THE FUTURE SOUND of CHINA the Conflicting Tides of Digital Streaming and Live Music
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THE FUTURE SOUND OF CHINA The Conflicting Tides of Digital Streaming and Live Music 城市漫步上海 英文版2月份 国内统一刊号: CN 11-5233/GO China Intercontinental Press FEBRUARY 2020 AD that’s Shanghai 《城市漫步》上海版 英文月刊 主管单位 : 中华人民共和国国务院新闻办公室 Supervised by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China 主办单位 : 五洲传播出版社 地址 : 中国北京 北京西城月坛北街 26 号恒华国际商务中心南楼 11 层文化交流中心 邮编 100045 Published by China Intercontinental Press Address: 11th Floor South Building, HengHua International Business Center, 26 Yuetan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100045, PRC http://www.cicc.org.cn 社长 President of China Intercontinental Press: 陈陆军 Chen Lujun 期刊部负责人 Supervisor of Magazine Department: 付平 Fu Ping 主编 Executive Editor: 袁保安 Yuan Baoan 编辑 Editor: 朱莉莉 Zhu Lili 发行 Circulation: 李若琳 Li Ruolin Food & Drink Editor Cristina Ng National Arts Editor Bryan Grogan Production Manager Ivy Zhang 张怡然 Designers Joan Dai 戴吉莹 , Xinting Huang 黄欣婷 Contributors Matthew Bossons, Logan R. 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They get a bad rep. despite their reputation being eyes – we’ve all been there after While the term ‘rat race’ in the gutter, they are also ex- a few tequilas… Rhas negative connotations, tremely clean animals, spending Without companionship, when it comes to the Chinese several hours a day grooming rats tend to become lonely and Hourly updates on news, current affairs themselves and the others in depressed. All very relatable. So and general weirdness from around post (courtesy of a little trickery their group. don’t be too quick to judge our Shanghai and China. overZodiac the race ol’ Ox).they People are first born past this the Highly social, they sleep and furry friends. And with that, all year are thought to possess char- play together, making ‘laughter’ there is left is for me to wish you FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA acteristics which are associated sounds when they play. When a very happy (and mischievous) with rats, including intelligence, referring to a group of rats, the Year of the Rat. facebook.com/ThatsShanghai creativity, honesty, ambition and collective noun is a ‘mischief of generosity. rats,’ and who doesn’t like a bit Xin nian kuai le! twitter.com/ThatsShanghai Generosity? You may be of mischief? Speaking of which, youtube.com/thatsonline skeptical, but studies have found happy rats have been observed Ned Kelly that rats take care of injured to chatter or grind their teeth, #THATSSHANGHAI and sick family and friends. And often accompanied by vibrating AD WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | FEBRUARY 2020 | 3 10 18 6 CITY 14 LIFE & STYLE 7 COIN TOSSER 18 TIME ON YOUR SIDE Jet engine vandal faces justice We’ve got a watch for everyone 10 THE BEST MEDICINE 20 SILK ROAD XI’AN Bringing laughter to migrant children Exploring 3,000 years of history THE WRAP 30 52 24 ARTS 46 EAT & DRINK 30 SCENE AND HEARD 50 OFF THE BEATEN PATH China’s cutting edge clubs Beyond the eight great cuisines 32 GAME ON! 52 NEW RESTAURANTS Five computer games for 2020 Exploring the latest openings 4 | FEBRUARY 2020 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 36 COVER STORY THE FUTURE SOUND OF CHINA Conflicting tides in the music industry P62 58 EVENTS FEB 3 FEB 17 2020 Super Bowl Party Craig David FEB 19 MAR 7 MC Hot Dog That Physics Show WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | FEBRUARY 2020 | 5 CITY Class Clowns Laughter is the Best Medicine, P10 Slovenian Slapper Chinese Slang P8 P9 TALES OF THE CITY TALES AVIATION ACCOUNTABILITY Plane Engine Coin Tosser Fined RMB120,000 By Matthew Bossons emember that idiot that threw coins at to which Liu answered that he had tossed The airline’s quest for compensation reached a jet engine in Anhui province last year its climax last month, when a court in Anhui Rfor good luck? Yah, so do we – him and maintenance personnel hunted for the cur- the hundreds of the other bozos (a slight ex- rency.two coins. One Theof the flight coins was was then then delayed found whilein the his coin-throwing antics. aggeration) that decided that tossing a piece plane’s left engine. provinceLiu pled issued guilty Liu in a thefine case, of RMB120,000 but did take for of metal into a highly complex machine that the time to blame the airport for not inform- transports people through the air is a good to leave Anqing at 3.05pm, the plane was ing him of the fact that passengers are not al- idea. not ableWhile to the leave flight the was airport originally until 7.30am scheduled the lowed to throw items into the plane’s engines Anyway, we’ll get to the point: A 28-year- following morning. The whole episode was (errr – okay, Liu). The defendant also noted presumably super annoying for passengers, who had to spend the night in Anqing, and traveling by air, and that he was ignorant of RMB120,000old man identified for tossing in legal coins documents at an airplane’s by the very expensive for the airline, Lucky Air (or, howthat flightaircraft 8L9960 operate. was to be his first time jetalias engine ‘Liu Qiang’ at Anqing has beenTianzhushan fined a whopping Airport. as we’ve dubbed it, Unlucky Air). As noted at the start of this piece, Liu is The incident occurred on February 17, 2019, In the immediate aftermath of Liu’s mis- when Liu (whose actual surname is Lu) guided attempt to attain good luck, or bless toss a coin at – or into – an airplane engine; therefar from were the at first least superstitious 10 instances traveler of people to 8L9960 to Kunming for good luck. was doing, he was detained by police for 10 threw two RMB1 coins at the engine of flight days.the flight, Lucky or Air whatever also announced it was he thatthought it would he of 2019 alone. a coin on the ground and asked if anyone take legal action against Liu seeking dam- throwing coins at jet engines in the first half had Priorthrown to coinstakeoff, into the the flight plane’s crew engine, noticed ages, estimated to be around RMB140,000. WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | FEBRUARY 2020 | 7 THE BUZZ RANDOM NUMBER DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? Memi Becirovic 210 MILLION Jiangsu Dragons head coach, Slovenian Memi Becirovic, was ejected from a Shannon Lee is seeking RMB210 CBA game against the Liaoning Flying million in compensation from Leopards last month, after he slapped Guangzhou-based fast-food chain a spectator in the face during the Real Kung Fu (Zhen Gongfu) for us- game. The man was standing courtside ing the likeness of her father – Bruce when the coach approached him and Lee – without permission or pay- got into an altercation. The two were ment. Additionally, she is asking that eventually separated by players and Real Kung Fu immediately cease staff. The fan on the receiving end of using her father’s likeness and make the hit is believed to have gotten into clear that the company has no rela- a verbal spat with the coach’s wife, tion to Bruce Lee. who was sitting courtside, according Originally called ‘168 Steamed to Xinhua. Meanwhile, local media Fast Food Restaurant’ and ‘Seed reports claimed that the fan had made Double Food,’ according to China. an abusive gesture towards Liaoning’s org.cn, the chain rebranded as Real Lance Stephenson. The Dragons went on to lose 111-103 to the Flying Leopards, and Kung Fu in 2004 after its founder Becirovic received an automatic one-match courtside ban, while the fan has been banned sought the services of a veteran from CBA games for life. - ing, Real Kung Fu has used the im- agemarketing of a man firm.