The February issue of That's Shanghai is out now – paper-and-ink-form citywide, digital pdf-form right here or in your browser here.
February. The month when winter really starts becoming a drag, Chinese New Year means you get some sensible time off to go on holiday again (even thought you just came back from the Christmas break) and the consumerist society we all live in dictates we celebrate love (and spend lots of money) on the ‘most romantic day of the year’: Valentine’s Day.
Because we hate this celebration (well, I personally do at least), it was only natural to look at it and bring you a slightly twisted Valentines-themed cover story this month. Turning to page 52, you won’t find soppy tales of requited feelings. Instead, we’ve looked at some of the contemporary faces of modern-day romance. And so on page 54 Karoline Kan meets a Jiangxi man jilted by his mail-order bride, while Dominic Ngai profiles a selection of China’s young singles with differing views on what it means to be unmarried on page 59.
These tales of modern love are of course just a small part of the whole picture – although divorce rates are rising, China still counts some 13 million weddings every year, and there are plenty of happy couples meeting on and off datings apps around us – but they signposts a shift in the way people perceive love today.
Elsewhere in the magazine, photographer Lukas von Rantzau talks about his journeys across China’s highspeed rail network ahead of Chinese New Year (page 12); Dominique Wong explores some alternative views on the end of the one-child policy (page 18), Zoey Zha and yours truly bring you a who’s-who of China’s social media landscape (page 26); Andrew Chin interviews one of Canada’s most exciting bands, Metz (page 42); Celina Huynh does a roundup of the best cafes to warm your cockles in while it’s freezing outside (page 70) and Betty Richardson gives you the skinny on thelatest restaurants openings in town (page 75).
Stay warm, y’all, and happy Chinese New Year,
Marianna Cerini
Editor-in-Chief
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