That's Beijing: July 2017 Issue Out Now
The July issue of That's Beijing is out now – paper-and-ink-form citywide. Editor-in-Chief Noelle Mateer introduces the magazine:
With the exception of a very strange internship rewriting the websites of city tourism boards – shout out to changsha.gov – I’d hardly edited anything before starting at That’s Beijing. It matters not. I learned more from working under the talented Steve George and Oscar Holland than I did in semesters of journalism
classes.
In fact, I moved to Beijing simply because I was so excited by their vision for the magazine: That’s Beijing would tell human stories with thoughtful original features, as well as report on all the arts, style, events and food that make this city so great.
To say I’m lucky is an understatement – others find themselves here for much darker reasons. As China’s role on the international stage grows, so does its importance to the global refugee crisis, and this month, we’re grateful to have the first-hand account of an asylum seeker in Beijing. Read his fascinating essay, as well as our interview with representatives from the UN Refugee Agency, in this month’s cover story (p. 42).
Elsewhere in the magazine:
Tristin Zhang connects today’s Mobike obsession to China’s bicycle-crazed past (p. 10);
Erica Martin interviews China’s most buzzed-about rap group, Higher Brothers (p. 32);
And Dominique Wong explains the meaning of ‘Klerm,’ a new Thai restaurant (p. 60), and introduces us to Zhang Mama’s surprisingly tuhao new location (p. 58).
Until next month,
Noelle Mateer
Editor-in-Chief
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