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Well, reader, here’s ours: You know how many puns we tested for this month’s cover story title? A stupid, embarrassing amount. ‘It’s Game Time’ was too hokey. ‘Not All Fun and Games’ sounded too dire. My personal favorite, Dominique’s suggestion ‘Get Rich or Game Trying,’ didn’t exactly go with the rest of our piece. Then our designer Iris made a beautiful cover with the words ‘Game On,’ and it was game over for our decision-making process. an esports industry that was growing, but small. How wrong we were.When Esports we set is out massive, on our and gaming has been journey, for yearswe expected now – it’s to findjust that hardly any of us are paying attention. For her fascinating piece on page 40, Dominique Wong interviews everyone from professional gamers to esports academics (and yes, that’s a real thing – you can even get a degree). Elsewhere in the magazine, Chinese winners of the iPhone Photography Awards share their incredible images (p. 10); Dominic Ngai takes us on a tour of Huawei’s stunning new campus (p. 20); Erica Martin gives the low-down on Ariana Grande (p. 33); and I get very excited about a new Hunanese restaurant near Baitasi (p. 56). Finally, I’d like to extend a special thanks to everyone who made our 2017 Lifestyle Awards a memorable evening. Hundreds of you came to Unico to join us in celebrating the best this city has to offer. Check out our photos from the night on page 22. Until next month, Noelle Mateer Editor-in-Chief Our That's Beijing team, exhausted and happy, after a successful Lifestyle Awards WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | AUGUST 2017 | 3 6 CITY 8 DRESS TO IMPRESS Happy Hour18:00--20:00 Everyday Craft Beer Buy 1 Get 1 Free Opinions on fashion from young and old 14 EGGSCELLENT? Pedestrians and architects tell us NCPA looks like an egg 15 CHINESE URBAN DICTIONARY The word for someone Location: 11-15 Podium Floor W3 Building Oriental Plaza, Wangfujing TEL :010-56075290 who’s... gotten around 7 16 LIFE & STYLE 18 HANG UP THE PHONE Huawei makes a phone for fried chicken lovers 22 PARTY PEOPLE The winners of our That’s Beijing Lifestyle Awards 26 FLOWER POWER 26 Hot floral prints for summer 28 ARTS 29 ELYSIA CRAMPTON Getting deep with the composer and activist 33 GRANDE ENTRANCE Lock up your donuts: Ariana’s coming to town 34 SWEET STREAMS Our pick of Chinese films to watch online 33 50 EAT & DRINK 54 I WILL SURVIVE Who’s reopened after the brickings? 56 SOUTHERN FISH OUT OF WATER The new location of an old favorite 58 TOP OF THE POPS Shuangjing’s vegan restaurant 63 Rootpop kills it 4 | AUGUST 2017 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 40 PLAYING IN THE BIG LEAGUES How China rose to dominance in the pro-gaming industry 10 CAMERA READY The Chinese winners of the 2017 iPhone Photography Awards P37 WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | AUGUST 2017 | 5 CITY UNDER THE DOME The consensus is in: NCPA looks likes a giant duck egg, p14 Generation Gap iPhone Photography Awards Chinese Urban Dictionary p8 p10 p17 TALES OF THE CITY TALES BEIJING RICKSHAW DRIVERS PERSEVERE IN FACE OF GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN by Justine Lopez, additional reporting by Vivian Liu With the rise of shared bikes and more rigor- - the 40-year-old Beijing local says. “It’s the shaws began to be edged out of the market. ous enforcement of traffic laws, many rick livelihood of so many people, and it’s part of But Beijing’s rickshaw culture has managed- shaw drivers are struggling to get by. our culture. They’re taking it away without to endure. Although traffic laws pertaining specifically compensation or arrangements [for other job Despite the newest set of challenges fac to rickshaws have long existed in the capital, opportunities]. There’s nothing we can do, ing rickshaws, drivers like Li are still finding they are now being enforced in ways never though.” - ways to scrape together a living. before seen. In a citywide effort to curb illegal However, the strict enforcement of traffic “I have to be more cautious now, but business – the same drive that's resulted in laws and the clamping down on illegal busi work hasn’t been harder or easier,” he said. thousands of closings in the hutongs this year nesses aren’t the only things posing a threat “Beijing’s very big, and if I can’t go to one – police are cracking down on drivers for all to Beijing’s rickshaw culture. The rise of area, I go to another. People are more or less sorts of infractions, from operating without easy-to-use transportation options like Didi, willing to take a [rickshaw] if there are places licenses to driving in restricted areas. electric scooters and shared bikes means that they need to go to.” Shanghai The law states that rickshaws can only customers were already dwindling. DailyOn a good day, some drivers manage to - conduct business in places designated by the Despite the challenges, it’s still common- to make up to RMB500, according to government – mainly around touristy lakes see rickshaw drivers pedaling down Beijing’s . But rickshaw drivers who are operat like Houhai. However, it’s not uncommon streets, carting tourists around and drum ing outside of the law still risk being slapped- for unlicensed rickshaw drivers to break the ming up business. It’s a sight not far removed with fines or having their vehicles – worth rules and risk hefty fines in order to make a from the time rickshaws first appeared in the roughly RMB2,000 – confiscated by authori living. - city. ties. According to a rickshaw driver surnamed Rickshaws have a long history in Beijing Drivers like Li still believe the risk is worth Li, the recent crackdown on illegal business and in China as a whole. They first appeared the reward. es, rickshaws included, is making life in the in China in 1873. Back then they were simple, “It makes money. I’ve been doing it a long capital increasingly challenging. two-wheeled carts that were literally pulled time, so I’ve gotten used to it and good at it. “It’s devastating and inconsiderate. The by “drivers” on foot. They became such a I’ll just have to be more careful,” he said. - government says they’re cracking down popular mode of public transport that the And for many drivers who have spent their on illegitimate businesses, but China has number of rickshaws in China ballooned to lives pedaling rickshaws around China’s capi always been full of them.