The July 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 Oscar Holland introduces the magazine:
Every now and then, we are forced to take stock of how we ended up at a certain juncture in life. These mini existential crises usually strike while I’m on a toilet in some far-flung corner of China (too much time to think). But my latest what-the-fuck-am-I-doing here moment was more pleasant, and took place in the middle of the Bohai Sea on the world’s fourth-largest luxury cruise ship with Fan Bingbing, China’s most famous woman. You can read about why I was there on page 36.
The ease with which one is thrown into surreal circumstances is, for me, what makes traveling so addictive. I say this in a general sense, but it proves particularly true in China.
Don’t get me wrong, travel here can be unbearable. I speak for anyone who has been forced off a bus to tour a jade factory. But at the risk of skirting too close to cliche, this country is old, diverse and exceptionally large. You’ve got to try pretty hard not to find adventure here.
So this month, in addition to my dispatch from the Bohai, we’ve brought together a short collection of travel writing (from page 34) featuring stories from the North Korean border, a Gansu house cave and more. If your summer won’t take you beyond the 6th Ring Road, then let this provide some vicarious wonderment.
Elsewhere in the magazine:
Dominique Wong meets the women upending the patriarchy of Beijing’s comedy scene (page 10)
Andrew Chin speaks to Kevin Barnes, frontman of the enigmatic Of Montreal (page 28)
And, Noelle Mateer brings you her characteristically shrewd take on the month’s restaurant and bar openings (from page 46)
Happy reading.
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