The March 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:
It was both humbling and harrowing to hear a guy my own age explain that he’s retired from conflict zones having “seen so many children die in front of their parents.” While I work within the relative safety of China’s borders (OK let’s be real, mostly within the Sixth Ring Road), war reporters like Chen Xu are telling the frontline stories that the world needs to hear.
Chinese media is sometimes denigrated in the West, but hearing the experiences of Chen and other war correspondents (see page 10) was a reminder of how many courageous and dedicated reporters there are here. Few interviews are more inspiring that those with fellow journalists who risk everything for their work.
Closer to home, there’s another group of people risking life and limb to document their experiences: rooftoppers. In this month’s vertigo-inducing cover story Dominique Wong joins some of Beijing’s urban explorers as they scale abandoned (or unguarded) buildings in search of the perfect shot.
Dominique takes to the rooves for this month’s cover story (photo by @dongchenf)
Alongside her excellent story, which you can read from page 42, we are excited to print a handful of the rooftoppers’ most stunning photographs. Special thanks go to Joseph Lulu (@josephlulu on Instagram) for the image that you find on this month’s cover.
Elsewhere in the magazine:
Mia Li introduces another essential bit of slang in Chinese Urban Dictionary (page 17);
Andrew Chin chats with punk legend Mike Watt ahead of his intimate show in Beijing this month (page 36);
And Noelle Mateer explores Mumbai’s unusual take on Chinese food (page 56) before flying back to Beijing and bringing you a characteristically fastidious roundup of the city’s new openings (from page 52).
Happy reading.
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