That's Shanghai - May 2017 Issue Out Now!

You’ve probably taken the high-speed train from Shanghai to Beijing or somewhere in our nearby Jiangsu or Zhejiang provinces at least once by now. But did you know that China’s longest rail journey (by time) is the K1082 train that runs from Wulumuqi, Xinjiang (in the northwest) to Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang (in the northeast)? 

For our cover story this month, That’s Beijing Chief Editor Oscar Holland rides on this very train from one side of the country to the other and tells the stories of passengers and staff he met over this three-day, 4,687-kilometer journey. Turn to p52 to read his travelogue. 

Over on the other side of the pond, our own Food Editor Betty Richardson flies to Taipei to check out all the local delicacies of the city (p74) and brought back with her loads of foodporn for you plus loads of snacks for us at the office. (Pineapple cakes!) 

Back in Shanghai, Arts Editor Erica Martin sits down with artist Liu Bolin (p40) to talk about his Hacker Art exhibition at the new Magda Danysz Gallery over on Beijing Dong Lu, while I chat with a couple of Instagrammers – Han Xiao (@hx1125) and Emanuele Ali (@ema_eye) – who specialize in a minimalistic style of portraits and architecture photography. Find out more about their obsession with symmetry, lines and simplicity on p12.

Until next month, 

Dominic Ngai 
Editor-in-Chief

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