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城市漫步 Follow 珠三角英 Us on WeChat 文版 12 Now 月份 国内统一刊号: CN 11-5234/GO China Intercontinental Press Advertising Hotline that's guangzhou CRAZY RICH DAYTRIPPER MUSICITY TRAVEL TO CHINA'S ASIANS Journey Back in Soundtracks GUIZHOU TOP 10 Will the Film Be a Hit Time at Guangzhou’s for China's Five Ways to Experience Best Homegrown in China? Changzhou Island Major Cities the Province Albums of 2018 DECEMBER 2018 that's shenzhen that’s PRD 《城市漫步》珠江三角洲 英文月刊 主管单位 : 中华人民共和国国务院新闻办公室 Supervised by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China 主办单位 : 五洲传播出版社 地址 : 北京西城月坛北街 26 号恒华国际商务中心南楼 11 层文化交流中心 11th Floor South Building, Henghua lnternational Business Center, 26 Yuetan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing http://www.cicc.org.cn 社长 President: 陈陆军 Chen Lujun 期刊部负责人 Supervisor of Magazine Department: 付平 Fu Ping 编辑 Editor: 朱莉莉 Zhu Lili 发行 Circulation: 李若琳 Li Ruolin Editor-in-Chief Matthew Bossons 马特 Guangzhou Editor Ryan Gandolfo Shenzhen Editor Bryan Grogan Senior Staff Writer Tristin Zhang 张岳烽 Staff Writer Jonathan Zhong 钟云帆 National Arts Editor Sarah Forman Contributors Sarah Forman, Ned Kelly, Mia Li, Kheng Swe Lim, Erica Martin, Dominic Ngai, Bridget O'Donnell HK FOCUS MEDIA Shanghai (Head Office) 上海和舟广告有限公司 上海市蒙自路 169 号智造局 2 号楼 305-306 室 邮政编码 : 200023 Room 305-306, Building 2, No.169 Mengzi Lu, Shanghai 200023 电话 : 传真 : Guangzhou 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 广州市麓苑路 42 号大院 2 号楼 610 室 邮政编码 : 510095 Rm 610, No. 2 Building, Area 42, Luyuan Lu, Guangzhou 510095 电话 : 020-8358 6125 传真 : 020-8357 3859 - 816 Shenzhen 深圳联络处 深圳市福田区彩田路星河世纪大厦 C1-1303 C1-1303, Galaxy Century Building, Caitian Lu, Futian District, Shenzhen 电话 : 0755-8623 3220 传真 : 0755-6406 8538 Beijing 北京联络处 北京市东城区东直门外大街 48 号东方银座 C 座 G9 室 邮政编码 : 100027 9G, Block C, Ginza Mall, No. 48 Dongzhimen Wai Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100027 电话 : 010-8447 7002 传真 : 010-8447 6455 General Manager Henry Zeng 曾庆庆 Operations Manager Rachel Tong 童日红 Finance Assistant Sunnie Lü 吕敏瑜 Production Supervisor Jack Lin 林川青 Designer Felix Chen 陈引全 Sales Managers Celia Yu 余家欣 , Justin Lu 卢建伟 Account Manager Wesley Zhang 张炜 Senior BD Executive Nicole Tang 汤舜妤 Account Executives Annie Li 李泳仪 , Tia Weng 翁晓婷 Marketing Supervisor Fish Lin 林洁瑜 Senior Marketing Executive Shumin Li 黎淑敏 Marketing Executives Peggy Ni 倪佩琪 , Kathy Chen 陈燕筠 , Marketing Assistant Wyle Yuan 袁咏妍 Distribution Luo Zhi 罗志 , He Wei Wen 何伟文 National Operation CEO Leo Zhou 周立浩 Financial Manager Laura Lu 陆晓岚 Director, National Media & Communications Ned Kelly Director, National Digital Products Vickie Guo 郭韵 Digital Content Manager Bridget O'Donnell Digital Miller Yue 岳雷 , Amanda Bao 包婷 , Orange Wang 王爽 , Yu Sun 孙宇 , Elsa Yang 杨融 , Kane Zhu 朱晓俊 General enquiries and switchboard (020) 8358 6125 [email protected] Editorial (020) 8358 9847 ext 808 [email protected] Sales (Guangzhou) (020) 8358 9847 ext 802 [email protected] (Shenzhen) (0755) 8623 3210 ext 801 Distribution/Subscription (020) 8358 7749 ext 828 Listings & Events (Guangzhou) (020) 8358 9847 ext 808. 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For this month’s cover story (page 35), we invite you to take a walk down memory lane withCrazy us and Rich look Asians back at the good – and the bad – of 2018! In our City section, we look at ’ long-awaited China release (page 12) and tell you which Guangdong city has the highest percentage of singles in the workplace (page 9). Also in this issue, we give you five reasons to visit the backwater province of Guizhou (page 22), offer our top 10 Chinese albums of the year (page 30) and suggest some awesome ChristmasThat’s gifts PRD (page 18). On a personal note, this month marks my 12th issue as editor-in-chief of . I’d like to finish this editor’s note with a huge thank you to everyone who has contributed over the last year and to my superiors for allowingFrom allus ofto uschase at That’s the stories PRD we want to write! , Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Matthew Bossons Editor-in-Chief Hourly updates on news, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA current affairs and general facebook.com/ThatsGuangzhou youtube.com/thatsonline weirdness from around the PRD and China. twitter.com/ThatsGuangzhou #THATSGUANGZHOU 4 | GZ | DECEMBER 2018 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | DECEMBER 2018 | GZ | 5 8 CITY 35 COVER STORY 2018 CHINA’S YEAR IN REVIEW 9 I’M SINGLE AND I From Fan Bingbing’s tax evasion scandal to the rise of China- KNOW IT US trade war tensions, 2018 will likely go down in history as Guangdong leads the one of the most action-packed years in the past decade. nation for singles in the workplace. 12 CRAZY OR NOT? Will Crazy Rich Asians’ success translate in China? 14 LIFE & STYLE 56 EVENTS 15 SARAH ARMSTRONG GZ Founder and designer of Pinyin Press. 17 DAYTRIPPER Journey back in time at Changzhou Island. DEC 1-9 Guangzhou Jazz Festival GZ 24 ARTS 27 SINO CELEB Five fast facts about Cui Yongyuan. DEC 6-16 32 MODERN & MONO- Chicago the Musical CHROME Abstraction from South HK Korea. DEC 15-16 46 EAT & Creamfields DRINK MO 47 BOTTOMS UP! Boxing Cat Brewery’s Contender Extra Pale Ale. 53 KEEPIN’ IT KIMCHI A culinary journey through DEC 15 Guangzhou’s ‘Little Korea.’ Macau International Parade THE WRAP 6 | GZ | DECEMBER 2018 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM Crazy or Not Will Crazy Rich Asians’ success CITY translate in China? p12 AI News Anchor Urban Dictionary P10 P11 8 | GZ | DECEMBER 2018 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM TALES OF THE CITY TALES I’M SINGLE AND I KNOW IT Guangdong Leads the Nation for Singles in the Workplace By Matthew Bossons singles in the city. “They could be focusing on their careers or have high standards for as their parents and grandparents were he Pearl River Delta is a hotbed Chinese people are not as keen on marriage T for working singles, according to a assessment. recent survey cited by Guangdong partners.” All plausible explanations, by our before them. According to Sixth Tone, there Radio and Television (GRT), with Dongguan, were more than 200 million single adults Shenzhen and Guangzhou leading the nation The study also found that 30 percent of in China in 2016 and the rate of divorce for unattached people in the work place. wouldn’tsingles only pause earn for RMB3,000-6,000 thought when it monthly, comes yearsis on the straight. rise – with the country’s annual According to the report, workplaces in according to GRT, but that 28 percent divorce rate increasing for the past 14 Dongguan boast 74 percent single people, people have greater freedom to choose a while Shenzhen and Guangzhou have 64 to buying luxury goods. It’s suggested in partner”Sixth theyTone also notes have that more while freedom “young “to percent and 63 percent respectively.That's office the GRT broadcast that younger people turnedA quick up seven (and singlesentirely and unscientific) nine individuals thatin the racing Pearl into River a relationshipDelta are placing may limitmore survey of our Guangzhou importance on ‘living quality’ and worry leave them if things don’t work out.” important designer bags and shoes are to mightSo, wanna single signreader, off whatTantan does for thisa couple mean who“Maybe are either their married social circlesor in a arerelationship limited,” – quality of life. (Because we all know how for you? If you’re ‘single and looking’ you a 44 percent single rate. The statistics are just the latest in aliving growing a happy pile and of evidence comfortable that life…).young minutes and take a look around your office speculated one Guangzhou resident when – your special someone might be closer than asked by GRT why there are so many you think. Want to learn more about dating in the PRC? Meet the contemporary faces of modern-day romance in China in our ‘Lonely Hearts Club: Tales of 21st Century Love in China’ series by scanning the QR code. WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | DECEMBER 2018 | GZ | 9 THE BUZZ DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? 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