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THE TOXIC TERROR OF TOYS P8 WHAT ABOUT YOU? ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY CN 53-1197/F ISSN1673-0178 WIN VALENTINE'SDINNERSP12 JANUARY 02 Beijing Folk: A wedding emcee with heart CITY SCENE Going Underground: Wangfujing, Line 1 Scene & Heard: Movers and shakers … plus your chance to win great prizes ECOLOGICAL ECONOMY 08 生态经济(英文版) ECOLOGY 主管单位: 云南出版集团公司 Feature: What perils lurk among the playthings of 主办单位: 云南教育出版社 children? And it’s not just toys we have to watch 出版: 生态经济杂志社 out for. 社长: 李安泰 主编: 高晓铃 13 地址: 昆明市环城西路609号云南新闻出版大楼4楼 Beijing, how do we love thee? There are seven types 邮政编码: 650034 COVER FEATURE of love, as it happens, and we’re overflowing with 国内统一刊号: CN53-1197/F ideas. 国际标准刊号: ISSN1673 – 0178 Editorial Planning Manager Jonathan White 19 Deputy Editorial Planning Manager Iain Shaw What’s New: Bianyifang, Temple Restaurant Beijing, Style and Living Editorial Planner Tiffany Wang Dining Haney Restaurant, Pho La La, Thai Express, WasPark Music Editorial Planner Michelle Dai Feature: Coffee gets serious Arts & Culture Editorial Planner Marilyn Mai Taste Test: Chocolate bars Explore Editorial Planner Lauren McCarthy A Taste of Home: South Korea Dining Editorial Assistant Susan Sheng 31 Contributing Editor Tom O’Malley What’s New: The Drive-Thru, Doron, Wu and Twilo Copy Editor Lilly Chow BARS & CLUBS Party Like A: Newspaper classifieds Visual Planning Joey Guo Clubhouse: M.Ross Contributors Aika Ashimova, Mary Dennis, Mastermind: Mike Bromley, 12SQM George Ding, Kyle Mullin, John Pullman, Edward Ragg, Lou Waterstone 37 Advertising Agency True Run Media 全国广告总代理: 深度体验国际广告(北京)有限公司 MUSIC Have You Met: Acoustic Alchemy 北京广告代理: 北京爱见达广告有限公司 Playlist: What has Buyi been listening to? 地址: 北京市朝阳区建国路93号万达广场10号楼2801室 Livehouse: Immanu El 邮政编码: 100022 … plus reviews of New Pants, Muma and Opeth 电话: 5820 7700, 5820 7100 传真: 5820 7895 39 Room 2801, Building 10, Wanda Plaza, 93 Jianguo Lu, What’s New: Minijupe, Studio Ruyi and Atelier 21 Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022 STYLE Inspect a Gadget: Declutter your desktop Get the Look: Turtlenecks General Manager Michael Wester Atelier: PJ of Approx Operations Director Toni Ma Editorial Director Jerry Chan 43 Chief Art Director Jacopo Della Ragione Art Director Susu Luo Features: Lin Tianmiao dresses up skeletons, Harold ARTS & CULTURE McGee talks food chemistry, and Beijing Playhouse Designers Helen He, Yuki Jia, Li Xing looks for triple threats to bring Oklahoma! to life Marketing Manager Shana Zhang Bookshelf: Seth Grossman of Home Plate Bar-B-Que Event and Brand Manager Victoria Yang Marketing Executives Cao Yue, Jiang Lei 47 Finance & Admin Manager Lisa Ji SPORTS Feature: What do heraldry and the logos of the Cashier & Admin Executive Judy Zhao Chinese Basketball Association have in common? HR & Admin Assistant Amy Liu A lot more than you’d think. IT Manager James Wang IT Support Engineer Kavin Lu Web Deputy Managing Editor Lauren McCarthy 49 Q&A: Rotaract Beijing is Artjamming Web Editor Max Wu LIVING Hands-On: Knitting Photographers Judy Zhou, Sui, Nature Zhang Playdate: Photography with Shanti Christensen Sales Manager Ivy Wang Sales Account Executives Carren Andreo-Winters, Zi Yu, Ashley Lendrum, Hailie Song, Jackie Yu, Sophia Zhou 51 Sales Assistants Phoebe Li, Veronica Li, Naomy Liu, Amy Sun EXPLORE Long Weekend: Dali Distribution Jenny Wang, Victoria Wang Feature: The marvelous woodblocks of Dege Reception Yu Yang General Inquiries: 5820 7700, 5820 7100 54 Distribution 5820 7700 Sales & Marketing 5820 7700 listings WHAT’S HAPPENING: The month at a glance Fax: 5820 7895 EVENTS: Day-by-day listings for February Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; THE DIRECTORY: Venues, venues, venues [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Complimentary copy, not for sale. 部分非卖品,仅限赠阅 84 CLASSIFIEDS Peking Man: George has a love-hate relationship http://www.issuu.com/thebeijinger with Beijing http://weibo.com/tbjmagazine FEBRUARY 2012 1 CITY SCENE LIES, DAMN LIES AND ... Microblog Melee 310 million 250 million 300 million registered users of registered users of registered users of Tencent Weibo Sina Weibo Twitter Sources: China.com.cn, CNN GENERATION GAP EDITOR'S LETTER ’ve loved you, I guess, since I first met you. that I knew you better than before. After a couple When I saw you looking radiant in the sunlight of days I was certain of it. I just luurve I love that winter’s morning seven years ago. I was We’ve got something special. That’s how it it when I these knee- smitten. I just didn’t know it at the time. feels to me. That’s how you make me feel. I hope, weakening laowai ask me You were so different – in all honesty, we both in your own way, that you feel the same. I often views on a were. The world was a different place, and for say that I’d change things about you but you Blue Sky Day. to try out my pinch all the hopes I had of turning our few days and know I don’t really mean it. I wouldn’t change hold on wonderful nights into something more it seemed anything – not your good side or your bad side, them. so impractical and even more unlikely. We were not your very late nights and very early mornings, both so young and naïve. We had so much ahead not even the times when you pretend to be – little did we know – and so much to learn. something you’re not or the times that you act It wasn’t cheating, to fall for your exotic, earthy straight ghetto. charms. I was away from home, on the other side of the world, and she knew what that meant – I sure knew that many would fall for her siren call during my prolonged absence. No, there was no Jonathan White shame in what we had. It was pure. It was untar- Managing Editor nished. It was wholesome. Fast-forward all those years later. Feel like telling us what you love I was apprehensive, meeting you again at the about Beijing? Why not start by Our cover airport. I knew that you would have changed, that voting in the Beijinger’s 9th photo was time would have its effect. Even if it hadn’t been Annual Reader Restaurant lovingly unkind to you – and it most certainly wasn’t – you Awards. taken by were going to be different. I’d certainly changed. the Beijinger. Both of us had a lifetime of experiences in those intervening years. With butterflies, I landed. With Voting starts on February 22 and a racing heart, I negotiated the travails of the is open until March 13. Mwah xxx JOEY GUO ILLUSTRATION: airport. With overwhelming emotions, I walked into the arrivals hall to see you. To cast your ballot head to It felt the same. Like we’d never been apart. By the time the taxi reached downtown, I already felt TheBeijinger.com 2 FEBRUARY 2012 FEBRUARY 2012 3 SCENE & HEARD Acupucture Records celebrated New Year’s Eve at Lantern on Dec 31. Photos courtesy of Lantern Nono masks showcased their lens-free frames at Lantern on Jan 7. Photos courtesy of Lantern Migas’ New Year’s Eve party on Dec 31 featured music from Bottin and Funk Fever. Photos courtesy of Migas The 2011 Midi Awards highlighted Beijing’s best bands on Dec 10 at Tango. Photos courtesy of Midi 4 FEBRUARY 2012 o2culture rang in the New Year at Yen Countdown on Dec 31. Photos courtesy of o2culture SALT celebrated its fourth anniversary on Dec 1. Photos courtesy of SALT Faqueer S Ahmad was pro- moted to general manager of the Marriott Beijing Northeast Hotel. Photo courtesy of Mar- riott Beijing Northeast Hotel Radisson Blu Hotel Beijing held its annual staff party with newly appointed General Manager Fabien Gentou (left) and Deputy General Manager Peter Cheng. Photo courtesy of Radisson Blu Raghu Menon was named hotel manager of JW Marriott Hotel Beijing and The Ritz-Carlton Beijing. Photo courtesy of JW Marriott John Vouillamoz was recently appointed the new general manager of Langham Place Beijing Capital Airport. Photo courtesy of Langham Place FEBRUARY 2012 5 SMASHING RECORDS THE CHALLENGE: EATING RicE his month, we decided to go back to our trusty old friend, the chop- stick. We had good memories of chasing M&Ms around a plate with Tthe sillysticks, so this time, we’d try to claim the record that’s begging to belong to China: Most rice eaten in one minute. The rules are simple: The grains of rice must be eaten, one by one, using chopsticks. The current world record: 23 grains (set by Rob Beaton of the US on November 12, 2008). HERE’S HOW WE DID: Susan, Assistant Dining Editor: 30 grains Lilly, Copy Editor: 20 grains Marilyn, Arts & Culture Editor: 19 grains Michelle, Music Editor: 15 grains Jonathan, Managing Editor: 14 grains Max, Assistant Web Editor: 13 grains Lauren, Web Editor: 11 grains Tiffany, Style and Living Editor: 11 grains TIPS AND STRATEGIES • The anteater approach. Skip the exacting pincer approach – let the grains of rice stick to your sticks and then convey them to your mouth. Alright, this technique is illegal but it’ll make you feel better. • Don’t chew the raw grains of rice. The hard crunch is too distracting. Swallow them whole instead. BREAKING NEWS Just before going to print, we were informed of the official rules for this challenge. Apparently, the rice must be boiled. In a saucepan. In other words, we crunched raw rice for nothing. This is by far our biggest failure yet. If you’ve got a talent and think you can break a record, give us a shout. BEIJING FOLK whole loop, you can just say good- If you’d like to hire Li Yao to emcee your bye and take the train in the other wedding, go to www.meilihunli.com.