广告 July 2020 Plus: A Beijing Family Scavenger Hunt Insider Knowledge: Put Your Trust in Beijing’s Best Local Tour Guides and Really Explore The City You Call Home Travel Give Into Your Wanderlust 广告 July 2020 Plus: A Beijing Family Scavenger Hunt Insider Knowledge: Put Your Trust in Beijing’s Best Local Tour Guides and Really Explore The City You Call Home Travel Give Into Your Wanderlust WOMEN OF CHINA WOMEN July 2020 PRICE: RMB¥10.00 US$10 Plus: A Beijing Family Scavenger O Hunt 《中国妇女》 Insider Knowledge: Put Your Trust in Beijing’s Beijing’s essential international family resource resource family international essential Beijing’s Best Local Tour Guides and Really Explore The City You Call Home 国际标准刊号：ISSN 1000-9388 国内统一刊号：CN 11-1704/C July 2020 July Travel Give Into Your Wanderlust 广告 广告 WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly Editors 编辑 Advertising 广告 《中 国 妇 女》英 文 月 刊 GU WENTONG 顾文同 LIU BINGBING 刘兵兵 WANG SHASHA 王莎莎 HE QIUJU 何秋菊 编辑顾问 Sponsored and administrated by Editorial Consultant Program 项目 All-China Women's Federation ROBERT MILLER（Canada） ZHANG GUANFANG 张冠芳 罗 伯 特·米 勒（ 加 拿 大） 中华全国妇女联合会主管/主办 Published by Layout 设计 ACWF Internet Information and Deputy Director of Reporting Department FANG HAIBING 方海兵 Communication Center (Women's Foreign 信息采集部（记者部）副主任 Language Publications of China) LI WENJIE 李文杰 Legal Adviser 法律顾问 全国妇联网络信息传播中心 Reporters 记者 HUANG XIANYONG 黄显勇 （中 国 妇 女 外 文 期 刊 社）出 版 ZHANG JIAMIN 张佳敏 YE SHAN 叶珊 Publishing Date: July 15, 2020 International Distribution 国外发行 FAN WENJUN 樊文军 本期出版时间：2020年7月15日 China International Book Trading Corporation XIE LIN 解琳 中国国际图书贸易总公司 顾问 Director of Website Department 网络部主任 Advisers Address 本刊地址 ZHU HONG 朱鸿 PENG PEIYUN 彭 云 WOMEN OF CHINA English Monthly Deputy Director Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing 《中 国 妇 女》英 文 月刊 副主任 Committee 全国人大常委会前副委员长 15 Jianguomennei Dajie, Dongcheng District, CHENG XINA 成熙娜 GU XIULIAN 顾秀莲 Beijing 100730, China Former Vice-Chairperson of the NPC Standing 中国北京东城区建国门内大街15号 Committee 全国人大常委会前副委员长 Director of New Media Department 邮编：100730 新媒体部主任 Tel电话/Fax传真：(86)10-85112105 HUANG JUAN 黄娟 E-mail 电子邮箱：[email protected] Director General 主 任·社 长 Website 网址 http://www.womenofchina.cn ZHANG HUI 张慧 Deputy Director 副主任 ZHANG YUAN 张媛 Printing 印刷 Deputy Director General & Deputy Editor-in-Chief Toppan Leefung Changcheng Printing (Beijing) Co., 副 主 任·副 总 编 辑·副 社 长 Ltd. WEI LIANG 位亮 Director of Marketing Department 北京利丰雅高长城印刷有限公司 战略推广部主任 Deputy Director General & Deputy Editor-in-Chief CHEN XIAO 陈潇 副 主 任·副 总 编 辑 A RONG 阿榕 Deputy Director 国际标准刊号：ISSN 1000-9388 副主任 Deputy Director General 国内统一刊号：CN 11-1704/C ZHANG ZHENHUA 张振华 副主任 国外发行代号：1580 XI SHUJUN 席淑君 Distribution Supervisor 发行主管 国 内 邮 发 代 号 ：2 - 7 1 3 XIA WEI 夏巍 广告经营许可证： Chief Editor 主编 Distribution 发行 京东工商广字第0121号 YUAN KANG 袁康 QUAN ANYUN 权安云 Follow us on: Sina Weibo WeChat 《中国妇女》英文月刊 2020年7月（下半月） COPYRIGHT ACWF INTERNET INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTER (WOMEN'S FOREIGN LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS OF CHINA) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PUBLISHER. 本刊版权为全国妇联网络信息传播中心（中国妇女外文期刊社）所有（包括但不限于电子版信息网络传播权、数字发行权、无线增值业务权），未经书面许可，不得 转载。本刊同时进行数字发行，作者如无特殊声明，即视作同意授予我刊及我刊合作网站信息网络传播权；本刊支付的稿酬已包括此项授权的收入。 CONTENTS 16 July 2020 8 2628 LIVING PARENTING 8 Picture Perfect! 31 I’ve Got Wanderlust Lisa transforms from practical photographer to fresh-faced What traveling means to me summer look model 32 What’s Travel Insurance Got to Do With It? 10 Behind The Scenes The ins and outs of travel insurance and why you should The Clifford family’s advice on making family travel a breeze consider getting it for tour next trip 12 Locked and Loaded 34 West Meets East All the accessories you need for your next trip, from essential Parents from different cultural backgrounds share their thoughts to the unexpected on traveling DINING FEATURES 14 Food for Thought 38 Insider Knowledge The humble hot pot in all its different flavors and designs Put your trust in Beijing’s best local tour guides and agencies 16 Dining Out 40 Destination: Disaster! Dad’s Night Out When trips go from fun-filled to tear-jerking nightmares 42 Ask The Expert PLAYING How to make traveling fun and stress-free for the whole family 18 Color Me In! Local artist Liubov Vladimirova captures Beijing’s iconic street ESSENTIALS scenes 5 A Note to Our Readers 20 Brand New Beijing 6 What’s New? How to be a tourist in your own city 7 New Arrivals 21 The Great Escape 44 Circuit How to score great flight deals 48 Family Favorites 22 Family Scavenger Hunt Exploring Beijing as a family 24 A Wild Ride! Planning your Beijing summer, one amusement park at a time ON THE COVER: Twins Lucas and Benjamin Lunn (age 3) LEARNING are no strangers to traveling or hotel life. 26 Blank Canvas Dad Michael Lunn is the General Man- The British School of Beijing (BSB) Shunyi students create ager at Renaissance Beijing Wangfujing artworks that capture the spirit of vacation Hotel and boys have grown up calling the 28 Educator’s Profile hotel their home. Exploring virtual reality and the future of tech with tomorrow’s creatives Photos: Uni You 30 Stop the Slide Should we be giving kids homework over the vacation? sss The beijingkids Board Tim Coghlan Tim first came to China in 2001 and has made Beijing his home for the last 10 years. He specializes in new market development for the world’s most iconic consumer brands, previously helping luxury brands enter and expand in China, and now helping a Chinese technology company Chief Manager Mina Yan build their global business. He enjoys outdoor adventures Deputy Manager Anna Pellegrin Hartley with his two young children, and time permitting, vlogs in Digital Planner Mark Allan Karanja Chinese under the moniker of “Kangaroo Daddy”. Contributors Pranav Sundararajan, Sharanya Trivedi, Mike Signorelli Julie Wolf, Jolie Wu Mike Signorelli arrived in Beijing in 1994 as a student and has called China home ever since. He has held several senior management roles over the past 20+ years, including his last corporate job with NBA China. Mike is the founder of Signature Wine, China’s first independent subscription wine Advertising Agency club. Contact him at [email protected]. Beijing Agenda Advertising Co., Limited Marianne Daquet In Beijing for 12 years, Marianne Daquet has always been 广告代理 passionate about art and education. She founded Atelier 北京爱见达广告有限公司 Art School 6 years ago with the mission to pass on her strong belief that creativity can change the world. She Telephone/电话: 5941 5499 and her French husband have two daughters. You can Advertising Hotlines/广告热线： reach her at [email protected]. 5941 0368 Tara Gillan Tara is from England, UK, and been in China over 14 years where she is raising third culture, bilingual kids. She has a passion for education in China, and is a life CEO and Founder Michael Wester long learner still trying to master Mandarin. In between, Owner and Co-Founder Toni Ma work, study and being a mum, you will find her looking for her next adventure! Marketing Director Victoria Yang Marketing Team Echo Wang, Kris Wei Art Director Susu Luo Caroline Nath Production Manager Joey Guo Caroline Nath moved to Beijing as a teenager after having Senior Graphic Designer Michelle Zhang grown up in the US, Canada, France, and India. She is a filmmaker, radio host, Parent Effectiveness Training Photographer Uni You teacher, founder of Bonne Nani Jams, and an organic Sales Director Irene Yan food promoter. She has two multi-ethnic and multi-lingual Sales Team Gladys Tang, Crystal Yue, children. Contact her at [email protected]. Sharon Shang, Alex Wang, Liu Yue, John Nuega, Adam Liu Alessandra Azambuja Magazine Marketing Robynne Tindall Alessandra’s Beijing adventure began in 2010 when she IT Team Alexandre Froger, Yan Wen arrived here with her local Beijinger husband and two Finance Judy Zhao, Vicky Cui, Susan Zhou children. She is originally from Brazil and has also lived and HR & Admin Tobal Loyola, He Siyu, Cao Zheng worked in Argentina and New Zealand. With a passion for DM Logistic Cao Zheng working in multicultural environments with international students, Alessandra worked for nearly nine years at The General Inquiries 5941 5499 University of Auckland English Language Academy, and is currently at AISB-Hope International in Beijing. You can contact her at [email protected] Lise Floris Contact: Lise Poulsen Floris is an EU official turned blogger. Since General Information: [email protected] leaving her native Denmark in 1998, she has lived in Italy Magazine: [email protected] and Belgium before moving to China with her family. She writes about life in Beijing on her blog ninemillionbicycles. Sales: [email protected] com, aiming to tell “the big story through the small story.” Marketing: [email protected] Her work has been published in the South China Morning Digital & Magazine Marketing: [email protected] Post, Global Times, and Point of View International. DM Logistic: [email protected] Directories: [email protected] Juliet London After seven years in Beijing, market researcher, branding consultant and writer, mother to two teenagers, Juliet ‘Lady’ www.beijing-kids.com London continues to be fascinated by this ever changing city. beijingkids British by birth, she has also lived in Australia and other parts beijing-kids of Asia. Her work primarily focuses on education research, leaving less time than she would like to take exercise, walk @beijingkids or #beijingkids her dog, and snap up bargains at local markets.