The June 2018 issue of That's Beijing is out now – paper-and-ink form citywide, digital pdf form right here or in your browser here. Editor-in-Chief Noelle Mateer introduces the magazine:
One of the most terrifying sights in Beijing today is a pile of bricks. Sometimes they materialize overnight – a new, neatly-stacked pile greeting hutong residents when they wake up for their morning baozi. Other times, they appear amid fanfare – a construction crew moving in with their cement surprise. Either way, they are always a sign that change (and loud drilling) is just around the corner.
This time last year, some of Beijing’s most famous streets were in the midst of renovations – often called ‘brickings’ – that have since transformed the capital on a massive scale. But now that the dust has settled somewhat, the bricks have spread elsewhere. In this month’s cover story, Dominique Wong explores how city changes are resulting in the shuttering of Beijing’s once-iconic wholesale markets (p. 40), and Edoardo Donati Fogliazza and I ask hutong residents how the changes have affected them (p. 50).
Elsewhere in the magazine:
Artist Gareth Fuller breaks down his fascinating map of Beijing (p. 10);
Valerie Osipov interviews indie folk artist Devendra Banhart (p. 30);
And the rest of us drink our way through the hutongs in an effort to find the last remaining courtyard bars (p. 56) – you know, the ones that haven’t been bricked.
Until next month,
Noelle Mateer
Editor-in-Chief
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