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CHARITY DOUBLES DOWN, P46 THREE TO SEE ARTP29 QUOTE OF THE ISSUE EXHIBITIONS "I give my dancers different themes and exercises such as moving like an animal, running water, stones... and material like a big piece of paper, wine, honey or flour to dance or move with." Choreographer Sylvie Xing Chen explains her eclectic dance philosophy P32 68 (GZ), 66 (SZ) EVENTS GZ SZ MO P56 WINE OF THE MONTH DecemBER 5-7 DecemBER 17 DecemBER 14 Christmas Market Alessandro Lanzoni Trio Parade Through Macau 4 December 2014 / www.thatsmags.com 8 CITY 12 IN THE YEAR 2014 Highs and lows of the last 12 months. 20 LIFESTYLE 22 QIPAO 101 How to rock China’s legend- ary dress. 24 GOELIA 225 Walking through the looking- glass. 28 ARTS 30 MILK & WATER A vampire revisionist tale. 34 FROG Noble Prize winner Mo Yan's latest work. 56 EAT & DRINK 60 JOY Vege (GZ) Harmonious fusion. 58 DOORS CHILLOUT LouNGE (SZ) No sauce for you! www.thatsmags.com / December 2014 5 Editor's Note December WIN WIN WIN It’s been another gluttonous year at and Christmas pudding, just chuck a That’s PRD. Sometimes it seems like all magazine at your family and friends we do is eat, gorge, devour, masticate, and let them pore away to their hearts’ nosh or just inhale everything, content. In our experience, it saves a lot from pizza and curries to foie gras of time repeating the same stories to and entrecote. If the grand dame of every curious soul back home again… gastronomy Julia Child was right and and again… and again… people who love to eat are always the Speaking of being homeward bound, best people, then we surely rank among now is the perfect time for women to In Guangzhou, a pair of the most wonderful folks in the south pick up that must-have Chinese outfit: tickets to Carmen (p70), a – excepting, of course, those glorious the qipao. Don’t know what styles and chefs and restaurateurs that feed our cuts suit you? Flick over to p22 where we pair of tickets to Lisa Ono food frenzy. Those kings among men have a rundown of the essential aspects (p70), a pair of tickets to the are celebrated in this issue with a of the iconic dress to help you out. rundown of all the winners from the With the Year of the Goat looming, Russian National Orchestra That’s PRD Food and Drink Awards, the it’s time to assess where you want to (p71), a pair of tickets to region’s premier event for those who go in 2015. Now is the moment to seize absolutely adore stuffing their faces. the day and thoroughly chew over the the BBC Scottish Symphony Whether it’s French, Japanese, future, chomping down on the tough- Orchestra (p72) and a pair Italian or Indian, the denizens of to-swallow past and savoring on the Guangzhou and Shenzhen have spoken palate the juicy morsels to come – now of tickets to the London and crowned their favorites. And let’s I think of it, this brings us back to food, Philharmonic Orchestra not forget the drinking part – heaven the ultimate metaphor for life. In the forbid! Clubs, bars and breweries have words of Mark Twain, "The secret of (p72). all been included in our expansive list success in life is to eat what you like of the best places to go for a rowdy and let the food fight it out inside.” In Shenzhen, a pair of tickets night out or a calming glass of vino. That’s certainly been our approach here Turn to p36 to see who picked up at the magazine. for Hooray to Hollywood accolades this year! Of course, those who are at all (p67), a pair of tickets for The end of the year is a time to health conscious might want to digest reflect (or so I’m told). To help the our fitness column from K2Fit’s Kara Tango Identidad (p67), a din- PRD’s residents round up the year that Wutzke (p20). I, on the other hand, was, we have compiled all the heroes, will be leaving all those concerns about ner buffet voucher for two villains, fashion trends and faux pas, jiggly bits till after Christmas… and New for the Kempinski Hotel obligatory food scandals and artistic Year… and maybe Spring Festival… achievements of 2014 (p12). Instead Shenzhen (p77), a wine of having to relate all the wonders and dinner voucher for two for horrors you have lived through in China Tom Lee in the past 12 months over roast turkey Editor in Chief Element Fresh (p78) and two cakes from Koala Bakery (p78). Model misbehavior Thank you to all our cover stars this month who gamely donated their time and looked thoroughly worthy of the debaucherous Roaring 20s. (Come to think of it, some of them seemed right at home glugging cham- Hourly updates on news, current affairs and general weirdness from around PRD and China. to thrill.) Our gratitude also to Angel Yuang pagne and puffing on cigars while dressed FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA and JC Chong from Makeover Studio for pro- viding hair, makeup and accessory services, facebook.com/thatsonline and to Michael Shao of V Plus for giving us a place to shoot our models. We mustn’t forget twitter.com/thatsonline to credit the two members of our in-house youtube.com/thatsonline team that brought the Great Gatsby concept gplus.to/thatsonline so vividly to life: photographer Claire Zheng and senior designer Tawaka Jiang. online.thatsmags.com 6 December 2014 / www.thatsmags.com www.thatsmags.com / December 2014 7 TALES OF THE CITY Food fight Three thousand students enrolled at the Guangdong Economics and Trade Vocational College launched a protest at the beginning of November, assailing their school’s canteen over food prices. The disruption reportedly started at around 10pm and lasted for four hours, with students throwing trash from dorm buildings and subsequently breaking into the cafeteria. “Some students broke before throwing them downstairs, which set the windows, some even lit books on fire recalled.