The September issue of That's PRD is out now – paper-and-ink-form citywide and in digital PDF form. Chief Editor Tom Lee introduces the magazine:
China is the only country to have possessed firearms for more than a millennium. Its history with these weapons stretches all the way back to the 800s, built off the back of experiments into elixirs of immortality – and in a way, these experiments were successful. The Middle Kingdom will go down in history as the nation that invented gunpowder, which revolutionized the way people fought battles and dominated warfare for centuries. Yet today, the country has strict regulations regarding the usage of guns, and the topic is one that is incredibly sensitive. As news stories over the last few years have shown, the optics of the issue are considered so important by the government that people have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for owning realistic replicas – and yet some estimate that there are almost five guns per 100 people. What accounts for this disparity? How difficult is it really to obtain a pistol? And what do people honestly think about the laws surrounding private gun ownership? This issue is dedicated to answering these questions, breaking open a subject that some consider strictly taboo. Turn to p38 for a look into the issues dominating the conversation.
We’ve got some cracking interviews in this issue, including Queen guitarist (and holder of a PhD in astrophysics) Brian May (p32) and esteemed Shakespearian actor (and High Sparrow of King’s Landing) Jonathan Pryce (p36). Plus, check out p14 for some highlights from the Chinese entries submitted to this year’s iPhone Photography Awards.
Make sure you don’t miss some of our new features, as the magazine has undergone a mini reboot. Learn a trivia tidbit and show off your knowledge with our monthly quiz on p8; discover what apps and gadgets have piqued our interest on p20 and buff up on your China celeb knowledge or take in some local theater on p30.
We also want to hear more from you! So if you’re a passionate writer or need some advice on a thorny problem, make sure to check out p48, where you can find out how to contribute to our fiction section or write in a question to our new columnist and sympathetic ear, Jamie.
That’s all she wrote, folks!
> Guangzhou: Download the September issue of That's PRD here, or view it in your browser with Issuu here. To download previous issues, click here.
> Shenzhen: Download the September issue of That's PRD here, or view it in your browser with Issuu here. To download previous issues, click here.
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