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What really matters to men in the Middle Kingdom? // 14 LIFE & STYLE // 18 Travel Traditional textiles in the capital of Laos. // 20 ARTS // // 20 Art 2012 Shenzhen International Fringe Festival encourages creative thinking. // 28 COMMUNITY // // 30 Sport Macau Formula 3 (F3) Grand Prix is hitting the track. // EAT & DRINK // // Restaurant and bar reviews in the Guangzhou & Shenzhen Entertainment monthly inserts. 6 November 2012 // www.thatsmags.com NOVEMBER AL DENTE RISOttO THE INVISIBLE CITY // 12 PHOTO ESSAY // 16 LIFE & STYLE // 22 arts // EAT & DRINK Hunan photographer Li Stylish winter jackets. The 9th Guangdong Dance See more details in the Zhengde sees Shenzhen in a Festival is back. Guangzhou & Shenzhen different way. Entertainment monthly inserts. // QUOTE OF THE MONTH // 23 BOOKS Hong Kong "THE ONE-CHILD POLICY MAKES history comes to life in Fan Tong’s Out of PARENTS TOO OVERPROTECTIVE TO Time in Wan ALLOW BOYS TO FIGHT THEIR OWN Chai. BATTLES." COVER STORY, WEST POINT BOYS, WAN GUOYING // P34 Brit boy style // New Life & Style 14 New smart phones DVDs // Products 15 // Arts 24 Fashion forward // Street Cred 15 November 2012 // www.thatsmags.com 7 CITY EDITOR’s nOTE Macho Issue NOVEMBER WIN! WEB ONLINE AT THATSMAGS.COM he global economy is undergoing a sluggish URBANATOMY recovery compounded by the Eurozone debt QUIZ GAME T crisis. The first week of the 112th Canton Fair, October’s Urbanatomy China's largest trade fair, has seen a sharp decline in the number of overseas buyers to the fair as a result. Quiz winners were On the other hand, consumers in China are much Momoko Tabe (GZ) more optimistic. The annual Golden Week holiday and Raj Gupta (SZ). that’s Daily was marred by chaos on motorways as millions of Our daily blog on the PRD’s latest Chinese travelers went on holiday. Major attractions For November’s across the country such as the Great Wall and Taishan Urbanatomy Quiz, Mountain were seriously overloaded, showing Chinese please send your willingness to spend come-what-may. While visiting China’s popular tourist spots during hot seasons can answer to: marketing. be miserable, hopping over to neighboring countries [email protected] can offer a real respite. We have some tips for traveling by the 20th of the in Laos on page 18. month. See page 85 Last month also saw Chinese author Mo Yan winning Web exclusives the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature. Congratulations, (GZ) and page 77 (SZ) News, reviews, interviews Mo Yan! Having grown-up in a small town in for more details. The Northeastern China, 57-year-old Mo Yan, born Guan Moye, made it from a poor country boy to a Nobel Guangzhou winner will Prize laureate after experiencing many hardships in win a dining voucher life. A popular topic for Mo Yan and other Chinese sponsored by Tekila fiction writers, the role of the modern Chinese man is explored in this month’s cover story on page 32. valued at RMB 500. November is also set to be an eventful month. With The Shenzhen winner the Canton Fair still ongoing, you can also check out will win 2 bottles of Eat & Drink the Guangdong Dance Festival (p22), the Shenzhen International Fringe Festival (p20), the Macau Formula wine sponsored by Reviews, listings, happy hour deals and more 3 Grand Prix (p30) and NFL Experience in Guangzhou Pieroth, valued at (p63, GZ insert). What else? The annual Hooley’s Battle RMB 600. of the Bands of course. Find details on page 29 to participate in this exciting event that brings together musicians from all backgrounds for a competition high in drama (and drink). Shane Qin Events Managing Editor Up-to-date info on what’s happening all month WITH SKYFALL HITTING CINEMAS IN NOVEMBER, WHO IS yoUR COVER FAVORITE 007? A. Sean Connery B. George Lazenby THIS MONTH’S C. Roger Moore COVER was D. Timothy Dalton illustrated by Mei Mei. E. Pierce Brosnan F. Daniel Craig Vote at www.thatsmags.com/ prd or send your responses to Reader’s Poll [email protected] by Who is your favorite 007? November 18. http://WWW.THATSMAGS.COM 8 November 2012 // www.thatsmags.com November 2012 // www.thatsmags.com 9 CITY THE BUZZ Edited by shane qin & tom bird with ester yang, juliette ding & will wu POLL QUESTION What will your Halloween costume be? POLL 10.5% 42.1% A scary movie character A witch or warlock 15.8% 10.5% 21.1% A super hero A ghost or vampire The Qing dynasty undead QUote OF THE MONTH WIGHT LIMIT CANTON FaiR HK MRT “My works Gloomy confines ARE CHINESE trade outlook luggage weight LITERATURE, WHICH foreseen IS PART OF WORLD LITERATURE. THEY SHOW THE LIFE OF CHINESE PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND FOLK CUSTOMS. ” On October 11, Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life in China. October 15 saw the open- Recently, the East Rail of the ing of the 112th China Import Hong Kong MRT announced a and Export Fair, aka the Canton new policy, limiting the weight Gay PRIDE Fair. This year’s Canton fair has of baggage to 32 kilograms. expanded its scale to a total Electronic scales have been of 59,400 standard booths, in- installed at the border station An open gay ‘marriage’ cluding 58,500 export booths. of Sheung Shui, Fan Ling, Lo After the first week of the au- Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations. On October 2, in the remote town of tumn session concluded, how- Passengers who violate the re- Ningde in Fujian, 24 year old Lu Zhong ever, official statistics showed striction will receive warnings married his partner Liu Wangqiang with that the number of overseas from MTR staff or be denied en- almost the whole town watching. Some buyers to the fair – a barometer try. Those who ignore the warn- 20 internet friends came to give their of China’s export situation – ing and force to enter will face blessings from Guangxi and Chongqing. dropped considerably , indicat- prosecution or a 2,000 HK dol- The couple got engaged in Dongguan and ing weak global demand amid a lars’ fine. This move is reported made a high-profile photoshoot for their sluggish recovery, compounded to crack down on goods traders wedding earlier in September. Lu Zhong’s by the Eurozone debt crisis. from the mainland. sister attended the wedding and wished them a good, peaceful life together. 10 November 2012 // www.thatsmags.com PRD URBAN FUTURE DELta HERO US MAN DetaiNED Renowned State to develop Ye Jianying 叶剑英 Communist Marshal A suspected Nansha New Ye Jianying (1897-1986) was a military rape strategist and one of the founders and Zone leaders of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.