The January issue of That's Shanghai is out now – paper-and-ink-form citywide, digital pdf-form right here or in your browser here.
For the last two years, our January issue has always been a photography-centered one. We used to feature the very best Shanghai – and China at large – offer in terms of visually compelling shots from photographers around the country, and hear from them about the how and why of their work. For January 2016, we’ve decided to keep with the tradition – but with an added a twist to it.
Enter the Eyes on China Project. The subject of our Cover Story is a photo-journalistic essay whose images stand out not only for their quality, but also for the medium they appear on – Instagram. Turn to page 52, and see for yourself what the people behind it have to say – and show – about it. (Talking of Instagram, make sure to follow our own account, @thatsshanghai – never know what photos might pop up on there.)
Elsewhere in the magazine, Dominique Wong and Tongfei Zhang look at China’s long relationship with uniforms on page 14, while I dig into the murky world of child modeling in the country on page 24.
On page 40, Arts Editor Andrew Chin first checks out Shanghai’s latest blockbuster art show Da Vinci: The Genius, then brings you the skinny on China’s best albums of 2015 on page 42 (he’s also talked to a billion music, theatre and ballet acts, as per usual. Just read the entire Arts section to find out more.)
In our delectable Eat & Drink section, Betty Richardson and Tongfei Zhang charter China’s culinary alphabet from A to Z on page 70, with a four-page feature beautifully illustrated by artist Justine Wong. If you want to brush up your local food knowledge ahead of Chinese New Year, this is the article for you.
Finally, Alyssa Wieting profiles counseling services in Shanghai in our Community section on page 62 – useful stuff if you feel a bit gloomy post-holidays.
Which you shouldn’t though! It’s only another month till the next break! And there’s just too much to do in this city to be sad, if our events section is anything to go by (on page 84).
Finally, a special thanks to Eyes on China’s co-founder Kevin Frayer for letting us use one of his pics for our cover – and splashing text over it.
I hope you’ll enjoy our first issue of 2016.
Till next month,
Marianna Cerini Editor-in-Chief
> Download the January issue of That's Shanghai here, or view it in your browser with Issuu here. To download previous issues, click here.
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