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This short-lived trading post, I soon learned, was called El Piñal, and my colleague Ryan Gandolfo has spent the last several months researching the site’s fascinating history. On pages 34 to 43, we share the story of El Piñal. In our City section, Jesse Pottinger and myself introduce you to the beauty of Guangdong’s abandoned Canada Village (page 10), which is located south of Guangzhou and west of Shenzhen in Kaiping. We also have a fantastic travel guide to Nanjing (page 20) in our Lifestsyle section, and some cool concert previews and album recommendations in our Arts section, courtesy of our national arts editor, Bryan Grogan. I’ll wrap this month’s note off with a heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in our 2019 That’s Hospitality Awards at the end of last month. It was a memorable evening and I cannot wait to share the official results with you in our October issue. Until then, keep your stick on the ice! Matthew Bossons Editor-in-Chief Hourly updates on news, FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA current affairs and general facebook.com/ThatsShenzhen youtube.com/thatsonline weirdness from around the PRD and China. twitter.com/ThatsShenzhen #THATSSHENZHEN WWW.THATSMAGS.COM | SEPTEMBER 2019 | SZ | 3 6 CITY 34 COVER STORY THE SPANISH EMPIRE IN SOUTH CHINA 7 HAZARDOUS HAZE The lost 16th century outpost of El Piñal. Air pollution could be as damaging to lungs as smoking, researchers claim. 10 GHOST TOWN There is an abandoned Canadian village in South China and we visited it. 14 LIFE & STYLE 54 EVENTS 18 GET YOUR HEAD IN THE SZ GAME Ten bold hats to rock this fall. 20 WELCOME TO NANJING The ultimate guide. SEPT 12-15 Art Shenzhen SZ 24 ARTS 25 9M88 The Taiwan musician talks fashion, Mandopop and embracing the ’80s. SEPT 19 28 NOSTALGIA IS NEGATION Greyson Chance Lebanon Hanover talk about rejecting modernity HK and internalizing the past. SEPT 22 44 EAT & Hong Kong Jazz Festival DRINK MO 48 MOON CAKE MADNESS Five unique moon cakes to try this Mid-Autumn. 51 LET’S BRUNCH Easy like Sunday morning. ONGOING Macao Fireworks Display Festival THE WRAP 4 | SZ | SEPTEMBER 2019 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM AD AD Ghost Town There is an Abandoned Canadian Village in South CITY China and We Visited It, p12 Can You Smell It? Urban Dictionary P8 P9 6 | SZ | SEPTEMBER 2019 | WWW.THATSMAGS.COM TALES OF THE CITY TALES HAZARDOUS HAZE Air Pollution Could Be as Damaging to Lungs as Smoking, Researchers Claim By Jesse Pottinger imately three parts per billion (ppb) around a The highest levels of ozone tend to occur aving dealt with some of the worst person’s home “was equivalent to smoking a on sunny days with high temperatures, so air quality in the world, neither the pack of cigarettes a day for 29 years,” accord- while China has made impressive strides in Chinese government nor the public is H ing to NPR. It’s not entirely clear in the report curbing air pollution in major cities, rising unaware of the effects of air pollution on an how long someone must breath air with the temperatures associated with climate change individual’s health and quality of life. aforementioned ozone increase to fall victim still pose a serious threat to air quality. But a new study published in the Journal to the negative health effects usually reserved Like China, the US has seen a decline in of the American Medical Association suggests for a smoker of 29 years. air pollution in recent years, but the presence that the long-term effects of breathing pol- For comparison, Phys.org reports that in of ground-level ozone is harder to manage. luted air are worse than previously expected, China, where the national ozone air quality “And so, as climate change progresses, with researchers comparing pollution expo- standard is around 80ppb, over 60 days per we expect that vulnerable populations, and sure to smoking cigarettes in terms of the year exceed the safe air quality standard in even healthy populations, are going to see in- resulting health consequences. the country’s populous eastern and central creased effects,” says Emily Brigham, a Johns NPR reports that even marginally el- regions. Hopkins University assistant professor of evated air pollution levels can correlate The study examined 7,000 adults from six medicine and pulmonologist, to NPR. to quicker development of damage to the cities in the United States – Winston-Salem During their early stages, symptoms lungs in susceptible populations, regardless in North Carolina, St. Paul in Minnesota, New of respiratory disease may not be notice- of whether or not the people exposed also York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Baltimore able, but with exposure over long periods smoke cigarettes. – who experienced long-term exposure to of time, respiratory damage from diseases The study, which was released last above-average ground-level ozone concentra- like emphysema and COPD is thought to be month, focuses on the threat of chronic res- tions. permanent. piratory diseases like emphysema and chron- The subjects, living in areas that con- IHME data reveals that in 2017, COPD ic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), tained yearly average ozone levels ranging was the third leading cause of death in China, analyzing the health consequences of inhal- from 10 to 25ppb, had lung damage compara- followed by lung cancer at No. 4 and esopha- ing numerous pollutants, namely ground- ble to changes in the lungs of smokers.