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What goes in must come out. Entertainment monthly //20 ARTS inserts. // QUOTE OF THE ISSUE // EVENTS IN GZ & SZ ENTERTAINMENT INSERTS "NOBODY IS A STRANGER IN SHENZHEN BECAUSE ALL SHENZHENERS ARE STRANGERS." MATHIAS DACCORD, CURATOR OF DÉCOUVERTES ART EXPO. P25 Old School Fun Wth Lomography Cameras // Style Radar 14 Hot Season // Fashion 16 Summer Sunnies // Products 15 Cool Clothes For The Tropics // Street Cred 14 June 2013 // www.thatsmags.com 5 EdiTOR'S NOTE Editor’s Note Win! Win! Win! WEB ONLINE AT THATSMAGS.COM Chinese people typically use the topic of food as an icebreak- er: “Ni Chi Fan Le Ma?” means, “How are you?” as much as it means, “Have you eaten?” The similarly indirect British prefer discussing the weather when opening a conversation and being no exception to that rule, I thought I’d begin my first Editor’s Note with a traditional grumble. It has been a testing rainy season for even the most imper- turbable of Guangdong residents. At the time of writing, the Xinhua News Agency says: “Torrential rain affected 55 % of Enter our CRYPTIC PICTURES Quiz that’s Daily Guangdong Province on Tuesday and yesterday, bringing the Our daily blog on the PRD’s death toll resulting from rainstorms to 36 in the province this on the back page for a chance to latest year.” This season has been a savage one, with three months of near non-stop rainfall interrupting everything from sport- win one of these fabulous prizes: ing activities to getting ones laundry dry. Let’s hope June brings some blue skies. Two Dining Vouchers To No.9 Whether the clouds part or not, June promises to be a vibrant Garden valued at RMB500 each, A month. Festival Croisments, France’s massive nationwide cultural campaign, shows no sign of ebbing. Particularly excit- Set of Six Wine Glasses from This ing is the return of Decouvertés (p24). Now in its third year, Web Exclusives this exhibition is fast developing a reputation as the foremost Graceful Life, a unique boutique place to view emerging Franco-Sino artistic talent in the delta. News, reviews, interviews on Tianhe Nan Yi Road, One Bottle Another June highlight is British Day. Now in its third year, this year's event will again show off the best of British, includ- Of Summergate Gnarly Head ing music from the Beijing Beatles as well as fabulous games and prizes. Of course, the event is not exclusively aimed at Zinfandel, Two Tickets To Zinfest, Brits. If you’re a fan of the premiership or simply curious about what warm ale and stodgy pies taste like, head down an exclusive wine event to be held to the British School Guangzhou on June 15. We have the full story on page 31. in China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel Eat & Drink Finally, more attentive readers will notice some new names (GZ p54 & SZ p52), Two Bottles of Reviews, listings, happy on the masthead. After three years as Shenzhen Editor, I’ve hour deals and more suddenly found myself behind the wheel of that’s PRD. I’d like Hacienda Vieja Tequila, two tickets to thank my predecessor Shane Qin for sailing such a steady ship all these years. The winds are now a changing, but we to see Franz Von Chossy on June plan to sail forth, with new sections in the pipeline and a fabulous new team aimed at realizing a more representative 18 at the Xinghai Concert Hall (GZ publication. If you have any thoughts regarding how that’s PRD might improve we’ll be glad to hear from you. Letters p56), as well as two tickets to see can be sent directly to: [email protected] the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thanks for reading and keep writing in. Events Tom Bird with Charles Dutoit on July 7 at the Editor in Chief Up-to-date info on what’s Guangzhou Opera House(GZ p58). happening all month COVER And for this month's SNAP CITY PLUS TRAVEL SINGAPORE photo competition, the winner UNSAVORY E LEMEN ts BOOK R SPANI EVIEW SH FOOtbALL IN THE DELTA THIS will recieve a lomography camera MONTH’S from Lomography Gallery Store COVER Guangzhou (PRD p8). Designed by The Photobox 城市漫步珠江三角洲英文版 0 PLASTIC 03016 月份 Jordan Ignatov . Po P china’su lati changingon faces Snapshots of life in the PRD JUNE 2013 faces http://WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 6 June 2013 // www.thatsmags.com June 2013 // www.thatsmags.com 7 CITY THE BUZZ Edited by ned kelly AccidENTAL CHINESE HIPSTERS snap city Cool Cats This month's winner is... Mike Ledowski-Klypa Please meet the original accidental Chinese hip- sters. I saw this unforget- table couple years ago while on vacation and part of me has probably not been able to stop thinking about unselfconscious, out-of-context Chinese fashion ever since. The best thing? They are at a bank! Running errands and being bored! That lady was not even smiling while she was doing the most whimsical ATM transaction of all time. Alison Kuo // For more hip hip hip visit accidentalchi- nesehipsters.tumblr.com fight for your rights...and a party Send your PRD pictures to [email protected] by June 18th. Rainbow Warriors Winner receives a free lomography camera sponsored by Lomography Gallery Store Guangzhou. 3 Jiaoyu Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 广州市越秀区教育路3号(020 2898 4264, www.lomography.com) A young gay rights activist QUOTE OF THE MONTH identified as Xiang, 19, was arrested on May “I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North 17 after organizing a rally in Changsha, Hunan province. Approximately 80 to 100 people participated in the protest, which Korea, or as I call him ‘Kim,’ to do me a solid called for an end to homophobia and discrimination. Three others were arrested and cut Kenneth Bae loose." but released the same day. Similar dem- onstrations took place at the same time in Former NBA star Dennis Rodman taps his well-publicized BFF sta- Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu tus with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of and Nanchang. In other LGBT news, May a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. This 18 saw Guangzhou’s first ever Lesbian truly is the bromance that keeps on giving (great quotes…) Night at the Kiwi Lounge in Tianhe. With over 100 people in attendance organizer THIS MONTH IN HISTORY Lisa said the night was a “huge success,” and plans to “continue to connect more One day in… June people from the community.” ture that Zhang went from a poor vil- Manchuria.