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MarchTianjin Inside: /April Issue The Beijing Rooftoppers Follow Who’ll Do (Almost) us on WeChat Now Anything for the Shot Advertising Hotline 400 820 8428 城市漫步北京 英文版 3 月份 国内统一刊号: CN 11-5232/GO China Intercontinental Press ISSN 1672-8025 MARCH 2017 WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | MARCH 2017 | 1 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 邮编 100045 Published by China Intercontinental Press Address: 11th Floor South Building, HengHua linternational Business Center, 26 Yuetan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100045, PRC http://www.cicc.org.cn 总编辑 Editor in Chief 慈爱民 Ci Aimin 期刊部负责人 Supervisor of Magazine Department 邓锦辉 Deng Jinhui 编辑 Editor 李靥 Li Ye 发行 / 市场 Distribution / Marketing 黄静,李若琳 Huang Jing, Li Ruolin Editor-in-Chief Oscar Holland Food & Drink Editor Noelle Mateer Staff Reporter Dominique Wong National Arts Editor Andrew Chin Digital Content Editor Justine Lopez Designers Iris Wang Contributors Mia Li, Dominic Ngai, Tongfei Zhang, Chris Sadler, Nancy Tong, Steve Maydwell, Earl Robertson, An Li, Ian Walker, Joseph Lulu, Nathan Qi, Claire He, Raj Eiamworakul, Jimmy Lin, Dong Chen, Chen Xu 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 : 021-8023 2199 传真 : 021-8023 2190 (From February 13) Beijing 广告代理 : 上海和舟广告有限公司 北京市东城区东直门外大街 48 号东方银座 C 座 9G 邮政编码 : 100027 48 Dongzhimenwai Dajie Oriental Kenzo (Ginza Mall), Building C, Room 9G, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027 电话 : 010-8447 7002 传真 : 010-8447 6455 Guangzhou 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 广州市越秀区麓苑路 42 号大院 2 号楼 610 房 邮政编码 : 510095 Room 610, No. 2 Building, Area 42, Lu Yuan Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, PRC 510095 电话 : 020-8358 6125, 传真 : 020-8357 3859-800 Shenzhen 广告代理 : 上海和舟广告有限公司广州分公司 深圳市福田区彩田路星河世界大厦 C1-1303 C1-1303, Galaxy Century Building, Cai Tian Road, Futian District, Shenzhen 电话 : 0755-8623 3220, 传真 : 0755-8623 3219 Operations Manager Ning Zhu Sales Manager Henry Zeng Sales Emma Cao, Daisy Lu, Jessica Zhou Marketing Manager Justin Culkin Marketing Assistant Vivid Zhu National Operation CEO Leo Zhou Sales Project Director Henry Zeng Head of Communication Ned Kelly National Marketing Executive Zoe Zhou Financial Manager Laura Lu HR/Admin Director Penny Li Head of Digital Vickie Guo Digital Content Manager Bridget O'Donnell Digital Peggy Zhu, Joseph Liao, Miller Yue, Amanda Bao, Lambert Chen General enquiries (010) 8447 7002 Editorial (010) 8447 6455 [email protected] Events (010) 8447 6455 [email protected] Distribution/Subscription (010) 8447 7002 [email protected] Marketing (010) 8447 7603 [email protected] Advertising (010) 8447 7073 [email protected] 广告经营许可证 : 京海工商广字第 8069 号 法律顾问 : 大成律师事务所 魏君贤律师 Legal Advisor: Wei Junxian, Dacheng Law Firm 国际标准刊号 ISSN 1672-8025 国内统一刊号 CN 11-5232/GO 定价 : 25.00 元 邮发代号 : 2-930 www.thatsmags.com 部分非卖品 , 仅限赠阅 2 | MARCH 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM Editor’s Note MARCH 2017 DEALS We're giving away It was both humbling and harrowing to hear a guy my own age explain that he’s retired tickets to some of from conflict zones having “seen so many children die in front of their parents.” While I work within the relative safety of China’s borders (OK let’s be real, mostly within the Sixth the very best Beijing Ring Road), war reporters like Chen Xu are telling the frontline stories that the world needs to hear. parties, openings, Chinese media is sometimes denigrated in the West, but hearing the experiences of Chen- and other war correspondents (see page 10) was a reminder of how many courageous and shows and talks all dedicated reporters there are here. Few interviews are more inspiring that those with fel low journalists who risk everything for their work. Closer to home, there’s another group of people risking life and limb to document their month, alongside experiences: rooftoppers. In this month’s vertigo-inducing cover story Dominique Wong joins some of Beijing’s urban explorers as they scale abandoned (or unguarded) buildings free meals, drinks, in search of the perfect shot. Alongside her excellent story, which you can read from page 42, we are excited to print discounts and a handful of the rooftoppers’ most stunning photographs. Special thanks go to Joseph Lulu (@josephlulu on Instagram) for the image that you find on this month’s cover. Elsewhere in the magazine: Mia Li introduces another essential bit of slang in Chinese giveaways. All you have Urban Dictionary (page 17); Andrew Chin chats with with punk legend Mike Watt ahead of his intimate show in Beijing this month (page 36); and Noelle Mateer explores Mumbai’s to do is scan the QR unusual take on Chinese food (page 56) before flying back to Beijing and bringing you a characteristically fastidious roundup of the city’s new openings (from page 52). code below, follow us on WeChat and keep an eye out for your chance to win. You'll get some other great stuff on your phone too. 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WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | MARCH 2017 | 3 6 CITY 7 LOCATION, LOCATION Beijing’s most popular neighborhood you’ve never heard of 16 INTELLIGENT DESIGN The architecture behind Beijing Greenland Center 17 THE BEST REVENGE This month’s Urban Dictionary 16 looks at vengeful comebacks 18 LIFE & STYLE 20 STYLE RADAR The latest brands and shops to hit Beijing 22 IN THE HOOD New hoodies for Spring 24 STATE OF THE ART Is this the interior of a gallery, 20 or a funhouse? 28 ARTS 32 IN THE GROOVE Our interview with UK footwork mastermind Addison Groove 34 HIGH TIDE Australian post-rockers Sleepmakeswaves return 38 NO FAIRYTALE Xiaolu Guo’s new book is a 32 heart-wrenching memoir 52 EAT & DRINK 55 MIFAN OR MAFAN Beijing restaurant openings 56 IN A CURRY The bizarre and delicious world of Indo-Chinese food 60 HOOK, LINE AND CINKER The restaurant that’s also a bar 55 is also a cinema 4 | MARCH 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 42 LIVING ON THE EDGE Beijing’s urban explorers reach new heights 10 WAR OF WORDS In conversation with China’s war correspondents P39 Your guide to the best art exhibitions in Beijing WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | MARCH 2017 | 5 CITY ON THE BLOCK An architect’s perspective on Wangjing’s Greenland Center, p16 Elderly Crime-Fighting War Reporters Chinese Urban Dictionary p8 p10 p15 TALES OF THE CITY TALES WELCOME TO HUILONGGUAN, BEIJING'S HOTTEST NEIGHBORHOOD (TECHNICALLY) by Oscar Holland If a neighborhood’s desirability was meas- “everything I need.” And anything that Xindi popular cheese company that began life in ured by craft beer bars per capita, then can’t provide is found on nearby Huilongguan Xindi Market. Founder Liu Yang tells us that Huilongguan wouldn’t score well. In fact, it Dong Dajie, the neighborhood’s main artery. rising rents are a problem for his business, wouldn’t score at all. This sleepy eight-lane highway offers a hy- though he still keeps a kitchen and shop in But if you consider factors important to permarket, multiple KTVs, a dental surgery Huilongguan. the housing market, this part of Changping and a ‘mobile pet chamber’ (looks after dogs). So hey, there might not be any craft beer district is the hottest area in Beijing. Over the Spilling off either side, we see endless rows nearby, but artisanal cheese is on your door- last three years, the number of people renting of apartment compounds with names like step. apartments in Huilongguan has grown faster My Town. They are certainly less imposing For those indifferent to small-batch dairy than anywhere else in the city, according to and more spaced out than their downtown products, there are more practical reasons real estate agency 5i5j. counterparts. to move here. A spokesperson from 5i5j at- The company claims that the number of All in all, this is a perfectly livable – though tributed Huilongguan’s appeal to lower costs rental deals in the area grew by 277.6 per- not particularly exciting – part of Beijing. of suburban living, combined with improve- cent in 2014, 24.2 percent in 2015 and a Accessibility is key to its success, as former ments to infrastructure, education and medi- further 44.6 percent in 2016. So, naturally, we resident Elaine Cui explains. cal care compared with downtown areas. travel north past the Fifth Ring Road to see “I wouldn’t say it’s a nice area, but it’s Unsurprisingly, we see numerous branches of what’s popping. very convenient living there,” says Cui, who 5i5j – and rival realtors like Lianjia – hoping Journeying there presents us with an im- says that the property prices have increased to capitalize on the boom. mediate selling point: The subway ride from more than tenfold since 2006. “There are a But hang on a second. If it was 5i5j who That’s Beijing towers in Dongzhimen takes lot of famous IT companies around Xi’erqi [a published statistics on the area’s desirability, just 29 minutes thanks to Line 13.