptions and misconceptions Ambassador to China since 2007. He That needs to be underpinned with the two countries have about one first came to Beijing back in 1986 as head really strong people-to-people links, another? It’s a very good question, of the Embassy’s Economic Section. In and culture is the best way to do and probably one that warrants between, he’s held high-profile posts in that. serious study and not a glib answer the Australian government, including And specifically with from the Ambassador. But, at a super- Deputy Secretary of the Department of Writers’ Week, we have two primary ficial level I think there’s a tendency Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2002 to objectives. One is for Chinese people in China to look at Australia really as 2006. He’s also really well-read. Agenda to hear the unique voice of Australia. a reflection of the United States or of sat down with Dr. Raby to talk about It’s extremely important to us that Europe, to see us primarily in Western Australian-Chinese relations and the people in China understand that we terms, rather than looking at what fourth annual Australian Writers’ Week. aren’t a mouthpiece for anyone else. makes us different from the West. We have our own ideas, our own And from an Australian point of What are your goals for Chinese- identity, and we need to be under- view, I think there’s a misconcep- Australian cultural communication? stood for our own views and our own tion about China that it’s still closed, To promote a greater understanding ideas. And secondly, it’s commercial: it’s impenetrable. There’s a sort of between the peoples of Australia and we want to sell as many Australian mystery about China that’s a great China. The most important thing for books in China as we can. attraction, but that can also push me is that as many Chinese people people back. And I do think there’s as possible understand the rich- What are the most common types still a real lack of understanding in ness, diversity, and sophistication of of interaction between Australia Australia about the extent to which Australian society. We, as you and China currently? Well, as I said, economic growth and development know, sell enormous amounts of the basis of the relationship is a pro- has spread throughout the country. resources and energy to China. found complementarity between the I think people think of China only China is our largest export market, our two economies. We have a continent in terms of Beijing and Shanghai, largest trading partner. We are China’s the same size as China’s, roughly, in and one of the things I’ve tried to seventh largest trading partner, so we terms of landmass. We have only 22 do over the past four years is to get

18 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM Australians to think more about the rest of China. “China is our largest export market, our largest trading partner. We are China’s seventh largest At your talk at the Lowy Institute trading partner, so we matter disproportionately for International Policy you said that the more China changes, the to China. That needs to be underpinned with really more it stays the same. What did strong people-to-people links, and culture is the you mean by that? The context is best way to do that” that I was here in the 1980s, and China was a vastly different place. To have something like the Bookworm these changes and understand them. here, we’ll be having readings and here would have been inconceivable. I think Chinese leaders and decision forums here at the Bookworm. During the eighties you would never makers get it. I don’t think Australians We’re having the Publishers’ Forum, imagine such a thing would ever have really begun to get their minds which is quite big and really quite exist. The idea that Chinese and around what it means to have China important now. We have an event—a laowai could cohabit, either as four times bigger than it is today. literary reading and discussion—at couples or just share the same apart- That’s in twenty years. In thirty years, the National Library of China, which ment blocks or whatever… You had it may be six times bigger than today. is all in Chinese, and which gets very very limited access to Chinese friends. So, I think you just have to open your good audiences. We have a forum at Chinese people were extremely mind and think how deep that inte- Renmin University which coordinates constrained in what they could gration will go. all the Australian studies centers at do. They were controlled by the I like to use the model—and I universities in Beijing, where all the danwei; the danwei decided where don’t want to be misquoted on students come together and spend they worked, who they married, and this—that if you want to think about a day workshopping and meeting so on and so forth. It’s just unbeliev- what it might be like, just to get your our authors. It’s a remarkable event able to think that in the short space head around it, think about what the because I usually see the authors of twenty-odd years, you’d have such relationship was like between main- afterwards and they’re all incredibly an open society. Chinese are free to land China and Hong Kong before moved by their interaction with the travel overseas, select the jobs they 1997. Before 1997 Hong Kong had students. It has an enormous effect want to do, and so on. British institutions, British laws, British on them. But in other respects it’s not freedom of the press—all of that was changed at all, because of the par- British. And that gave Hong Kong a Have you read any good books ticular role of the Communist Party very particular and unique identity, lately? Yes! In part because I’ve and the state, and the way social and but its economy had become deeply been traveling a lot. Peter Hessler’s political organization is conducted enmeshed by that stage with China. Country Driving. Linda Jaivin’s A Most in China. And a lot of things flow There was no way of thinking about Immoral Woman, which is a fictional from that: the way you do business, the Hong Kong economy except as account based on a lot of fact about the way you negotiate your way with China’s. the love affair of George E. Morrison, through the Chinese system, is very a famous Australian journalist for the much the way it’s always been. In Who is one Chinese figure that Times of London during the early fact I would say that the Party today comes to mind as someone to twentieth century and a young Amer- is much stronger than it was when I watch in the upcoming year? Well, ican woman [Mae Ruth Perkins]. It’s left in 1991. I’m not sure if you can print this, such a great read. She was one of our but I’d say Ai Weiwi. I mean, in the authors last year. And a fantastic book Where do you see Chinese- sense that he’s obviously getting an by US historian Jay Taylor called The Australian relations in another enormous international reputation Generalissimo. It’s a new revisionist thirty years? Assuming China con- as an artist, but he’s engaged, very history of Chiang Kai-sheck. And that tinues to grow and continues to open constructively I think, in the devel- led me to pick up a new biography of itself up the world an integrate itself opment of the way Chinese people Song Meiling. I guess the KMT interest internationally, then in twenty years think about their society. And that’s is because this year is the twentieth time I think you’ll have a Chinese going to be extremely important in anniversary of Xinhai, the uprising in economy at least four times bigger the future. Wuhan in 1911 which overthrew the than it is today. So the implications Qing dynasty. I think we’ll hear a lot for Australia are just profound. And What events to you have planned about that history this year. one of my biggest challenges is to for Writers’ Week? Quite a few. In get Australians to actually think about addition to bringing eight authors Interview by Nikolaus Fogle

广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 19 SPOTLIGHT France. When they localize, they need more than just text, but also need supporting materials, like models for their advertising, and that’s all part of localization. It’s the same for other companies. We’ve also done work for Sony Ericsson, whose phones are sold in more than 100 countries, Sony, Lenovo, Pfizer and Medtronics. What’s good about localization is that it touches every industry – every industry needs our services if they want to go global. It’s a very exciting space to be in. You know, there are some people who are resistant to globalization, who think it’s a bad thing, but I think they are missing the point, because you want to grow the market for the human world. Glo- balization makes the market much, much larger, and in the end, everyone will benefit. CSOFT Executive Vice President Carl Yao is on a mission to define your wor(l)ds Your company goes through a lot of bids. What trends are you seeing ALL THE TERMS IN CHINA localization, and what does this CSOFT Executive Vice President of Global Strategy Carl Yao say about the global economy? Almost all of our contracts are now The world is shrinking, and localization We started out small, working out multi-lingual. We don’t have a lot of companies like CSOFT are here to make of a two-bedroom apartment in the customers that localize into one lan- sure that the brave new world we live in first SOHO building, and we’ve seen guage, because it really doesn’t take is well defined, culturally relevant and constant growth in the past seven that much more to go global. Once thoroughly tested. Localization, sim- years. I think we’re in a very interest- you have developed a product – and ply put, is the practice of translating a ing space in which the local market is companies will invest tons of money product into another language and becoming more and more integrated. into research and development – the culture, a practice that requires in-depth Companies can no longer claim suc- money needed to localize is minimal. knowledge of the field and the target cess if they are only selling in one In fact, we’ve heard various reports market. Carl Yao, who heads the glo- market versus going global. This is saying the cost is one to ten, even bal strategic development at CSOFT, sat why we’ve been growing steadily – one to 30, meaning if you spend one down with Agenda to parse the world of companies are selling their products dollar on localization the return on localization, and to share his thoughts on globally, whether it’s IT, life sciences, investment in 30 dollars. Google’s weaknesses in the shrinking energy, consumer products – and I think China is rapidly gaining as world. they have to localize all of the user a market for localization. Fifteen years documentation, including the user ago there weren’t a lot of companies Tell us about your company. CSOFT interface, into the market language. localizing for China, but now, most started with wireless software devel- companies are. Not only that, but opment and localization for different What is the primary direction of we’re also seeing more and more mobile carriers several years ago. This localization? Are most companies Chinese companies like Lenovo and was at the early stage of 3G devel- you work with localizing into Eng- Huawei getting ready to go global. opment, and after 3G was delayed lish, or Chinese? Actually, it’s go- Other emerging markets that we see continuously in China we decided to ing in all directions. We have a lot of a lot of activity for are Asia, Eastern focus all of our energy on localization, customers based in the US, like Europe, Brazil, and even Russia and our core business. This turned out Proctor and Gamble, and we’ve the Arab world are becoming a lot to be a smart move, and we grew helped them localize into 50 coun- more popular for localization. very rapidly. tries, including China, Egypt and

20 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM How are you promoting your products? Most of our business “Searching this term on the internet won’t give comes from bid-applications, but you the result you’re looking for. It’s a waste of social media is a big part of our integrated marketing campaign. We time. That doesn’t happen on TermWiki. Once the want to increase the visibility of volume grows to a certain level, people will feel CSOFT, and we’re doing many differ- the power of TermWiki” ent things to achieve this goal and to turn CSOFT into a household name. We use social media like Twitter and I think all of us have experienced an advertising platform for their own our blog, and we’ve also created a the situation where we go to look services. Through this approach, tool called TermWiki. for something on Google and get we’ve already collected 600,000 millions of results, but not all of them terms in six months. Tell us about TermWiki. In the past are what you’re looking for. It’s been few years people started realizing a real challenge figuring out a way to How do you compare with other that the translation process, as well as organize all the information. search engines, like Google and the project management process, in- Wikipedia? Wikipedia has been volves heavy collaboration – people So how do you keep TermWiki pub- around for ten years, and they only from various departments, functions, lic and organized? What we do with have 10 million words. Not only that, locations and languages coming to- TermWiki is give the data different but they also don’t have our structure gether to work on the same project. meta tags so that it becomes more – there isn’t a lot of organization, and That’s why collaboration has sud- organized and easily identified, and there is not much they can do with denly become such a strong require- because of this, we can easily write their data. I always tell people that ment for localization, more so than in different applications and utilize the without Google, Wikipedia wouldn’t a lot of industries. information to its fullest extent. For be that useful. Google has a very One of our clients came to us example, we were able to write a powerful search engine that’s pars- for a better solution to manage machine translation module because ing the data, serving people with the multi-lingual terminology. They each term has a corresponding term information, but term wiki is different. wanted a system would allow all in various target languages. Also, Every single entry is a database entry, stakeholders to be informed because all terms are broken down so we can do a lot to manipulate the when there was a change, so by industry and labeled, we can data, to create faster search engines. that everyone could use the better pinpoint where they belong, We introduced a concept called new terminology and avoid and in the future we’ll even be able 3DI – Three dimensional information. having quality problems due to vo- to better target people on social When Google crawls the internet, cabulary discrepancies. One of our media websites based on the it just indexes keywords – that’s it. business development managers information that is provided in their It can’t distinguish the information said we needed to get a solution profiles. Another great use which and can’t determine which industry it before the deadline, and I just said: “I we didn’t anticipate was that people belongs to. Our 3DI search allows you don’t know. Maybe we can try a wiki.” are using TermWiki to create new to do this, so if you’re only interested It was really just a spur of the moment languages and preserve old ones. in energy, then you can narrow your idea, but then when we thought TermWiki supports not only search to energy related content. You about it, we started thinking “why not images but graphs and even video. can also limit your search to one lan- a wiki?” That’s where it all began. It really gives you a full multi-media guage, or simultaneously search the environment to present a concept same term for this industry in many So where did you go from there? so that it’s easily understood and languages. We once had an incident Since then we’ve taken a major role precisely described. That obviously where someone was searching for in wiki-based research and develop- requires a lot of additional work on the term “Danke,” which is not just the ment, which is how we came up with the content, and one of the things German word for thank you, but also TermWiki, which is a multi-lingual we’ve been doing is to make this the name of an African drum. Search- dictionary and reference based on into a community initiative. One of ing this term on the internet won’t the social network approach. Unlike the things we do is give people a give you the result you’re looking for. Wikipedia, we organize every term sense of ownership, as each term is It’s a waste of time. That doesn’t hap- by subject, industry and domain, and linked to the original author. This is pen on TermWiki. Once the volume also by language, so that people can nice because it allows you to give grows to a certain level, people will find the information they are looking something back to the contributors, feel the power of term wiki. for easily and quickly. and they can use that exposure as Interview by Jennifer Thomé

广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 21 SPOTLIGHT should take during the course of their careers, and their lives.

How do you think being a writer from New York has influenced your relationships here? [It really influences my life] from a cultural standpoint, because this is a really culturally influenced place. People really read here. The amount of readers is amazing. As a writer that is just amazing to see, particularly in a culture that really depends on the internet. The internet is such a powerhouse here – much more than in the United States – because it’s how people have a sense of freedom and communicate with each other. On the flipside, it only takes you so far. It’s the arts. It’s something that people can pat you on the shoulder for and say, “Oh, that’s nice that you do that.” But in their minds, it’s not business – It’s not a lucrative thing, but a vanity. Socially, it does help, but if you’re not able to contribute, Brian Keith Jackson found his place in Beijing then it’s pointless to say that you even do it. I usually evade what I do for various reasons – sometimes people are suspicious of writers here, A LITERARY GIANT IN OUR MIDST and I don’t want people to clam up Author Brian Keith Jackson on me because they think I might be utilizing [our interactions]. You may not know this, but in the midst I really liked the cultural aspects of of the sleepy Tuanjiehu area lives a gentle, Beijing, despite the rampant changes. Are you planning on setting any literary giant who left New York to look for In New York you became so con- future works in China? I actually something very special in Beijing. Brian sumed with the notion of being a just printed a draft of my new book Keith Jackson, whose novels The Queen writer, and all the things that come called Sik. It’s set in the New York of of Harlem, Walking through Mirrors and with that after you’ve done a lot of 1992, but the character is informed The View from Here, have won acclaim work, that you don’t write as much by China – the innocence of young for their ability to tackle some of life’s anymore. You become larger than people, and their quest for love. They more sensitive topics with great élan, the work, and that wasn’t something really take it seriously here. Love. What experiences all walks of life in Beijing, that I liked. Ironically, I came to Beijing does it mean? This character is on that whether it be at dinners with China’s looking for a sense of stillness, and I journey. Now I really want to focus elite or slurping miantiao at his local, found a sense of stillness here that I on a collection of short stories set in unnamed noodle shop. Agenda met up could no longer find in New York. Beijing. I think that short stories are with Brian at one of his favorite places, really excellent for Beijing because it the Ritz Carlton Bar, to talk about how How has living here changed your moves so quickly that it lends itself to Beijing has influenced his work. writing? It definitely allows me to that form. But hopefully, in the long take more risks. When you are used to run, I’d like to do a larger work here. What brought you to Beijing? I an environment, there is a tendency It takes time, at least for me – I’m not initially came in 2007 to look at the art for people to know your style and one to show up at a place and claim scene, and then again in the summer your voice, whereas here I can play to have an understanding. I think that of 2009 to do two writing residencies a bit more with [those things] and people do that. Living here and read- – one in Beijing and one in Shanghai. take the larger risks that I think one ing things that people have printed

22 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM in the West shocks me. Sometimes I People are pushing a little bit more to the newness that’s going on here feel like they are just making things see what they can get away with, but there is this energy that you’ve got to up. I’m very aware that I am a guest they are doing it in baby steps. Even have a good time. I try to avoid that. here – a cultural ambassador. I really I think about this when I am writing I seek out places where I feel there is think you have to be here a while to essays for art exhibitions. I ask myself a sense of grace, it can be a dive bar, get a really good sense of culture what I can say as a guest. Is this too it can be a very elegant place, but before you tackle it on paper. much? In New York, one doesn’t really it must have a sense of grace and have to consider that. fluidity. I shouldn’t have to work hard Do you deal a lot with cultural and I also feel that way when I go to spend my money. Environment class issues in your work. Has it to art exhibits. It’s a destination, but and story are really important to me, been difficult fitting in here, par- is it a destination because people especially in locations. Haidilao is ticularly as a black male? For me, are really encouraged or inspired by a good one as well, although I am I think it’s a benefit that I am not in what they are seeing? Art, commerce still learning to enjoy hot pot. I like industry, that I am an artist, because and fashion – all of these things the community of it, but I don’t ever that allows me a lot of time to be really come together, and they are all feel like I’ve eaten anything. Sureño alone, and I find that familiarity works coming together simultaneously here is a sure bet, and Capital M is nice everywhere. I live in Tuanjiehu, and I in Beijing, which is really exciting to at night, especially in the summer walk around every single day. When me, because in places like New York when you can sit outside. I’ve been I go to my corner store and have left those things are all separate. I think to Atmosphere at the Summit Wing my wallet at home they’ll just tell we’re going to be seeing something of the China World Hotel a few times, me “mingtian, mingtian” [tomorrow, really spectacular. You can’t blink, and the service was really nice. I like tomorrow], and I’m told that that’s because it’s happening so quickly. the “Gotham” aspect of it – I feel like at never done in China. I really make a Another thing that fascinates me is any moment a super hero will swing point to participate. That being said, it the term “developing.” People always in and rescue us from the enemy. also doesn’t hurt that the President of say China is a developing country, but the United States is an African Ameri- what does that really mean, and are Interview by Jennifer Thomé can as well. we going to have to start looking at People do take pictures, but that definition and changing it? We Madam Zhu’s Kitchen Daily 11am-9.30pm. B1/F, Bldg D, Vantone Center, 6A Chaoyang- they take pictures of everyone. And are all developing... menwai Dajie, Chaoyang District (5907 1625) truthfully, if there is something, 朝阳区朝阳门外大街甲6号万通中心D座地 I don’t notice it because my mind Is writing a tough business to be 下1层 doesn’t work that way. I almost feel in? It has its moments. I can be here Ritz Carlton Bar Daily 5pm-1am. The Ritz- invisible here. 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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 23 SPOTLIGHT being an expert on Weibo. The thing that is really important is to be alert of the things around you, identify the things you are interested in, and show it to your followers on Weibo.

What is the proper word for someone who uses Weibo? Weibomin? Weiboren? It’s actually Weibo Kong (微博控). The “kong” means “crazy.”

How would you describe the average Weibo user? The average Weibo user is extremely curious about other people’s lives in some way. Weibo is the newest way to receive the latest news and information, and this shows Chinese people (as most Weibo users are Chinese) are more eager to receive information or news through unoﬃcial channels.

What are the most common uses of Weibo, and what are the most ingenious uses you’ve seen? On a personal level, I believe the most common use of Weibo is for sharing personal information with other people. But on a professional level, I always use Weibo to develop my client’s media network, communicating with journalists and raising Foniz Wong gets the message out there their interests and awareness of the client and their products.

WHY WEIBO? What kinds of companies stand ImpactAsia Senior Account Executive Foniz Wong to benefit from Weibo? I certainly believe companies in the hospital- Foniz Wong may be young, but he ImpactAsia’s Social Media Week to learn ity industry will benefit the most is powerful, and during the past two more about the social media phenom- from Weibo, because it creates an years he has combined his skills in event enon setting the internet abuzz: Weibo. interactive customer service platform management and his passion for for companies to connect with their technology into his career at ImpactAsia. So, how does one become a Weibo customers where they can react to any Agenda caught up with Foniz during expert? I believe curiosity is the key to complaints or crises immediately.

How do you see the market for “The average Weibo users is extremely curious social media, Weibo in particular, evolving over the next few years? about other people’s lives in some way. Weibo Social media like Weibo will definitely is the newest way to receive the latest news and become more and more influential information, and this shows Chinese people (as over the next few years, not only be- most Weibo users are Chinese) are more eager to cause the rapidly increasing number receive information or news through unofficial of internet users, but also because it channels” is a free and interactive platform that allows people to express their ideas.

24 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM How much time should a company commit to social media, Weibo “All of my favorite places in Beijing I’ve connected in particular? Managing Weibo ac- to over Weibo, so there is no escape!” counts for my clients is a time con- suming process. We create, update and post new blogs on a daily basis, loyalty – even to become addicted ing places on Weibo? All of my which takes about two to three hours – to Weibo. Like lots of other people, I favorite places in Beijing I’ve con- per day, and we also respond to any now have SNS like Weibo or Facebook nected to over Weibo, so there is no customer inquiries. In the end, how- on my mobile to allow me to connect escape! [laughs] It’s really an amazing ever, I think it is time well spent and anytime. I think it is amazing that the place for me to receive the latest worth the effort. latest developments in technology information on interesting topics. have had such a big impact on SNS Offline, I always go to Zhongguancun Weibo is, of course, a free service, like Weibo, and have made people to explore the latest IT gadgets. I can but how much money do you see inseparable from their gadgets. spend a whole day there. people spending, and earning, through this service? You’re right. For those of us already on Twit- Interview by Jennifer Thomé It is a free service, but I have already ter, what’s the difference between seen people earning money through the two platforms, and should we Zhongguancun www.zol.com.cn it. People earn money by helping Wei- sign up for Weibo? I think Weibo is bo users increase their followers and a developing social media platform, Weibo’s Top Ten forwarding their messages, and I have while Twitter is more established Yao Chen 姚晨 5,633,114 followers seen lots of lucky draw campaigns and well-developed. That being said, Easy going, pretty, and smart, this Fujian actress that work by adding a particular user Twitter is not accessible in China, so made her mark as “Guo Furong” in “My Own and forwarding their messages in if you want to establish connections Swordsman.” order to enter into a lucky draw to or brand presence on the mainland, Dee Hsu’S 4,975,919 followers win prizes. I have no ideas how much Weibo is the way to go. This Taiwanese actress, singer and top TV Host- ess is famous for hosting “Kangxi Laile.”

Vicki Zhao 赵薇 4,778,149 followers “Social media like Weibo will definitely be more An award-winning mainland Chinese actress and more influential over the next few years, not and pop star. only because the rapidly increasing number of Cai Kangyong 蔡康永 4,405,474 followers He is a writer and TV Host in Taiwan, most well internet users, but also because it is a free and known for his role in hosting the TV program interactive platform that allows people to express “Kangxi Laile” with fellow hostess Dee Hsu. their ideas” Xie Na 谢娜 4,034,586 followers The girl who spreads happiness through “Happy Family”! money people spend on or earn from Your company just hosted Social He Jiong 何炅 3,972,526 followers these campaigns, but to be honest, I Media Week in Hong Kong. What He Laoshi from from Hunan Satellite TV’s “Happy Camp” is a household name all over am impressed that Chinese people kinds of companies attended, and China. are reacting so quickly to develop what kinds of future trends can you Huang Jianxiang 黄健翔 3,688,032 follow- business opportunities from social predict from it? There were lots of par- ers networking sites (SNS) like Weibo. ties involved as partners for social media This former CCTV-host is one of the best- week, including the Wall Street Journal, known sports commentators in China. Who are your favorite people to Baidu, Sina Hong Kong, Jiepang (a city Li Bingbing 李冰冰 3,635,738 followers follow on Weibo? I always follow guide for mobile devices), and more. China’s girl next door actress, Li Bingbing fashion bloggers and editors on There are a lot of companies of varying charms all with her talent and personality. Weibo, as I am interested in fashion backgrounds who attended this event, Kai-Fu Lee 李开复 3,423,654 followers trends and brands. This also allows which really shows the growing aware- This information technology executive and me to get to know their recent activi- ness of and interest in social media in computer science researcher is one of the most prominent people on the Chinese web. ties and explore potential opportuni- all industries. ties for my clients. Pan Shiyi 潘石屹 3,270,007 followers What are your favorite places in As the Chairman of SOHO China, he’s been lauded as one of the top ten influential fig- What keeps you coming back to Beijing to escape from Weibo? ures in real estate more times than you can Weibo? It’s quite easy to develop a Have you discovered any amaz- shake a stick at.

广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 25 SPOTLIGHT people that have grown up with our show. I once met a girl who is in her second year of university while she was doing some volunteer work in at the LGBT center. She came up to me and said: “Oh my god! I saw your show when I was in high school!” I thought this was really good news, because we’ve grown from a website that put up some videos into a queer media [platform]. Last year we were invited to the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany, and we were actually the only Chinese media that was invited. That was amazing. In the future, we’ll continue the web cast and also do more in-depth documentaries as well. We’ve started doing LGBT news from around the world, including China. Visual news Queer Comrades founder Xiao Gang is moving China beyond sticks and stones is quite easy for people to watch, and within two or three minutes you’re all CHINA’S MOST FABULOUS ACTIVIST caught up. It’s really easy to spread online – it’s almost like eating fast Queer Comrades Founder and Host Wei Xiaogang food. Quick and easy. LGBT-friendly in one word not com- The other reason is that we wanted What about your involvement? monly associated with China, but Queer people to see a new side of LGBT What’s your day-to-day life like? Comrades has set out to move forward issues. Everything that was being For a long time I was working on by changing the often mumbled dia- shown on television and on radio Queer Comrades part-time while logue about LGBT issues from gray and was very gray, very sad, it was treated working with NGOs. I’d been do- depressing to one that accurately reﬂects either as a mental disease or a life ing that since 2000, and used my the diversity, joy and acccomplishemts of choice – none of it was positive. In educational background in drama the community. Founder and host Wei reality, though, I was quite happy, to help disabled people and then to Xiaogang took a break from his mission my friends were happy, and sexuality do AIDS awareness, doing things like to fill Agenda in on the current state wasn’t really a topic of conversation. art therapy. Doing Queer Comrades of the LGBT community in China and Usually, it’s when people ﬁrst come was really something that arose out its future. out that you really talk a lot about it, of this line of work. I realized that I and later it becomes a part of your life, really enjoyed contributing to peo- Tell us a little bit about Queer Com- not the whole of your life. We wanted ple’s lives, and I really enjoy that you rades. How did it start? We started people to understand that gays and never stop learning. LGBT is a great in 2007, when a lot of NGO websites lesbians are more than stereotypes. on LGBT issues were launched. Most topic because it changes every year. People forget things and people dis- of them dealt with HIV and mental How has it developed over the cover new things, so we adjust our illness, but one thing was missing: a years? Our audience has really grown strategy every year in order to keep visual. This how our idea came about. over the years, and we’ve even seen up with trends, and with regulations, and we really aim to make this world “In many ways, the government still sees the LGBT a better place. In many ways, the government still sees the LGBT com- community as an unsafe factor, but I think that will munity as an unsafe factor, but I think change. China is changing so quickly, and there that will change. China is developing are bound to be things that fall through the cracks. so quickly; there are bound to be Working with NGOs allows people to supplement things that fall through the cracks. the work of society and the government” NGOs supplement the work of society and the government.

26 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM How do you reach your audience? “We often joke that Beijing’s gay bars are like even Right now, our website is the most bigger closets – these people come from their efficient way of reaching people, and we have an average of 20,000 own personal closets at home to come to an hits per day. Surprisingly, most of even bigger closet, where they drink, dance and our viewers are between 35 and 45 sing, and then when they leave they go back to years old. Some of our web casts have not being gay” been really popular because they were featured on the front pages of popular video websites, and one In other countries, the notion of porting the community – they really even reached 3 million viewers. We a wealthy gay buying force has use it as a form of communication. I find the people who are in charge of helped to propel the acceptance think that’s a good thing, because the the websites, keep in contact with of gays. Is this true in China as well? space for them to meet other gays them, and explain to them what That’s the thing – in China, the move- and interact with them isn’t really we do and why we do it. For most ment started quite late, so yeah, there that big. This is a really basic need people, they understand, and they are a lot of rich LGBT people, but that people have – people need to support us. they haven’t learned how to give know people who are like them, so Once, though, we actually had to back to their community. This is in that they don’t feel so lonely ask them to take a show down because part because peopled don’t really There are places for people to people called our guest and threat- know where the community is, and meet up, but not many. Half is pretty ened her, asking her why she taped many still haven’t gotten over being good. There are a couple of other the show. We really a lot from this. Lots gay. These people are hiding, and places I visit, but I think Half is a gay of people love to watch the show, but more than 80 or 90 percent of gay establishment, so I really like to sup- there are still people who don’t know men, according to one professor, port them. There aren’t a lot of gay how to deal with this topic. are still getting married, and so we bars, and I think the places that peo- really have very little hope that these ple really go to are Destination and So what kind of challenges do people will give back to the gay com- Half. There’s a gay night at Alfa, but it’s you face? There are a lot of finan- munity. Without that, it’s difficult to only on Fridays. There really aren’t that cial problems, because LGBT topics attract outside support. many, because in Beijing many of the are quite sensitive. We’re trying to “gay” bars are just in it to make money become self-sustained, and to earn What is the biggest obstacle to de- – they really don’t have any other money to support our program, but veloping a more open LGBT com- connection with the gay community. in China that’s really difficult, because munity in China? There are many That being said, we can understand while companies want to advertise, different things, and we really need that a lot of places don’t want to be they don’t want to be linked to LGBT people working on all aspects of it. considered gay bars, because in this organizations. As said, we have 20,000 There is not one person who can save kind of regulatory environment it’s a viewers per day, which is not a lot but the world, and we need everyone, sensitive topic. So you really have to it’s good, but when we contacted even non-gays, to take responsibility consider these two things together. companies that are supposed to be for diversity and a peaceful world. very gay friendly, we found out that We often joke that Beijing’s gay Interview by Jennifer Thomé they have slightly different policies bars are like even bigger closets in China. – these people come from their To learn more about Queer Comrades, own personal closets at home to an visit their site at www.queercomrades. What about political or cultural even bigger closet, where they drink, com. challenges? Well, for cultural chal- dance and sing, and then when they Half Daily 7pm-late. International Wonderland, lenges you don’t have to look much leave they go back to not being gay. 39 Xingfu Ercun, Chaoyang District (8444 4464, further than my parents. For Chinese This is really common in Beijing. 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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 27 SPOTLIGHT these aspects, they can complete a website and its UI design on their own. That being said, there are many parts to a good website, and you’ll be relying on these people do a good job in all aspects, including architecture design, information design, layout, interface, interaction, visual and project management, and front- end HTML design. So you’ll want to make sure that the person you’re considering can, and is willing to, do all of these things.

So do you have any websites which you consider well-designed? That’s hard to say, because so many sites are undergoing constant re-design. I use a lot of design and social networking websites, but society is constantly evolving, and our demands for websites are always changing to meet Kou Liqin knows that beauty, and usability, are in the eye of the beholder people’s needs. Take social networking sites, PIXELS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS for instance. You go there to communicate with others. Overseas, User interface design expert Kou Liqin you use Facebook, whereas here you might use Kaixin or Renren. As long Shock, horror and spontaneous design - the visual face of a website as the website is meeting people’s fatigue are feelings that many of us have - but there is more to it than that. needs and allowing them to do what experienced when ﬁrst laying eyes upon UI design actually includes they came to do, you’d never think a Chinese website, but according to user a lot of different things, and each twice about the user interface design. interface (UI) design expert Kou Liqin, the website is, or at least should be, Facebook’s undergone numerous layout of Chinese websites is as much designed to interact with the user changes, many of which were very cultural as it is psychological. Agenda in a very specific and natural way. specific. It’s quite impressive that interfaced with Kou to learn the rhyme Good IU design includes interaction they’ve managed to take such a large and reason behind these websites, and design, information architecture and amount of things and portray them what Western companies should con- information design, so a really good in a way that makes them visually sider when their web presence reaches IU designer really needs to study a appealing, despite people’s constant the shores of China. lot things, including marketing, en- complaints about their website. gineering, project management and One thing that many people So what exactly is UI design? UI psychology. don’t understand is that the needs design is the process of making of Chinese users are quite diﬀerent the online experience of users as So how many people does it take from those in the West. QQ is a great straightforward and simple as pos- to create a truly functional and example worthy of being studied. sible, giving them a direct line of appealing user interface? That They employ a lot of designers and access to whatever it is they want to do. actually depends on the situation, have made lots of progress, and Currently, when people think of because if you’ve got a person who you can see it in everything they website design they think of graphic is very knowledgeable about all of do, whether its video games or messaging. It’s probably the best Let’s face it: everything we do – from the things we website business in China. eat to the things we wear – is becoming more and What are the primary design more homogenous. Websites won’t be an exception” differences between China and the West? What I’d like to point out

28 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM is that people actually want the same things, but that there are some cul- “If you ask me, the main driving force in the devel- tural differences. If you think about it, opment is based on one really simple fact: people Chinese netizens came online quite late, and their skills aren’t as advanced are lazy. The simpler and the lazier these interac- as some users in the West. Many of tions can be, the more people will like them. This them don’t know what to do with is how everything develops – it’s all about making themselves when they log on to the people’s lives simpler” internet, or don’t know how to do what they came to do. So for these lower-level users, Chinese websites I also think that mobile and com- people are coming back, and coming are actually quite useful because it puter IU will become more stream- for the first time, is because China is presents them with all of the options lined in the future. As this market abuzz with opportunity, and it’s a on the landing page, and gives them develops, we’ll be seeing more and lot easier and a lot cheaper to get the option of slowly exploring . more touch screens, at which point established here. Then, of course, there is your computer just becomes a giant The second reason that people the fact that Chinese users like cell phone. That’s why I recommend are coming is because there’s still different things. They might prefer that anyone looking to do UI design a lag in the products that are avail- red over blue. There is also a really considers this element. Right now able, so they come here to bring strong influence from other East Asian there is a huge amount of people these products and introduce them. countries, such as Japan and Korea. who use their cell phones to get on- Invention always flows to fill gaps in Most Chinese users grew up watch- line, but it’s still quite painful in terms the market, and that is exactly what’s ing Korean and Japanese cartoons, so of user experience. happening here now. If there were they are particularly attracted to cute a need elsewhere, invention would things, because it’s familiar. Do you think that these changes flow there instead. in UI design will drive the evolu- So what do you think the future of tion of technology? I think in the So what, in your opinion, are the Chinese websites looks like? China’s near future we’ll be seeing a lot of best-designed places around web development will be no differ- websites that are more compatible town? I live in the CBD, so I ent from that in other countries – it with touch devices. The main thing frequently go to CJW and Centro. It’s won’t take off and become its own holding back UI design is actually not so much because of their design, thing. Let’s face it: everything we do our hardware, because the comput- but because they are comfortable. – from the things we eat to the things ers and laptops we’re using haven’t Design-wise I really like d lounge over we wear – is becoming more and really changed. in the Sanlitun area. Whenever I have more homogenous. Websites won’t The main thing that you’ll see friends coming to town, I take them be an exception. The only real differ- changing is that UI will become there. Pure Lotus is another really ence in the near future is that China’s more convenient for people. When impressive place that I love taking developments will be a little slower in the user has to employ a mouse foreign visitors to. adopting things than other countries, there is an extra step in the in- since they still import a lot of their teraction. If you ask me, the main Interview by Jennifer Thomé concepts from overseas, and then driving force in the development adapt them to fit their own needs. is based on one really simple fact: Centro Daily 24hrs. 1/F, Shangri-La’s Kerry Cen- people are lazy. The simpler and the tre Hotel, 1 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District (6561 8833, ask for Centro) 朝阳区光华路1 号 What about mobile phone user lazier these interactions can be, the 嘉里中心饭店1层 interfaces? There are already tons more people will like them. This is of mobile phone users in China, and how everything develops – it’s all CJW Daily 11.30am-2am. L-137, The Place, 9 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District (6587 1222) most of them are using Android about making people’s lives simpler. 朝阳区世贸天阶 L-137 光华路9号 because it is an open, and free, plat- There’s talk of a reverse brain drain. d lounge Daily 8pm-late. Courtyard 4, form. It gives them immense free- Gongti Beilu (across from Rock and Roll Club), dom. Because of its popularity, tons What are your thoughts on this? Chaoyang District 朝阳区工体北路4号 of people are working on developing Many of the people who left China Pure Lotus Daily 11am-11pm. 1) Tongguang software and games for mobile users did so because they felt that there Bldg, 12 Nongzhanguan Nanlu, Chaoyang and the development can be quite was no room to develop. The things District (6592 3627, 8703 6669) 朝阳区农展 startling. 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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 29 THE LIST graphical bestseller Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) and 2005 sequel Marrying Bud- dha (我的禅), are the main examples of this sub-genre. While these authors’ ex- plicit depictions of sex and discussion of taboo social issues invited scorn on their native soil, others have praised their writings as frank and groundbreak- ing in their portrayal of the search for identity that faces the generation of women who have grown up under the changing moral and social norms of the emerging market economy. While these translated Chinese novels have enjoyed success both on the mainland and internationally, there is a veritable hotbed of nationalistic, primarily anti-American, political non- fiction that, for the most part, has not (yet) been translated from Chinese. What’s more, these works promoting an antagonistic, zero-sum view of Chi- na’s rise and advocating greater Chinese influence on the world stage are not merely domestic bestsellers—they are on the bookshelves of China’s powerful political elites and angry youth alike. Curious? Agenda provides a look at some of the most influential Chinese political non-fiction books in recent years.

Unhappy China: The Great Era, The Grand Vision and Our Challenges (中国不高兴：大时代、大目标及我们的内忧外患) Song Qiang, Huang Jisu, Song Xiaojun, Wang Xiaodong and Liu Yang (宋强,黄纪苏,宋晓军,王小东,刘仰) China Can Say No, a 1996 compilation of essays modeled on Tokyo gover- BOOK WARS nor Shintaro Ishihara’s 1989 nationalist tract The Japan that Can Say No, pro- The most influential books you’ve never heard of moted an anti-American, anti-Japanese Most Sinophiles are familiar with the (兄弟), a modern epic of suffering ideology rooted in the conviction that bestselling novels published by in- and self-indulgence that follows two the U.S. has adopted a “China contain- fluential Chinese authors in the past brothers’ divergent paths and fates ment strategy” that has prevented decade—at least those deemed through the Cultural Revolution until China from attaining the prominence interesting to a foreign audience the present day, falls into this category; it deserves on the international stage. and therefore potentially commer- so does Ma Jian’s (马建) jarring 2008 Its 2009 sequel, Unhappy China (also cially successful enough abroad to be novel Beijing Coma (肉土), a detailed and translated as China Is Unhappy), which translated into English. These liter- dramatic account of the events of the sold over 100,000 copies and topped ary works are frequently contro- upheaval of the late 1980’s told from the the bestseller list in its first month, took versial within China, practically perspective of a student that argument to a new level, writing turning them into overnight best- leader who has been trapped that China should cast off the shackles sellers both overseas and in China. in a coma for the past decade. of foreign criticism and disdain, grow Many of these novels fall into one of The second category includes racy, out of its “weak nation’s psychology,” two categories. The first category shows graphic confessional novels written by and assert itself as a global hegemon. the dark side of modern Chinese history young Chinese women and branded In spite of these books’ bestseller and consists of tragic and violent stories by authorities as obscene accounts status, some Chinese newspapers— that lead seamlessly into scathing in- promoting “spiritual pollution.” Mian likely seeking to distance themselves dictments of China’s wholesale embrace Mian’s (棉棉) 1997 autobiographical from the authors’ controversial stance of wealth and consumerism post-reform novel La La La (啦啦啦) and 2000 under- on China’s foreign relations and control and opening. Yu Hua’s (余华) 2005 and ground hit Candy (糖), as well as Zhou a strain of nationalism that has the po- 2006 two-volume bestseller Brothers Weihui’s (周卫慧) 2000 semi-autobio- tential to threaten the domestic political

30 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM status quo—have downplayed Unhappy ington’s deployment of anti-missile While not as outlandish overall as China’s influence. Shortly after it was systems around China’s periphery forms a Colonel Dai’s C-Shaped Encirclement, published, the Shanghai Daily quipped crescent-shaped [ring of] encirclement” People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Senior that Unhappy China had “failed to strike that stretches from Japan through Colonel and National Defense Academy a chord among average Chinese”; simi- Taiwan, the South China Sea, and In- professor Liu Mingfu’s 2010 bestseller larly, a Xinhua article quoted a professor dia to Afghanistan. Although former The China Dream echoes Dai’s concerns who found the book “too extreme.” Still, Chinese Ambassador to India Pei about U.S. containment of China “as Unhappy China has contributed to a Yuanying explained in a February 2010 long as China seeks to rise to become national debate about the role that China Daily article that the U.S. “policy world number one,” which, he writes, China should play on the world stage of engagement plus containment with is “China’s big goal in the 21st century.” and has encouraged the view that the China” is nothing new, Dai is as More explicitly and boldly than financial crisis provides China with a crit- vocal as he is provocative and has the authors discussed above, Liu char- ical opportunity to expand its influence. succeeded in building an impres- acterizes the U.S.-China relationship sive reader base in China through as a “competition to be the leading Currency Wars (货币战争) both his book and his blog—in other country, a conflict over who rises and words, his radical warnings that war falls to dominate the world”; unsurpris- Song Hongbing (宋鸿兵) with the U.S. within twenty years is ingly, he asserts that China must win inevitable undoubtedly have an audience. this competition on all fronts—and for This 2007 book, a member of the that, China must increase not only its growing “economic nationalist” genre The China Dream: The Great Power economic strength, but also its military to which Unhappy China also belongs, Thinking and Strategic Positioning power. Although Liu is not a govern- experienced a revival in late 2008 as of China in the Post-American Age ment mouthpiece, The China Dream the U.S. began to increase pressure (中国梦：后美国时代的大国思维 may reflect the thinking of an impor- on China to open its financial system 战略定位) tant faction of elite opinion—the PLA. and allow the yuan to float. Currency Wars and a 2009 sequel, creatively Liu Mingfu (刘明福) Written by Astrid Stuth titled Currency Wars 2, catapulted to the top of the nation’s bestseller list and has reportedly been read by senior Chinese political and business leaders. Song Hongbing’s thesis bears all the marks of a conspiracy theory: He argues not only that the U.S. Federal Reserve is ultimately under the com- mand of the Rothschild banking dynasty, but also that the Rothschilds’ control of money issuance over the past 200 years has been the root cause of major world events ranging from the Battle of Waterloo to the rise of Adolf Hitler to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Yet unlike the assertions of Un- happy China’s authors, Song’s policy recommendations, which include reduc- ing China’s foreign reserves in U.S.-dollar assets and resisting U.S. control of the international financial system, have struck a chord with a Beijing eager to increase China’s weight in global economic affairs.

C-Shaped Encirclement: China’s Breakthrough under Domestic Problems and Foreign Aggression (C形包围：内忧外患下的中国突围) Dai Xu (戴旭)

Like Song Hongbing, Chinese Air Force colonel and leading hawk in the Chinese military Dai Xu specializes in conspiracy theories. The claims in his 2009 book C-Shaped Encirclement, however, focus not on the hidden nature of American dominance over the global economic order, but on America’s insidious military strategy: Dai believes that “Wash-

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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 33 THE LIST Wangfujing Bookstore 王府井书店 This is one of the city’s largest and most comprehensive bookstores. As you make your way up the stairs to the third floor, you will find a great selection of both Chinese and English language books. Lectures (in Chinese) are held on the sixth floor. Daily 10am-9pm. 218 Wangfujing Dajie, Dongcheng District (6513 2842, 6525 2592) 东城区王府井大街218号 Libraries/ Lending Libraries Capital Library 首都图书馆 While its range of foreign language books is not as impressive as the National Library’s, it does offer foreigners the option of borrowing books. RMB 10 to borrow a book, RMB 100-500 depending on type of membership. Access to foreign language magazines and periodicals. Lectures on the weekends. Daily Feeling literary? Grab a book at your local library or bookstore 9am-730pm. 88 Dongsanhuan Nanlu, Chaoyang District (6735 8114) 朝阳区东三环南路88号 The Bookworm 书虫书吧 A café, HAVE YOUR BOOKS AND European bistro, lending library and bookshop all in one, this place has READ THEM TOO been a perennial favorite among expats since its opening in 2000. This Beijing’s best places to buy and borrow books sleek bookstore has the best selection of English language books and Whether you are a bookworm, or just and exhibitions. Chinese books cost magazines in town. Quiz night looking for a warm place to curl up with RMB 10-20, and about RMB 20-40 for every Monday at 730pm. 1) Mon-Sat a good book, Agenda has found the most foreign language books. Daily 8am-8pm, Sun 8am-5pm. The First best bookstores in town where you can 10am-10pm. No. 288, Chengfu Road, Courtyard, Hegezhuang Village, do just that. Haidian District (8261 8538) 海淀区成 Shunyi District (6431 2108) 顺义区 Beijing Book Building 北京图书府路288号崔各庄乡，何各庄村一号院 2) Daily 大厦 The staff is fluent in English Trends Lounge 时尚廊 This stylish 9am-2am. Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, and happy to help you search for a book bar and cafe features a wide se- Chaoyang District (6586 9507) 朝阳区 particular title. Dictionaries and books lection of international art, design and 工体北路4号院 related to learning Chinese language architecture books. There are plenty The BookMark Beijing’s largest Multi- can also be found on the third floor. of comfortable areas to hide yourself language lending library stocks plenty Daily 9am-9pm. 17 Xichang’an Jie, away while reading a good book. of English and foreign language books (right near Xidan subway station), Trends Lounge also has an impressive for the whole family. The Bookmark Xicheng District (6607 8477) 西城区西 range of magazines and books and has a wonderful collection of children’s 长安大街17号 decent English language selection. books and hosts’ community activities Foreign Languages Bookstore 外文 Daily 10am-10pm. L214, 2/F, Trends like movie nights, reading groups 书店 Here you’ll find locally published Bldg (connected to The Place’s north and even IT workshops. Story time for foreign language books on the first building), 9 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang young readers with integrated arts floor, sheet music books on the fifth District (6587 1998) 朝阳区光华路9号时 activities held on Sat morning at 10am. floor, and on the recently opened 尚大厦2层L214 Members get 30 percent off at the sixth floor, a teashop and sale books. Timezone 8 Bookstore 现代书店北 Smallville café RMB 200 for a one-year Daily 930am-930pm. 235 Wangfujing 京艺术书屋 This chic art bookstore membership. Wed-Sat 10am-4pm. 1 Dajie, Dongcheng District (6512 6903) sells art, exhibition and design books Kaifa Jie (between Ms. Shanen’s Bagels 东城区王府井大街235号 from a range of Chinese and interna- and Smallville Café), Xibaixinzhuang, tional publishers, including its own Houshayu, Shunyi District (8049 9175) Mo_Box Book 墨盒子 The 100 sq. 顺义区后沙峪西白辛庄开发街1号 meter shop carries over 2,000 titles Timezone 8 label. It also features a from around the world, with around surprisingly good cafe restaurant and The Roving Book Club This is online 200 alone from overseas (the United small gallery space. On Saturdays they lending library is still developing, but States, Japan, France, Sweden and play host to regular book talks. Daily we have our hopes up for next winter. Israel). There’s also a game zone for 11.30am-7.30pm. Dashanzi art district, (1337 169 8069) http://therovingbook- kids and a relaxation zone for adults, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District club.webnode.com/ with free weekly movie screenings (8456 0336) 朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798大山子艺术区 Compiled by Marla Fong

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So you’ve gone and ruined your eyesight (6502 5061) 朝阳区朝阳北路179号 13370157172) 朝阳区朝阳区西大望路蓝 playing videogames and staying up late Beijing Intech Eye Hospital 北京堡国际中心2座8层 reading without proper lighting. Luckily, 英智眼科医院 One of the leading Daming Optical 大明眼镜 Daming there’s help, and Beijing is bustling with eye centers in Beijing, this clinic deals Optical was founded in 1937, and highly qualified optometrists to treat with everything eye-related, from is one of the most famous eye care what ails you. Agenda took a good look simple check-ups to major surgery. enterprises here in Beijing. They offer around and found them for you. With foreign and Chinese staff, they optometry services and lens-fitting Baodao Optical 宝岛眼镜 If you also provide free or heavily subsidized services to clients. Consultation fee don’t trust your eyesight to the treatment for the disabled, elderly RMB 5-15. Glasses start at RMB 158 for markets, visit this reliable operation, and orphaned children, in addition to frames and RMB 40 for lenses. Daily which has a big selection and can organizing medical teams to provide 10am-10pm. 176 Wangfujing Dajie, craft lenses in about 24 hours. Frames assistance to remote areas of China. Dongcheng District (6513 1327) 东城 (not including lenses) start at RMB 180. The VIP clinic has English-speaking 区王府井大街176号 as well as other Many locations around town. Daily staff, many trained overseas, and locations. 9am-9.30pm. Rm 105, Bldg 3, Jianwai family ophthalmologists. Daily 8.30am- James Charles Optometrist 验光配 Soho, 39 Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, 4.30pm. 1,4,5/F Panjiayuan Plaza, 12 镜服务 James Charles is an Australian Chaoyang District (5869 2608) 朝阳区 Panjiayuan Nanli, Chaoyang District optometrist who provides interna- 东三环中路39号建外Soho3号楼105 as (6771 5558) 朝阳区潘家园南里12号潘家 tional optometry service to adults well as many, many other locations. 园大厦1,4,5层 and children. He is the first expatriate Beijing Huade Eye Hospital 北京华 Best Vision 好好眼科 Taiwanese run optometrist to be registered in China, 德眼科医院 With five different clinics eye clinic and optometrist that offers as well as the first to operate a private and specialists from many fields in a range of specialized eye care. Best optometry practice. Friendly English ophthalmology, you’re sure to find vision is highly specialized in treating speaking staff, with Chinese staff also someone here to suit your needs. They myopia and is the only clinic in Beijing available. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm. Room have the latest technology, including that offers an all-laser, blade-free 105, Kunsha Center, 16 Xinyuanli, equipment for laser eye surgery and lasik surgery. Mon-Sat 9am-10pm, Chaoyang District (6410 5850) 朝阳区 phacoemulsification for cataract eye Sun 9am-5pm. 8/F, Blue Castle 新源里16号琨莎中心105室 surgery. Daily 8am-noon, 1-5pm. 179 International Center Bldg 2, Xidawang Chaoyang Beilu, Chaoyang District Lu, Chaoyang District (8599 9110, Compiled by Marla Fong

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These little birds really hate that you’re stressed, so relax and let them help PLAY TIME! Great games to play when you’re sick of reading

Reading, “knitting” your Weibo feed, twit- and looking for some real mental than once – that’s your mission in tering, and all those things using words stimulation, Shift is just the ticket. The this simple yet addictingly frustrating are great, but let’s face it – sometimes goal is to walk your cartoon avatar game that is intellectually reminiscent people suffer from semantic fatigue. If through a black and white maze that of Venetian solitaire. While the game you’re sick of dealing with these lettered can only be manipulated by inverting comes only in one color (neon pink demons of the modern age, there is the colors, forcing your brain to learn against a black background) and its hope, and Agenda editors would like to to think in several directions and soundtrack sounds like a Metroid that thank you for giving them the dimensions at the same time. Tricky has been pricked with an acupuncture opportunity to play at work! enough for the casual player to enjoy, needle, the straight-forward, short- Angry Birds The premise is simple: and stimulating enough to keep the leveled and stimulating nature of the use a slingshot to propel a variety puzzle-solving genius coming back for game make it a perfect way to escape of birds at the evil green pigs that more. USD .99 from the humdrum of everyday life, have been “poaching” your eggs. It Blocks Heaven for those of us blessed even if it’s only for five minutes. Free. sounds potentially stupid and boring, with obsessive compulsive disorder. Impossible A game for the adrenaline and I personally held out for months Rearrange a series of blocks in order to junky seeking simplicity, the premise is before downloading it, but there is a slide your main piece from one frame simple: hop your little red square over a reason this game held steady as the to the next. Is it beautiful? If you like variety of simple spike and ditch obsta- most popular download on iTunes things simple, yes? Is it complex? Not cles to the tune of a silly, yet endearing, for several months, and that is that really, but to those who dread heading eighties tech soundtrack. While some it combines the smash-it-up nature into the grimy hustle and bustle that is managing editors might despise this of this game with tricky, maze-like the modern world, Blocks offers solace game, and contact lens wearers are structures that one has to break in its clean and straightforward, not sure to pop a lens or two due to lack through in order to smash those pesky to mention intellectually stimulating, of blinking, the simple and quick fire green oinkers, challenging both your habitat. USD 1.99 action of this game earns it accolades intellect and your base desire for Tangram One of China’s first exports among internet reviewers. Free. destruction. USD 0.99 to Europe, this dissection game has Sudoku Unless you’ve been in a coma Rolando A perfect game for fidgeters, enjoyed popularity for hundreds of for the past few years you know what the goal of this game is to rescue the years. Tangram (qiqiaoban 七巧板 Sudoku is, and while the rules (fill a bumbling royal family of Rolandoland in Chinese) consists of seven pieces nine by nine grid with digits so that through a variety of innovative tilt, that the player arranges into different each column, each row, and each of tap and multi-touch controls set in an shapes given only the outline. Sound the nine three by three boxes contains irresistibly adorable puzzle landscape. simple? It’s not. Tangram challenges all of the digits from one to nine, with- Tasks include solving physics puzzles both your sense of proportion and out repeating within the same box, row and mastering timing and balance to your ability to visualize, and while it’s or column), the joy of downloading this evade terrifying yet adorable enemies, a game popular with parents trying to game to your mobile device is that you all while grooving to a poppy sound- teach children these skills, like Blocks, are no longer, and will never again, be track. Great for those with an attention it’s also a mentally soothing game for frantically rubbing eraser pill off your span and who crave a real mental people who want to be entertained in black suit as you rush into a meeting, challenge, but terrible for those with a controlled environment. USD 0.99 finally making Sudoku an enjoyable motion sickness. USD 2.99 Glow Puzzle Connect the dots and practical game. Free and up. Shift If you’re a fan of black and white without crossing over any line more Compiled by Jennifer Thomé 36 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM 广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 37 TRY THESE HEALTH & BEAUTY

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38 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM 广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 39 SPOTLIGHT fuls of nuts every day. Green, leafy vegetables such as spinach and cab- bage, as well as legumes, can replenish minerals inside the body and help moderate brain chemicals. Another thing that’s great is to develop an ac- tive lifestyle. Cardio workout increases the heart rate and increases circulation, which keeps the brain fresh.

Can you give us some tips on daily cuisine to promote health? In TCM, the food you should eat varies by time of year, but generally speaking, I recommend sour vegetables and fruits, like tomatoes, different kinds of berries and lemon juice, as they Yang promotes a hybrid of Eastern medicine and Western science help with digestion and liver and gall bladder function, and prevent inflam- BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED mation with their alkaline properties. Ivy Yang of YSY Medicine Foundation and the Yongshu I also recommend a natural lifestyle that is balanced and moderate. Five Health Fund different colors of food each day will achieve the effect. For many years, Ivy Yang has promot- This is what inspired me to promote ed public awareness of natural and TCM as a scientific practice and to What can we do to better deal with preventative lifestyles in the United ensure that people are getting stress? Following a simple “ABCD” ap- States. She has recently returned to quality care. I came back to China proach can help. A stands for access: Beijing to work on spreading her last year to promote TCM through people should seek out friends, family message to more people, and to pro- a scientific platform and to increase or a professional to help them ac- mote her charity program. Agenda people’s awareness of TCM and its cess he cause of their stress. B stands started off the year of the rabbit by philosophy. for breathing, which calms internal meeting with Yang to learn how to stay organs and the nervous system. C healthy in the new year. Nowadays, our lives revolve around stands for care, and refers to people computer screens. Do you have taking preventive steps to improve Tell us a little bit about yourself. any suggestions that can help their physical condition, such as I consider myself a social strengthen the eyes? When peo- getting a massage or learning new entrepreneur – I’m trying to ple spend too much time in front of habits. D stands for diet. I recommend promote Chinese medicine through the computer, they tend to get dry, some alcohol (under 30%, 200ml charity programs. I have an MPA in burning, and red eyes. For young about three times a week), to help Health Management and Policy from professionals, it’s better to treat this release “fire” (internal inflammation). Columbia, and my work experience problem naturally by looking away in the past was with charity work from the computer and giving eyes Tell us a bit about your charity work. organizations like the Susan G. Komen a chance to relax. This helps with the The Yongshu Health Fund provides Breast Cancer Foundation. fluid circulation inside the eyes. You medical scholarships and encour- I grew up in a family of doctors can also buy small green plants to ages exchange at Chinese-Western that practiced integrative Chinese keep at your desk and do eye exer- medical conferences. Things are and Western medicine, which is how cises a few times a day to improve going well, but public health is a great I became interested in this topic. circulation, and place a warm cloth challenge, so we continue to look to Through my professional training on your eyes before bed to further different industries for support. and community involvement in the relax your eyes. States, I gained more exposure to Interview by Adeline Wang TCM, and while it was good to see Is there any way to use TCM to that it is flourishing in the States, it increase our intelligence? Not really, YSY Medicine Foundation The Office Park, Tower C, 12Floor #1209, 5 Jinghuanan Street, was disappointing to see that it’s but TCM can help prevent memory Chaoyang District (8590 6833) 朝阳区景华南 often being practiced incorrectly. loss. One approach is to eat two spoon- 街5号远洋光华国际C座1209室

40 AGENDA THU, FEB 24– WED, MAR 9 广告DM THE LIST Prepared Aconite 附子 A powerful yang tonic. When used in excess this herb can become toxic and overheat the body, and is thus never used alone. Prepared Aconite is used to treat infertility, impotence, frequent urination, arthritis and rheumatism. Albizzia Flower and Bark 山槐 The Albizzia flower and bark have long been utilized by the Chinese when experiencing emotional problems. This is an excellent body stabilizer and has great calming properties. Alisma 泽泻 Alisma is yet another Chinese herb that strengthens water metabolism in the body. It is often used to fight obesity, especially for people who tend to carry excess water weight. Alisma is also used by people who have trouble urinating and diabetics. Magnolia Flower 木兰 This flower shares a close resemblance to the lily and has a furry bud. It is used to clear nasal obstructions or clear congestion to treat chronic sinus problems. Ap- Some mysteries of Chinese medicine revealed plying this herb to the nasal passage decreases the production of mucus and hence inhibits sinus congestion. CHINESE WONDER HERBS Dong Qaui 当归 Dong Quai has been Some of the most potent herbs hiding in those cabinets used for hundreds of years as a spice, tonic and medicine in China, Korea Chinese herbs have been used by the helps ease diarrhea and stimulate the and Japan. In traditional Chinese Chinese for thousands of years to cure appetite. medicine, it is most often combined diseases, balance and harmonize the with other herbs. Some women report Licorice Root 甘草 Licorice root is relief of symptoms such as hot flashes body, and increase longevity. Some another well recognized Chinese herb Chinese herbs are common, others are when taking it, and it can also be because of its detoxification powers. It taken to treat amenorrhea. guarded closely by both herbalists and invigorates and cools down the body government regulations, but all of them at the same time, and can also be Cordyceps 冬虫夏草 This name refers are powerful and will be used more and used as a natural sweetener. to the mushroom extract that is be- more as scientific studies prove their lieved to promote weight loss by alter- potency. So brace yourself for a revival of Ginko Biloba 银杏 Probably the most ing the body’s ability to burn fat. The these ancient herbs in the modern age, popular item on this list, ginko biloba herb is also believed to enhance lung and read Agenda’s guide to the best has great curative effects on the lungs capacity, boost immunity system, and herbs to supercharge your life. and the heart. It also fights coughs, enhance energy level and stamina. asthma and chronic inflammation Ginseng 人参 A common root that from allergies, and improves memory. Schisandra 五味子 Magnolia vine, enhances healing and rejuvenation, also known as Schisandra, is a famous ginseng is said to replenish body fluids Ephedra 麻黄 This may be the world’s tonic herb historically consumed by and depleted energy. Ginseng also oldest herb, cultivated for medicinal Chinese royalty. It is renowned as a helps to remove toxins and stimulates purposes nearly 5,000 years ago. It beauty tonic and is considered to sex glands. fights asthma and stimulates blood be one of the best anti-aging, youth pressure and heart function. Ephedra preserving herbs. It has been one of Black/Red Reishi Mushrooms 灵 increases the secretion of adrenalin 芝 These herbs are valued for helping the top herbs used for centuries to and stimulates certain glands, muscles make the skin soft and radiant. to strengthen the immune system, and tissue functions. It is also com- enhance the impact of antioxidants, monly used in decongestants. Morus Albus 桑 Mulberry builds increase white blood cell vitality and blood, nourishes yin and moistens have an overall calming effect on the Astralagus 黄芪 This is an herb the intestines. Traditionally used in body. Reishi mushrooms have also that has been used as an immunity China for premature graying of hair been known to help reduce insomnia booster in China for the last 4,000 by increasing your body’s ability to and female sexual dysfunction. years. Astralagus helps increase the nourish it. impaired immune function of blood Lotus Seed 莲子 The Lotus seed is cells up to and sometime beyond the Written by Marla Fong another important Chinese herb that normal cell capacity. tones the spleen and kidney and

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9.20pm What can we do to save Beijing’s hutongs? Micki Murphy & CJW Jazz Band American singer Micki brings her powerful and sensuous voice to The huan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District (5869 Chaoyang District (6505 2266 ext 36) Place. Free. CJW L-137, The Place, 9 1781, [email protected]) 阿丽雅，朝阳区建国门外大街1号中国 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District (6587 www.countryholidays.com.cn 朝阳区东大饭店二层 1222) 雪茄爵士酒吧，朝阳区世贸天阶三环中路39号建外Soho11号楼2804 L-137 光华路9号 Wonders of Huaiyang cuisine Historical Retrospective Part I A Haiyang is the favorite cuisine at many 11pm-1am look back at the photojournalism of state banquets, including the very Late Supper All month. Perfect for 798 Photo Gallery’s best documen- ﬁrst state banquet held to celebrate those wanting late-night gourmet tary photographers allows viewers a the establishment of the modern munchies, TERRA is oﬀering a selec- chance to visit a China of other times state of China in 1949. Hilton Beijing tion of dishes with special wine pair- and places. Free. 798 Photo Gallery Wangfujing welcomes guest Huaiyang ings selected by owner Gaby Alves. Dashanzi art district, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, master chef John Xiao from sister 11pm-1am. TERRA 1 Sanlitun Nanlu, Chaoyang District (6438 1784) 朝阳区 hotel, Doubletree by Hilton Wuxi Chaoyang District (6591 9148) 朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798大山子艺术区 Lingshan. Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, 三里屯南路1号 8 Wangfujing Dongjie, Dongcheng Seafood Month Enjoy a 12 percent District (5812 8888 ext 8411) 6-12pm discount on seafood. Cabare 15-1, [email protected] 东城区王府井 Pizza’s Night Set your stomach free Bldg 15, Solana, 6 Chaoyang Gongy- 东街8号希尔顿北京王府井酒店5层 on Pizza’s Night! Ciro’s Pomodoro. 81 uan Lu, Chaoyang District (5905 1760) You Are Not a Gadget Carol Yinghua Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District (5208 朝阳区朝阳公园路6号蓝色港湾15号楼 Lu curates this critical look at how the 6008) 波莫多洛, 朝阳区三里屯北路81号 15-1号 Internet and technology are shaping TimeS Vary Spring Festival Contemporary Oil our lives (sometimes without our Painting Exhibition Get into the Discussion: Hutongs in Danger awareness…). Features eight artists. Chun Jie spirit with over 30 works Voice your opinion on the destruction Free. Pékin Fine Arts 241,Caochangdi, of various styles and approaches by of Beijing’s historical hutongs, and Cuigezhuang, Chaoyang District (5127 young Chinese painters such as Jiang learn more about what you can do. 3220) 朝阳区崔各庄乡草场地村241号 Tianyu. Free. Qin Gallery Rm 1E, Bldg Free. Time TBD. Culture Yard 10 Shique 1, Enjoy Paradise, Huaweili (north of Applications: Beijing Dance Hutong, Dongcheng District (8404 Beijing Curio City), Chaoyang District Forward Festival Applications 4166) www.cultureyard.net 东城区石 (8779 0461) 朝阳区华威里翌景嘉园1座 to participate in this year’s Dance 雀胡同10号 1E室(北京古玩城北) Forward Festival (May 16-22) are being Face to Face with Pandas Three-day accepted now through the end of Wagyu Beef Feast Chef Matthew Mc- trip to Chengdu combines volunteer- the month. The weeklong festival acts Cool’s highlights include roast Wagyu ing at the Bifengxia Panda Reserve with as a platform for modern dancers to oxtail soup, Wagyu beef carpaccio tourism in the Sichuan capital. RMB gather and exchange ideas. To down- and Wagyu sirloin. Aria 2/F, China 7,620. Country Holidays Room 2804, load an application, check out www. World Hotel, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Bldg 11, Jianwai Soho, 39 Dongsan- beijingldtx.com.

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MAR 6.30pm TimeS Vary Anna Summers: The Lost Mother All about Oysters The Westin Beijing The acclaimed author of The End of Chaoyang extravagantly showcases Equality and Damned Whores and oyster dishes throughout the month God’s Police shares the gripping of March, flying in oysters from France, narrative of her latest book, The Lost Canada and the US. 1 - 31 March 01 TUESDAY Mother. Silver Room, Capital M 3/F, 2 2011. Seasonal Tastes, Grange, Westin Qianmen Pedestrian Street (southeast Chaoyang 2/F, the Westin Beijing 9am-5pm of Qianmen), Chongwen District (6702 Chaoyang, 7 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Effective Business Writing Join 2727, reservations@capital-m-beijing. Chaoyang District (5922 8880) 朝阳 Alistair McArthur for a two-day course com) 崇文区前门步行街2号3层区朝阳区东三环北路7号金茂北京威斯 enabling participants to leave with 汀大饭店 templates structured for different 7-9pm scenarios. Members: RMB 3,500/per- Chinese Bird-flower Painting Berrilicious! Light almond sponge son, non-members: RMB 4,000/ Beginner’s Class Come and learn this topped with mascarpone mousse, person. CCIFC Conference Room art with prestigious artists invited by berry gelée and fresh berries. By the Office Unit C512, 5th Floor, Office CCC. The painting course is specially slice or buy the cake at RMB 25 or Building, Lufthansa Center, Chaoyang designed for Westerners, and assisted RMB 225 (1.5 lbs.) 1 - 31 March 2011. District. (8531 0015 ext.186) jeyanthy. with English interpretation. RMB 160/ Gourmet Corner, China World Hotel [email protected] 朝阳 class, RMB 480/four classes. Culture 1/F, Guomao West Wing (next to 区燕莎中心有限公司写字楼5层C512， Center Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liang- Starbucks), 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, CCIFC 会议室 maqiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 Chaoyang District (6505 2266) 美食 9341) www.chinaculturecenter.org 店，朝阳区建国门外大街1号国贸西楼 9.30am-5pm 朝阳区亮马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 1层星巴克对面 Temple of Heaven, Tian’anmen Square and Forbidden City Tour 7.30pm Spring Lamb Savour highlights such CCC guide will explain (En) the his- Film: To Live Based on Yu Hua’s novel as lamb cannon, beetroot and goat’s tory and the architectural symbols of of the same name, Zhang Yimou’s cheese, and braised lamb shank, the Temple of Heaven, Tian’anmen 1994 film stars Ge You and Gong Li, spring vegetables and sage jus, Square and Forbidden City. Lunch and follows their characters through perfectly paired with Bordeaux. 1 - 31 included. RMB 380/250 (children the gambling dens of 1940 and the March 2011. Aria 2/F, China World Ho- under 12) China Culture Center Kent asceticism of the Cultural Revolution tel, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, in the 1960s. RMB 25. 7.30pm. Culture District (6505 2266 ext 36) 阿丽雅，朝 Chaoyang District (6432 9341) www. Yard 10 Shique Hutong, Dongcheng 阳区建国门外大街1号中国大饭店二层 chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮马桥路 District (8404 4166) www.cultureyard. 29号安家楼肯特中心院内 net 东城区石雀胡同10号 Champers and Oysters An aphro- disiacal experience waits at Aria Bar where an international selection of freshly shucked oysters are served with a choice of sauces such as Cham- pagne Granita and Classic Sherry Vinaigrette. Three oysters of choice at RMB 170. 1 - 31 March 2011. Aria 2/F, China World Hotel, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District (6505 2266 ext 36) 阿丽雅，朝阳区建国门外大街1号中国大饭店二层

Champagne Cocktails Take your pick from four decadently delicious champagne cocktails - Berries Royale, Kir Royale, Mimosa and the Cham- pagne Cocktail. RMB 140 per ﬂute, at the Lobby Lounge. 1 - 31 March 2011. Lobby Lounge, Grand Millennium 7 Dongsanhuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District (8587 6888) 北京千禧大酒店，朝阳区东三环中路7号

Tea and River Treats Summer Palace showcases an innovative twist on Huaiyang and Cantonese cuisines. 1 - 31 March 2011. Summer Palace, Lobby, China World Hotel, 1 Jian- guomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District Lap of Decadence - Spring Lamb at Aria (6505 2266 ext 34) 夏宫中餐厅，朝阳区建国门外大街1号中国大饭店大堂

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02 WEDNESDAY 9am-5pm Effective Business Writing Join Alistair McArthur for a two-day course which will enable participants to leave with templates structured for different scenarios. Take your work back as well as your templates and share them with your team. Members: RMB 3,500/pers, Non members: RMB 4,000/pers. CCIFC Conference Room Office Unit C512, 5th Floor, Office Building, Lufthansa Center, Chaoyang District. (8531 0015 ext.186) jeyanthy. [email protected] 朝阳区燕莎中心有限公司写字楼5层C512， CCIFC 会议室

9.30Am-5.30pm A real Veal Feast at One East, Hilton Beijing Pedicab Hutong, Home Visit and Summer Palace Tour Explore Local hutongs (alleyways) and visit local session lasts 2.5 hours. In English. TimeS Vary residents of ancient courtyard houses. CCC Clubs China Culture Center Kent Then, head over to the Summer Palace Wonders of Huaiyang cuisine Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Haiyang is the favorite cuisine at many and wrap up the evening with an Chaoyang District (6432 9341) optional kung fu show. RMB 380/250 state banquets, including the very first www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮 state banquet held to celebrate the (kids under 12) China Culture Center 马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao establishment of the modern state of Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 9341) 6.30pm China in 1949. From Feb 28 to Mar 6, Hilton Beijing Wangfujing welcomes www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮 Jen Lin Liu and Craig Simons: Food guest Huaiyang master chef John 马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 of the Silk Road Food Writer Jen Lin Xiao from sister hotel, Doubletree by Liu talks about her journey to discover 10-11.30am Hilton Wuxi Lingshan. Hilton Beijing the foods of the Silk Road, accom- Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing Dongjie, Calligraphy for Beginners panied by the photographs of Craig Dongcheng District (5812 8888 ext Conducted in English, the class is Simons. Silver Room, Capital M 3/F, 2 8411) [email protected] 东城区 designed for western learners, cover- Qianmen Pedestrian Street (southeast 王府井东街8号希尔顿北京王府井酒店5层 ing everything from meaning and of Qianmen), Chongwen District (6702 evolution of the characters, culture 2727, reservations@capital-m-beijing. Cheese fondue RMB 180 for two to history and music. We are offering com) 崇文区前门步行街2号3层 high-quality cultural content with people or RMB 340 for four people. professionally trained teachers and 8pm Anytime from Mon-Sun. Enote- rra D405, Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun Lu, English narration that can be tailored Trio Bang Featuring standards to your level of knowledge about the Chaoyang District (5208 6076) 朝阳区 and own compositions played in 三里屯路81号那里花园D405室 subject. RMB 160/class, RMB 480/four guitar, bass and drums. Purple Haze classes. Culture Center Kent Center 29 Courtyard No.1 Dongsiliutiao (in the Veal at One East Guests will be able Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Chaoyang corner of Chaoyangmen Beixiaojie) to enjoy a wide variety of delectable District (6432 9341) www.chinacul- Dongcheng District (6501 9345) www. veal dishes at the Hilton Beijing’s turecenter.org 朝阳区亮马桥路29号安家 purplehaze.com.cn 紫苏庭Courtyard, award winning One East restaurant 楼肯特中心院内东城区东四六条一号（与潮阳门北小 between 2nd and 31st March. Lunch 10-12am 姐路口） Set Menu: RMB 128 (two course) or RMB 138 (three course) per person. Ba Zi Destiny Analysis Course 8-11pm Dinner Set Menu: RMB 388 (three Chinese fortune telling, known as Live Music Enjoy the night with piano course) or RMB 458 (four course) per “fate calculation” (算命 suanming in and guitar music, and singing. From person. Dinner wine paring: RMB 168 Chinese) has utilized many varying 8pm to 11pm every Wednesday & per person. Subject to 15% surcharge divination techniques throughout Thursday. Enoterra D405, Nali Patio, 81 One East, Hilton Beijing 2/F, Hilton the dynastic periods. RMB 1500/per Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang District (5208 Beijing, 1 Dongfang Lu, Chaoyang eight sessions. The course is in a small 6076) 朝阳区三里屯路81号那里花园 District (5865 5030) 朝阳区东三环北路 group of four or five people, and each D405室东方路1号希尔顿酒店2层

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org 北京法语培训中心-光彩校区，朝阳 energy and a brush of psychedelia. MAR 区工体西路18号，光彩国际公寓2层 Their original tunes draw on the musi- cal roots of each member: from punk 10-11.30am to hip hop, from neo-soul to Aussie Tai Chi for Beginners Learn more “pirate rock”. Free! Yugong Yishan 2-3 about health cultivation (yangsheng Zhang Zizhong Lu (former Duan Qirui 03 THURSDAY in Chinese), Chi flow and meditation, government building, east of Ping’an all while fostering a calm and tranquil Dadao), Dongcheng District (6404 8am-5pm mind. In English. RMB 150/ class, 2711) 愚公移山东城区张自忠路2-3号段 Third Annual Women in Business RMB 480/four classes. China Culture 祺瑞执政府旧址西院 Center Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liang- Leadership Forum Women, it’s your TimeS Vary time to move to the top! Morning ses- maqiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 sions will host panels on the language 9341) www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝 Francophone Film Festival Come of power and coaching, afternoon 阳区亮马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 and enjoy discovering a great selection of films from nearly 30 French- sessions (2 in English, two in Man- 7.30-9.30pm darin) on rising above skill plateaus, speaking countries, all broadcast Zen Practice and Meditation influencing others, communicating in original version and subtitled in Gain insight into the teachings and and reaching the summit.RMB 700- Chinese/English/French. March 3-31. practices of Zen Buddhism through its 1,200. Beijing Marriott Hotel City Wall See websites for locations. www. music, stories, arts, rituals, and martial (北京万豪酒店) 7 Jianguomen South faguowenhua.com/francophonie, arts. Participants will be guided on Avenue, Dongcheng District (5811 www.ccfpekin.org, www.pekin. the journey of self-discovery by a 8888) 东城区建国门南大街7号 www. polemb.net Buddhist layman with occasional women-in-business.net visits by real Zen Buddhist monks. Elements Buffet Featuring Variety 9am-7pm RMB 150/ class, RMB 400/four classes) of Veal Dishes Guests will be able to enjoy a wide variety of delectable Des Cases et des hommes At the China Culture Center Kent Center 29 veal menu items at the Hilton Beijing’s 16th edition of francophonie festival Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Chaoyang award winning Elements restaurant in China, Beijing Alliance Française District (6432 9341) www.chinacul- between 2nd and 31st March. Lunch presents quantity of exciting events: turecenter.org 朝阳区亮马桥路29号安家 Buffet: RMB 188 per person. Dinner Exhibitions of all kinds of “Cafés des 楼肯特中心院内 Buffet: RMB 248 per person. Subject Sciences”, French-speaking countries 9pm to 15% surcharge. Elements, Hilton film festival…Entry Free. Beijing Alli- Love’s Tourettes Landing on the Beijing 2/F, Hilton Beijing, 1 Dongfang ance Française, Guangcai International Beijing scene in 2010, Love’s Tourettes Lu, Chaoyang District (5865 5020) 元素 Mansion, 18 Gongtixilu, Chaoyang play a mean funk groove overlaid with 阁，朝阳区东方路1号希尔顿酒店2层 District (6553 2678 ext. 209fr/207cn) rap vocals infused with indie rock [email protected], www.afchine. Flavors of Portugal Chefs from renowned “Tromba Rija” restaurant are back in Beijing! Discover the flavors of Portuguese cuisine from March 3 – 13 at Vasco’s on level 5 of Hilton Beijing Wangfujing through a special lunch and dinner buffet priced at RMB268 +15% per person including free flow of soft drinks, chilled juices and coffee / tea. Vasco’s, Hilton Wangfujing 5/F, Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing Dongjie, Dongcheng District (5812 8888 ext 8411) [email protected] 东城区王府井东街8号希尔顿北京王府井酒店5层

GoArt in Kempinski As part of the Kempinski Arts Support Program, Estonia photographer Alexander Gronsky will be exhibiting a series of photographs taken in his recent China tour under the theme of “Water and Mountains” in the rear lobby of Kem- pinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center from March 1 to March 31. Kempinski Hotel Lufthansa Center, 50 Liangma- qiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6465 3388) www.globalhotelalliance.comAbout Love’s Tourettes: Punk to hip hop, neo-soul to pirate rock 朝阳区凯宾斯基饭店亮马桥路50号

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04FRIDAY 9am-7pm Des Cases et des hommes At the 16th edition of francophonie festival in China, Beijing Alliance Française, presents quantity of exciting events: Exhibitions of all kinds of “Cafés des Sciences”, French-speaking countries film festival. Free. Beijing Alliance Française, Guangcai International Mansion, 18 Gongtixilu, Chaoyang District (6553 2678 ext. 209fr/207cn) [email protected], www.afchine. org 北京法语培训中心-光彩校区，朝阳区工体西路18号，光彩国际公寓2层 5.30-9.30pm Seafood Extravaganza Featured Get ready for an emotional explosion with Swedish instrumental post-rockers Ef every Friday and Saturday evening, the seafood buffet dinner is RMB 388+ for adults and RMB 194+ for children (6 to 8-10pm TimeS Vary 12 years). Cepe, Ritz-Carlton Financial Street The Ritz-Carlton Financial Street, Wine Fever From 8pm to 10pm every Wonders of Huaiyang cuisine 1 Jinchengfang Dongjie, Jinrong Jie, Friday. RMB 200, a bottle of wine + free Haiyang is the favorite cuisine at many Xicheng District (6629 6996) 意味轩， flow homemade tapas. Enoterra D405, state banquets, including the very first 西城区金城坊东街1号北京金融街丽思卡 Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun Lu, Chaoyang state banquet held to celebrate the 顿酒店大堂 District (5208 6076) 朝阳区三里屯路 establishment of the modern state of 81号那里花园D405室 China in 1949. From Feb 28 to Mar 6, Hilton Beijing Wangfujing welcomes 6pm-late Champagne Night Maison Boulud launches a weekly 9pm guest Huaiyang master chef John bubbly night in association with Per- Andy Fletcher & Infected Mush- Xiao from sister hotel, Doubletree by rier-Jouet. Brut is RMB 128 per glass, room Depeche Mode man DJs, with Hilton Wuxi Lingshan. Hilton Beijing RMB 638 per bottle. 6pm-late. Fresco a live set from fungus-inspired Israeli Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing Dongjie, Bar, Maison Bolud Ch’ien Men 23, 23 trance band and support from local Dongcheng District (5812 8888 ext Qianmen Dongdajie, Dongcheng Dis- icons Spark, El-Mar, Suki and Ou Yang. 8411) [email protected] 东城区 trict (6559 9200)www.maisonboulud. RMB 300, RMB 200 (advance). Tickets 王府井东街8号希尔顿北京王府井酒店5层 com 东城区前门东大街23号 at Clubzone.cn. 9pm. Yugong Yishan 2-3 Zhang Zizhong Lu (former Duan All about Oysters The Westin Beijing 7pm Qirui government building, east of Chaoyang extravagantly showcases Opening Night! The wait is over. Ping’an Dadao), Dongcheng District oyster dishes throughout the month of Authors Paolo Giordano, Fergal Keane, (6404 2711) 愚公移山东城区张自忠路 March, flying in oysters from France, Can- Guillermo Martinez, Xi Chuan, Xu Xi, 2-3号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院 ada and the US. 1 - 31 March 2011. Sea- sonal Tastes, Grange, Westin Chaoyang and Yang Hongying, and a gaggle of lucky ticketholders kick off this year’s 9.30pm 2/F, the Westin Beijing Chaoyang, 7 highly anticipated literary event. Big Fish, Fruit Salad Rock party in Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District Swing by the Bookworm for informa- Fangjia Hutong. Free. 9.30pm. Hot Cat (5922 8880) 朝阳区朝阳区东三环北路7号 tion about the waitlist. RMB 50. The Club 46 Fangjia Hutong (just south 金茂北京威斯汀大饭店 Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, of Guozijian Jie), Dongcheng District. Champers and Oysters An aphro- Chaoyang District (6586 9507) (6400 7868) 东城区方家胡同46号艺术园 disiacal experience waits at Aria Bar www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫，区(国子监南临) where an international selection of 朝阳区工体北路4号院 10pm freshly shucked oysters are served 8pm Acupuncture Records Label Night with a choice of sauces such as Cham- Ef at Mao Swedish instrumental post- Weng Weng, Pancake Lee and com- pagne Granita and Classic Sherry rockers come to explode your emo- rades in techno back at the controls. Vinaigrette. Three oysters of choice at tion. RMB 80, RMB 60 (advance). 8pm. RMB 50. 10pm. The House Workers’ RMB 170. Aria 2/F, China World Hotel, MAO Livehouse 111 Gulou Dongdajie, Stadium North Gate, Gongti Beilu, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Chaoyang 阿丽雅，朝 Dongcheng District (6402 5080) 东城 Chaoyang District. (6552 6661) District (6505 2266 ext 36) 阳区建国门外大街1号中国大饭店二层区鼓楼东大街111号朝阳区工体北路工人体育场北门

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06 SUNDAY 9am-7pm Des Cases et des hommes At the 16th edition of francophonie festival in China, Beijing Alliance Française, presents quantity of exciting events: Exhibitions of all kinds of “Cafés des Sciences”, French-speaking countries film festival. Free. Beijing Alliance Française, Guangcai International Mansion, 18 Gongtixilu, Chaoyang District (6553 2678 ext. 209fr/207cn) [email protected], www.afchine. org 北京法语培训中心-光彩校区，朝阳区工体西路18号，光彩国际公寓2层 10am Boom & Bust: Iceland, Inc. An artist of the times, Magnason’s work has reflected the dizzying changes in the environment, industry, economy and BD et Francophonie-festival by Beijing Alliance Française people’s lives, with good humour and fantastical satire. Andri Magnason will guide us through Iceland’s recent past 虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 [email protected]) 崇文区前门步行街2号3层 with poetry, fiction and social criti- 2pm cism. RMB 50. The Bookworm Court- Myths of the Near Future Join Michel 6m yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District Faber, author of the Fire Gospel; Rakesh The Perfect Murder Author of the (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. Satyal, author of Blue Boy; and Andri acclaimed, best-selling The Oxford com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 Magnason, Icelandic author and curator Murders, Guillermo Martinez discusses Shot Story Craft Hear an extract of an audio anthology of Icelandic folk his body of work and the confluence from Simon van Booy’s collection and poetry. RMB 50. The Bookworm Court- of logic, crime and narrative. RMB 50. follow him through the development yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti of an idea to its fruition. RMB 250. Yin (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm.com Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) Yang Community Center Courtyard 1, 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 Hegezhuang Village (across from The 4pm Orchard; call for directions), Chaoyang 8m District (6431 2108) 朝阳区崔各庄乡何 Innocence & Dictatorship Peter Zilahy 各庄村一号院（果园对面） uses a deceptively child-like picture News from the Frontline Journalists book, based on a Soviet literacy primer, Fergal Keane, Scott McDonald and 11am-2.30pm to illustrate the ludicrousness and Megan Stack have borne witness to All You Can Eat Dim Sum Brunch naivety of life under dictatorship. Hear some of the major conflicts of recent Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to him talk on the themes of innocence years. A conversation on the changing 2.30pm. Price starts from RMB108 per and whimsy featured throughout his role of the war correspondent in person. Shangri-La’s Kerry Centre Hotel, work. RMB 50. The Bookworm Court- the age of global communications. 1 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District. yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District RMB 80. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, (8565 2668) www.shangri-la.com 朝阳区 (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 光华路1号嘉里中心饭店 com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 NOOn 5pm Founding of a Republic: Chinese Australian Writers’ Week-Open- 10pm Modernism Hu Xudong and Mabel ing Session Kate Jennings, Julia Short Films Don’t miss these short Lee discuss the pioneering heroes of Leigh, Jessica Rudd and Craig Silvey: films from film-makers from around the era, in the early twentieth century: Australians Writing: Perspectives on the globe, drawing inspiration from all Lu Xun, Mao Dun et al, whose legacy Contemporary Writing Moderated by interpretations of literature. Free. The looms over every Chinese writer today. Australian Ambassador, Dr Geoff Roby. Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, RMB 50. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Silver Room, Capital M 3/F, 2 Qianmen Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www. Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 Pedestrian Street (southeast of Qian- chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书 men), Chongwen District (6702 2727, 工体北路4号院

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MAR Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, 26A TimeS Vary Xiaoyun Lu, Chaoyang District. (5927 2011 Impression of Huizhou Join 8328) MarriottBeijingNortheast.com 朝 Huangyi for the imaginary scenery 阳区霄云路甲26号海航大厦万豪酒店2层 through his own painting language, with different media and by various 6pm structures. XYZ Gallery (D05 of 798 art 07 MONDAY Dolly City A rare chance to hear center) Dashanzi art district, 2 Jiuxian- Castel-Bloom discuss her timeless qiao Lu, Chaoyang Distri (8459 9299, 10-12Am satire of war and the defensive meas- 13701104223) www.xyzartgallery. Ba Zi Destiny Analysis Course ures taken to survive it. RMB 50. The com 朝阳区酒仙桥路2号大山子艺术区, Chinese fortune telling, known as Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, 798艺术区798中二街D05 “fate calculation” (算命 suanming in Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www. Chinese) has utilized many varying chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区 Pizza’s Night Buy One Pizza and divination techniques throughout 工体北路4号院 Get One Free at Ciro’s Pomodoro. the dynastic periods. RMB 1500/per 81 Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District eight sessions. The course will be in a 7.30-9pm (5208 6008) small group of four or five people, and Calligraphy Class Intermediate Level 波莫多洛, 朝阳区三里屯北路81号 each session lasts 2.5 hours. In English. Come and learn calligraphy with pres- CCC Clubs China Culture Center Kent tigious artists invited by CCC. Culture Flavors of Portugal Chefs from the Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Center Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liang- renowned “Tromba Rija” restaurant are Chaoyang District (6432 9341) www. maqiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 back in Beijing! Discover the flavors of chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮马桥路 9341) www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳 Portuguese cuisine from March 3 – 13 29号安家楼肯特中心院内区亮马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 at Vasco’s Hilton Beijing Wangfujing through a special lunch and dinner 1pm 8pm buffet priced at RMB 268 +15% per Lifting the Painted Veil Often Book Talk: Emma Donoghue’s Room person, including free flow of soft described as the finest Hong Kong Join the Man Booker-shortlisted drinks, chilled juices and coffee or tea. author writing in English, author of author as she discusses her latest Vasco’s, Hilton Wangfujing 5/F, Hilton Habit of Foreign Sky Xu Xi discusses novel about a young woman and her Beijing Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing stereotypes and cultural identity with 5-year-old son held captive in a sex Dongjie, Dongcheng District (5812 Hong Kong-born Australian writer offenders’ shed. Part of the Bookworm 8888 ext 8411) wangfujing@hilton. and author of Shanghai Dancing Brian International Literary Festival. RMB 80. com 东城区王府井东街8号希尔顿北京王 Castro. RMB 50. The Bookworm Court- The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti 府井酒店5层 yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫， Temptation Mondays Enjoy a 30% com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院朝阳区工体北路4号院 discount on any bottle of wine. Mosto 3/F, Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun Lu, 5.30-10.30pm 10pm Chaoyang District (5208 6030) 摸石 Indian Regional Cuisine at Tamarind Pub Quiz Brush up on all things 头，朝阳区三里屯路81号那里花园3层 Showcasing the diversity of India’s books in time for this very special cuisine, the promotion will run from extravaganza of books trivia with the GoArt in Kempinski As part of the 1st March – 31st May 2011 and ever literary-critical Tom Champagne. Kempinski Arts Support Program, will focus on the Royal Cuisine of Bring your own team to compete Estonia photographer Alexander Rajasthan, the Coastal Seafood of Goa against some of the festival authors for Gronsky will be exhibiting a series of and Maharashtra, the tropical coconut the title of the brainiest in Beijing. Free. photographs taken in his recent China curries of the South, and the rich food The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti tour under the theme of “Water and of the Nawabs from the North. Prices Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) Mountains” in the rear lobby of Kem- range from RMB 30 – RMB 358 per www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫， pinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center dish. Tamarind (Marriott Northeast) 2/F, 朝阳区工体北路4号院 from March 1 to March 31. Kempinski Hotel Lufthansa Center, 50 Liangma- qiao Lu, Chaoyang District (6465 3388) 朝阳区凯宾斯基饭店亮马桥路50号 Elements Buffet Featuring Variety of Veal Dishes Enjoy a wide variety of delectable veal dishes at the Hilton Beijing’s award winning Elements restaurant between 2nd and 31st March. Lunch Buffet: RMB 188 per person. Dinner Buffet: RMB 248 per person. Subject to 15% surcharge. Elements, Hilton Beijing 2/F, Hilton Beijing, 1 Dongfang Lu, Chaoyang District (5865 5020)元素阁,朝阳区东方路1号希尔顿酒店2层 “Impression of Huizhou” exhibited at XYZ Gallery

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08 TUESDAY 1pm Book Chat: Taboo Emma Donoghue and Australian author Christos Tsiolkas discuss crossing lines in their literature. Donoghue has written about lesbian lifestyles and sex slavery, while Tsiolkas’ The Slap explores misogyny and mud- died multiculturalism. RMB 80. 1pm. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 6.30-8pm International Women’s Day Enjoy Groove with Indie-dance-funky-love song-rockers The Bigger Bang movies: Simone de Beauvoir and une femme actuelle, writer Pia Petersen characters during WWII. RMB 50. The Xicheng District (6559 8285) 中山公园音 will give a talk with Zhang Lijia about Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, 乐堂，西城区西长安街中山公园内 “Today women’s position at the Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www. society and Writers’ place in liberation chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区 8pm of women”. In French & Chinese. Free 工体北路4号院 Mis-shapes, Mistakes, Misfits Italian entrance, according to seats avail- young novelist Paolo Giordano talks us ability. Auditorium of CCF 18, Gongti 7.30pm through his novel’s beautiful allegory. Xilu, Guangcai International Masion, Oyster Girl The World of Chinese RMB 50. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Chaoyang district www.ccfpekin.org 北 Movies presents Oyster Girl (蚵女, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 京市朝阳区工体西路18号光彩国际公寓 1963) in Chinese with English subtitles. 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 1pm Doors at 7pm, movie at 7:30pm sharp. 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 Free entry and drink discounts. Jian- Taboo All cultures have lines that ghu Jiuba, 7 Dongmianhua Hutong, 9pm are just not crossed: prejudices that Dongcheng District(6401 4611) The Bigger Bang, DH & Chinese Hell- are clung to and truths that can’t be http://www.tinyurl.com/sanmao 江湖 cats- “Bye-bye, Thanks for your fish!” broached. Both nominated for the 酒吧, 北京交道口南大街东棉花胡同7号 Three Bands with brilliant girl vocals. 2010 Booker Prize, Emma Donoghue RMB 50/30 (Presale), Ladies Free. Yugong and Christos Tsiolkas dare to overstep Opportunity Knocks-4th Anniver- Yishan 2-3 Zhang Zizhong Lu (former the line. RMB 80. The Bookworm Court- sary The 4th Anniversary of FC Club Duan Qirui government building, east yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (Beijing) Career Development – Head of Ping’an Dadao), Dongcheng District (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. hunter social networking evening. In- (6404 2711) 愚公移山东城区张自忠路 com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 dividuals, between jobbers, companies 2-3号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院 looking for new employees, executive 4-5pm search companies, HR personnel, 10pm The Hilton Beijing Veal Cooking recruitment agencies and headhunt- Make Stuff Up! Improv’s Mainstage Classes RMB 188 per person including ers are all welcome. RMB 130, RMB English Players put on a side-splitting tasting of the dish and one glass of 80 (if pre-registered before Monday show for the festival audience. Join house wine. Subject to 15% surcharge. 7 March). Register at enentbj@fcclub. them for a night of spontaneous story- Hilton Beijing, 1 Dongfang Lu, com or (139 1109 8002)Flames Hilton telling! Free. The Bookworm Courtyard Chaoyang District (5865 5020) 朝阳区 Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing East Street, 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District 东方路1号希尔顿酒店 Dongcheng District (5812 8888) 北京王 (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. 府井希尔顿酒店，东城区王府井东街8号 com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 5-8pm Sangria Night Hot Sangria from 5 to 8 Twelve Girls’ Band Celebrate Women’s TimeS Vary pm for 20 RMB at Ciro’s Pomodoro. 81 Day with this “glorious music concert.” Women’s Day at Mana Mana is proud Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang District (5208 The all female ensemble plays a mix to indulge in the celebration of the 6008) 波莫多洛, 朝阳区三里屯北路81号 of Chinese and Western classical and achievements of women. Every lady contemporary music using traditional dines here gets a free desert. Mana 2 6pm Chinese instruments like the erhu, pipa, Sanlitun Beixiaojie, Chaoyang District, Dreams of Israel Join us for an intro- guzheng, and yangqin. RMB 180-1280. Chaoyang District. (6460 6721/ 138 duction to Nir Baram’s story. The first 7.30pm. Forbidden City Music Hall 0131 4353) [email protected] Israeli novel to focus on non-Jewish Inside Zhongshan Park, Xichang’an Jie, 朝阳区朝阳区三里屯北小街2号

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“fate calculation” (算命 suanming in 6-12pm MAR Chinese) has utilized many varying Ladies’ Night Buy One Cocktail and divination techniques throughout Get One Free, From 6 to 12. Ciro’s Po- the dynastic periods. RMB 1500/per modoro. 81 Sanlitun Beilu, Chaoyang eight sessions. The course will be in a District (5208 6008) 波莫多洛, 朝阳区 small group of four or five people, and 三里屯北路81号 09 WEDNESDAY each session lasts 2.5 hours. In English. CCC Clubs China Culture Center Kent 7.30pm 9.30am-5.30pm Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao Lu, Career Development - Headhunter Pedicab Hutong, Home Visit and Chaoyang District (6432 9341) Social Networking Evening These Summer Palace Tour Explore Local www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮 signature career development hutongs (alleyways) and visit local 马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 networking evenings are normally residents of ancient courtyard houses. 1pm attended by 140 – 180 people looking Then, head over to the Summer Palace for career development and/or for and wrap up the evening with an The Boy’s Club Moral Hazard and new and more interesting challenges; optional kung fu show. RMB 380/250 Campaign Ruby-two novels by two companies looking for employees; (kids under 12) China Culture Center very different authors: old-guard executive search companies, HR per- Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao feminist and social commentator sonnel and headhunters and of course Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 9341) Kate Jennings, and former lawyer and for people wishing to meet and have www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮 insider to the world of high politics a good time. RMB 80/ 50 (registered 马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 Jessica Rudd. Moderator Annie Wang before 8 Mar) Register at 139 1109 takes us through their accounts of 8002 or [email protected]. Flames 10-11.30am encounters with the glass ceiling. Hilton Wangfujing, 8 Wangfujing East Calligraphy Beginner’s Class Con- RMB 50. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Street, Dongcheng 东城区王府井东大 ducted in English, the class is designed Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 街8号希尔顿王府井 for western learners, covering every- 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书 thing, from meaning and evolution of 虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 8pm the characters, culture to history and 6pm Three Sisters Bi Feiyu discusses his music of the period. RMB 160/class, newly translated and critically ac- RMB 480/four classes. Culture Center Under the Skin Possessing a dark hu- claimed novel, Three Sisters, which is Kent Center 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiao mor, graceful touch and vivid imagina- about the pressures that relationships Lu, Chaoyang District (6432 9341) tion, Faber speaks on his diverse body and families suffered in China under www.chinaculturecenter.org 朝阳区亮 of work and his compulsion to write. the strain of the Cultural Revolution 马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心院内 RMB 50. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, and beyond. Moderated by Li Jiangze, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 editor of People’s Literature Magazine 10-12am 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书 and one of the China’s most respected Ba Zi Destiny Analysis Course 虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 critics. RMB 50. The Bookworm Court- Chinese fortune telling, known as yard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm. com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 David Moser Trio Featuring standard music, played on piano, bass and sax. Purple Haze Courtyard No.1 Dongsil- iutiao (in the corner of Chaoyangmen Beixiaojie) Dongcheng District (6501 9345) www.purplehaze.com.cn 紫苏庭 Courtyard, 东城区东四六条一号（与潮阳门北小姐路口） 10am Songwriters in the Round Beijing- based musician Jess Meider leads songwriters in a discussion of the crea- tive process of lyric-writing and musi- cal composition in this roundtable of styles and voices. Join The Bookworm to hear music from some of the city’s most unique talents-and the tales and inspiration behind their songs. Free. The Bookworm Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (6586 9507) www.chinabookworm.com 老书虫，朝阳区工体北路4号院 The Bookworm International Literary Festival begins

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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 59 VISITOR INFO Information on this page excerpted from WI-FI 诊所,朝阳区光华路1号嘉里中心 the Insider’s Guide to Beijing 2010, For a list of Wi-Fi locations in Beijing, B29号 available in stores around Beijing or by visit http://v4.jiwire.com/search-wifi- China-Japan Friendship Hospital delivery to your home, hotel or office. To hotspots.htm?city_id=1757971. Mon-Fri 8am-noon, 1.30-5pm; Sat 8- order a copy, call 5820 7700, or e-mail 11.30am; 24-hour emergency. Yinghua [email protected]. USEFUL WEBSITES Dongjie, Hepingli, Heping Jie Beikou, www.thebeijinger.com Agenda’s Chaoyang District. (6422 2952, 6422 COMMUNICATIONS sister site has a directory listing more 3209) www.zryhyy.com.cn 中日友好 than 4000 Beijing venues, as well as 医院，朝阳区和平街北口和平里 USEFUL NUMBERS a blog, forum, events, reviews, clas- 樱花东街 Ambulance & Emergencies 120 sifieds, and more. Hong Kong International Medical Beijing 999 Ambulance Service 999 www.beijing-kids.com “Beijing’s Clinic, Beijing Daily 9am-9pm; 24- Beijing United Family Hospital essential expat family resource” offers hour emergency, 9/F, Swissôtel office Emergency Room 5927 7120 articles, events, a directory and forum tower , 2 Chaoyangmen Beidajie, catering to English-speaking families. Dongcheng District. (6501 4260, 6553 Fire 119 2288 ext 2346) www.hkclinic.com 北 Police 110 HOSPITALS & CLINICS 京港澳国际医务诊所，东城区朝阳门北大街2号港澳中心办公楼9层 Traffic Accident 122 Bayley & Jackson Medical Center Telephone Directory 114 (Chinese); Clinic and dental hours Mon-Fri 9am- International Medical Center (IMC) 116114 (press 2 for English service). 6pm; Sat 8am-4pm; doctor on call Daily 24 hours. S106, 1/F, Lufthansa 24 hours. 7 Ritan Donglu, Chaoyang Center, 50 Liang-maqiao Lu, Chaoyang Time 117 District. (400 810 0120, 5869 6166) District. (6465 1561/2/3, dental 6465 Weather 12121 www.bjhealthcare.com 庇利积臣医 1384/94/28) www.imcclinics.com 国疗中心，朝阳区日坛东路7号际医疗中心，朝阳区亮马桥路50号 PHONE CARDS/MOBILE PHONES 燕莎中心1层 Beijing International SOS Clinic IP cards for calls in China and overseas Daily 24 hours. Pharmacy Mon-Fri Peking Union Medical College Hos- are sold in cell phone stores, news- 8am-8pm, Sat-Sun 8am-6pm. Suite pital Mon-Fri 8am-4.30pm; 24-hour stands and China Telecom outlets. 105, Wing 1, Kunsha Bldg, 16 Xin-yuan- emergency. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Wangfujing Cards with a face value of RMB 100 sell li, Chaoyang District. (6462 9112, 24hr (the foreigners’ wing is located south for RMB 30-40. 6462 9100) www.internationalsos.com of the inpatient building), Dongcheng SIM cards and cell phone top-up 国际SOS，朝阳区新源里16号琨莎 District. (6529 5284, emergency 6529 cards (chong zhi ka, 充值卡) can 中心１座105室 5269) www.pumch.ac.cn 北京协和医院，东城区王府井帅府园1号（外 be bought from cell phone stores, Beijing United Family Hospital and 国人就诊楼在门诊楼的南侧） newsstands and SIM card shops. Call Clinics Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm, Sun and SMS charges are as follows for the 8.30am-5pm; 24-hour emergency. major networks: 2 Jiangtai Lu, Lido area, Chaoyang MONEY China Mobile Easyown (Shen Zhou District. (appointment 5927 7000, ATMS Xing, 神州行) Making and receiving emergency 5927 7120) www.united- calls costs RMB 0.6/min. Calls cost familyhospitals.com 北京和睦家医 Most ATMs accept foreign bankcards RMB 0.2/min within Beijing and RMB 院，朝阳区将台路2号 connected to the Cirrus, Plus, AmEx, Visa 0.3/min domestic long-distance if you and MasterCard networks. Some local Beijing United Family Health & banks charge transaction fees (RMB 25 dial 12593 first, then the number you Wellness Center − Jianguomen wish to call. for Bank of China) but many do not; Mon-Fri 8.30am-3.30pm. B1/F, St. your home country bank will probably M-zone (Dong Gan Di Dai, 动感地 Regis Hotel, 21 Jianguomenwai Dajie, slap on a fee for each withdrawal in Bei- 带) Local calls RMB 0.25/min at peak Chaoyang District. (8532 1221, emer- jing. Maximum single-day withdrawal hours (9am-9pm), off-peak calls RMB gency 6433 2345) www.unitedfamily- limits for foreign cards vary but range 0.12/min. 北京和睦家建国门保 hospitals.com RMB 3,000-5,000, with a per session 健中心，朝阳区建国门外大街21号 China Unicom Ruyitong (如意通) limit. For a list of ATMs, see www.move- 国际俱乐部饭店地下１层 Local calls RMB 5.4/min, longer andstay.com/beijing/guide_banks.asp distance calls RMB 1.24/min. Dialing Beijing United Family Clinic American Express 6505 2228; after- 96531 before the number you wish to – Shunyi Mon-Thu 9.30am-7.30pm; hours US hotline: 001 336 393 1111; call reduces both local and long-dis- Fri-Sun 9.30am-4.30pm. Unit 818, Emergency card replacement (Hong tance calls to RMB 0.25/min. Receiving Pinnacle Plaza, Tianzhu Real Estate Kong): 00852 2277 1088; Stolen travel- calls costs RMB 0.2/min (weekdays Development Zone, Shunyi District. er’s checks: 10 800 744 0106 (toll-free) 9am-8pm) and RMB 0.35/min (off- (8046 5432, emergency 5927 7120) peak). www.unitedfamilyhospitals.com 北京 Western Union (800 820 8668, China Post Beijing 6659 9111 ext 8459) UP Xinshili (UP 新势力) Local calls 和睦家顺义诊所，顺义区天竺房地 www.westernunion.com RMB 0.25/min. Receiving calls costs 产开发区荣祥广场818号 RMB 0.1/min. Paying an extra RMB Beijing Vista Clinic – Kerry Centre Visa Certain banks, notably Bank of 5 per month gives unlimited free Daily 24 hours; clinic hours 7.30am- China and HSBC, can provide cash incoming phone calls and lower fees 9pm. B29, Kerry Center, 1 Guanghua advances with a Visa card. Many ATMs for making phone calls. Lu, Chaoyang District. (8529 6618) allow Visa cardholders to withdraw www.vista-china.net 北京维世达 money up to a daily limit.

60 AGENDA THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 广告DM TRANSPORT & TRAVEL (5182 6253, Chinese) 北京西站，丰 All embassies except Russia’s are 台区莲花池东路 located in Chaoyang District. AIRPORT & AIRLINES Beijing South Railway Station Australia 21 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Beijing Capital International (Beijing Nanzhan) 12 Yongdingmen- (5140 4111) 东直门外大街21号 Airport General enquiries 6457 1100, wai Dajie, Chongwen District. (5186 Canada 19 Dongzhimenwai Dajie. lost luggage 6459 9523, customer 7999) 北京南站，崇文区永定门外 (5139 4000) 东直门外大街19号 complaints 6454 1166. Terminal 1 大街12号 6454 0100, Terminal 2 6459 8333, France 3 Sanlitun Dongsan Jie (8532 Terminal 3 6453 0030. Beijing North Station (Beijing 8080) 三里屯东三街3号 Beizhan) Xizhimen, Xicheng District. http://en.bcia.com.cn/ Germany 17 Dongzhimenwai Dajie (5186 6223, Chinese) 北京北站，西东直门外大街17号 Air Canada 6468 2001, 400 811 2001 城区西直门 (8532 9000) Air China 800 810 1111, 400 810 0999 India 1 Ritan Donglu (6532 1908) TAXIS 日坛东路1号 Air France 4008 808 808 Beijing’s 67,000 cabs are easy to hail, Ireland 3 Ritan Donglu (6532 2691) except during the rush hour peak. All Nippon Airways 800 820 1122 日坛东路3号 Drivers are generally friendly and hon- Austrian Airlines 6464 5999 est, but few speak English. The flagfall Italy 2 Sanlitun Dong’erjie (8532 7600) British Airways 400 650 0073 rate is RMB 10, and RMB 11 after 三里屯东二街2号 China Southern Airlines 6459 0539, 11pm. At press time drivers could add Japan 7 Ritan Lu, Jianguomenwai 6459 6490 95539 an additional RMB 1 to the bill to cover (6532 2361) 建国门外日坛路7号 fuel costs. Tips are not expected. Continental Airlines 400 650 6686 Malaysia 2 Liangmaqiao Beijie (6532 Beijing Taxi Dispatching Center Dragon Air 400 888 6628 2531) 亮马桥北街2号 They can’t send a driver to your house, Japan Airlines 400 888 0808 but will alert all taxis with GPS in the Netherlands 4 Liangmahe Nanlu (8532 0200) 亮马河南路4号 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 400 880 vicinity of your request for a taxi and 8222 exact location. (6837 3399) New Zealand 1 Ritan Lu Dongerjie (6532 7000) 日坛路东二街1号 Korean Air 400 658 8888, 8453 8137 Bejiing Yinjian Taxi Company Call them and they will notify their drivers Pakistan 1 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Lufthansa Airlines 6468 8838 of your location. (96103) (6532 2504) 东直门外大街1号 Northwest Airlines 400 814 0081 ASM Chauffeur and Tour Services Philippines 23 Xiushui Beijie (6532 Qantas Airlines 400 888 0089 Airport pick-up and delivery service, 1872) 秀水北街23号 SAS 8527 6100 chauffeur service and personal guide Russia 4 Dongzhimen Beizhongjie service available. English-speaking (6532 1381) 东直门北中街4号 Shanghai Airlines 800 820 1018, drivers. Pricing on website. (5166 Singapore Airlines 6505 2233 1575) www.chauffeurasia.com Singapore 1 Xiushui Beijie (6532 1115) 秀水北街1号 Swiss Air 8454 0180 Beijing Limo Airport pickup, corpo- South Africa 5 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Thai International 8515 0088 rate events and sightseeing. Choose from stretch limos, buses and vans, all (6532 0171) 东直门外大街5号 United Airlines 800 810 8282 with bilingual drivers. South Korea 20 Dongfang Donglu www.beijinglimo.com/english 东方东路20号 TRAINS & RAILWAY STATIONS (8531 0700) Train tickets go on sale ten days in TOUR COMPANIES Sweden 3 Dongzhimenwai Dajie advance of departure at train stations (6532 9790) 东直门外大街3号 and ticket agencies but are available Beijing Citybus Tours See all of Bei- jing’s major sights in a three-hour bus Switzerland 3 Sanlitun Dongwujie to travel agents a day earlier. Round- (8532 8888) 三里屯东五街3号 trip tickets for trains starting from and tour. 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广告DM THU, FEB 24 – WED, MAR 9 AGENDA 61 LANGUAGE GUIDE Introduction to tones reproduced from Immersion Guides’ 天坛 Temple of Heaven Tiāntán Mandarin Phrasebook, available in stores around Beijing or by 颐和园 Summer Palace Yíhéyuán delivery. To order a copy, call 5820 7700 or e-mail 圆明园 Old Summer Palace Yuánmíngyuán [email protected] 雍和宫 Lama Temple Yōnghégōng 秀水街 Silk Street Market Xiù Shuǐ Jiē At a loss for words? These two pages are a quick-reference 雅秀市场 Yashow Market Yǎxiù Shìchǎng summary of useful phrases that might come in handy 世贸天阶 The Place Shìmào Tiānjiē on your travels around Beijing. You won’t get far without 三里屯 Sanlitun Sānlǐtún knowing some of the basics of spoken Chinese, so let’s 后海 Houhai Hòuhǎi start with ... 国贸 World Trade Center Guómào 金融街 Financial Street Jīnróng Jiē 银行 TONES bank yín háng 邮局 post office yóu-jú 旅店 hotel lǚ diàn 机场 airport jī chǎng 火车站 railway station huǒchē zhàn 地铁站 subway station dìtié zhàn 药店 pharmacy yào-diàn 医院 hospital yī yuàn 大使馆 embassy dà shǐ guǎn 北/南/东/西 north/south/east/west běi/nán/dōng/xī CABS AND DIRECTIONS 我要去… Take me to… wǒ yào qù... • Tone is variation in pitch by which a syllable can be pro- 师傅 Driver shī-fu nounced. All Chinese pinyin are marked with one of four 左转 Turn left zuǒ-zhuǎn tones. The four tones are as follows: 右转 Turn right yòu-zhuǎn 一直走 1st tone – singing tone; high, flat, continuous Go straight ahead yì-zhí zǒu 到了 2nd tone – rising; similar to the intonation used to ask a We’re there dào-le 掉头 question U-turn diào-tóu 我要发票 in English, like “oh?” I want the receipt wǒ yào fa-piao 红绿灯 3rd tone – dip tone; falls and then rises traffic light hóng-lǜ-dēng 过马路 4th tone – falling tone, sharp like when you holler “boo!” cross the street guò mǎlù • These tones are incredibly important. If you get them SHOPPING AND BARGAINING wrong, people will not understand what you are saying. I (don’t) want this wǒ (bu) yào zhè gè Many syllables in pinyin have dramatically different mean- 我(不)要这个我要一个 ings depending on the tone. Take for instance the Pinyin I want one (of an item) wǒ yào yí gè 多少钱？ construction bao: How much does it cost ? duō shǎo qián? 包薄 One yuan/kuai (unit of currency) 一元/块 First tone: bāo wrap Second tone: báo thin yì yuán/yí kuài 保抱 That’s too expensive 太贵了 Third tone: bǎo guarantee Fourth tone: bào hug tài guì le Can you lower the price? Néng piányi yìdiǎn ma? As you can see, if you’re not careful, you will mistakenly tell 能便宜一点吗？ someone that you want to hug them, when in fact, you Where can I buy… zài nǎ kě-yǐ mǎi…? just want to give them a guarantee. 在哪可以买？ BASICS EATING 你好 Hello/hi ní hǎo waiter/waitress 服务员再见 fú-wù-yuán Good-bye zài jiàn menu 菜单请 cài-dān Please qǐng order food 点菜谢谢 diǎn cài Thank you xiè xiè bill/check 买单是/不是 mǎi-dān Yes/no shì/bú shì I am vegetarian 好/不好 wǒ chī sù/wǒ bù chī ròu Good/not good hǎo/bu hǎo 我吃素/我不吃肉我叫 My name is … wǒ jiào… … I do not eat pork/beef 对不起 wǒ bù chī zhūròu/niúròu I’m sorry / excuse me dùi bù qǐ 我不吃猪肉/牛肉 I am … 我是… wǒ shì … I am allergic to peanuts wǒ duì huā-shēng guò-mǐn Can I …? wǒ kě-yǐ…ma? 我对花生过敏好吃我可以…吗？ the food’s good hǎo-chī 筷子 I don’t understand 听不懂 chopsticks kuài-zi tīng bù dǒng 刀叉 Can you speak English? knife and fork dāo-chā nǐ huì shuō yīng-yǔ ma? 勺子你会说英语吗？ spoon sháo-zi cup/glass 杯子 GETTING AROUND bēi-zi napkin 餐巾纸 Where is…? …? …在哪？ cān-jīn-zhǐ zài nǎ rice 米饭 Tiananmen 天安门 mǐ-fàn Tiānānmén chili sauce 辣椒 Forbidden City 故宫 là-jiāo Gùgōng ketchup 番茄酱 Wangfujing 王府井 fān-qié-jiàng Wángfǔjǐng 醋长城 vinegar cù Great Wall Chángchéng

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