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8 CiTy12 myTh-bUsTing ThE yaOFacts and fictions about Guangdong's largest ethnic minority.

14 maTchmakEr, maTchmakErCan't find 'the one?' Your parents will.

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Editor's Note April

“Never was anything great achieved without danger.” So said Niccolò Machiavelli, one of the great minds of the Renaissance. Of course, he was talking about how to successfully rule your realm by crushing opposition and dominating neighboring states, but it applies equally well to this month’s cover story: urban extreme sports.

Skateboarding, parkour and BMX all came into being as part of a counterculture desire to do something extraordinary – and they all come with plenty of hazards. Torn ligaments, broken bones and even death are not uncommon to these disciplines, but that hasn’t deterred thrill seekers from testing the limits of gravity with backflips and supermans.

In fact, these three sports have been steadily growing in China, and like everything in the country, while it may be arriving a little late to the global party, you can be sure that big things are on the horizon. We took the highway to the danger zone and spoke to people in China’s major metropolises for a glimpse into how skateboarding, parkour and BMX are turning cities into extreme sports playgrounds (p36).

Looking into other subgroups of society, this month Guangzhou editor Jocelyn Richards lays down the facts about Guangdong’s largest ethnic minority, the Yao. Having journeyed into their villages in the countryside of the

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province, she has all the facts about the Yao people and their customs (p12).

It’s a busy month for pop music fans, with the advent of both Katy Perry (who we covered in our last issue) and Pitbull (see p26 for an interview), as well as the Backstreet Boys (see the Hong Kong calendar). We’ve also nabbed a chat with Jiangnan Xiren, the duo who has taken the Middle Kingdom by storm with their takedowns of everything from ‘tuhao’ to Sinopec. Using popular

melodies, including ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Gangnam Style,’ they recompose the lyrics to present amusing social commentary (p28).

More high culture is on the horizon, too, with the English National Ballet bringing the sparklingly light and easily digestible Coppélia (p32) and Théâtre de la Feuille’s very physical version of Chinese classic The Orphan of Zhao (p30). Looking ahead, Shenzhen is set to welcome a grand production of Ghost the Musical in May. Keep an eye out for our interviews with the stars in our next issue.

Until then, one more piece of advice from Machiavelli to mull over that has always been very instructive to me: “It is better to be feared than loved.”

Tom LeeEditor in Chief

We’re in the market for a new National Online Editor. Someone young and hungry with a good knowledge of all things China and China related, the ability to spot a good story and well versed in the ways of social media. Mandarin and Photoshop skills preferred. Resumes to [email protected]


TalEs Of ThE ciTywho let the dogs out?A dog slaughter ring in Shenzhen was shut down on March 16 after animal rights activists spent almost 40 hours protesting outside the site. Members of the Shenzhen City Canine Society posed as purchasers of dog carcasses in order to enter the compounds, where they found hundreds of iron cages packed with dogs. Within minutes, authorities arrived at the scene, arresting the soulless canine kidnappers and saving 89 dogs in the process. Although the story is not expected to improve China’s infamous reputation for cruelty towards animals, it does promote more pawsitive thinking.

land of opportunityDon’t head west just yet! A joint report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) China and the China Development Research Foundation named Shenzhen and Guangzhou as the top two “cities of opportunity” last month. Twenty cities – including Tianjin, Chongqing and Nanjing – were ranked based on indicators like healthcare and safety, culture and lifestyle, technology and sustainability. As the ‘Silicon Valley of China,’ Shenzhen scored highest in technological readiness and economic clout, while Guangzhou topped a subcategory for having the highest overall standard of living. Crucial indicators like the number of palm trees per square kilometer and average temperature apparently weren’t factored in, but hey, we still won.

bromanceMarch 18 saw the meeting of two total strangers: BuzzFeed editor Matt Stopera and Guangzhou resident Li Hongjun, dubbed ‘Bro Orange.’ A few weeks back, Li was gifted a secondhand iPhone from a distant relative – the same phone that was stolen from Stopera in New York months before. After discovering mysterious images on his photo stream of a man next to an orange tree, Stopera tweeted about the incident, which was later reposted by a Chinese netizen on Weibo with the hashtag “looking for Bro Orange.” With 50 million views, it wasn’t long before Li was tracked down, prompting Stopera to hop on a plane to Guangzhou and meet him in person. The two bonded over noodles in Li’s hometown of Meizhou, where Li is taking advantage of the media attention to promote Hakka cuisine.

port-a-realityDongguan is sprucing up streets with its latest art installation project, Real Fiction Cinema, which sets up ‘port-a-cinemas’ around the city. On its first tour to China, the three-month project is being organized by ArtsRouge International and Littmann Cultural Projects and curated by Klaus Littmann and Dutch conceptual artist Job Koelewijn. Three container-like cinemas, designed by the Swiss architecture firm Lost and featuring a total of 26 seats, were placed in a parking lot beside a theater and pedestrian street. When observing the ‘film’ through an open screen, every spectator is transformed into an actor, every building a film backdrop and every scene a story with no ending. Deep, Dongguan, deep.

Do not pass goHead coach Fabio Cannavaro of the Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club has been handed a 10-month jail term by Italian courts. The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year found himself in deep water after he was caught swimming in the pool of one of his properties, ignoring orders prohibiting him from entering the grounds. The ban is tied to the ongoing investigation by Italian authorities into possible tax invasion. Cannavaro’s company, Fd Service, had almost one million pounds seized last year in Naples and is estimated to owe another million euros in unpaid taxes. Meanwhile, admired club director Marcello Lippi announced his resignation last month, though sources say recent actions of the Italian duo are merely “an untimely coincidence.”


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blowing cows and eating tofu

One of the most marvelous things about Mandarin is the anecdotes behind everyday idioms. This month, we’re dissecting two that you can regularly insert into con-versation: chuī niú (吹牛) and chī dòufu (吃豆腐).

Chuī niú (literally ‘blowing cat-tle’) is a common way to say ‘talking big.’ In the past, a butcher would cut a small wound in the leg of a lamb or a pig after killing it. Then he blew on the wound until the body pumped up. After that, it would be easy for the butcher to skin the animal. This technique was called ‘blowing pig’ or ‘blowing lamb.’

What does this have to do with cows? If a man said that he could blow cattle, he was talking big, because the skin of bovines was too thick and tough to make this practicable. Thus, chuī niú has become a colloquial way to say someone is exaggerating, e.g., nĭ chuī niú (‘you’re exaggerating’).

Another useful phrase to have on hand is chī dòufu (‘eating tofu’). In the Han Dynasty, there was a couple who ran a tofu shop. The wife was beautiful and charming, so people called her the ‘Tofu Queen.’ To drum up business, her behavior was occasionally flirtatious, which led men to go to her shop just to court her attention.

Today, chī dòufu is usually em-ployed to say that a man is taking advantage of a woman, normally in a teasing or playful context. For ex-ample, nĭ chī Ellen de dòufu (‘you are taking advantage of Ellen’).

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With more than 500 million us-ers, the Didi Lashi app has gone completely viral. Does it flag cabs? Message your friends? No, this one does something even more important – it finds the closest, cleanest toilet. Public restrooms abound, but so do pri-vate establishments. Does your apartment have a particularly swanky bathroom with Wi-Fi? You can list it on the app, along with a modest fee for its use – this is the Uber Black of toilets, and we bet it’s going to be huge.

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“the quality is great, and it’s so sexy!”

That’s the Taobao review left by a woman who purchased this particu-larly shocking dress, only to find that she didn’t look quite like the mod-el online when she wore it. She seemed to love her RMB39 duds any-way, although when she took photos donning her new wares, Internet commenters were not as enthusiastic. One helpfully suggested that it may look a bit sexier “if you don’t wear the pink slippers.” Perhaps.

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shanzhai sphinx Last spring, workers in Hebei Province had to dismantle an epic, full-scale replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza, after Egyptian authorities complained to UNESCO that China was manufacturing fakes of its cul-tural heritage. Well, the folks in Anhui never got the memo, and they’ve gone ahead and built themselves a sphinx as well. This mammoth monument, lovingly referred to in Chinese as the “lion-body-human-face statue” may not be long for this world if Egypt catches on. Book your tickets to Chuzhou, Anhui, before this Wonder of the World(ish) becomes history.


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myTh-bUsTing ThE yaOfact and fiction about Guangdong’s largest ethnic minorityby jOcElyn richarDs

Taken at face value and in eve-ryday clothes, even a seasoned Guangzhouer would struggle to differentiate between modern Yao

and Han Chinese, yet the official line of de-marcation remains. Despite being the largest ethnic minority in Guangdong and boasting a population comparable to Chicago’s, the Yao have historically remained absent from all social, economic and political interac-tions in the region. Today, however, many of these once brightly clad mountaineers have abandoned their smog-free villages to seek

opportunities in neighboring cities, marking the first major Yao assimilation in history. We decided to untangle what’s true from what’s false regarding this people and their culture.

The Yao are a clearly defined, homog-enous group.

False. China’s 55 ethnic minorities are sometimes lumped together, but for as many differences as there are between ethnic clas-sifications, there are often even more varia-tions within each individual group. Initially

distinguished only as the ‘other’ during conflicts of power with Han Chinese, the Yao were soon labeled barbarians and forced to live away from society in mountainous re-gions. Over time, continuous uprisings, con-sequential isolation and shared experiences helped shape the Yao into the (somewhat) solidified body they are today.

They are rebels… in the best sense.True. The Yao’s rebellious disposition

has always come with the territory. As early as A.D. 220, the Shiji – one of the first of-ficial histories of China – described a group of southern barbarians characterized by a tradition of sustained resistance to imperial regimes. Later historical texts stress that the Yao “refused to be seduced by the lure of the superior, lowland Han culture, which meant paying taxes and providing corvee [unpaid] labor.” But really, who would work for free?

They consider themselves ‘dog-men.’False – sort of. Classic fifth century

Chinese text The History of the Later Han recounts the myth of Pan Hu, a divine dog that married an emperor’s daughter and subsequently fathered a new species of ‘dog-men.’ To this day, some Yao still consider the legend to be a valid origin story, though most simply honor the canine for its admirable role in other popular legends.


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It is merely coincidence, however, that the Chinese character 猺 – depicting a ‘dog’ or ‘beast’ radical – was once the word for ‘Yao.’ Instead of reflecting the Yao’s mythical origin, it was actually a graphically pejorative ideogram used by Han Chinese as an ethnic slur. The character was later replaced with a human radical (傜) and then an even more favorable jade radical (瑶) in the 1950s as part of the PRC’s attempt to glorify Chinese ethnic minorities.

They have a Guinness world record.True. The Hongyao (Red Yao) women

in Huangluo Village, Guangxi, earned a Guinness record in 2010 for comprising the “world’s first long-hair village.” Their endless locks, which average 1.7 meters, are tradi-tionally cut only once, at the age of 16. The hair is then gifted to the groom on a couple’s wedding day and later becomes part of a woman’s everyday hairdo.

Made of three bunches – the hair that was cut at 16, hair that is still attached and growing, and strings of fallen hair that are collected each day – a woman’s headdress indicates both her social and marital status. Married women without kids wrap hair around their heads in a spiral, while those with children tie a small bun at the front. Single women looking for love usually sport a bandana, leaving much to the imagination.

They have a secret language solely for women.

True, though it’s rarely practiced today. Known as Nüshu, or ‘women’s writing,’ the script first emerged in Jiangyong County,

Hunan. In traditional China, unequal access to education often left girls and women il-literate, forcing them to find alternative ways to communicate. Unlike standard written Chinese, Nüshu is purely phonetic, with about 600 characters that represent different syllables in a word. Some Nüshu characters actually take the mirror image of an original Chinese ideogram and reduce the number of strokes (we don’t blame them). Featured in Lisa See’s novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, the script was used in poems and letters between sworn sisters, embroidered onto clothing or everyday items.

They never take commercial medicine.True. Perched on mountaintops far from

civilization, the Yao learned to develop their own medical practices early on. Families passed down knowledge of the therapeutic properties of wild plants and herbs, which were used to heal common diseases. After boiling the plants in water, the Yao would pour the resulting tonic into a large barrel and bathe in it. These medicinal baths soon became a trademark prescription of Yao doc-tors, who are estimated to advise patients in

over 190 different treatments using 30 herbs to treat almost 50 diseases.

Said to stimulate circulation, encourage muscle relaxation, eliminate fatigue and strengthen one’s immune system, the baths are also believed to treat rheumatic fever, ty-phoid fever, and gynecological and skin dis-eases. Packages of Yao bath tonic have been spotted on Taobao (search 瑶族泡药包), but proceed at your own risk.

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maTchmakEr, maTchmakErCan’t find ‘the one?’ your parents willby Emma gUO

Only a five-minute walk from the red southern gate of Lianhua Shan Park is the blind date corner. A sign set up at the entrance by the park’s management of-fice alerts passersby that they are in a matchmaking

area. Thousands of posters of personals plaster the walls of a 200-square-meter section, with some even tacked onto several nearby trees. Parents and a few middle-aged men mill around.

A local man in an unfitted suit notices me first. He thinks I’ve come for a date. Confident and somewhat intense, he introduces himself as Wen Jinlong and launches into his spiel after a brief greeting:

“I’m turning 40 soon and my parents are getting older. My goal is to get married this year and ideally have a kid before 40. I would like to have my wife stay at home taking care of the family. I run my own little store. Although I can’t earn a ton of money from it, it’s still enough for a family of three in the future.”

I ask why he came to Lianhua Shan instead of using dating websites. “No one replies to my messages,” he answers. “Plus women’s photos lie sometimes. I prefer to meet people I’m going to date in person.” He mentions that he heard about park match-making from a friend who met his girlfriend here.

He continues talking until I interject, firmly telling him I am uninterested and that he is wasting time. He nods and leaves immediately.

Next, I speak to a woman named Aunt Zhao. Zhao and her husband moved with their daughter from Wuhan, Hubei Province, shortly after the couple’s retirement in 2012. Zhao lives nearby and comes to Lianhua Shan in the mornings to exer-cise and see friends.

“My daughter is an only child… [and] a bit shy. Her father and I worry about her since she’s turning 30 soon. She works in a shipping agency, and most of her co-workers are women… We need to help her,” she says.

Zhao’s daughter thought park matchmaking was embarrass-ing and resisted at first. “We promised her we would be reasona-ble and respect her choices though, so she decided to give it a try.”

After several dates set up by her parents, Zhao’s daughter eventually entered into a relationship for eight months, and her poster was removed from the walls. However, the couple broke up when the man relocated to another city. “She didn’t want a long-distance relationship. We have no choice but to support her. She’s our daughter after all,” Zhao continues. Zhao and her hus-band plan on putting their daughter’s flyer back up soon.

Like many of the parents hanging about Lianhua Shan, Zhao and her husband are not familiar with online dating. Instead of reading profiles on a website, they know talking face to face helps to gauge the suitability of a person better.

“It’s convenient and cost effective to do it this way,” Zhao notes. “We are not familiar with the computer like young people, and my daughter is not really into blind dates.”

Rick Li, a Taiwanese man who owns an electronics busi-

marriage: a joining of two people – and their families. for most unions, parents view meeting a prospective spouse for their son or daughter as hugely important and necessary before the nuptials. Generally, this happens later in the relationship. however, the ever-quirky Shenzhen has produced a different phenomenon among the parents of older unmarried singles: park matchmaking.


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ness, is a regular at park matchmaking. He got tipped off about the practice from a friend he met speed dating. “He told me the most effi-cient way to get married is to meet the parents and make them like you first. I think he’s right, if the parents like you, then you’ve half suc-ceeded.”

Li started park matchmaking in 2013. “There were less posters and people here [then]… only residents living around the neigh-borhood were coming,” he says. Li thinks the popularity has grown because it’s free and peo-ple make new friends by participating.

“I met four of my dates here, but none of them became my wife,” he says. Parents and distance are the main reasons his prospects haven’t panned out. “I come from Taiwan. If I get married, sooner or later I will move back to Taiwan… Most parents don’t want their daugh-ter to move to Taiwan… especially if she’s an only child.”

Despite those issues, Li almost married his last girlfriend whom he met here. After six months, his girlfriend’s parents asked him to buy an apartment and a car in Shenzhen. They told him this would be a way to show how much he loved their daughter and how serious he was about the relationship.

“To me it's completely insane, since the housing prices are way too high here, and we are moving back to Taipei if we get married.

Why waste money? I refused, my girlfriend and her family got mad, and we ended our relationship,” says Li who thinks finding a date here is easy but making it into a relationship is difficult.

“Parents are the biggest problem. Somehow I feel like they only care about how much money you have. The more money you show them, the more they think you love their daughter,” he says.

Li’s words resonate as I look at the posters again. Most are written by parents, only telling their child’s age and how much they earn per month. Interested suitors can call the phone number listed on the flyer (the parents’ direct line) if they like what they see.

What follows is a fairly standard process: parents will ask questions first, and if their standards are met, they will show a photo of their offspring. If the suitor continues to show interest, a day is set for the first meeting, nor-mally in the park – the daughter or son, their parents and the suitor.

However, the first meeting is tightly con-trolled and managed, with the son or daughter generally going along with what their parents say. The second meeting a few days later is much more natural.

“Some girls tell me that they’re not interest-ed in me at all, or they enjoy staying single,” says Li. “They do this only to comfort their parents.

It’s harsh but at least it’s the truth.” He doesn’t mind the rigmarole. If it does go well, the couple has the all clear to start going out on dates.

Li seems tired of park matchmaking, but he doesn’t have many options. “I’m 47 now… I would never do this if I were 20 years younger… I was popular when I was young. But things changed and now karma has got me,” he sighs.

Perhaps this is the case for many middle-aged, unmarried people in Shenzhen. At least most have their parents to help them out.


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Chinese medicine is full of treatments that might make you question the sanity of those ancient medicine men who invented them thousands of years ago. Guasha is one of those weird and wonderful treatments. In fact, after acupuncture, it is my top choice for muscle pain and stiffness.

Guasha is a deep friction technique that uses a curved edge tool to strip through tight muscle fibers in order to break up energy stagnation and thereby reduce tension and pain. You can get specialized guasha tools, but I prefer a plain old Chinese soup spoon. Spoon in hand, I lube up your skin and then use firm pressure to drag its rounded edge along your muscle tissue and energy pathways. Guasha should feel like a strong massage but always within your pain tolerance.

I rarely use guasha as a stand-alone treatment; I combine it with acupuncture. By combining the two, you get

both a local and systemic affect. In the long run, this means extended periods without pain.

As I wrote in a previous article, all pain is caused by stagnation of energy,

blood or other body fluids. Guasha releases pain and stiffness caused by energy stagnation. This type of pain often affects a general region rather than a fixed point. It might roam around or come and go. It usually feels dull rather than sharp and typically hurts less after stretching or exercise, but returns during inactivity. Upper back pain and stiffness caused by poor posture during deskwork is a very common cause, and guasha works beautifully to remedy it.

In Chinese, gua (刮) describes the scraping motion used during treatment and sha (痧) describes a dark red or purple color change in the skin – this is a strong hint that you should expect to get temporary bruising from guasha. The more serious your energy stagnation, the darker your ‘sha’ will be and the longer it will last. Severe cases will show dark purple marks that slowly fade over a week or two or three. This variation makes guasha a nifty way to di-agnose how widespread and how severe your energy stagnation is. As treatment progresses you see less and less sha, while the pain that brought you in for treatment will be reducing as well.

Guasha may look like torture, but done by a properly trained professional it is actually a comfortable and highly effective solution for pain. Many of my patients tell me that guasha is their favorite part of treatment. I always thought it was my charming personality.

// Jon hanlon is a Chinese medical practitioner, raised in the

Us, trained in Australia, now healing the sick in Guangzhou.

You can contact him for a booking on 185 0202 5594 or jon@

guangzhouacupuncture.com

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make some noise! In today’s wired world, we expect access to mu-sic no matter how far we wander. Cranking up the volume on an iPhone works fine in the car, but what about when you’re traversing white-caps on Hong Kong’s southern island or hosting an outdoor barbeque with friends? In the past, bringing along a speaker meant packing a pile of wires and chargers too – not exactly the ro-mantic getaway most have in mind.

This month, we’re exploring hassle-free al-ternatives that promise hours of solid beats on rechargeable battery power alone. Our favorite Bluetooth portable speakers include Harman’s highly rated JBL Flip 2 (RMB999), which packs massive sound and stable bass into a pocket-size device weighing less than one pound. Able to fit in most purses, the JBL Flip 2 comes with a hard case and charges via micro-USB, saving you the need to lug around an extra charger. Easily connected to playlists on any mobile device, laptop or tablet, the JBL Flip 2 can play nonstop for up to five hours.

Last year, Harman also introduced the JBL Pulse (RMB1,699), adding funky LED lava

lights to the mix. Radiating beams of color that pulse to the beat of your favorite tunes, the JBL Pulse was called “mesmerizing” by CNET, while PC Mag asserted its “good general sound qual-ity.” Perhaps most exciting is that those with an iOS device can customize the lighting patterns even more with the free JBL music app. Expert listeners may choose a speaker with more clar-ity in the low-mid range, but for most, the JBL Pulse delivers on volume and certainly heats things up on the dance floor. JR // For details of where to purchase these speakers and other

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what if i fail?

We’ve all heard the saying that “trying and failing is better than not trying at all.” It’s another thing to put these words into ac-tion: making an attempt, sometimes fail-ing, but learning from our mistakes and going at it again.

Trying makes you vulnerable to failure, and that can be scary. But what happens if you don’t make an effort at all? When you do nothing, then there is no failure to deal with. But is it going to make you better? Can you get healthier one step at a time by inaction? No. Unfortunately, you get worse. Doing nothing is safe and comfortable, but gets you nowhere.

What’s the worst thing that can hap-pen if you try? Okay, so you fail. But you won’t die from trying to do a chin-up and realizing that you can’t even manage one. You’ll think, ‘Man, that sucks’ – and that’s it. So how can you accomplish that one chin-up? That’s when you assess and tweak your methods. Go through the steps you need to take. Think about how you can build the strength you need to reach that goal. Make a plan and see it through. You can and will reach your goal if you keep trying; it just takes time, practice and dedication.

If you're dreading what you have to do, remember why you're doing it. Visualize your success. If you're having one of those days when the thought of a

workout leaves you cold, convince your-self to do just 10 minutes. Get yourself ready, put your runners on, pop your earphones in and by the time you step out of the door, you’ll probably find yourself in the zone. Once you start your training, if you really can't push beyond those 10 minutes, then just go home. But if you’ve gone past the point of no return, remem-ber why you're there, and get your head in the game. You’ll be done before you know it. Once you've completed this task, you will feel better, and you’re that much closer to your goal.

We all occasionally miss workouts or gorge on an unhealthy meal, but it’s your reaction that counts. Do you just give up and resign yourself to staying the same? Or do you pick yourself back up, dust yourself off and have another go? If you don’t succeed today, dedicate your mind and body to pulling it off tomorrow.

Attempting and failing is a process that takes you to your end result. Try and persevere. Ice hockey great Wayne Gretzky once said, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.”

Take a shot now.

// Kara Wutzke is a fitness trainer who offers boot camps

and individual classes in Guangzhou. she can be con-

tacted by emailing [email protected] or through WeChat

iD: KaraK2Fit.

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heavenly spa

Nestled behind the Canton Fair Complex, The Westin Pazhou feels spotless and still next to the clamor of dusty vehicles outside. Upon entering the spacious lobby, hints of white tea permeate the air, setting the mood for a morning of indulgence.

The spa is located on the fourth floor in a separate corridor that lures guests even deeper into serene silence. Greeted by a team of therapists clad in neutral colors, we’re promptly led down a hallway illuminated with path lights and incandescent white stones. Doors line either side of the walkway, reveal-ing tranquil lounges and eight treatment rooms, three of which are tailored for couples.

Cast in a yellow glow and accented by mahogany floors, the treatment rooms typify Zen design without feeling cold or sterile. Each bed holds a tray of essential oils, a so-norant bowl and stones engraved with ‘hope,’ ‘love’ and ‘gratitude.’

This spring, Heavenly Spa by Westin has unveiled three signature treatment pack-ages – Hope, Dream and Wish – to achieve

physical, mental and spiritual renewal for guests. We decided to test our luck with the 150-minute Hope treatment (RMB1,180 plus 15 percent), which begins with a full-body olive scrub to exfoliate the outermost layer of the skin. After surviving months of dry win-ter air, outer skin cells generally die out and cake up on certain hard-to-reach areas of the body. The Hope treatment uses only natural olive grains and warm water to rejuvenate skin, avoiding all harmful chemicals found at cheaper spas around town.

After the scrub comes a Heavenly Mist Body Steam, short tea break and, finally, an intensive massage with one’s choice of essential oil. Peaceful echoes from the sono-

rant bowl and a dimming of lights indicate that the deep-tissue massage is underway. Though it’s easy to drift off between whiffs of rose extract and soothing music, our overall sensation is one of renewed energy. Tightness fades from shoulder and back muscles while skin feels supple, fragrant and visibly smooth.

It’s never easy to welcome the blinding sun and skimpy apparel that accompany spring in Guangzhou, but a fresh outlook and flawless skin sure bring us hope! JR

// 4/F, the Westin pazhou, Area C, Canton Fair Complex, 681

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Its enduring appeal means there’s a look for any time of the year – especially this in-between bit that’s neither rain nor shine. The pencil skirt. The classic shirt. The skinny jeans.

The fashion establishment has fallen for its ‘hip’ factor too – and given it a dressier makeover. This season, Burberry sent smartly-waisted denim jackets down the runway. Chanel accessorized its models with domesticated denim flap bags.

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Walking along the grounds of Nansha’s Flower Hotel is much like stumbling into Alice’s Wonderland under the influ-

ence. Life-size cartoons lurk among flawless flowerbeds while piglet pens and a Princess Diana statuary add random intrigue to the multiple-acre nirvana. We asked Xu Yukun, the CEO of this imaginative five-star hotel, to share a few of the motives behind the magic.

Who is the mastermind behind the Flower Hotel’s unique theme and decor?

Our hotel embodies a wedding holi-day theme and is inspired by Guangzhou’s Sunflower Garden founder Tan Weixing. Exterior architecture is handled by Mo Bozhi Studio, while all interior design is the work of Shenzhen Meizhi Decoration Design & Construction Co. Ltd. Room designs vary by floor and are either decked out in sunflower, lavender, cherry, rose or tulip themes.

The hotel grounds include a number of interestingly themed gardens and exhib-its, like the Hello Kitty room and Princess Diana statuary. What is the significance behind featuring such themes?

At Flower Hotel, it’s easy to run across scenes that conjure up feelings of deja vu, such

as the royal fountain and Princess Diana stat-ues. Every sight may arise from one’s extrava-gant imagination, from a scene in a movie or from a moment in time. There is no particular significance – it’s just the originality of life.

Would you say the hotel is modeled after an Eastern or Western style?

The hotel’s exterior is modeled after a European castle to expose guests to a fairytale-like world. The grounds are tailored to family outings and resemble a children’s playground with ball pools, amusement rides

and more. We have both a Cantonese and Western-style restaurant.

The Flower Hotel’s staff members are unusually outgoing and friendly towards guests. What sort of training do they un-dergo?

There are 305 employees total. Each has to participate in an initial orientation before completing a training session every two weeks. We instruct all employees in proper appearance, courtesy, communication, hotel knowledge, etc.

What does the future look like for the Flower Hotel?

We’ve been in a trial period since open-ing in December of last year but have enjoyed everyone’s recognition and affirmation of our efforts. We hope to strengthen promotional strategies in an effort to further increase our popularity and allow more travelers to enjoy our superior facilities and services. Finally, we look forward to finishing the outdoor heated swimming pool, workout room, yoga studio and clubs and villas on the premises.

// Flower hotel, no. 16, xinken, Wanqingsha Zhen, nansha District

南沙区万顷沙镇新垦16涌花之恋酒店 (3991 9666, www.hzlhotel.

com)


We are taking a small eight-seat-er turboprop aircraft down the coast of Africa, to Mozambique. Flying low, as the vast East

African mangrove swamps of Tanzania give way to white-sand, palm-lined beaches and turquoise waters that fringe small, tin-roofed towns and villages, it soon becomes evident that we’re headed to a laidback, pleasantly otherworldly land.

By the time we land at Nuarro Luxury Eco Lodge’s private airstrip, and are driven down dusty roads to the reception atop of a dune overlooking the magnificent Memba Bay and down to the wooden Beach Bar, re-laxation is the only word that comes to mind. While we may have been flying south, men-tally we have taken a turn for the horizontal. Nuarro has an instant calming effect.

The snacks help – ruled by the Portuguese for nearly 500 years, they intro-duced cashew nuts from Brazil. Naturally salted by the sea, they are perfectly washed down with a cold beer. The first global em-pire in history, the seafaring Portuguese also introduced spices and seasonings such as onions, bay leaves, garlic, fresh coriander, paprika, chilli peppers. Food is to become one of the great delights of our stay.

As is the company of manager Isabel’s two cats, Flip and Flop, who resemble felines from Egyptian hieroglyphics. These graceful gods seem to worship the guests though, re-ligiously following you to back to your chalet to make sure you settle in each night.

It is difficult not to. At Eco Lodge, Nuarro’s 12 chalets are all constructed from natural materials by local craftsmen, with large doors in the longitudinal ensuring plenty of ventilation and negating the need for air conditioning. Dominated by a king size bed covered in a mosquito net, each has its own veranda looking out to sea, so you can leave the doors open and fall asleep to the sound of the waves.

Darkness having fallen, we settle into the hammock on our veranda and look out over the moonlit Indian Ocean as a fishing boat we cannot make out rows to shore, its presence made known only by the crew, who sing in unison; an enchanting song in their lilting Makua dialect, a branch of the Bantu

languages. A lot of time is spent on that veranda –

relaxing, reading, enjoying the sea breeze coming up off the beach and – let’s be honest – snoozing. But there is also a raft of activi-ties on offer at Nuarro, from snorkeling to sea kayaking, dhow sailing trips to beach picnics.

And diving of course. The Marine Activity Centre is a fully equipped PADI Centre overseen by friendly couple Susanna and Richardo, who cater for all levels of di-vers, from beginners who walk in right from the beach, to night and shipwreck dives for the more experienced.

Given that most of the stay is about getting away from it all, the village walk is an interesting highlight. One of those pub quiz facts about Mozambique is that it is the only country to have an AK-47 on its flag. That’s a result of the Mozambican War of Independence against the Portuguese, which lasted from 1964 to 1974.

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Sadly, that hasn’t been the only war in the country’s recent history. Just two years after finally gaining independence in 1975, Mozambique descended into an intense civil war that wrecked its land for 15 years, until 1992. It was as bloody as it was protracted; some one million people died in fighting and from starvation, with countless others injured and losing limbs to landmines – a bleak legacy continuing to plague the nation to this day.

Suffice to say with such turmoil, this well endowed nation has struggled to reach its potential. While blessed with extensive natural resources, Mozambique ranks among the lowest in GDP per capita, human devel-opment, measures of inequality and average life expectancy.

The literacy rate of the country is also estimated to be just over 50 percent. One of Nuarro’s projects is the refurbishment of the local primary school in the neighboring village of Nanantha, attended by no less than 280 children. Five dollars from each over-night stay and two dollars from each activity are also donated to the local community, funding the building of a community centre and medical post as well as the school.

By the time we leave the village we have a fair procession of those 280 children fol-lowing us back to the beach, where fisher-men are bringing their catches, which brings us back to the food. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all served in a large open restau-rant on a rocky outcrop at one end of the beach - fresh fish, lobster and huge prawns plucked straight from the sea and cooked to perfection.

Migrating humpback whales pass the bay with their young, and on the final afternoon after lunch, rather than make the exhausting five-minute walk back to our verandas, we decide it is wiser to sit it out on a sofa on the restaurant terrace with a chilled bottle of white wine (or two).

Our idleness is rewarded when across the vast blue we see a great white plume

shooting into the air. And then another. Superb white (wine) plumes shoot out of our own spouts in excitement at having spotted one of these majestic marine mammals.

// Qu Fei Zhou are a newly-launched travel company offering tailored packages to southern Africa. For more information contact Kat by email at [email protected] or call her on 159 2173 9908 or visit www.qufeizhou.cn.

nuarro’s 12 chalets are all constructed from natural materials by local craftsmen. each has its own veranda looking out to sea, so you can leave the doors open and fall asleep to the sound of the waves

a beach massage, one of the perks of nuarro luxury Eco lodge

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Who would’ve thought that a little film about LA street racing would become one of our most enduring movie franchises of all time? After Justin Lin’s recent stellar tril-ogy, he turns the keys over to Saw director James Wan. Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and crew (Michelle Rodriguez, Ludacris, Tyrese) are returning home but are pursued by a revenge-seeking Jason Statham (Crank). UFC star Ronda Rousey and action legends Kurt Russell and Tony Jaa join in on the fun, which will surely involve plenty of car chases and monologues about family. It’s the last in the series to feature Paul Walker, who died halfway through filming. The film’s tribute to their star reportedly left audiences in tears at its opening.

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Johnny Depp is back and he’s got a brand-new mustache and a ridiculous British accent. The former Jack Sparrow stars as an eccentric art dealer who is recruited by Inspector Martland (Ewan McGregor) to track down a missing painting. As it turns out, it supposedly holds clues revealing the location of hidden Nazi gold and madcap adventures ensue. Gwyneth Paltrow, Olivia Munn, Paul Bettany and Jeff Goldblum co-star in this adaptation of Kyril Bonfigliloi’s hit 1970s comic-thriller novel series. Plans that this would be the first in a franchise have stalled due to its nasty critical and commercial reception – the movie has currently grossed USD30 million worldwide, about half of its production budget.

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The third season of House of Cards is out, and China tops the list of pirated downloads with more than 60,000 and counting. The show was a massive hit for Sohu last year. However, recent regulations have delayed its release, causing fans to find alternative ways to get their Frank Underwood fix – much like Zoe Barnes.

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It was a historic February as China topped the global box office market for the first time ever. Spurred on by Spring Festival hits like Chow Yun-fat’s The Man from Macau II and the Jackie Chan-John Cusack starring Dragon Blade, the country’s box office took in a record USD650 million – USD10 million more than America.

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W ith megahits like ‘I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)’ and ‘Give Me Everything’ to his name, Pitbull has truly

gone from Mister 305 to Mister Worldwide. The Miami rhymer shut down China his first time around and is back again, bring-ing the party to Guangzhou Gymnasium on April 3.

Welcome back to China! We went last time and had a blast. What will this show be like?

Well, it’s bigger, better, newer and longer, ha! Last year, we had some approval issues production-wise when we toured China and had to adjust it a little bit. This year, China will get the full show. Personally, I try to bring a little piece of Miami to the audience in every performance. It’s my hometown and it’s part of me. I want to share it with everyone.

Congratulations on your new record Globalization. How does it differ from your past work?

Since 2009, I make resolutions every year that I try very hard to follow. For 2015, it was to make history – and I think Globalization is very much a part of that. Those first albums and hit singles were big breaks for me, but I feel like I have really hit my stride on this album. I have truly become Mister Worldwide!

As Mister Worldwide, where are some of your favorite places to travel?

I have a new song called ‘Sexy Beaches.’ I love sexy beaches and I want to hit up every sexy beach I can find in the world. I’ve always believed the party is wherever you and your friends are. Now that my crew and I are in China, the party is right here.

Beatwise, what are you digging these days?

I love anything that gets me excited and makes the crowd want to party! I never want to release something that somebody puts on when they want to chill and relax. That’s not for me.

You have several very popular anthems like ‘I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho).’ When you finished those songs, did you know they would be global hits?

I think any real artist knows when they have something.

What’s the wildest place you’ve heard one of your songs playing?

Wildest situation? Heh, you know my motto, right? Single, bilingual and ready to mingle.

The 2014 AMA Ceremony was a big topic

on Weibo and you introduced the Chinese performers onto the stage – how did that affect you?

China is a big place and will become even bigger in the years to come. It’s great that cross-exposure of music and styles is growing between the East and West. It should.

Penguins of Madagascar was really suc-cessful here and ‘Celebrate’ went viral. If you could voice any animated character, what would it be?

They should make a Fievel movie – An American Tail: Fievel and the Rise of the Miami Kings. I would totally be the voice of a Miami mouse on the up and up.

You’re very proud of your Cuban-American heritage. It’s an interesting time between the two countries. What do you hope will happen in that relation-ship?

Miami is who I am, and Cuba is the cul-ture of my family. Right now, my home base is Miami and one day, I hope I am able to live in both places without a hassle.

Is there anything you would like to add?This is really a great honor for me to be

here. When I was younger and starting out, I don’t think I ever imagined coming through China on tour, twice. Party!

// April 3, 8pm, rMb380-1,680. Guangzhou Gymnasium, 783

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“wE TEasE, wE mOck, wE ExisT”meet the rappers who use Gaga to go after Sinopecby will wU

It wasn’t so long ago that the only way for a singer’s career to take off was though album sales, a couple of big con-certs and lots of face time on screens,

either big or small. Under the influence of today’s so-called ‘eyeball economy,’ however, the path to renown is through attention-grabbing stunts. Getting famous is a matter of masterminding a way to stand out from the crowd.

Rapping duo Jiangnan Xiren found their way to fame through reworking popular songs, in a similar vein to Weird Al Yankovic. Specifically, they rewrite the lyrics of shenqu (神曲), a term used to describe catchy tunes that have a brainwashing effect on listeners.

Consisting of two Guangzhou locals, Ivan Lok and Tommy Wang, Jiangnan Xiren be-came an Internet sensation in 2011 with the release of ‘Le D Gaa Gaa’ (‘哩D加价’), which translates as ‘prices all go up.’ Set to the tune of Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance,’ it satirizes the rising cost of living with lines like “prices soar crazily while salaries stay the same” and “Sinopec is the best, always gaining, never losing” – lyrics that became headlines in mainstream print media.

When the music video featuring Lok and Wang strutting about town in suits and heavy eye makeup was put online, it went viral, with more than three million clicks and 100,000 reposts on Sina Weibo.

“Sometimes it is hard to express your

feelings in an ordinary way. So we turn to mockery. And we mock with plain and simple words. We want others to laugh, and then to think,” says Lok.

The initial success came 10 years after Lok and Wang first met and became friends. Lok graduated with a major in art trad-ing, but ditched a world where creativity is bought and sold to work at a local radio station, composing jingles and sound effects from a small booth. It was there that he en-countered Tommy Wang, who was a DJ and host.

“Tommy is an idea bank,” says Lok. “He never lacks ideas and always reacts fast to hot social issues.”

Though Jiangnan Xiren’s first hit boldly skewered Sinopec, a state-owned oil and gas company, the duo has since focused largely on softer – if no less deserving – targets. “You can’t go too extreme in China. Compromise is needed,” notes Wang.

Wang and Lok’s signature song, ‘Jiangnan Xi Style,’ pokes fun at tuhao (the rich but ill-educated) and their extravagant lifestyle. Sung to the melody of Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’, the duo dance in the MV with two LV belts fastened on their heads. ‘Bei Bei’ (背呗, ‘recite’) reworks Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ to express the bitterness students experience before the gaokao, China’s national college entrance exam. The MV features the pair, dressed like students, carrying IV drips

into the classroom and moaning about the materials prescribed by strict teachers that must be memorized. So popular has the track become that every June, the month when the gaokao occurs, ‘Bei Bei’ is featured on the front page of Youku.

Finding the balance between humor and criticism has always been key to Jiangnan Xiren’s success, and while many of their releas-es have become cultural touchstones to young-er generations, not all have been a success.

Following a series of audacious moves in their MVs, like putting a sexy girl on a turnta-ble who cries out “I love rich men” and using an animated background in which a sperm enters an egg, the duo produced ‘God Loves Us,’ a commentary on China’s numerous food safety scandals. For this song, they put together different pop tracks with positive lyrics, but it failed to find as broad an appeal as their previous works.

“We were very disappointed at the num-ber of clicks, as we invested more in produc-ing this song, both financially and mentally,” says Wang. “It taught us that preaching is not agreeable to most netizens.”

While Jiangnan Xi Ren’s claimed goal is to “speak for the public,” they have been sub-jected to harsh attacks in the past. “We have often been criticized as being vulgar and playing to the gallery. It’s fine. We are not RnB, not everyone will like us,” says Wang. “We, together with our director Chris Huo, actually implant lots of hidden messages in our music videos. If you just notice the amus-ing part, that’s okay. At least you are happy. That’s the bottom line.”

// if you want to know more about the duo and their hilarious

music videos, visit www.sothisfilm.com

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Ivan LokRole: Composer, lyricist, singer Star sign: LibraPersonality: stingy (according to

Tommy)

Tommy WangRole: Lyricist and singerStar sign: AriesPersonality: thinks fast, acts quickly

– sometimes too quickly (according to Ivan)

from left to right: director chris huo, ivan lok and Tommy wang


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The Orphan of Zhao is one of China’s most famous plays. A dramatic tale full of court intrigue, murder and revenge, it is often referred to as the

‘Chinese Hamlet.’ Filled with grand motifs similar to

Shakespeare’s masterpiece, The Orphan of Zhao is purportedly the first-ever Chinese play to be translated in Europe. The great French author Voltaire admired the story so much that he adapted it to create L’Orphelin de la Chine, and it continues to fascinate Western audiences today: the Royal Shakespeare Company produced a lavish adaptation in 2012 that caused quite a stir in the UK and US.

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Though it was written during the Yuan Dynasty, in the 13th century, the tragedy fic-tionalizes historical events that happened more than two millennia ago. A corrupt official pur-sues a vendetta against a ministerial rival, mas-sacring his entire extended family except for a single child, the minister’s baby boy, who is smuggled away and hidden. Years later, the of-ficial unknowingly adopts the heir of his former nemesis, leading to his bloody end.

“The story revolves around the themes of loyalty, filial piety, humanity and justice. These are very important messages that I found missing in society today. That’s why I wanted to share it with the modern audience,” says Ata Wong, Artistic Director of Théâtre de la Feuille. The Hong Kong native is bringing

his troupe to Guangzhou this month with his own adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao, enti-tled L’Orphelin 2.0.

Originally trained in HK, Wong later went to France to study at the Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. He aims to inte-grate Chinese and European traditions into his performances. In L’Orphelin 2.0, he draws upon the physicality of the Lecoq School and pairs it with Chinese opera and tai chi.

Wong previously produced another ver-sion of The Orphan of Zhao that toured France, Italy and Taiwan. L’Orphelin 2.0 is much more pared down, dispensing with almost every-thing except for the thespians themselves. “This time, I wanted to see if we could use even less ‘real’ materials. I wanted to chal-lenge myself and the actors to use their bodies as the only tool,” explains Wong. “Many previ-ous stage performances of The Orphan of Zhao in China have used extravagant costumes, sets and props. Why not leave that for the audi-ence to imagine? Having these missing links in the pieces might give less for the eyes to see, but the space for the audience’s imagination is boundless.”

Speech is also limited to the minimum, he says, adding, “L’Orphelin is telling pictures or, more specifically, Chinese painting and poetry.”

Key to the original text is the concept of self-sacrifice in pursuit of the greater good. The titular character’s mother kills herself to ensure she does not succumb to torture and reveal the whereabouts of her son, as does an enemy combatant who takes pity on the boy and allows him to be whisked away to safety. When it is decreed that all babies shall be executed unless the Zhao orphan is given up, the hero’s guardian decoys the antagonist with his own son, who is quickly put to death. Justice must prevail, even if heart-rending de-cisions have to be made.

Because of this central message, The Orphan of Zhao has frequently been utilized to encourage people to fight against tyranny and unjust government, no matter the cost – a mantle that Wong whole-heartedly takes up in his production.

“L’Orphelin is more about how far one would go to stand up for the truth and what they think is right. I want the audience to question whether they should always follow the words of others or have the courage to seek for the truth.”

// April 25-26, 8pm, rMb80-280. Guangzhou opera house, 1 Zhujiang xi lu, Zhujiang xincheng, tianhe District, Guangzhou 广州市天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (020-3839 2888)


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What happens when man falls in love with ma-chine? When an artificial object becomes so realistic that it is nearly impossible to distinguish from the genuine article? Almost two centuries

before Masahiro Mori came up with the term ‘uncanny valley’ to describe the discomfort people experience when confronted by extremely realistic robots, the author E.T.A. Hoffman was al-ready pondering the issue.

A writer prone to the macabre and the fantastical, the result of Hoffman’s musings was ‘The Sandman.’ Published in 1816, the short story follows a young man who becomes enamored with a beautiful woman, only to realize that she is nothing more than whirring cogs and glass eyes. Driven insane by this discov-ery, he eventually tries to murder his flesh-and-blood fiancee, before throwing himself from a steeple to his death.

While darkly fascinating, the plot is not, on the face of it, prime material for a family-friendly show. Yet Coppélia is often cited as particularly good for introducing children to ballet and has become a staple of the ballet repertoire.

“Hoffman’s story reflected the wide-spread fascination with automata in the early Romantic era,” explains Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of the English National Ballet. “Charles Nuitter, Coppélia’s scenarist, removed the sinister elements of the story and adapted it to become a light comedy.”

Gone are the violent fits and the lingering fear of enuclea-tion, replaced with a lovers’ tiff and an amusingly barmy doctor, all set within a charmingly pastoral locale. Country maiden Swanilda is aflutter with the thought of her upcoming nuptials to Franz, but soon sees that he is less enthusiastic. It transpires that Franz has become besotted with Coppélia, a beautiful girl who sits reading all day, speaking to no-one, on the balcony of the local inventor (and crackpot), Dr. Coppelius.

Determined to win back her intended’s heart, Swanilda and her female chums infiltrate Dr. Coppelius’ house, only to find it full of automata, with Coppélia as the crowning glory. Through a series of amusingly implausible events, including an attempt to use a magic spell to steal Franz’s soul, the lovers are brought together once more.

Full of whimsical dances and breezy music courtesy of French composer Delibes, Coppélia is an easily digestible diver-tissement. The plot “is full of mischievous charm,” as Rojo puts it, the pinnacle of which occurs when Swanilda pretends to be an automaton come to life – much to the joy of Dr. Coppelius, who believes he has finally succeeded in his experiments.

Rojo and the English National Ballet are bringing their ver-sion of Coppélia to the Guangzhou Opera House on April 28-29. “This production was specially created for the English National Ballet by Ronald Hynd and has thrilled audiences for many years,” remarks Rojo. “2015 marks this production’s 30th anniversary.”

The ENB are also bringing their rendition of Swan Lake for those who prefer the stormy drama of Tchaikovsky’s riveting score, which Rojo believes pairs well with the airy sweetness of Coppélia. “Swan Lake is very serious, whereas Coppélia is the perfect family ballet for young and old alike, full of happiness and laughter.”

// Coppélia: April 28-29, 8pm, rMb180-2,200. swan lake: May 2-3, 8pm (matinee on May 2 at 3pm), rMb180-2,200. Guangzhou opera house, 1 Zhujiang xi lu, Zhujiang xincheng, tianhe District, Guangzhou 广州市天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (020-3839 2888)

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jOUrnEy TO ThE nOrThEasTmichael meyer’s love letter to a town called Wastelandby aElrED DOylE

C hina memoir? History book? Love story? Why not all three?

Michael Meyer ar-gues that “perhaps no other region has exerted more influence on China across the last 400 years” than Dongbei, the northeastern region that was once Manchuria. He travels and chases parts of recent history that have been al-most rubbed out, and has done his research – there’s an impressive bibliography at the end.

But it’s what brings him there that makes In Manchuria differ-ent. As “a sort of connubial quid pro quo,” Meyer decides to live for a while in his wife’s hometown, a Jilin Province village called Wasteland (Huangdi).

This is hardcore rural living, with freezing winter winds gust-ing through window panes while he huddles on the kang – and then there’s the outhouse. His morning trip in the depths of winter is “the worst part of the day.” Most of all he misses his wife, who Skypes him from her job in Hong Kong every day.

But he thrives there. He loves Dongbei people, who have firm handshakes, look him in the eye and don’t spend the whole time telling him how good his Chinese is; and he loves the “beautiful and unique” landscape.

So this is really two books. One is a lovely depiction of a tight community where people ask what family he belongs to rather than whether he has eaten; where he causes offense and is forgiven with-out ever knowing why; where “one rule of the Chinese countryside is that the more peaceful the surroundings, the more noise people make.”

He’s a witty, close observer of conversation, particularly the lo-cal habit of leading chat to what he calls “The Island of Prices, where so many villagers liked to drop the conversational anchor and spend some time.”

The other is a study of the region, which the Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty at first reserved as their own. In the 18th century Han refugees were resettled there, and later a Russian land grab shrank the territory.

The Chinese Eastern Railway between Vladivostok and Harbin made the latter a thriving international port with a significant Russian influence, while the Japanese and the Russians fought each other on and off over the territory.

In one of many appealing little details, author Jack London was

sent to cover the war – stuck in Seoul, he moaned, “I’ll never go to a war be-tween Orientals again. The vexation and delay are too great.”

In 1931, the Japanese invaded and annexed the region (Puyi, the last Qing emperor, was their hapless pup-pet ruler), and the fertile soil and coal reserves were key to their war effort to the very end. Settlers came again, in the form of over 200,000 Japanese farmers and their families – tens of thousands of whom died when the war turned and the Soviet army swept through from the north.

And the suffering wasn’t over. The region saw one of the most horrible events of the Chinese Civil War, with the siege of Changchun leading to 160,000 people dying of starvation.

While rural areas like Wasteland were spared the worst of the Cultural Revolution (“this is not that China book,” the author makes clear), it’s never been an easy place to live. And let’s not forget those bitter winters: “The Japanese, the Soviets? They were expelled. The cold returned every year.”

The geopolitical back and forth and the tussling by three great powers for control are compelling. Life in Dongbei is infinitely better now, but nothing ever stands still in China: While Meyer lives there, an agricultural conglomer-ate starts buying up land and persuad-ing locals to move into modern apart-ment housing. Meyer covers this well, avoiding pat conclusions and making it clear that the people of Wasteland have their own minds.

But the book has one more aspect – it’s also a thoughtful and sincere love

story, a personal element that could have made it cringe-worthy but instead helps us understand what draws Meyer to the region.

Anyone who’s read Peter Hessler’s River Town, justly celebrated as one of the great books about modern China, might remember that he lived in the town of Fuling with another Peace Corps teacher. Michael Meyer was that teacher, and this is his second excellent China book, after his account of hutong living in The Last Days of Old Beijing. It’s extraordinary that two such sensitive and talented writers were thrown together in the same place at the same time.

This is a lovely book, a sweet depiction of love and commitment with a moving ending. The fact that it’s also a fine introduction to a part of China that is more culturally distinct than we realize, and that has been the site of such struggle, makes it one of the most approach-able and gripping China books we’ve read for a long time.

// in Manchuria (bloomsbury press) is available on Amazon. For our interview with Meyer, visit

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URBAN SPORTS ARE HAVING A MOMENT. WALK DOWN A PARK IN

MOST BIG CITIES TODAY AND YOU’LL SEE KIDS RIDING A SKATEBOARD,

ROLLERBLADING OR DOING SOME FREESTYLE RUNNING. CHINA IS

NO EXCEPTION. OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, THE COUNTRY HAS

WITNESSED A SURGING POPULARITY OF ‘EXTREME’ EXPRESSIONS OF

ATHLETICISM THAT USE THE CITY AS THEIR PLAYGROUND. ALTHOUGH

STILL FAR FROM BEING MAINSTREAM, THESE PRACTICES HAVE

SHIFTED FROM THEIR ORIGINS AS A COUNTER-CULTURE AND FOUND

THEIR OWN LEGITIMIZATION IN THE PRC.

HERE, WE’VE COVERED THREE MAIN URBAN SPORTS – LIFESTYLES,

FOR SOME – THAT HAVE BEEN GAINING A GROWING FOLLOWING

AROUND THE COUNTRY: SKATEBOARDING, PARKOUR AND BMX.

WHETHER FOR THE T-SHIRT, THE COOL FACTOR OR JUST THE SHEER

PRIDE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, EXTREME SPORTS ARE HERE TO STAY.

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on a gloomy Saturday afternoon in the subur-ban Beijing district of Daxing – famed chiefly for its watermelon fields – a 7-year-old girl sports a helmet, knee pads and a skateboard half her size. She is learning how to ‘drop

in’ – a skateboarding move for novices in which skaters prop their boards up on the edge of a ramp and plunge down the incline.

Legs shaking, she calls out to her dad, a 30-some-thing man in skinny jeans and a flat cap standing a few meters away, to make sure he’s watching. Then she zooms down the ramp.

Not far away, a couple of teenagers are getting ready to skate down a slide, while Li Chenggao, 31, a computer programmer, is mastering a casperflip. That’s a trick in which the board is flipped for half a kickflip, then caught upside down, flipped back over and spun backside 180 degrees on its vertical axis, all while in the air. Li has been practicing the same move for a few weeks now.

I am at Woodward Beijing, one of the largest indoor skate parks in Asia. The space is, indeed, gigantic.

Opened in 2010 by the Chinese government and Camp Woodward – a US venture known worldwide as a promoter of action sports and skateboarding camps – it boasts a 40,000-square-foot indoor facility featuring two different street courses with rails, banks and pyramids; a multi-level mini ramp; a wooden bowl with a spine and deep end; and a giant vertical ramp with a foam pit at-tached. If there ever was a skater’s heaven, this would be it.

It’s an impressive project considering it is solely dedi-cated to activities like skateboarding and BMX.

There are similar spots in the Shanghai Multimedia

Park (SMP), formerly China’s largest skate park, and the epic Guangzhou University City Skate Park (GZ Uni Mega Park), currently the largest in the world at 182,000 square feet – all built with government backing.

Skateboarding is a quintessentially American sport – it grew from a movement of bored Californian surfers looking for something else to ride when the waves were flat. When it first appeared in China nearly 30 years ago, it was underground, a niche embodiment of the edgy spirit of American cool.

Legend has it that the first US students coming to Beijing to study Mandarin in the wake of Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening-up policies brought skating to China in the mid-80s. What’s more likely, however, is that Chinese teens came into contact with films like Thrashin’ or The Search for Animal Chin – classics for anyone who’s ridden a board.

Easy to come by in first- and second-tier cities, bootleg VHS tapes offered the easiest way for kids across the country to learn about Western pop culture and the hip lifestyles and sports that came with it.

Shanghai-based Jeff Han, one of the first Chinese skaters to become a professional – an O.G. ‘original gangster,’ as I am to learn – got hooked through watching skateboarding on screen.

“I remember watching this film called Gleaming the Cube [featuring Christian Slater as a 16-year-old skate-boarder investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother] and thinking how cool skateboarding was. I de-cided I wanted to do it too and found some plastic boards at a local street stall. They were only RMB70-80 and felt incredibly slow… I kept wondering how the skater in the film could go so fast. Then, one day, I stumbled upon a

real skateboard in a sports shop. It cost RMB360 – a for-tune at the time. I saved up and bought it. My life changed from there.”

That was 1992. Han, like many others, taught him-self how to do a few basic tricks and thought he was the only one in Shanghai on a board – until a friend told him he had seen someone else skating on the street. “It was almost a shock, to hear I wasn’t alone. I got in touch with the guy and we started competing around town.”

At Woodward Beijing, Li tells me a similar story. “When I was about 19, I found this documentary called Dogtown and Z-Boys,” he says. “I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. I bought a skateboard the minute I got to Beijing for university. I went to the park and got on it. There were people staring at me, but I didn’t see them. For that first wonderful moment, in my head, I was in California.”

Back in the 1990s, the skating scene picked up when American brand Powell Peralta entered the country with a selection of products that, albeit incredibly expen-sive, drew the attention of a number of aspirant skaters from Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. In 1994, the company launched their first Powell Cup com-petition in China – it ran for five years – inviting interna-tional skaters like Steve Caballero, Danny Wainwright and Mike Vallely to the PRC.

It put China on the map, expanded the board and gear markets in the country (and lowered their prices), and showed Chinese skateboarders the potential of the sport.

“When I started training there were probably 30 skat-ers altogether in Shanghai. We were all inexperienced,” recounts Han. “But having all these pros coming here was an eye-opener. It helped me and a few others see skate-

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boarding as a legitimate life goal to pursue.”The 40-year-old decided to do just that in 1999,

when he quit his job at one of Shanghai’s biggest milk companies to open the city’s first skate shop, Fly Streetwear.

“Those times weren’t easy,” says Han. “I would take a 27-hour train with no AC to Guangzhou to get shoes directly from the factory. I brought back Duffs, Axion, NSS, Airwalks, Vans and DVS, sold them for super cheap, prob-ably RMB280 to 300, and they sold out fast.”

Soon, Han founded Gift Skateboards, a manufacturer that started by exclusively producing foreign brands' boards, but has now become a leading domestic skate-board name. As the 2000s kicked in he started Skatehere.com, China’s most popular Chinese-language skateboard-ing website.

“There started to be a growing demand to access skateboarding in all possible ways, and from different cit-ies across the country,” he says. “But also an aspiration to create a ‘Chinese style’ of skating.”

Shehui Skateboarding, Beijing’s first skate shop, fol-lowed a similar path. Founded in 2001 by Raph Cooper, a USC alum who had studied at Beijing University in 2000, it focused on boards rigorously made in China and boasting Chinese-style graphics. Today, its products are some of the most sought-after by local skaters.

Predictably, international brands began expanding their presence too, broadening their recognition in the country through marketing campaigns and by sponsoring local skaters and competitions.

From Vans and Volcom to Converse and Adidas, every major skate brand started sending their best to the People’s Republic. In 2007, Nike went as far as making a limited edition Nike SB shoe, the label’s signature skate sneaker, with Han’s face on the side.

Spurred by the growing interest in China’s skate scene, documentary filmmakers like Patrik Wallner and foreign skaters like Dave Bachinsky, Laurence Keefe, Jimmy McDonald and Dan Zvereff also sought to explore what Chinese cities had to offer.

“Quite suddenly, China became the number-one destination to shoot skating videos,” says Charles Lanceplaine, a Shanghai-based videographer and skater who has become a go-to filmmaker on the fringe of arts

and sports culture in China. “Magazines, websites, video platforms, they all began

sending their crews here to film foreign skaters in action.”“Shenzhen is, no doubt, the most popular spot for

visiting pros. But many cities across the country offer great shots from a skateboarding point of view.”

Lanceplaine himself has been charting the evolu-tion of the sport in the PRC since 2011. He started with Shanghai 5, an independent production showing Shanghai’s skate culture across the sidewalks, parks and every available, slightly raised bit of asphalt and concrete in the country’s urban centers. In 2012, he took viewers to Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, with a film showing skateboard-ers – both foreign and Chinese – ripping up the streets and parks of the so-called Ghost City (built to accommo-date a population of more than a million, Ordos has only a few hundred thousand residents).

“We are in this skateboarding Mecca,” he continues. “Few other places are this good for skating.”

Johnny Tang, former brand manager at Nike and also a professional skater, agrees. “China is probably the big-gest and best skate park in the world,” he says. “From the sheer amount of marble and concrete you have in most cities to the fact that skating is still so new that the police don’t really care. You might occasionally get kicked out of a spot, but there are millions of other places to take your board. It’s incredible.”

The Canadian is another well-established figure among the country’s professionals. A former skate legend in his hometown of Toronto, he moved to China 13 years ago, managing to find sponsors to get him to skate here full-time. He was in Guangzhou first, then Beijing and Shanghai. The three cities, he says, have each developed their own different scene for skating, “not so much in terms of techniques, but of habits.”

“In Guangzhou, most kids skate at night, but they do so all year round, because of the warm weather. Beijing is more for the hardcore ones – just a handful of really dedi-cated skaters brace the cold in winter. The spots there are amazing though: you have these big groups of skaters just going around doing tricks. In Shanghai, you’ve got com-munities – different crews. There’s an almost business-like approach to it, a sense of ‘I’m skating with this group, you’re skating with that group.’ It’s more competitive,

which is what I’d like to change.”Despite the rising cluster of skaters, however, China’s

skating scene has yet to reach its full potential, says Tang.“We’re still at the very early stages,” he explains.

“The sport is growing, but the question is, is it sustaining itself?

“When I first moved here, there were a handful of really good skaters. Twenty amazing professionals. And no sponsors. Ten years down the line and I can count five. The sport has certainly become more mainstream, more accepted – people no longer get freaked out when they see you skating by – but right now it isn’t perceived to be as cool as it used to be. Young kids aren’t exposed to it enough. And it’s getting less traction.”

That’s where sites like Jeff Han’s Skatehere.com and Kickerclub.com come into play. Qingdao-born skater Andrew Guan founded the latter in 2001. Like Skatehere, the site is an online community for those interested in the latest news surrounding skate culture.

The 35-year-old started the site in college to put up his and his friends’ skate photos. Since then, the platform has grown to be an indispensable resource, hosting fea-tures, comprehensive event listings, skater profiles and product reviews. Guan travels all over Asia for the site’s content – skating, filming, documenting, interviewing and following a street scene that could have become the norm in China years ago.

“Skateboarding has almost reached an impasse over the last few years,” says Guan. “And that’s partly because big companies aren’t sponsoring new skaters. They are investing their money in the wrong places. Kids don’t know where to start.”

Both Tang and Guan believe that China’s current skating generation has a duty to spread the word to the country’s youth.

“Educate, help the scene grow and develop,” says Tang, whose next project after Nike will be with Han’s Skatehere.com. “I’ll be doing tutorials and traveling around China to different skater communities. Cities like Kunming and Qingdao are getting really into the sport. They just need some guidance. Big brands don’t have a clue how to do it. So it’ll have to be the work of dedicated individuals. We have to bring skateboarding back to where it origi-nated: the streets.”

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In its most basic form, parkour is the act of mov-ing from point A to B using obstacles in interest-ing ways. In practice, it is a high-adrenaline com-bination of gymnastics and martial arts, played out in the middle of the world’s biggest cities. The

sport is a system of leaps, vaults, rolls and landings de-signed to help a person avoid or surmount whatever lies in his or her path. Parkour goes over walls, not around them; it takes the stair rail, not the stairs.

The word itself is made-up, a derivative of 'par-cours' ('route'), so-dubbed by French inventor David Belle as he developed the sport in the late 80s and early 90s. Belle credits his father, an acrobat and fireman with a background in martial arts and military training, as the sport’s inspiration.

Over the years, the discipline has grown into a type of urban gymnastics with philosophical underpinnings – a martial art featuring a metaphysical component that focuses on the feeling and aesthetic expression of free-dom, and the ideas of adeptness and utilitarianism.

As with most extreme sports, it started as an un-derground movement – in this case, in a Paris suburb –

and soon caught the attention of thrill-seekers, martial artists and, through videos, the media and entertain-ment industries worldwide.

Luc Besson first captured the sport’s daredevil qualities in 2001 with the film Yamakasi (the name of Belle’s first group of parkour practitioners in suburban Paris, established with his friend and fellow parkour athlete Sebastien Foucan), propelling the sport to global fame. In 2006, the James Bond movie Casino Royale opened with a bracing parkour chase. Madonna has featured its performances in one of her tours. Rapper Chris Brown incorporated a crew of traceurs and tra-ceuses (male and female parkour practitioners, respec-tively) in his 2012 act at the Grammys. The list goes on.

Parkour owes much of its international popularity to the Internet – YouTube, in particular, played a key role in increasing awareness and participation in the sport. Traceurs constantly post their latest moves, experiments and mishaps to massive online followings. As the sport went viral, it also moved into the mainstream.

It might be surprising, then, that a country that has been without access to YouTube since 2009 would have

any awareness or enthusiasm for parkour. Not only does China boast a multitude of online parkour viewers, it has active parkour communities in almost every first- and second-tier city.

Talking with a few practitioners reveals that, in a way similar to the evolution of skateboarding in the country, the discipline grew through young Chinese ath-letes’ exposure to films.

“Most Chinese traceurs learned about parkour through movies,” explains Ma Ke, a 34-year-old former parkour practitioner in Beijing who recently stopped practicing because of an injury. “That’s how we were first exposed to it. Until, of course, it physically arrived in China.”

The discipline’s entrance into the PRC dates back to 2006, when a few individuals decided to bring those free-spirited stunts from screen to reality, and started practicing as traceurs in parks and urban compounds.

In China, of course, back-flipping and gravity-defy-ing jumps were nothing too out of the ordinary: flailing, spinning heroes pour out of kung fu and wu xia tales that are the fixture of many a Chinese television series.

Yet parkour, had a really hard time taking off. “No one really knew what it was,” says Matt Talbot-Turner, co-founder of parkour magazine BreathePK and a lead-ing figure for the sport today. "Jumping off buildings wasn’t exactly well received by people at first, in China more than other places."

Undeterred by public perception, the first genera-tion of Chinese traceurs continued practicing, however, and the sport grew quickly – albeit remaining niche.

Soon enough, the word parkour was being trans-lated as paoku (跑酷) (literally 'cool running') and drawing a growing number of athletes. By 2007, park-our routines were being posted on Tudou and Youku, while clubs were popping up like mushrooms across the nation.

Talbot-Turner, who was in Shenyang between 2010 and 2012 fostering the discipline, says its growth was "phenomenal."

"China took to it incredibly fast. The local commu-nity developed independently from other countries, but with impressive determination."

Today, traceurs around China number around 200,000, with some 200 clubs. A handful of keen devo-tees have even made the sport their full-time profession.

Martino Chen, founder of Shanghai Parkour Community and Link Parkour, the first gym in Shanghai solely dedicated to the discipline, is one of them.

The 28-year-old fell for the sport in 2008, after watching District 13, a film notable for its depiction of

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parkour in a number of stunt sequences that were com-pleted without the use of wires or special effects. Like many other Chinese traceurs, he had no idea that the visually stunning acts in the movie were part of an internationally practiced sport. “I was just fascinated by the way people were jumping and flying over walls,” he recalls.

A white-collar worker at the time, Chen started having a go at a few moves on his own. In time, he mastered the sport, becoming one of China’s most prominent practitioners, and decided to make parkour his life pursuit. Last year, he quit his job and opened Link, aiming to teach parkour professionally in a safe environment.

The gym has nearly 30 students, aged from 6 to 40 years old. “Kids, young professionals and students,” he says. “Most of them are male, but there are a quite a few girls starting to approach the sport.”

The number might not sound like a lot but, for a discipline based on scaling drainage pipes and jumping from rooftop to rooftop – and in a country where the words ‘extreme’ and ‘edgy’ are yet to be met with a welcoming attitude by most – it is a strong start.

Despite worries of its dangers – fuelled in part by videos of extreme routines done at dangerous heights – one reason for the growing popularity of parkour in China, says Chen, is its accessibility to athletes at all levels. It’s not necessarily a competitive sport: rather, it’s about progress at a level that’s meaningful for you.

Ma in Beijing agrees: “Parkour is a very personal sport. It’s about setting your own goals, both mentally and physically. The resulting sense of achievement is just great.”

Indeed, actually jumping off something tall takes not just strength and technique but also mental disci-pline: you have to be willing to face your fears and com-mit to movements, trusting your body’s ability to take you where you want to go.

“It’s amazing what parkour can make you do,” says Chen. “Although safety is obviously a very important issue. As a traceur, you must learn and always be aware of your limits.”

Jiji Li, the founder of Guangzhou’s first parkour team, City Spanker, learned that lesson the hard way. Back in 2009, one year after he had established his team, Li was badly injured from excessive training. “I had to lie on a bed to recover for nearly one month,” he recalls. “I was 25 at that time, an age when pursing limits seemed very important.”

The movements common to parkour put a lot of strain on the body, particularly the knees, and it can lead to torn ligaments and strained muscles in even the fittest of practitioners. Li says there is absolutely no point in pushing your body too far: “It was a valuable lesson that I often share with my teammates. Blind risks are pointless.”

The fact that most people still look down on the sport is another factor hindering its development. Chen says his parents are not supportive of what he does and would be happier if he had a ‘real’ job. Furthermore, the 2013 death of a parkour enthusiast in Sichuan Province brought negative attention to parkour as a foolhardy, reckless pastime.

That, perhaps, explains why sponsored competi-tions such as the Red Bull National Parkour Tournament, haven’t had the easiest time breaking into the Chinese market. Beginning in 2009 and held again in 2011, the event fizzled out before it could gain steam.

The energy-drink brand returned to China two years ago with another tournament, the China Red Bull Parkour Competition. First held in Hebei Province, last year it moved to Beijing, where more than 30 partici-pants brought the abandoned industrial site of 751 D-Park Art Zone to life with sets of breath-taking moves – leaping over parapets, somersaulting off platforms and performing handstands on ledges to the beat of electrifying hip-hop music. The media attention, how-ever, was disappointing.

But not everything is doom and gloom for China’s traceurs and traceuses.

Government backing of the discipline – only if and when practiced safely – has seen the rise of a few parkour facilities in metropolises. Although park-our doesn’t need specific props – the city itself is a traceurs’ playground – offering spaces to train without potential safety hazards no doubt allows for a less-intimidating approach to the sport.

It is still inching towards the mainstream, but park-our isn’t leaving China anytime soon.

"The sport is a social media darling," says Talbot-Turner. "It prospers on the Internet like few other dis-ciplines do. China being at the center of today's digital revolution makes it the perfect place for it to thrive. There couldn't be a better time for parkour and China."

Ma likes to highlight another main aspect for which, he says, the sport is set to win more acolytes among the younger generation. “At its roots, parkour is as much about helping others to achieve things as it is about achieving things yourself,” he says. “And I think that’s enticing for a lot of young people these days.”

Parkour, like kung fu and other Chinese traditions, is as much about the philosophical as the physical – and that may be one major reason to be optimistic about its chances in China.

“Parkour feels like flying,” says Chen. “To me, it represents freedom.”

ParkoUr exPLaineDParkour has no explicit glossary, but traceurs typi-cally describe the fundamental maneuvers as the cat leap, the precision jump, the roll and the wall run.

There is also the tic-tac, in which a nearly horizontal traceur takes at least one step (and sometimes several steps) along a wall and launch-es himself from it; and the underbar, in which a tra-ceur dives feet first through a gap between fence rails, like a letter going through a slot, then grabs the upper rail as his shoulders pass under it.

There are also several vaults, including the lazy vault, the reverse vault, the turn vault, the speed vault, the dash vault, and the kong or mon-key vault, in which a traceur runs straight at a wall or a railing, plants his hands on top and brings his feet through his hands.

All these moves link to one another, so that a traceur might say that he went cat to cat, or that he tic-taced or konged a wall, then did a roll and a wall leap. The intention is to become so adept that the movements recede in one’s awareness and can be performed without reflection.


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“ BMX is thrilling. It’s young. It gives you an energy rush like no other. When I am on my bike, I feel like I can fly.” Shen Jian looks dead serious as he tries to

explain what BMX means to him. His expression is stern, almost intimidating. If it weren’t for the palpa-ble excitement in his voice, you’d think he was talk-ing about a somber subject. Instead, he’s telling us about the extreme sport he’s made into his full-time profession.

When we first meet at The Place – an extreme sports park in Pudong that’s a favorite among BMXers and skaters in Shanghai – Shen arrives on his off-road sport bike, featuring knobby tires and a lightweight frame, and immediately sets up to show us some tricks. His face stays thoroughly focused throughout, revealing a concentration that deceives

his moves’ seeming fluency. It’s obvious that this isn’t child’s play: BMX requires all the strength – mental and physical – you can muster.

First developed in the late 60s in Southern California, BMX is an acronym for bicycle moto cross. It was invented at the height of the popularity of motocross, a form of off-road motorcycling, as a result of youths seeking to imitate the styles of rid-ing and racing but on bicycles, which they modified and adapted to suit the dirt tracks on which they contended.

In China, the sport arrived less than 15 years ago, mostly via videos and the establishment of Shanghai as the main host of the Asian X Games (now Kia World Extreme Games). The extreme sports tournament introduced the Chinese public to the dis-cipline, which went on to become one of the event’s

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most popular competitions. A few brave kids became so interested in BMX

that they started practicing on their own. Soon, communities began to develop. In cities like Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, clusters of BMXers could be seen practicing in skate parks, training along-side skaters. Slowly – and in remarkably smaller numbers than their ‘cousins with a board,’ as some practitioners say – a local BMX scene started to take shape.

The debut of BMX racing as an Olympic sport – the first ‘extreme’ discipline to earn such recognition – during the 2008 Beijing Olympics propelled the practice to further heights. China started organizing its own tournaments across the country, assembling a BMX national team.

A key ambassador of the discipline in the PRC, Shen had (and still has) a major role in its develop-ment. The Shanghai native took to BMX in 2005, a skinny 17-year-old with an obsession with bikes and adrenaline rushes. He started out with an inexpensive two-wheel, then began to upgrade it as he got more serious. He rode alone almost every day, “because no one else was doing it,” he says, and got quite a few injuries along the way. His military-like approach to training began to see results.

“In 2007, I decided to dedicate myself to the sport full-time. I started winning quite a few titles, first in teen championships, then on a national level. In 2011, I got a sponsorship with Vans and became their professional BMXer.”

That same year he founded Future BMX, a company promoting the sport across China through courses, events, joint competitions and shows. The team he put together counts only seven members

– four foreigners, three Chinese – but the demand for BMX, he says, “is rock-eting around the country.”

“We travel everywhere from Chengdu to Beijing. BMX live performances are sensational. Once people see them, they get hooked.”

The sport isn’t just a visually impressive series of stunts or a spectacular all-out race, though. It requires discipline and rigid training.

A lap takes about 45 to 50 seconds (riders are typically in the mid-20

miles per hour range) and a standard race is three laps – it’s essentially a sprint from beginning to end, and it is grueling. The acrobatics certainly don't make it easier; doing jumps and learning to land cor-rectly, while also improvising, requires some serious fitness and preparation.

For the ill-trained, the risks of injury are real. “I got hurt so many times, I can’t even remem-

ber,” says Shen. “The worst was when I tore a liga-ment in my left foot. The foot was literally hanging off,” he says. “I didn’t move for three weeks.”

Dangers aside, there’s a feeling that once peo-ple give BMX a try, they get addicted.

“The scene has grown a lot since I first started,” says Shen. “Government support and the opening of a number of places specifically dedicated to BMX have definitely helped the sport. And the types of people coming to it are so different, it keeps things interesting.”

A quick glance around The Place backs up Shen’s observations. Local BMXers span kids, teenagers and 20-somethings. On a second visit, we meet a bunch of foreigners practicing alongside locals.

Age and skill don’t seem to matter – everybody shares the track, and everybody is accepted as equal. Although BMX can be a very individualized ac-tivity, there’s a community atmosphere as well. Many riders come as much for the companionship as for the love of the sport and the exercise it provides.

“Riding with your friends and learning new tricks together is what I like most about it,” says Aimeric Gautherin, a French student studying in Shanghai who’s practicing alongside Shen. “BMX draws a lot of like-minded people. Competitions are just a second-ary aspect of it.”

Shen agrees. “We have training classes of 20 to 30 people every weekend,” he tells us, “and over 800 students altogether. Practicing together is at the core of BMX.”

As he says this, a frustrated look – that of a sportsman who just missed a point or accidentally slips on the verge of winning a race – comes across his face. “The main challenge we have right now is improving the level of our most competitive riders. International brands have yet to pick up how big the scene is getting here, so there aren’t many op-portunities for sponsorship. But hopefully that’ll be changing soon.”

And with that, he shoots off with the rest of the BMXers, over the jumps, around the corners. Like one big family.

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“Great cities are… not by accident… be-cause artists and people that identify with the city… come together in that city and create something,” says David

Shomaker when asked about the vision of Shenzhen Film & Acting (SZFA). A nonprofit organization dedicated to education, ex-change and creation of all aspects of video production, the organization has developed steadily over the past eight months, thanks to the efforts of Shomaker, his fellow organ-izers Ali Shakorian and Tre Tennyson, and its other 30-plus members.

“Based on our discussions [in the group meetings], our vision’s focused on under-standing and establishing the film and artis-tic identity of Shenzhen,” says Tennyson, an American teacher who studied acting and playwriting in college and cites SZFA as his main conduit into China’s art community. “If we keep progressing in the direction that we’re going… [Shenzhen] is poised to be one of the great cities of the world in the next generation or so. So it begs the question, what does that mean culturally?”

Tennyson, Shomaker and Shakorian started SZFA after seeing a communal need for an open platform for video production. “We all had different friends in Shenzhen who were doing different [film] projects, and we thought we could all support each other,” says Shakorian, a professional Swedish pho-tographer and product commercial maker.

After drawing up a basic structure, the three began holding monthly meetings

where attendees could present ideas, receive feedback and get encouragement, as well as participate in workshops. Attendance usually ranges in size from about 16 to 25 people who, after splitting into smaller groups, all receive a film assignment of a one-word theme. Each group must then produce a short film within the hour.

This approach, according to Shakorian, is integral to the community-led education that occurs through SZFA: “The group… is based on projects. We learn by doing,” he says.

Only materials that are present can be used, and some films get shot with a smart-phone. Tennyson explains the approach rhetorically: “In the absence of bountiful resources, how can the strength of your idea support your final product?”

For each monthly gathering, SZFA meets at a cafe or bar with a screen and projector. Each group shows their movie at the end. Shakorian thinks that an integral part of SZFA gets developed further through this process. “What we saw when we started doing… creative workshops was… it’s not a video, an acting thing anymore,” he says. The diversity of human creativity is what inter-ests him about it. “All [the groups] have the same theme…It’s a mixture of professionals and amateurs, but the end result… [and] ap-proaches [are] so amazingly different that you['re] just amazed that human beings have such beautiful minds,” he continues.

Shomaker, who owns a swim instruction company, appreciates the accountability he

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receives from the meetings to produce crea-tive work. Although he majored in film, he confesses that before SZFA, he put little time into producing, as it’s not an integral part of his current job. “I’m working on things that I never had time for before because other people in the group encourage and push me to do it,” he says.

The three men agree SZFA has struck upon something formerly missing and needed in Shenzhen. However, they also realize that to contribute to the artistic identity of a city, they must share that work outside the group and also facilitate training in the different fields of video production within the group.

To meet both these needs, Tennyson cre-ated an actor’s workshop. He developed a pro-gram to review different thespian techniques, discuss the importance of acting in society, explore different genres as well as specific dramatic works and propose new modes of expression. Twenty-five actors met each Monday for three hours at Centro in Taoyuan. The course finished with a showcase (open to the public) of four scenes they had prepared utilizing the tools Tennyson taught them. Both the course and the showcase were free.

“[We] did the four scenes last time, but the goal moving forward is to do a full play. If you’re trying to build a community and establish an identify, it is important to… [know] where you want that expression to reach,” Tennyson says when asked about the future of SZFA. He hopes SZFA can reach as many people as possible with their projects.


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“[This] initiates a dialogue, and there may be ideas out there that we start to discuss but don’t quite get to the heart of. Someone else out there might know the other side or the other piece… and I think that’s part of it,” he said in speak-ing of helping to develop Shenzhen’s artistic identity. The group has agreed that each acting project SZFA does will end in a showcase to support this idea.

They will also have larger projects, too. Currently, all of the regular mem-bers of SZFA are working to produce a film around the words 'Shenzhen' and 'myth.' Though the organizers were re-luctant to discuss it in-depth, Tennyson says there are phases in mind already for further development of SZFA.

“Eventually, we want each production to be in-house from the start to the finish. The writing… music, people, graphics… [We plan] to have production capabilities so anyone in the community can produce,” Shakorian adds.

The organizers have approached the group with extreme intentionality. They have begun working towards this not only with the acting workshop, but also with a plan for a writing workshop next quarter. Tennyson will again instruct the group, this time in screenwriting, with the idea of do-ing an actor’s workshop utilizing the scripts

produced. “Rather than, for example, have performances by Beckett or some other playwright… We[’ll] have our writers here in Shenzhen that are contributing their words and their ideas to be performed by the actors here in Shenzhen,” he explains.

All the organizers stress that the group is not for profit, but is about soaking in and capturing the zeitgeist here. “We’re starting something very wholesome,” Shomaker says, namely, to immortalize a city through art.

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Embarking on a vacation away from home rarely means staying within the city center, but at the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou in Zhujiang New

Town, a weekend getaway has never been closer. Designed to “bring the outside in-doors” with artistically placed bamboo and the use of natural materials like rocks and glass, the hotel inspires an exotic tempera-ment amidst simplistic design and elegant views of the city below.

“I wanted the feeling to be as if you were walking into a traditional Chinese vil-lage at dusk – so lighting glows,” explained Remedios, the hotel’s award-winning ar-chitect and designer. The 350 guestrooms epitomize such a style, with clean designs complemented by luxurious materials and

textures. If work does summon, the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou ensures you’ll stay in the game with complimentary broadband Wi-Fi throughout the hotel as well as universal adaptors.

The hotel houses five restaurants and bars, including Cantonese cuisine complete with dedicated butlers at The Penthouse, world-class buffet-style dining at The Market Cafe and cocktails, teas and coffee, light din-ing and tea-time menus at Guanxi Lounge, located on a suspended bridge that connects the building's two towers. Then there is G, a restaurant where Western fare focuses on premium seafood and steak cooked in wood-fired ovens. G Bar is the perfect ambience for a pre-dinner cocktail or a casual drink.

From now until the end of the year,

transform your weekends into an adventure with the ‘weekend getaway package’ every Friday through Sunday at the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou. For an additional RMB88 on top of the Hyatt daily rate, treat yourself to a full buffet breakfast at The Market Café, compli-mentary Mini Bar usage, welcome fruits, ac-cess to the heated swimming pool and fitness center, and late checkout until 3:00pm. Forget stressing over travel plans – take your next vacation closer to home. It may just provide the peace of mind you’ve been searching for.

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sEx anD liEs Self-deception and our natural need to obfuscateby Dr. al chambErs

The right question is actually not, “Do you lie?” The right question is, “How often do you lie?” And unfor-tunately, because we are all such

good self-deceivers, we really do not know the answer to this question, so the best re-sponse may be, “Of course I lie a lot, why do you ask?”

We deceive, misrepresent, obfuscate, misdirect, equivocate, confuse the issue, conveniently forget, withhold, lose track, ex-aggerate, argue for positions we do not even agree with, save face, change the topic, etc. – and blame others if we are caught at it!

We all lie, often, everyday, and through-out our lives. We learn to lie as very young children, and we become better at it as we get older – in fact we get so good, we not only mislead, withhold, exaggerate and are consciously dishonest to others (especially people we are close to), but also to ourselves, all the time. We can safely say that who we are and how we operate in the world is built on lies and misrepresentations.

Different degrees of intimacy, truthful-ness, deception and strategic enterprise are part of all personalities and nowhere more than in our erotic and loving relationships. We embrace fantasy, illusion, creativity and falsehood in our relationships as children,

parents, partners and friends – and with strangers. Our human brains are uniquely designed to deceive and to try to detect de-ception, leading to the assumption that this ability may be part of our evolutionary herit-age and did not just arrive with the advent of Internet dating!

When parents insist to their children, “Never lie to me or I’ll be angry,” they are set-ting their children up in an unwinnable and stressful double bind. The child never wants to lose parental love so very early in life will develop strategies to ‘please’ the parents – and these strategies are manipulations de-signed to get the parents to love them. Smile, be good, listen, do your homework, eat your vegetables, brush your teeth, never tell a lie, etc. – these are all opportunities for children to please (lie). Children go against their true natures in order to placate others, and this begins a lifelong separation from our true selves.

What commences in childhood entraps adults and all adult relationships. Everyone gets the message that we should not lie, yet we are a constant witness to deception and its many forms; and we participate in its power and the control it imposes on others.

We often believe that agreement with others reflects truth and clarity, such as

when a jealous lover insists on more infor-mation so they can satisfy themselves about their ideas on what their partner is up to. But they only strive to satisfy their version of reality, which is a lie to themselves. The partner, regardless of what he or she did or thought or felt, will reply in a way to satisfy, truth be damned. And, if we could know the truth from each other, do we really want it?

We are very good at hiding our think-ing processes and strategies from our own awareness. Our minds are extremely adept at compartmentalizing, which by definition means there are many mental gymnastics we perform outside of our own attention. Think of it as a mischievous monkey inside our heads that is up to no good, hiding things, throwing some away, making up stories and feeding us random ideas, memories and words to speak. We mistake the monkey for truth.

So is lying a bad thing? Well, probably not always. Doctors lie to patients, parents to kids, friends to friends, with the best of in-tentions, to keep the other safe or comforta-ble. These lies, done with internal awareness may add to the ‘greater good’ in the world. But lie upon lie, layer upon layer deceiving oneself and others, is self-serving and comes from fear and insecurity. It is often harmful and takes a lot of our life energy to keep up.

Is lying avoidable? No. But asking for or delivering radical honesty is probably an impossible path also. Who can do that? Who wants to hear it? So what to do?

For children, removing reasons for lying is often useful for creating less stress for eve-ryone and teaching them they have options in their relationships and need not automatically avoid directness. For example, if a child is not punished or banished for being human (i.e., making mistakes or looking out for him or herself), then why shouldn’t they come clean? And if parents can talk about lying as a topic, without anger or embarrassment (like they should talk about sex), then perhaps a differ-ent lesson can be learned. But that takes more courage than most people have.

For adults, we lie and will continue to do so, especially in our love and sexual relation-ships. However, we can create some aware-ness for ourselves and our partners and try to lessen the effects of deceptions and with-holding and exaggerations.

// Dr. Al Chambers is a psychologist and director of mental

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in total, there are currently 7,545 english-medium international schools around the world teaching over 3.9 million students, and almost half of these schools say they are UK-oriented

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lEssOns in briTishnEssWhy Asia loves a uK education by TOm lEE anD lEna giDwani

Call it the Harry Potter effect if you must, or just chalk it up to the ro-mantic appeal of the British Empire and its charming heritage, but there

is no doubt that demand for a UK educa-tion is surging by unprecedented leaps and bounds.

The last 10 years in particular have seen a spike in some of the most prominent schools in Britain establishing satellite cam-puses across Asia, as they seek to tap into the region's multi-billion-dollar international school market. Highly regarded and sought after, UK curriculum qualifications are recog-nized by leading universities throughout the world, including those in the United States and Canada.

Nicholas Brummitt, Chairman of the International School Consultancy (ISC), has been tracking trends for over 30 years. He says that while international schools still cater to globetrotters, the blossoming num-bers of attendees stem from wealthy Asian families who want a high-quality, Western-style education for their children, seeing it as gateway to a place at a respected college while still keeping them close to home. “In total, there are currently 7,545 English-medium international schools around the world teaching over 3.9 million students, and almost half of these schools say they are UK-oriented in their teaching and learn-ing. Three-thousand-one-hundred-and-six international schools globally are delivering (all or in part) the National Curriculum of England. Growth remains positively strong, especially in Malaysia, where 65 percent of all international schools are UK-oriented.”

As supply and growth increases stead-ily in Asia, this has led to a recent plateau-ing, if not a decrease, of parents choosing to send their children to boarding schools in Great Britain. A recent 2015 report from the UK-based Independent Schools Council estimates that families sending children to boarding schools in the UK spend a stag-gering average of about RMB90,000 a term at the senior level. The cost of tuition, com-bined with the added expense of flights and loss of time with family, have seen parents preferring choice destinations within Asia, as more and more British boarding schools seize the opportunity to move eastward.

The recent opening of the prestigious Epsom College in Malaysia is a prime exam-ple, marking the 159-year-old British institu-

tion’s first overseas campus in Asia. An offi-cial ceremony to celebrate Epsom’s entrance into the region was filled with pomp and cir-cumstance, graced by Malaysian royalty and the mayor of London himself, Boris Johnson, along with one of the project’s major inves-tors, Tony Fernandes, the founder of AirAsia, who will also sit as chairman on the school’s board of governors.

Located on vast, 50-acre grounds about an hour south of Kuala Lumpur, Epsom College in Malaysia (ECiM) aims to provide students with the spirit of British tradi-tion and academic excellence right in the backyard of Asia’s established and emerging elite. Over the months since it first started accepting students, the school has seen en-rolment skyrocket. Many of the mother and fathers sending their children are enticed by Epsom’s lofty reputation in England, their initial admiration bolstered by the state-of-the-art facilities. Though these may not have the musty, time-honored whiff of learning like the original, ECiM’s smart, spotless class-rooms, auditoriums, dormitories and sports pitches are impressive. Clearly, very little expense has been spared.

Fernandes, an Old Epsomian himself, remarked that the opening represents a win not just for Epsom College and education in Malaysia, but also for families across Asia, who now have access to a first-class British education right on their doorstep. It’s a sentiment that parents across the continent share and applaud, not with their hands, but with their feet, as they march their way in increasing numbers to the doors of ever-so-English academic institutions.


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Urbanites Kitchen spring burrito Cooking ClassOn March 7, Element Fresh hosted the Shenzhen Urbanites Cooking Class in Shekou’s Sea World. About 10 families gathered to learn how to wrap burritos and enjoy their new rolled creations with complimentary fresh juice. Before the start of the cooking class, some guests learned hula hooping tricks from a local hula hoop dance teacher. After the hooping and wrapping came the lucky draw. Prizes given away included: an Element Fresh um-brella, an Element Fresh cash voucher, a C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital voucher, two goody baskets from Nogogo and a room voucher for a night at Mission Hills Resort. That about wrapped up the event!

Food and Drink tasting Voyage at buongiornoOn Thursday, March 12, That's PRD invited readers to sample an authentic five-course meal and sommelier-paired wines at Buongiorno Italian Restaurant – the second station of the 2015 Food and Drink Tasting Voyage. The meal commenced with a generous wooden platter of eggplant parmigiana, savory pork roast, bruschetta with tomatoes, marinated salmon and cold cuts of pork loin and Pecorino cheese flakes. Main dishes included pasta with pesto, porcini mushroom risotto and filet mignon, with classic tiramisu for dessert. The night was full of amicable conversa-tion as guests chatted over three different wines, prize drawings and convivial speeches from the owner and sommelier of Buongiorno.


Fourth Women in business Forum

Held on March 20 at the Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, the Fourth Women in Business Forum was co-organized by The British Chamber of Commerce Guangdong and the Culture and Education Section of the British Consulate-General (British Council). This year, four unique individuals of a variety of ages were invited to discuss work life in today’s multigenera-tional work force and how, by embracing different attitudes, expectations and aspirations, they had reinvented the rules to ensure success.

Food and Drink tasting at Flamenco house restaurantMarch 21 saw over 25 foodies explore the delights of Spanish cuisine at the March That’s PRD Food and Drink Tasting at Flamenco House Restaurant. Guests indulged in a mouth-watering feast of Spanish specialities including tapas, salads, zesty paella, desserts and, of course, pasta! In addition to a complimentary glass of refreshing sangria, readers sipped on Perrier sparkling water and Vittel still water during their meal. Lucky draw winners received our Urbanatomy mug, free treatment from Toni&Guy, a case of Perrier and vouchers from Viva-Dental, TLI and Dream Fitness. Last but not least, guests also received a coupon and fridge magnet from Flamenco, ending the night with a bang.

st. patrick’s Day at Canton tower

The Canton Tower turned green with shamrock patterns in celebra-tion of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. Locals and foreigners alike had a good time with parades, tap dancing, bagpipe performances, authen-tic foods, Irish beer and a DIY fair.

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On March 20, YWIES Education Salon & Information Session was held at Marco Polo Lingnan Tiandi Foshan. Mrs. Joyce Francis, Head of Admissions of YWIES Guangzhou, shared her 14 years’ experience in international education admissions and parents re-

lations in YWIES. She also helped parents to analyze problems when choosing different educa-tion for Chinese children and how YWIES Guangzhou can give your child a bright future.

American International School Guangzhou hosted the annual spring conference of the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools on March 13 and 14. Attended by over 350 leaders and specialists from international schools throughout the region, the

purpose of the event is to make schools more relevant, exciting and creative places for students and faculty alike through the use of 3D technology.

On March 7, Korean singer The One at-tended a contract-signing ceremony with the Oriental Fashion Media

Culture Co., Ltd in the Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai. The One participated in the TV show I Am a Singer in 2013 for the first time as a guest singer. In February, he joined the show again as a competitor and soon after started his music career in China.

Founded in Shenzhen in 2010, Gaga Fresh now has eight branches as well as having their food served in

two of Shenzhen’s book bars. Customers can expect food to be “As fresh as it looks” and “As Healthy as it tastes,” in Gaga’s words. Gaga Fresh serves light continen-tal-style dishes, delicate desserts, tea and coffee. Catering to a hectic schedule, Gaga Fresh prepares healthy food quickly to provide for you on the go.

The Consulate General of France in Guangzhou organized A Day of French Gastronomy on March 28 in the Hi

Department Store, on the fourth Floor of Grandview Mall. Famous French chefs and experts in French fine cuisine introduced their skills through six workshops: Taste Game, Soufflé Recipe, Ice-Cream Makers, Pâte à Choux Recipe, Wine Tasting and Table Settings.

Forbes Travel Guide unveiled its annual rating list, honoring Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou with the

prestigious Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Hotel Award. The top award recognizes hotels as defined by Forbes to be the finest establishments in the world delivering ex-ceptional guests experience beyond expec-tations. Only 115 hotels globally and seven hotels in China were awarded the top five star ranking in 2015.

To collect donations for the kids with congenital heart disease, Golden Lake and Hope Heart’s organization

hold a Spring Charity Bazaar together on March 14 at the club house of Golden Lake. Warmhearted kids managed the booths, sell-ing foods, clothes, books and toys. It was a successful event with over 300 people joining and donating money.

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Guangzhou reviews, events and information

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It’s never a great idea to bite off more than you can chew, but that seems to be stand-ard protocol for loaded rook-ies strutting into our beloved city. After catching word of VCat’s unexpected closing last month, we scrambled to fabricate a feasible explana-tion, which went something like: “intricate network of Mao notes and pole dancers ends in serious government crackdown.” Okay, that’s just a guess, but we wish every leader could party like Kim Jong-un.

If that wasn’t enough to trigger heartache, McCawley’s Nanhu branch in Baiyun District has also wrapping things up, as has Australian-run Edge Restaurant & Bar on Jianshe Si Malu. In a cruel play on words, Recall Live House Bar has officially been recalled, but in a loca-tion like Xingguo Lu, we doubt it will be sorely missed.

New to Xingsheng Lu are Saba and Oggi, marking the second and fourth branches of each respectively. Wave Bar is set to reopen next month after a short hiatus, while Cajun House (p56) – which features American-style seafood – and Mastercat bar are soaking up springtime rays in Taojin.

Meanwhile in Foshan, Spring held a soft open-ing for its second and more spacious branch in the artsy Lingnan Tiandi district. Three doors down, Marmalade (p62) – from the same owner as Summer House – is kicking off the late-night scene with daily live DJs, dancers and solo singers who will take turns performing from 9.30pm until 1.30am. If spring fever hasn’t hit yet, it’s only a mat-ter of time.

I n what has to be one of the most notable ways a movie has ever affected wine, Oscar-nominated Sideways dealt

a savage blow to sales of merlot in America. Its protagonist, Miles, snidely derides the red wine throughout the film, and so memo-rable were the snubs that the rami-fications are still being felt today, more than a decade since Sideways came out.

Of course, the truth of the mat-ter is that, like any kind of wine, there are some good merlots and some bad ones. To prove it, this

month we’ve selected a particu-larly delicious example from Shafer Vineyards. Run by a father-son team, the winery is iconic through-out California and known to many a firm oenophile far beyond the boundaries of Napa Valley, where it is located.

The 2011 merlot is an example of coming through adversity with flying colors. Though it comes from a “difficult vintage,” as Shafer win-emaker Elias Fernandez puts it, it is full of aromas, black cherry and sage particularly dominant. Made from 75 percent merlot, 15 percent

cabernet sauvignon, 8 percent malbec and 2 percent petit verdot grapes, it is an intriguing wine that has a luscious, deep purple hue.

Since this merlot is filled with the scents of dark fruits, pair it with poultry, pork or meat that has been garnished with a similarly fruity sauce for the best results. // Shafer merlot can be purchased through

aSC Fine Wines, no. 1109, tower B, zhongtai

international Square, 161 linhe Xi lu, tianhe

District (8666 8683)

uncle sushi Without question some of the most reasonably priced sushi in Guangzhou, this location offers good quality and fast, friendly service. Highlights include the salmon nigiri (RMB6), deliciously crafted using Norwegian salmon, and the impressive selection of German beer. // 540 Baoye lu, haizhu

District 海珠区宝业路540号 (8957 8915)

ray’s Ca roll Arguably Taojin’s best sushi shop, this location serves excellent quality rolls, an impressive selection of beer, fresh roasted coffee and even Ethiopian food. Try the beautifully presented California rolls (RMB28). // 1/F,

yueshang Cheng Department Store, zhongshan

Si lu, yuexiu District 越秀区中山四路悦尚城百

货1楼 (8333 3228)

Chung sushi A new arrival on the Tianhe restaurant scene, Chung Sushi is the buzz of Zhujiang. The restaurant offers sushi that will meet almost any foodie’s quality standard. The fried big shrimp roll (RMB48) is a must-try. // Shop

102, 6 huajiu lu, zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe

District 天河区珠江新城华就路六号102铺

(3833 6486)

dongdu Japanese buffet If you’re craving rolls but want to supplement them with other Japanese delicacies – plus all-you-can-drink wine and beer – Dongdu is one of Guangzhou’s best Japanese buffets (RMB170). Make sure to try the octopus. // B/F, Citic

plaza, 233 tianhe Bei lu, tianhe District 天河区

天河北路233号中信广场Bm层街 (3877 1862)

fusion Japan This award-winning contemporary Japanese restaurant is known not just for sushi, but also for fresh and tasty sashimi. Our recommendation would be to feast on the salmon belly nigiri (RMB28). // 102B-105,

pearl river City garden, 25 huali lu, zhujiang

Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城华利

路25号珠江都荟 102B-105铺 (3838 5477)

long live sushi (万岁寿司) With a nifty conveyor belt that winds its way around the bar, this sushi location is ideal for self-serve eating. Color-coded plates alert you to the price of each dish. Try the unagi nigiri (RMB22) or a full plate of salmon sashimi (RMB76). // 1/F, 561 tianhe Bei lu, tianhe District 天河区天

河北路561号夹层铺 (8550 0435)


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the reiGninG ChaMPionKing beef burgerby lena Gidwani

J ust how tra-ditional is the beef burger? Since 1921, when

the first fast-food burger sold for 5 cents in Kansas, folks across the world have chomped down on this German export.

This recipe isn’t your ordinary, sodium-heavy, commercial crowd-pleaser. This is the stuff that makes flocking to backyards and patios for our favorite get-together food worth the effort and time.

Chef Philip Huang from Nook at Aloft Guangzhou Hotel University Park recommends using minced beef from a cut of meat that has a little fat. This will not only add flavor, it also ensures a ten-der burger by preventing the patties from drying out during cooking. Topside (a prime lean cut of beef from the rear) is the recommended mince for making burgers, as it contains just the right amount of fat.

// this recipe is courtesy of Chef philip huang from aloft guangzhou hotel university park, 66

lide Jie, Xiaoguwei, panyu District 番禺区小谷围街立德街 66 号 (3100 0888)

Ingredients (makes 2 burgers): 500g minced beef 2 tsp corn flour 2 tsp of red wine 1 tsp of chopped mixed herbs 2 tsp of butter 4 tsp of olive oil 1 medium yellow onion 2 hamburger buns Minced garlic and shallots Lightly whisked salt and ground black pepper For garnish: 2 slices of cheddar cheese 2 fried eggs Pickled cucumbers

Sliced tomatoes Sliced onions Tomato sauce Lettuce leaves Bacon slices Preparation: 1) Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add oil and red wine and then the herbs, onion, shallots and garlic, and cook for two to three minutes. Transfer the onion mixture to a large bowl and set aside to cool. 2) Place corn flour in a bowl. Mix in the ground beef and add the cooked, cooled mixture ingredi-ents from step one. Mix well and make two patties. 3) Preheat a pan to medium-high heat. Fry the patties for four minutes till the beef is cooked through. While the patty is frying, place the hamburger buns, but-tered and inside up, on the pre-heated pan and toast until golden. 4) Place a slice of cheese on the burger patty and put it into the microwave oven for ten seconds. 5) Assemble your beef burger in any order. It should include the burger, lettuce, tomato, pickled cucumber, fried egg, sliced onions and bacon. Serve hot with a side of fries and mixed salad.


CaJun houseGet crackin’teXt and Photos by JoCelyn riChards

a nostalgic chord – they’ll swap out your dirty plate before cries of “fuwuyuan” taint the air.

Adventurous eaters should start with the New Orleans sauteed okra drizzled in cheddar and oily garlic sauce (RMB25). It’s not exactly delicious, especially if you’re picky about texture, but this veggie is one stealthy su-perfood that even Dr. Oz hasn’t discovered yet. The fried rice (RMB28) is soggy, with shriveled peas and carrots mixed in – noth-

ing but a half-hearted tribute to local cli-entele. Go for the American deep-fried fish strips (RMB28) or fried sweet potato (RMB25) instead, which rack up the most orders. Creamy homemade tartar sauce is an added perk.

The majority of seafood is imported from the US, Brazil, Russia and New Zealand, though heavy sauces –

F or a city near the sea, Guangzhou lacks a proper fish fry. Don’t get us wrong, local twists on Western classics certainly spice things up,

but we’d trade the next fish congee for a cup of chunky New England clam chowder any day.

Cajun House, a new restaurant and bar on Jianshe Wu Malu, is stepping up to the plate as the first American fish fry where guests can smack their lips to the tune of buttered Boston lobster (RMB95), Alaskan king crab legs (RMB238) or New Orleans fried prawns (RMB38). There’s no view of the ocean, of course, but there are some pretty hip bibs, free napkins and an endless supply of plastic gloves.

This isn’t the first Cajun House to gain a loyal following on sites like Yelp, Foursquare and TripAdvisor – the Cantonese owner runs a successful branch in San Francisco as well. While the eatery can’t compete with the allure of grungy fry shacks back home, it does its best to defor-malize things with exposed ceiling pipes, a collection of state license plates and other remnants of American pop culture. Service also strikes

Cajun house, lemon pepper and garlic but-ter – mask the “fresh taste” so confidently declared by waitresses. Presentation is a riot and apparently consistent with what hap-pens at the San Fran branch. We sat down to 1-pound bags of lobster, clams and crawfish doused in 3 inches of explosive sauce. The whole ‘seafood in a plastic bag’ situation took a moment to get used to, but one bite and our senses begged us to let it be. This isn’t fine dining, after all. It’s Cajun seafood and Asian-American fusion concluding in a towering pile of used napkins and split shells. Dig in – just don’t wear white.

Price: Approx. RMB200 with drinksWho’s going: ‘Sea turtles,’ curious young localsGood for: A two-hour labor-intensive meal, spicy lobster // 2 Jianshe Wu malu, yuexiu District 越秀区建设五马路2号卡

真屋 (8383 3380, cajunhouse.org)

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new restaurants

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new restaurants

I f you eat in enough Chinese restaurants, you come to expect certain dishes, done in a certain way – not all of which are good. You expect green veggies to be a

bit overcooked, with a briny sauce that’s sep-arated into oil and soy. You expect fried rice to be cooked to the point where the grains are beginning to mush into congee. You ex-pect barbecued pork to be a desiccated hog, saved only by that soy glaze that sits under it like a bed of rejected pulp.

All of which makes Soup Works a re-markable yet contradictory revelation of a restaurant. Perched at the junction of Xingguo Lu and Xingsheng Lu, it had us bewildered. Judging by its logo, name and ambience, we were half-expecting a serve-yourself, all-you-care-to-eat Western dining experience featuring the freshest organic produce, salads and made-from-scratch soups. Much to our surprise, Soup Works serves up a cross between cha chaan teng fa-vorites and your local herbal tea and double-boiled broth house – the kind of stuff Mom makes when you’re hung-over or sick, or when you’ve crossed a milestone, like giving birth or overcoming spermatorrhea.

At first sight, the room, painted in bright shades of yellow with touches of green and orchid pots, is airy, bright and packed with groups who cover every inch of their wooden tables with dishes. On the bilingual menu, there’s much to choose from, start-

More simpler Cantonese staples like roast pork (RMB48), shrimp with pine nuts and corn (RMB68), and fried rice with conpoy and egg white (RMB38) are extremely sat-isfactory, while the beef fried with tea tree mushrooms (RMB58) and braised duck with perilla and conch meat (RMB58) deliver on both flavor and health benefits. Teas and fresh juices are a must; the fig and apple (RMB48) is a refreshing take on warm tea and comes with a free and welcome refill.

Of course, like all its neighbors, Soup Works has a fully stocked bar complete with everything from a Moscow mule to an old fashioned, guaranteed to reverse the effects of just about every nourishing dish you’ve just ordered. The service also has the sort of abrupt but pleasant quality that one comes to expect of such genuine, homegrown ex-periences. Nonetheless, it’s easy to see why Soup Works is packed to the rafters with native patrons, day in, day out. After all, who doesn’t love soups that promise to prevent body dysfunction and at the same time wid-en your scientific knowledge of herbology?

Price: Approx. RMB120Who’s going: TCM advocates with a soft spot for boozeGood for: Getting your yin and yang in order

ing with a rambling 23 nourishing soups, made from crocodile, chicken, duck, quail, pork and more. These cater, varyingly, to drinkers, smokers, menstruating females and those with spleen and kidney problems, amongst other apparently curable ailments. Littered with TCM ingredients like ginseng, ganoderma, anoectochilus and other head-scratchers like fish glue, these single serves are meant to balance the body’s yin and yang. Bitter and strong, the pork “rips” soup stewed with dendrobium and cordyceps flowers (RMB58) is a muddy-looking yet highly nutritious concoction of stewed ribs and herbs.

If soups aren’t your thing, their curries, baked spaghetti or rice, sandwiches, steaks and noodles may very well hit the spot.

// 9 Xingsheng lu, zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区

珠江新城兴盛路9号 (8481 2933)


sawadee — thai seafood restaurantthe Islamic life aquaticteXt and Photos by lena Gidwani

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W hile eating halal can be a chal-lenge in some parts of China,

the only problem Islamic be-lievers have in Guangzhou is choosing between a myriad of delightful options. Halal food, or food which follows Islamic doctrine, is widely available in the city, thanks to its diverse population. Often, however, it is confined to Middle Eastern, Uyghur, Malaysian or Indonesian cuisine.

Enter Sawadee – Thai Seafood Restaurant, catering to adherents hankering for a spice fix from the Land of Smiles. With two Thai chefs on board to cook up a storm with tradi-tionally sourced ingredients, this new eatery certainly has its vibe down pat with simple, home-style decor; it has the funk and flavor of a backstreet in Bangkok, minus those sticky people clamoring for your pa-tronage.

The pork-free, alcohol-free menu is surprisingly extensive and rather adventurous. The barbecued scallops (RMB58) are zesty and fresh, and enough for a hungry party of two. If you’re game, the tom yam in shrimp chili paste (RMB42) is as hot as

it gets, although the abundant assortment of seafood and herbs like lemongrass, sliced galangal and kaffir leaves en-sure your senses are impressed, rather than obliterated.

Touchstone favorites like fried rice with pineapple and plump shrimps (RMB69) exceed expectations. The rice, served in the open fruit, is fragrant and fluffy. Mains like the fried crab in yellow curry (RMB88) and steamed pomfret in lime sauce (RMB88) are a must-try, the lat-ter in particular. Submerged in a robust blend of lemony chili soup with a splattering host of Thai garnish like cilantro, garlic cloves and lime, the pomfret ar-rives at the table above a flame to keep the dish piping hot.

If you have trouble finding Sawadee, it’s cushioned right next to its sister restaurant, Saba, which serves up Arabic and other Middle Eastern dishes, also available to order at Sawadee if you’re craving some grilled kebabs or shawarma.

Price: Approx. RMB90Who’s going: Those looking to spice things upGood for: Anything with coco-nut, lemongrass or curry; Halal food

// Shop 108, 31 liede Dadao, zhujiang

Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城

猎德大道31号108铺 (3802 0030)


new restaurants

Galle hihooseafood on parade by will wu

sold at Galle Hihoo meets all three points, it also falls apart at the seams when you pick it up. We’ve never, in our long years eating for a living, seen this happen, so we’re going to say it’s abnormal – but is it concerning? Fish experts may email our editors with an expla-nation.

In the past year, Guangzhou has seen doz-ens of seafood restaurants like Galle Hihoo open their doors. With mediocre food and no outstanding dishes, Galle Hihoo is unlikely to plunder the hearts of diners or make off with their gold doubloons.

Price: Approx. RMB100Who’s going: Landlubbers with a craving for the ocean’s bounty Good for: Window-shopping for fish, filming a pirate horror movie

W hile this restaurant’s English name is nowhere near under-standable, its Chinese name, Jiele Haihuo (加勒海货), per-

fectly explains what’s being sold: seafood. Galle is a port city in the southwest part

of Sri Lanka. Judging from the restaurant’s decor, however, Galle Hihoo has nothing to do with that city or even that country. Its design concept, according to the manager there, is a pirate boat on the Caribbean Sea. We’ve never been onboard a vessel flying the Jolly Roger, but the dim interior and pale yellow lighting give us the illusion of dining in the cabin of an old craft straight out of the film Ghost Ship.

Freshness is important in seafood, of that there can be no doubt. But how to guarantee that what you order in a restaurant is 100 percent fresh? Galle Hihoo offers a pretty solid answer: instead of ordering from a menu, diners are led to a room to choose from a variety of living sea creatures on dis-play, like shopping in a supermarket. Each kind of seafood is presented with a small sign

stating the price, the recommended cooking method and location it was imported from. In addition to these, there are various ap-petizers available, including assorted sushi, colorful salads and drinks of foreign brands. The payment process is unconventional: you pay market price for the seafood and Galle Hihoo cooks it for you without charging extra money.

Baked scallop with sea urchin jam (RMB38) is a hot sell at Galle. Though the scallop tastes tender and smooth, the rich jam fails to cover its strong fishy odor and the combination lacks synergy. The salt-roasted tiger prawn (RMB38) is a bit hard to handle, since shelling is left to the customer and, to make things worse, the salt on the surface stains your fingers and feels unbearably sticky. Still, if you don’t fear getting your hands dirty, we highly recommend it.

There are three general ways to tell whether salmon is fresh or not: bright or-ange color, white-streaked flesh and chewy texture. While the salmon sashimi (RMB58)

toM n toMs Coffeea roast to relaxby will wu

F or anyone who has traveled to Korea, the endless string of coffee shops there was likely a surprise. In recent years, coffee has become the coun-

try’s fourth trademark after kimchi, k-pop and roasted meat.

Entering Guangzhou earlier this year, Tom N Toms Coffee is Korea’s number-one coffee chain with over 400 branches worldwide. We assumed the cafe’s owner was someone named Tom, but the staff informed us that Tom is simply a com-mon English name and therefore used as a synonym for the general public. In other words, Tom N Toms welcomes every average Joe to enjoy an afternoon of roasted beans.

Located in a not-so-thriving neighborhood near Liede metro station, the brand’s first out-post in the city has an understated entrance. Don’t be fooled by the outside, however. The interior of the shop is capacious and deco-rated in laid-back furnishings and harmonious colors. In general, Tom N Toms debunks many common stereotypes surrounding Korean

// Shop 1-3, Starlight Walk, 354 Xingang zhong lu, haizhu District

海珠区新港中路354号珠影星光城01-03铺 (400 033 7558)

cafes, avoiding busy wallpaper and tacky background music by high-haired K-pop idols. The hour we spent in the cozy shop was ac-companied by Katy Perry’s smash hits – who could say no to that?

The coffee selection is similar to what one would find in an average cafe, with choices of Americano, latte, mocha and espresso. The difference lies in the coffee beans – all are roasted and ground in Korea

to a level between cinnamon and me-dium roast. Coffee is therefore guar-anteed to be light, smooth and well balanced on the palate; easy to drink even for an amateur. The caffe mocha

(RMB35), for instance, is served with a thick layer of whipped cream and

culminates in a rich, gooey aftertaste without being saccharine. It is the dash of salt sprinkled on top that makes the magic.

Though the soul of Tom N Toms lies in its coffee beans, non-caffeinated drinks such as fruity smoothies and tea are also vended. The sweet potato latte (RMB32) is a fragrant afternoon delight, with a lingering milky aroma that tickles every nerve.

We were most thrilled to spot the freshly baked pretzels (RMB34-55), which are made in an open kitchen behind the cashier desk. Customers can watch as everything from sweet potato, to seasonal fruits, to barbecued meat is stuffed into each doughy tube. As the pretzel is made upon ordering, it does take a while to be served, but the time you spend waiting is well worth it after one bite of piping-hot, chewy dough.

The only shortcoming of Tom N Toms is its plastic forks and knives – not exactly the environmentally friendly sign that most cof-fee snobs look for. Otherwise, it’s a decent hideout (unless your name is Tom) and the high-speed Wi-Fi is certainly a plus.

Price: Approx. RMB60Who’s going: Relaxation seekers after coffee and a snackGood for: Slow enjoyment of a gently roast-ed brew

// Shop 125-225, g/F, gt land mall CBD, 88 huacheng Dadao,

tianhe District 天河区花城大道88号高德汇CBD首层125铺-225

铺 (400 883 2523)

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new Clubs

F rom the folks who brought you Summer House comes the latest club to juice up Foshan’s nightlife in Lingnan Tiandi. Set on

the third floor overlooking a maze of stone alleyways and beside a rustic bell tower, Marmalade blends the line between fine dining and clubbing, inspired by what one would find in down-town Berlin or Amsterdam.

Stop in when doors open at 5.30pm and you’ll be escorted past the stage and bar area to seating in the loft or outside on a terrace. High ceilings and full windows cast light onto tables adorned with silverware, prompting guests to taste delicacies from Italy, Spain, Greece, Germany and even the Middle East, paired with a glass of wine. According to the club’s founder and manager, Andreas Schultz-Zehden, Marmalade imports all labels directly from a handful of wineries in France and Spain, avoiding unnecessary markups from middle-men (wines average RMB300-400/bottle).

Guests can choose from main dishes of prime steak, pasta and salads or lighter op-

tions to share over drinks, such as meat and cheese platters. But Marmalade

turns the most heads with its oysters, which are imported

fresh from the shores of Normandy. Though we only had room to sample the ice cream – a rare French variety sold exclusively at

five-star hotels in Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou –

we can only imagine the other dishes would literally sparkle

against the club’s candlelit, minimal-ist white palette.

Stick around until 9.30pm and you’ll see waitresses promptly remove silverware from the tables before dimming the lights, allowing a rich, blue glow to saturate the walls. We’re told the dining area can be transformed into a catwalk for model shows, but the real party commences in the front room, where international DJs, solo singers and Brazilian dancers invigorate the stage. Live performances continue until 1.30am

and alternate every half hour, though parties generally last even later.

With a bright, open atmosphere, Marmalade easily distinguishes itself from Summer House’s dimly lit, furtive ambience. The club may emphasize its dining compo-nent, but the spotlight clearly falls center stage. Embrace the bright lights and “show yourself,” as Schultz-Zehden would say. It’s time to get some bread on that marmalade…

Price: Approx. RMB150Who’s going: The smart European, self-diagnosed party animalsGood for: French oysters, nightly live enter-tainment until 1.30am

// 3/F, next to the bell tower, lingnan tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan 佛山禅城去岭南天地二期钟楼旁 (电梯直上三楼) (0757 8225 3571, [email protected])


fifth floor the clock is tickingby Matthew bossons

new clubs » eat/DrinK

F ifth Floor Restaurant and Nightclub is the newest in a long line of establish-ments to operate out of Yihe Hotel’s infamous fifth floor.

The first thing any customer should know is that arriving before midnight is a no-no. If you do decide to drop in earlier, be forewarned, it will be as empty as a spilt pint of beer. According to Kevin Shao, the club’s manager, the real party doesn’t usually kick off until the wee hours of the morning, be-tween 3-4am.

Open for only two months, Fifth Floor offers visitors an eclectic range of music and reasonably priced drinks. Shao likes to high-light other aspects as well. “We have many beautiful girls here and plenty of different musical styles,” he says. “Every night it’s full and it just keeps getting better and better.”

Although pegged as a restaurant and club, Fifth Floor’s kitchen is currently closed and it’s unclear when the venue will start serving food. For now, keep your expecta-tions somewhere in line with the protago-nist’s in Californication: debauchery and a pricier selection of whiskey.

“One day we hope to have greater food options and longer hours to serve lunch and dinner,” adds Shao. Currently, however, Fifth Floor doesn’t open its doors until 11pm.

With two KTV rooms, hookahs and a large dance floor, the club feels like a hangout for locals, though we’re told guests of diverse backgrounds come from far and wide – probably for the parties. Fifth Floor

hosts a ladies’ night on Tuesdays, Latino night on Wednesdays and an Arabian night on Thursdays.

When it’s finally time to call it a night, we can almost hear Kesha’s ‘Tik Tok’ on the horizon. Party it up – at least until the next fifth-floor sensation moves in.

Price: RMB50-70/drinkWho’s going: The late-night party crowdGood for: Dancing until the sun comes up // 5/F, yihe hotel, 416 huanshi Dong lu, yuexiu District 越秀区

环市东路416号颐和商务酒店五楼 (189 2611 5888)


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APRIL 2nightliFeGig: the last Signs of the WindSince coming together in Mahilyow, Belarus, in 2011, the members of the last Signs of the Wind have been bringing audiences a mix of post-rock and post-metal music. this band of four young Belarusian men takes listeners on a journey through Mother Nature with their music. experience the wind, the rain and the thunder through their bril-liant use of instruments and natural sound. rMB60 presale, rMB80 on site, 8.30pm. t:union, 361-365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

APRIL 3artSConcert: PitbullProducing smash hits with every-

one from J. lo and Kesha to lil Jon and akon, Pitbull has become a household name purely through clev-erly engineered collaborations. the Miami rapper’s music is a mainstay on dance floors across the globe, and this month he will be bringing all his energy and charm to the Guangzhou Gymnasium. expect to hear and shake your booty to such songs as ‘timber,’ ‘Give Me everything’ and ‘Don’t Stop the Party.’rMB380-1680, 8pm. Guangzhou Gymnasium, 783 Baiyun Dadao Nan, Baiyun District 白云区白云大道南783号 (3663 9159)

nightliFeGig: the Seven Mile JourneyIf you were to ask which post-rock band that hasn’t yet been to China is the most eagerly anticipated, the answer would be the Seven Mile Journey. founded in 1999, the band has made four albums yet has always maintained a low profile. they pos-sess the magic of drawing listeners into an ascetic world, a musical soundscape of icy Scandinavia.rMB60 presale, rMB80 on site,

8.30pm. t:union, 361 – 365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

APRIL 4nightliFeGig: atlantic attractionatlantic attraction is a four-member indie-rock/modern-wave band based in the city of the hague (the Netherlands). their love for analogue synthesizers, traveling across the world and the current generation of British indie bands shaped atlantic attraction into what it is now. taking inspiration from groups like foals, Kavinsky and the Boxer rebellion, their broad sound and high-energy live performances have garnered them a loyal following.free, 10.30pm. t:union, 361-365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

APRIL 5nightliFeGig: om UnitGuangzhou Underground is proud to bring one of Bass Music’s biggest stars, om Unit, to South China dur-ing his asian and australasian tour. the past five years have seen this artist rise to the top ranks of the drum and bass scenes, cementing his reputation last year with an album on Goldie’s legendary Metalheadz label. as a previous DMC champion-ship turntablist, he will not only be bringing cutting-edge dance music to Guangzhou, but also showing off his pedigree DJ skills on two technics 1210 turntables.rMB40 presale, rMB60 on site. hangover Bar, B1/f, Donghuan Bldg, 474-1, huanshi Dong lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区环市东路474-1号东环大厦负一层(3767 6416)

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Concert: roni Beniseflamenco guitarist roni Benise’s The Spanish Guitar combines soaring music, sumptuous production values and an epic tale that will transport the audi-ence to exotic places with video, songs and an ever-changing set. armed with his instrument and a world-class band of musicians, Benise pushes the boundaries of traditional flamenco and Spanish guitar.rMB80-680,8pm. opera hall, Guangzhou opera house, 1 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (3839 2888, www.gzdjy.org)

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Concert: Club for FiveClub for five is a celebrated contemporary a cappella group from finland. founded in 2001, the group consists of Maijia Sariola (soprano), Susanna hietala (alto), Jouni Kannisto (tenor), Juha Vitala (baritone) and tuukka haapaniemi (bass). recognized for their great ability to imitate sounds from various music instruments, the group fuses classic, pop, jazz, folk and hip-pop. rMB100-680, 8pm. Xinghai Concert hall, 33 Qingbo lu, ersha Island, Yuexiu District 越秀区二沙岛晴波路33号 (8735 2222 ext. 886, www.concerthall.com.cn)

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aPril 3-5Colorful Easter at Novotel ZhuhaiWith exciting games, egg painting and a lucky draw, the easter bunny awaits all looking forward to the holi-day this april.6.30-9.30 pm, rMB198 (adult), rMB138 (child, 1.3m below are free). the Square all Day Dining 5/f, 2029 Jiuzhou Xi Dadao, Zhuhai 珠海市九洲大道西2029号 (0756 8998 688)

Easter Family PackageMarco Polo lingnan tiandi foshan is launching a series of easter activities this year for families. for rMB1,499 plus service charge, families of three or four can enjoy a one night stay in a superior suite, a welcome easter egg stuffed with goodies, brunch and ex-clusive access to the Continental Club lounge with benefits. rMB1,499 plus 15 percent, Marco Polo lingnan tiandi foshan, 97 renmin lu, Chancheng, foshan 佛山市禅城区人民路97号(0757 8250 1843)

aPril 4Easter Family Carnival 2015Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre invites all to join the easter family Carnival 2015 on the 6th floor Podium Garden on april 4. Come dance with a bunny, design creative easter eggs and recall childhood memories from long ago. the chefs will prepare signa-ture easter food and healthy drinks for all children attending. explore endless fun activities and mysterious prizes at this year’s carnival!rMB298 net/adult, rMB198 net/child (below 1.2m), rMB698 net/ 2 adults and 1 kid (below 1.2m). Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, 339 huangshi Dong lu, Yuexiu 越秀区环市东路339号广州中心皇冠假日酒店 (8363 8888-88116)

aPril 4-5Seafood Weekend BrunchIndulge your sweet tooth and provide the whole family with an egg-citing escape this easter! the hotel will be transformed into a wonderland decorated with imaginative dessert displays to create a sweet and joyful party atmosphere. Children will be delighted to see an easter themed carnival of activities, including an egg hunt and festive games. an eggs-traordinary break awaits you! enjoy an easter Day family brunch at open res-taurant. every two adults get one free meal for kids under 12 years old. rMB268 plus 15 percent, 2f, Doubletree by hilton Guangzhou, 391 Dongfeng lu, Yuexiu 广州越秀区东风路391号广州希尔顿逸林酒店 (2833 7215)

Easter Brunch BuffetWith an elegant garden view, a pool of dolphins, man-made beach and indoor aquatic park, Chimelong

hengqin Bay hotel is a marvelous place to spend this year’s easter.fuxiang Bay, hengqin New District, Zhuhai 珠海市横琴新区富祥湾 (0756 299 8888)

Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Easter Factorya chocolate experience for the young and young at heart! 2 on 988 presents its signature weekend offerings, plus a very special Willy Wonka’s Chocolate easter factory experience, featuring an enormous array of chocolate des-serts, easter egg decorating for the kids and a chocolate dessert pizza making class by Pastry Chef lily Wong. lunch: rMB308/438 (including free flow of drinks), rMB168 (6-12 year old, below 5 are free), dinner: rMB498/598 (including free flow of drinks), rMB298 (6-12 year old, below 5 years old free), Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe District 天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Easter Factory afternoon tea BuffetMar-tea-ni presents the first-ever Willy Wonka’s Chocolate easter factory ex-perience, featuring an enormous array of chocolate desserts, easter treats, hot & iced chocolate and easter egg decorating for the kids.2.30–5.00 pm, rMB228 plus 15 percent/rMB328 plus 15 percent (including two glasses of Cloudy Bay Pelorus Sparkling), rMB108 (6-12 year old, below 5 is free), Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe District 天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

aPril 4-6Festival: Easter Fun at the Canton Placeas one of the most important Western traditions, easter is a big family cel-ebration. Presenting creative easter decorations, surprising easter gifts and DIY easter eggs, the Canton Place invites you to a feast of fantasy and imagination from april 4 to 6. Please keep the receipt that you receive from any shop or restaurant in the Canton Place as the entrance ticket. 2-5pm. haifeng lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城海风路

aPril 5Easter ExtravaganzaShangri-la hotel, Guangzhou will hold an easter extravaganza in the lush garden once again with the biggest easter egg hunt this year, as well as lots of entertainment for the long easter weekend.adult: rMB250, Children: 150 (aged 4-12, free for kids below 4), Shangri-la hotel Guangzhou, 1, huizhan Dong lu, haizhu District 海珠区会展东路1号广州香格里拉大酒店 (8917 6498)


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APRIL 14CommunitySchool: oxford Universitythe British School of Guangzhou is inviting students and parents to a presentation on studying in england by the University of oxford. Immediately after, David Morath from the British Consulate will do a presentation on applying for UK visas (from 5.30pm onwards). the presen-tation will be relevant for all those looking for university options. all are welcome. for more information, go to www.bsg.org.cn or email [email protected]. 983-3 tonghe lu, Baiyun District 白云区同和路983-3广州英国学校(8709 4788)

APRIL 18artSConcert: Katy PerryIn a controversial debut single to rival Britney Spears’ slutty schoolgirl in ‘hit Me Baby one More time’ and Christina aguilera’s desire to be “rubbed the right way” in ‘Genie in a Bottle,’ ‘I Kissed a Girl’ shot Katy Perry to fame in 2008. Since those early but hardly innocent days, Katy Perry has sold more than 11 mil-lion albums worldwide and become one of the highest paid female pop stars on the planet. Teenage Dream, released in 2010, made her the first female artist to achieve five number-

one Billboard hot 100 songs from one album, a feat only equaled by Michael Jackson. She’s a real firework and has definitely got the eye of a tiger, and now you’re going to hear her roar – the Californian will be hav-ing her Guangzhou debut in april as part of her Prismatic world tour.rMB480-2,280, 8pm. Guangzhou International Sports arena, 2666 Kaichuan Dadao, Science City, luogang District 萝岗开发区科学城开创大道2666号 (400 610 3721)

CommunityEducation: YWIES Information Session and learning activitiesYew Wah International School of Guangzhou will host another Information Session for children and parents. highlights include ‘history and Philosophies of Yew Wah’ by education Director, ‘Curriculum Development and Introduction’ by Curriculum Director and ‘admissions Process and requirements for 2015/2016’ by head of admissions. 2.30-4.30pm. reservation hotline: 400 860 9778, 8683 2662. four Seasons hotel, 5 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路5号四季酒店 (WeChat: YWIeS-GZ, www.ywies-gz.com)

APRIL 19CommunitySchool: Urbanites art daytaking place at redtory and ISa International School, children can

Gig: david liangCooperating with Shanghai-based Jazz singer Zhang le in 2014, aBC David liang, producer of electronic band Shanghai restoration Project, issued an album of classic Shanghai songs from the 1930s and 40s. titled The Classics, it was featured by NPr and ranked in the top 10 on itunes in the US, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. liang and Zhang will be performing together for their con-cert at t:union. rMB80, 8.30pm, t:union, 361 – 365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

APRIL 12artSConcert: aram KhachaturianConsidered one of the leading Soviet composers, aram Khachaturian popularized his name within and without the USSr with his first ma-jor work, ‘Piano Concerto in D-flat Major’ (1936). often employing elements of folk tradition from the Caucuses, eastern europe and the Middle eastern, his works are filled with ethnic characteristics. In this concert, violinist huang Mengla will

join conductor lin Daye and the Guangzhou Symphony orchestra to perform the maestro’s ‘Violin Concerto in D Minor,’ Masquerade Suite and Spartacus Suite.rMB80-280, 8pm. Xinghai Concert hall, 33 Qingbo lu, ersha Island, Yuexiu District越秀区二沙岛晴波路33号 (8735 2222 ext. 886, www.concerthall.com.cn)

APRIL 13nightliFeGig: luca MantovanelliIn 1983, luca Mantovanelli was born into a Italian musical family at Castel Volturno. first taking up the drums, he later graduated to wind instru-ments, before throwing himself into the electric guitar. a versatile wit, he collaborates with bands from dif-ferent fields, varying from jazz and pop music to blues and rock and roll. Mantovanelli was one of the top eight guitarists at the final of Guitar Idol held in london.rMB60 presale, rMB80 on site, 8.30pm. t:union, 361-365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)


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stage: l’orphelin 2.0théâtre de la feuille was founded in 2008 by ata Wong, one of the few hong Kong performers who finished the two-year-study program at ecole Internationale de théâtre Jacques lecoq in Paris, france. the group aims to develop the physical theater in asia, introducing contemporary european performing styles and combining them with eastern dramatic techniques. their inaugural production, L’Orphelin, toured Paris, reggiolo (Italy), Pula (Croatia), taiwan and hong Kong to critical and audience acclaim. In the drama, tension between human nature and self-conflict is illustrated through body movements alone. rMB80-280,8pm. experimental theatre, Guangzhou opera house, 1 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (3839 2888, www.gzdjy.org)

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Concert: Melisma saxophone QuartetMelisma Saxophone Quartet’s repertoire encompasses many different styles and genres. four nationalities (Swiss, Danish, Spanish and Dutch) come together to create their own musical language. Since its formation in amsterdam in 2009, the quartet has performed throughout europe and around the world. this time, they are ready to charm audiences by playing ‘three Preludes’ by George Gershwin, ‘Sevilla and asturias’ by Isaac albéniz, ‘romanian folk Dances’ by Béla Bartók and ‘String Quartet No. 12’ by antonín Dvorák. rMB80-280, 3pm. experimental theatre, Guangzhou opera house,1 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (3839 2888, www.gzdjy.org)

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get their creative juices flowing with everything from an art jam class to unique bowl creations and other surprise activities. enjoy a chilled out weekend with New Zealand frozen yogurt treats, a delicious lunch, snacks and a chance to learn from ISa’s talented teachers.for further inquiries and reservations, call 8358 6125.

APRIL 20nightliFeGig: the dropsthe Drops are Panzani (saxophone), Casagrande (guitar) and Garrigue (drums). on april 30, ending a two-week tour in france and Italy, the Drops celebrated their fifth anniver-sary on the legendary stage of the New Morning in Paris. the Drops is a band that has to be heard live, so don’t miss this opportunity to catch them.rMB50 presale, rMB60 on site, 8.30pm. t:union, 361-365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

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master’s most representative works, including ‘Serenade No. 13 in G Major,’ ‘Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major’ and ‘Symphony No. 40 in G Minor.’rMB80-280, 8pm.Xinghai Concert hall, 33 Qingbo lu, ersha Island, Yuexiu District 越秀区二沙岛晴波路33号 (8735 2222 ext. 886, www.concerthall.com.cn)

APRIL 30artSConcert: Krzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof Penderecki is a Polish com-poser and conductor. Called Poland’s greatest living composer, Penderecki imprinted his name on Poland’s mu-sic scene with works like ‘threnody to the Victims of hiroshima’, ‘St. luke Passion’, ‘Polish requiem’ and ‘anaklasis’. Under the conduction of Penderecki himself, Chinese baritone Yuan Chenye, together with the Guangzhou orchestra, will present works that illustrate Penderecki’s unique perspectives towards China.rMB80-380, 8pm. Xinghai Concert hall, 33 Qingbo lu, ersha Island, Yuexiu District 越秀区二沙岛晴波路33号 (8735 2222 ext. 886, www.concerthall.com.cn)

MONDAYS–FRIDAYSEat: healthy Executive lunchG restaurant has prepared seasonal salads and vegetables, as well as fresh seafood and ham to go along with the nutritious and healthy appetizers. the new executive lunch menu offering organic and healthy food is grounded in hyatt’s industry-leading food and beverage philosophy: “food, thought-fully sourced and carefully served.”rMB118 plus 15 percent, additional mains at rMB40 plus 15 percent. Grand hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang New town, tianhe 天河区珠江新城珠江西路12号广州富力君悦大酒店 (8550 8025)

TUESDAYS-SATURDAYSEat: ladies’ NightsGet your favorite gal pals together for an epic night out full of fun, laughs, great food and good times. ladies who buy one appetizer can enjoy a free main course and free-flow wines, gin and tonic, and martinis for more than five hours. the Garden hotel, Guangzhou offers ladies’ nights five days a week at Connoisseur. 5-10.30pm. Connoisseur, the Garden hotel, Guangzhou, 368 huanshi Dong lu, Yuexiu District 广州花园酒店, 越秀区环市东路368号 (8333 8989)

WEDNESDAYS–THURSDAYSeat/DrinKEat: Wok on 2a culinary journey through asia, in-vigorate your senses as 2 on 988 pre-sent’s Wok on 2. Sit back and take in

Gig: SleepmakeswavesSleepmakeswaves, a post-rock band founded in 2006 in Sydney, cre-ates music with quality, vitality and emotion. their first demo in 2007 was unexpectedly well received, which encouraged them to follow up with two extended plays. their first album, And So We Destroyed Everything, released in 2011 by inde-pendent australian record label Bird’s robe records, was a perfect demon-stration of their style and was made album of the week by Ntr, KooP and Nowlikephotographs. rMB60 presale, rMB80 on site, 8.30pm. t:union, 361-365 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District 越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层 (3659 7623)

APRIL 23-24artStheatre: the Merchant of Venice for nine years, Britain’s tNt theatre has been acting as a cultural Marco Polo, bringing theatrical classics across the mainland. their endeavors have even caught the eye of royalty, founder Paul Stebbings receiving an MBe last year. they’re back at the Xinghai Concert hall from april 23 to 24 with their award-winning adapta-tion of The Merchant of Venice.

rMB100-320, 7.30pm. Xinghai Concert hall, 33 Qingbo lu, ersha Island, Yuexiu District 越秀区二沙岛晴波路33号 (8735 2222 ext.886, www.concerthall.com.cn)

Concert: Maximilian heckerNoted for his ethereal music, Germany musician Maximilian hecker describes his songs as “melancholy pop hymns.” Surprisingly, he received formal training in nursing before he signed contracts with Berlin-based record company Kitty-yo. Coming back to Guangzhou again, hecker will bring his newly released album, Spellbound Scenes of My Cure, curing the lovesick-ness of his Guangzhou fans.rMB80-280, 8pm. Guangzhou friendship theatre, 696 renmin Bei lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区人民北路696号 (www.damai.cn/gz)

APRIL 25artSConcert: MozartMozart composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, op-eratic and choral music. he is among the most enduringly popular of clas-sical composers, and his influence on subsequent Western art music is profound. Under the taiwanese con-ductor lü Shao-chia, the Guangzhou orchestra will present three of the


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Ballet: CoppeliaCreated by Doctor Coppélius, Coppélia is a life-size, life-like doll who entrances the young swain frantz. Setting aside his true love Swanilda, he attempts to pursue Coppélia but ultimately comes to realize his folly. one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, the english National Ballet will visit Guangzhou for the first time, bringing one of the most popular and family-friendly ballets in the repertoire. rMB180-1,280, 8pm. opera hall, Guangzhou opera house, 1 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路1号 (3839 2888, www.gzdjy.org)

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the kitchen theatrics as the chefs em-bark on a culinary journey through the wonders of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, thai and Vietnamese cuisine. a buy-three-get-one-free deal is now available. rMB368 plus 15 percent (includes free-flow drinks), rMB188 (6-12 year old, children aged below 5 are free), 6-10pm. Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

FRIDAYSeat/DrinKdrink: Friday Night JazzMar-tea-Ni invites you to explore the smooth jazz sounds of its new friday night live-music edition whilst enjoying a marvelous array of nightly beverage specials. Buy one bottle of selected red wine and receive the second for half the price. a 20 percent discount on selected Scotch whiskey bottle sales is also available, as is buy-one-get-one-free bottle of Cloudy Bay Pelorus NV (starting from rMB480 per bottle).8pm. Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe 天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

SUNDAYS–THURSDAYSeat/DrinKEat: Grill and Wine Rendezvousenjoy a complimentary glass of Sommelier-selected red or white wine with any main grill dish order.6–10pm. Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe 天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

ALL MONTHartSExhibition: Black BirdIsraeli artist avital Cnaani received her Mfa from Bezalel academy of art and Design and her bachelor of education from hamidrasha School of art. Since her first solo exhibit in 2004, Cnaani has had numerous exhibitions internationally, includ-ing at the Israel Museum, Soma Museum in Seoul and harlem Studio in New York. her works are located at the junction between sculpting and drawing. Using materials such as wood chips, clay and rumpled formica, the sculptures under her hand imitate discard living bodies, hanging limply on the wall or resting agitatedly on the floor. free admission, until May 24. hall 2, redtory Museum of Contemporary art, C1, redtory, 128 Yuancun Siheng lu, tianhe District 天河区员村四横路128号红专厂艺术区C1栋红专厂当代艺术馆2号馆 (8557 4417)

Exhibition: In the Midst of Ethereality and oblivionContinuing on from their exhibition falling into a trance last year, artistic couple Mok Yat-san and Man fung-yi have conceptualized a new show, In the Midst of ethereality and oblivion. through the works displayed, one can sense their different characteris-tics and gender perspectives, while appreciating the long-term evolution of their creative interaction.free admission, until May 24. e7, redtory, 128 Yuancun Siheng lu, tianhe District 天河区员村四横路128号红专厂艺术区e7展馆 (8557 4417)

Exhibition: Intervene/Blue Skya joint exhibition presenting works from two young but promising Chinese painters. Intervene show-cases han’s work, in which he casts a light directly on today’s politics, pub-lic figures and hot social issues, while in Blue Sky, huang paints his works using 25 different shades of blue.

han is like a passionate fighter while huang is a quiet hermit. free admission, until May 31 (closed on Mondays). fei Gallery, G/f, estate Plaza, 5 Nonglin Xia lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区农林下路5号亿达大厦首层 (3768 8830)

Exhibition: Real Kangaroo Islandone of the world’s top 10 ecological islands, Kangaroo Island is known as “a zoo without fences.” two local artists, Ben and ray, spent one week on the island, using lenses to record the harmony between nature and the animals living in it.free admission, 11am-11pm (closed on Mondays), until april 19. Goelia 225, 225 Beijing lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区北京路225号 (8336 0550)

eat/DrinKEat: a Step Back in Cantonese Cuisine timele Chinois presents 12 extraordinary dishes with an equally impressive history and story to tell; a culinary journey of centuries of traditional Cantonese cooking techniques and iconic dishes. Starts from rMB38 plus 15 percent, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 998 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, tianhe天河区广州大道中998号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 (3883 8888)

Eat: authentic Italian touchWith romantic and joyful Italian soul, francesco rizzo, new executive chef at the hilton Guangzhou tianhe, has created a new menu that integrates authentic Italian recipes with cheese, pizza and pasta. Discover what tan-talizing really means with the Italian Gourmet Buffet Dinner at Cafe at 2, or head to Il Ponte Italian restaurant for some authentic, brand-new menu items.hilton Guangzhou tianhe, 215 linhe Xi heng lu, tianhe District 天河区林和西横路215号 (6683 9999)

Eat: Moreish Feastthe normal international seafood buffet dinner gets an upgrade with

crisp, spicy BBQ and free-flow soft drinks, as well as one complimentary main dish of braised sea cucumber or braised abalone for each dinner buf-fet guest.rMB218. aloft Guangzhou University Park, 66 lide Jie, Xiaoguwei, Panyu District 番禺区大学城小谷围街立德街66号广州大学城雅乐轩酒店 (3100 0888)

Eat: New Seafood delightsCatch on the 100th floor of the award-winning four Seasons hotel Guangzhou recently launched a new seasonal menu specially created by head Chef Paddy Chan. It features the finest seafood creatively prepared and delicately presented.four Seasons hotel Guangzhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang New town, tianhe 天河区珠江新城珠江西路12号广州四季酒店 (8883 3903)

Eat: Nourishing Sea CucumberMing Court at langham Place, Guangzhou is showcasing one of China’s most luxurious delicacies: sea cucumber. In the restaurant’s unique rendering, the smooth, succulent and spongy texture of the luscious sea cucumber is braised and blended with slightly chewy grains on top. Sea cu-cumber comes loaded with essential nutrients and has an extremely low fat content, making it a highly valu-able tonic or medicinal ingredient, as well as a prized foodstuff. langham Place, Guangzhou, 638 Xingang Dong lu, haizhu District 海珠区新港东路638号 (8916 3388)

Eat: t timethe cutting-edge W Guangzhou has defined afternoon tea with its own DNa. Mixing the delicacy of english high-tea and the sophisticated tea culture of China with healthy desserts and canapes, Woobar’s amplified t time will help you get in shape with-out forcing you to cut indulgence.rMB188 plus 15 percent/set for one person, rMB268 plus 15 percent/set for two persons, 2.30–5pm. W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe 天河区珠江新城冼村路26号广州W酒店 (6628 6628)


Events

HOTEL NEWSthe Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou wel-comes new GM Matthias Vogt

With 16 years of ritz-Carlton experi-ence and an uncompromising vision for perpetuating the brand’s legend-ary service in China, Matthias Vogt has been appointed general manager of the ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou. In his new role, he will be leading 600 ladies and gentlemen in further cementing the status of the forbes travel Guide five-Star award-winning hotel as the absolute choice in luxury for discerning guests in the city.

Catherine lew appointed as general manager of the Zhuhai Marriott hotel

the Zhuhai Marriott hotel has ap-pointed Catherine lew as the general manager. She has worked previously at the Guangzhou Marriott hotel tianhe and the Beijing Marriott hotel Northeast. the Zhuhai Marriott hotel will be opened in the third quarter of 2015.

Pullman Guangzhou Baiyun airport wins at Skytrax World airport awards

Pullman Guangzhou Baiyun airport was honored as the Best airport hotel in China by the Skytrax World airport awards in Paris on March 11. the World airport awards began in 1999 and have now become a global benchmark of airport excel-

lence. the award indicates that the Pullman Guangzhou Baiyun airport truly shows an outstanding level of commitment to all guests with excel-lent performance, world-class service as well as a highly praised strategic location.

Sheraton Qingyuan lion lake Resort appoints Eva li as general manager

eva li has been appointed as the gen-eral manger of Sheraton Qingyuan lion lake resort, a hotel with unique arabian architecture in Guangdong. a hong Kong native, li has over 30 years’ experience of hotel service and management, leaving her footprint on the hilton, Venetian and IhG groups. She will be in charge of the overall hotel management, using her abundant experience and profes-sional knowledge to lead the hotel team to create fantastic hotel service experiences for vacations, meetings and food and beverage.

Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich appoints andrew Ma as director of sales and marketing

Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich has an-nounced the appointment of andrew Ma as director of sales and marketing, effective on March 16, 2015. he is leading a team of dynamic sales, ca-tering and marketing professionals to position Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich as the leading luxury hotel in the city.

turn off the lights, make the world better

on March 28, the Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City joined earth hour, the world’s largest public ac-tion for the environment. the hotel switched off the exterior and public area lighting for one hour. By taking part in this global ‘lights out’ event the hotel showed its commitment to personal and operational actions that benefit the planet.

Wanda Realm Jiangmen and Wanda Vista dongguan awarded Best Newly opened hotel

Wanda realm Jiangmen and Wanda Vista Dongguan have been awarded with Best Newly opened hotel ac-colades at the 2014 annual tourism awards. the hotels’ design and high quality of food and services assisted the brand to win the awards. the

2014 annual tourism awards are one of the most authoritative award ceremonies in the Chinese tourism industry.

HOTEL PrOmOTiON

CHIMELONG HOTEL

Fun at the water park

for the whole month of april, Chimelong hotel is launching a special offer for those who long for water amusements. Book any kind of hotel room and two free tickets to the Chimelong Water Park are given to you as a complimentary gift. enjoy the largest water amusement park in Chimelong with the most advanced and adventurous facilities. Besides the entertainment, there is a variety of international delicacies awaiting every foodie in the nine themed res-taurants located inside the hotel.

Panyu Dadao, Panyu District 番禺区番禺大道 (8478 6838, www.chimelong.com)

GRAND HYATT GUANGZHOU

Weekend getaway

embark on an enchanting journey with delicate Cantonese cuisine in the oasis of Zhujiang Xincheng. Just add an additional rMB88 on top of the hyatt Daily rate and enjoy the benefits: buffet breakfast at the Market Café for three persons, complimentary mini bar usage, wel-come fruits, heated swimming pool and fitness center facilities and late checkout until 3pm. the offer is valid until December 31. for reservations, please contact 8396 1234 ext. 3051 or email [email protected].

Grand hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路12号 (8396 1234)

Perfect weddings

Grand hyatt Guangzhou offers a daz-zling array of venues to make your dream wedding come true. the sea-soned chef and his culinary team will create the finest of wedding feasts, while experienced and attentive wed-ding specialists pay careful attention to every detail and will make your wedding chic and impressive. for more information, contact the hotel’s wedding specialist at 8396 1234 ext. 3284 or [email protected].

12 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路12号 (8396 1234 ext. 3284, [email protected])

Spring inspiration

In the spirit of this bloom-filled sea-son, unleash your beauty at Grand hyatt Guangzhou. re-establish your well-being with two Spring Wellness treatments in o Spa. lasting for 90 minutes (rMB980), the awakening therapy revitalizes your body while the rose Blossom (rMB980 for 90 minutes) applies rose essential oil for head and shoulder relaxation.

Grand hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi lu, Zhujiang Xicheng, tianhe District 天河区珠江新城珠江西路12号 (8396 1234)

HENGDA HOTELS & RESORTS

diamond Club’s amazing offers

Become a member of the hotel’s Diamond Club and gain points through living in the hotels and re-sorts. Points can be used to redeem different room types – including the standard, the superior and the executive. In april, a member of the Diamond Club can get a maximum of 80,000 points for every four nights’ stay within hengda hotels, which can be redeemed for a luxury suite. the offer is valid till May 30.

MARCO POLO LINGNAN TIANDI FOSHAN

Canton Fair package

Marco Polo lingnan tiandi foshan has launched the Canton fair Special for business travelers from april 14 to 28. Book two nights’ stay in a Premier room for rMB988 net per night and you are entitled to enjoy a complimentary buffet breakfast at Café Marco, inclusive of Continental Club floor benefits, complimentary Internet in room and Wi-fi through-out the hotel, late check-out till 4pm, 20 percent discount on laundry, 20 percent discount on Business lounge Services (except ticketing) and com-plimentary daily shuttle service to and from the Canton fair grounds.

97 renmin lu, Chancheng District, foshan 佛山市禅城区人民路97号 (0757-8250 1808)


Events

travel dealsFlower hotelapril special offerlocated in Nansha District, flower hotel gets its name from the massive flower field that surrounds the hotel. the 213 guest rooms are decorated according to different floral themes: sunflower, lavender, rose and tulip. While stay-ing in the boutique rooms, guests can enjoy free Wi-fi access, bluetooth equipment and an aromatherapy bath. Guests are also welcome to visit the grounds, which boast a colorful field of sunflowers and a heart-shaped bridge overlook-ing scenic mountains beyond, as well as much, much more. Now the hotel is offering special room packages starting from rMB1,030 for two nights. More offers are on the way. for more information, please dial 3991 9695.Vaild until April 29. // 15 Chong, Xinken, Wanqingsha Town, Nansha District 南沙区万顷沙镇新垦15涌 (3991 9695)

Chimelong hengqin Bay hotela hello from the oceanlocated in the Pearl river Delta, Zhuhai borders Macau to the south. Sometimes called the ‘Chinese rivera,’ the city is one of China’s premier tourist destinations. the newly built Chimelong hengqin Bay hotel is in the hengqin New District, possessing a great view of the the ocean. Now, the hotel is offering economical room packages to fit different travel purposes. from family trips to romantic getaways, the hotel is where your dream vacations start. for the whole month of april, spend rMB1,238 on weekdays or rMB1,738 on Saturdays and enjoy a one-night stay in a leisure Parkview room with breakfast buffet for two persons, two tickets to Chimelong ocean Kingdom (multi-entry on arrival day and next day) and two tickets to the hotel Water Park. for more enquiries or reservations, please call 0756-299 8888. the offer is not applicable during Qingming festival or easter holiday.// Fuxiang Bay, Hengqin New District, Zhuhai City 珠海市横琴新区富祥湾 (0756-299 8888)


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Ashoka 47 Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (8349 0036, 8349 0062) 阿苏克拉餐厅 , 越秀区淘金北路 47 号

Bawarchi 150 Taojin Lu, Yuexiu District (8350 3265) 我的印度大厨, 越秀区淘金路150号之4农贸市场下面

Bombay Grill Cuisine of India 2 Aiguo Lu, Overseas Chinese Village (opposite Holiday Inn City Centre Hotel Lobby), Yuexiu District (8359 4533) 孟买印度餐厅, 越秀区环市东路华侨新村爱国路2号 (假日酒店正门对面)

Bombay Talkies Indian and Thai Restaurant/Bar No. 14, right side of the West Gate of Huanan Country Garden, Ying-bin Lu, Panyu District (8456 7480) 番禺区迎宾路华南碧桂园碧华商业 2 街 14 号

Delhi Durbar A 227-240, 2/F, Gitic Com-mercial Center Hotel, 1 Huangtian Zhi Jie, Lujing Lu, Yuexiu District (2212 8028)洛奇印度餐厅 , 越秀区麓景路黄田直街 1-2 号广信商业中心 2 楼 241-243 铺

Dream of India 83 Lujing Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 7121) 越秀区麓景路83号

Indian Gate 172 Yi Cui Yuan, Jin Xiu Sheng Tai Yuan, Zhong Cun, Panyu District (3477 2300) 马赫那佳 , 番禺区钟村锦绣生态园倚翠苑 172 号

Jewel of India 123 Huangpu Dadao Xi, Tianhe District (3846 6955, 3846 5779) 天河区黄埔大道西 123 号

Kohinoor Restaurant & Bar 2/F, 23 Lujing Lu, Yuexiu District (6122 1808) 越秀区麓景路 23 号 2 楼

Little India Indian & Nepalese Cuisine Units 103-104, Edinburgh International Apartment, 2 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3878 1353) 越秀区珠江新城华利路2号爱丁堡国际公寓103-104号铺

Punjabi Indian Cusine 2/F, Guotai Hotel, 376 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8382 4542 / 8382 4596) 本杰比印度料理, 越秀区环市东路376号国泰宾馆2楼

The Tandoor-Guangzhou 2/F, Asia Interna-tional Hotel, 326 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (6260 8999) 天都里印度餐厅 , 越秀区环市东路 326 号亚洲国际大酒店二层

Taste of India 165 Taojin Lu, Yuexiu District (8350 7688, 8357 2688) 印斯味餐馆酒廊 , 越秀区淘金路 165 号国际大酒店二层

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Lombok Indonesian Restaurant 522 Huifu Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (020-8306 5831)越秀区惠福东路 522 号 Malaysian Fusion No.49-51 Dongdu Dashi-jie, 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8760 8599)

越秀区环市东路 475 号之三东都大世界 1 楼 49-51号

Pandan Indonesian Cuisine 1) No. 16-19, Bldg A, 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8760 5258); 2) 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 5075) ; 3) Shop 1-3, 2/F, 11 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe District (3805 1586)香兰印尼餐厅 1) 越秀区环市东路 475 号 A 区16-19 号 ; 2) 越秀区建设六马路一号 ( 靠东风东路口 ); 3) 天河区兴盛路 11 号兴盛汇 2 层 1-3 铺

JAPANESE Amanokawa 403B, 4/F, Citic Plaza, 233 Tianhe Bei Lu (8755 4411) 天之河日本料理 , 天河区天河北路 233 号中信广场4 楼 403B 铺

California Roll Restaurant 1) Shop 101, 55 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8370 3288); 2) ; 12 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District(8376 5763); 3) No. 107,Building 31,Liede Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3827 8599)加州卷 1) 越秀区建设六马路 55 号 101 铺 ; 2）越秀区建设六马路 12 号 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城猎德大道31 号中海璟晖 107 号

Fuku Fuku Japanese Ramen G/F, 19, Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 3122) 福福拉面 , 越秀区淘金北路 19 号地铺

Furusato Japanese Restaurant 2/F, The Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext. 3925/3926) 故乡日本料理 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店二楼

Award winning Japanese

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Fusion Japan From Monday to Saturday, starts from 5pm, Kirin Draft Beer, RMB100/person, Kiku Masamune Sake, RMB148/person. 102B-105, Pearl River City Garden, Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3838 5477) 非常日本 , 天河区珠江新城华利路 25 号珠江都荟102B-105

Gyu-zou Yakinku Restaurant 2/F, Guang Yi Bldg, 34-38 Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8360 2824) 牛藏 , 越秀区华乐路 34-38 号广怡大厦 2 楼

He Japanese Restaurant 1F, 208 Dongzong Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769-2200 1888) 和日本料理 , 东莞市东城区东纵大道 208 号东莞万达文华酒店 1 楼

I by Inagiku 5/F, W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (6628 6628) 稻菊日本料理 , 天河区珠江新城冼村路 26 号广州 w酒店 5 楼

Ippudo Shop A027-28, No.2001, B1, Mall of the World, 89 Huacheng Dadao, Tianhe District (3831 5513) 一风堂 , 天河区花城大道 89 号花城汇二期高德置地中商场 B1 楼 2001 号 A027-28 铺

Japan Fusion 2/F, Metro Plaza, 358-378

Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3880 8118) 中森名菜日本料理 , 天河区天河北路 358-378 号都市华庭二楼 ;

Kaiseki Japanese Restaurant 4/F, Lobby No. 2, Chimelong Hotel, Panyu Dadao, Pa-nyu District (8478 6838 ext. 61488) 怀石料理日本餐厅 , 番禺区迎宾路长隆酒店二号大堂 4 层

Koyama Robatayaki Sushi 1) 4/F, Electronic Bldg, 403 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8732 2022); 2) 3F, Ping An Building, 50-160 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3886 8038); 3) Shop 101, 1/F, Times Square, 28 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3882 1846) 小山日本料理 1) 越秀区环市东路 403 号电子大厦 4楼 ; 2) 天河区体育东路 150-160 号平安大厦 3 楼 ; 3) 天河区天河北路 28 号时代广场 1 楼 101 店

Kumoi 72/F, Four Seasons Hotel Guang-zhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3372) 云居 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店72 楼

Long Ye Cheng 1) Shop 213, China Hotel Office Tower, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 2256/2257); 2) 33 Miaoq-ian Zhi Jie, Yuexiu District (8767 5603) 龙野城 1) 流花路 122 号中国大酒店商务楼 213 铺 ; 2) 越秀区庙前直街 33 号

Mai Japanese Restaurant 42/F, The Westin Pazhou, Area C, Guangzhou International Convention & Exhibition Center, 681 Fengpu Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8918 1246) 舞日本餐厅 , 海珠区凤浦中路 681 号广州国际会议展览中心 C 区广交会威斯汀酒店 42 楼

Makoto Sushi Japanese Restaurant 3/F, Victoria Plaza, 101 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (3879 5229, 3879 5339) 日本料理诚寿司 , 天河区体育西路 101 号维多利广场 3 楼

Nadaman Japanese Restaurant 3/F, Shan-gri-La Hotel, Guangzhou, 1 Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 8888) 滩万日本料理 , 海珠区会展东路 1 号广州香格里拉大酒店 3 楼

Nozomi 2/F, Nuova International Apart-ments, 1 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3826 2895) 天河区珠江新城华利路 1 号新大厦国际公寓二楼

Red Lantern 1/F, 2 Heping Lu, Overseas Chinese Village, Yuexiu District (8357 7065) 红灯笼日本料理居酒屋 , 越秀区环市东路华侨新村和平路 2 号 1 楼

Roku Roku G/F, Xiang Long Garden, 177 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (2223 3066) 六绿 , 天河区天河北路 177 号

Sazunami 2/F, Jianguo Hotel Guangzhou, 172 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (8393 6388-3628) 涟日本料理 , 天河区林和中路 172 号建国酒店 2 楼

Sushi Love Shop B1-008B, B/F, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8372 0178) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场负一层 B1-008B 商铺

Sushi Oh 1) Shop 1129-1, UU Park, Mall of the World, 89 Huacheng Dadao, Tianhe District (3832 5541); 2) 3/F, China Plaza, Zhongshan San Lu, Yuexiu District (8364 1039) 寿司皇 1) 天河区花城大道 89 号花城广场花城汇UU Park 美食中心 1129-1 号铺 ; 2) 越秀区中山三路 33 号中华广场 3 楼

Umeya Japanese Restaurant 13 Heping Lu, Overseas Chinese Village, Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8358 0407) 梅屋 - 日本料理 , 广州市越秀区环市东路华侨新村和平路 13 号

Xin Yu 3/F, Yue Xiu City Square, 439 Dong-feng Zhong Lu (8356 8666) 心鱼日本料理 , 越秀区东风中路 439 号越秀城市广场 3 楼 C 单元

Xiong Di Chuan 56 Liuyun Wu Jie, Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8751 9266) 兄弟船日本料理 , 天河区体育东路六运五街 56 号

Yin Fu Men 1) No. 357, 3/F, Citic Plaza, 233 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3877 2728); 2) 1 Fengshen Dadao, Tianma Club, Huadu District (8687 8600) 寅福门 1) 天河区天河北路 233 号中信广场 3 楼357 铺 ; 2) 花都区风神大道 1 号天马河俱乐部内

TAIRYO 1)2/F, 75 Tianhe Dong Lu, opposite side of The British Mansion (8559 8937); 2)2/F, Guangyi Bldg, 34-38 Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8360 1371); 3)Shop 3008, 3/F, Baiyun Wanda Plaza, Baiyun District (2332 0061) ; 4)Shop 3009, 3/F, Guilan Wanda Plaza, Nanhai District, Foshan (0757-6685 3568) ; 5)Shop 3005, 3/F, Panyu Wanda Plaza, Panyu District (2293 8935)大渔日式料理 1) 天河东路 75 号二楼 ( 英伦公馆对面 ); ; 2) 越秀区华乐路 34-38 号广怡大厦 2 楼 ; 3) 白云区万达广场室内步行街 3 层 3008 铺 ; 4) 佛山市南海区桂澜北路 28 号万达广场三层 3009 铺；5) 番禺万达广场三层 3005 铺

YUU, Hilton Foshan, 127 Lingnan Dadao Bei, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757 8306 9939)誉 , 佛山市禅城区岭南大道北 127 号佛山希尔顿酒店

Zen Shop 101, 13 Liuyun San Jie, Tianhe Nan Yi Lu, Tianhe District (8551 8341) 天河区天河南一路六运三街 13 号 101

THAi Amaze Shop G15-16, Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3839 9938) 泰赏 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 8 号兴盛汇

Banana Leaf 1) 1/F, Broadcasting and Television Hotel, 8 Luhu Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 7499); 2) 5/F, World Trade Centre, 371-375 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8776 3738); 3) 2/F, Times Square, 28 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3891 0728) 蕉叶风味屋 1) 越秀区麓湖路 8 号广视宾馆首层 ; 2) 越秀区环市东路 371-375 号世贸大厦 5 楼 ; 3) 天河区天河北路 28 号时代广场 2 楼

Bangkok Bar No. 10, 104 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 9391) 曼谷吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 10 号 104 铺

CoolThai 2/F, Shangri-La Hotel, 1 Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 6498) 香泰 , 海珠区会展东路 1 号香格里拉酒店

Hot Basil Thai Cuisine 1) Shop G4-5, 522 Huifu Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8330 2183); 2) 2/F, Unit 205, 75 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8558 3988) 泰地道 1) 越秀区惠福东路 522 号 G4-5 铺 ; 2) 天河区天河东路 75 号二楼 205 铺

Sawadee – Thai Seafood Restaurant Shop 108, 31 Liede Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3802 0030) 天河区珠江新城猎德大道 31 号 108 铺

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Soi 5 G/F, 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 3821) 越秀区建设六马路 1 号誉海食街一楼

Tai Man Guan Thai Cuisine Shop 701, 7/F, Northeast Tower, Tee Mall, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8559 1080, 8559 1800) 泰满贯 , 天河区天河路 208 号天河城东北塔 7 楼701 号铺

Tai Zhen Cow and Bridge Thai Restaurant 54 Shamian Dajie, Liwan District (8121 9988) 泰珍牛桥餐馆 , 荔湾区沙面大街 54 号

尚莲越南泰国料理 Shop 3, 3/F, TaiKoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3868 2723) 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇 3 层 03 铺

ViETNAmESE 37°2 Gourmet and Gathering 523 Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (3432 1922) 37 度 2 友会 , 海珠区滨江东路 523 号

Bamboo Shop B1-003, B/F, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3833 1700) 越赏食 , 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场负一层 B1-003 铺

Daisyou Shop G22, Xinsheng Hui, Xingsh-eng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3810 3200 / 3810 3260) 大賞 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路兴盛汇 G22 店

Lemon House Vietnamese Cuisine 1) 1/F, 11 Jianshe Liu Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (8375 3600); 2) 511 Huifu Dong Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8318 9715) 越茗苑越式美食 1) 越秀区建设六马路 11 号首层 ; 2) 越秀区惠福东路 511 号

Lemon Leaf 32 Dezheng Nan Lu, Yuexiu District (8381 5981) 柠檬叶越南餐厅 , 越秀区德政南路 32 号

Nha Trang Vietnamese Restaurant No. 201-204, 2/F, 75 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3890 0282); 2) 2/F, Guangzhou Yijian Building, 3-7 Jianshe Liu Malu (8373 6663) 芽莊越式料理 1) 天河区天河东路 75 号二层 201-204 铺 ; 2) 越秀区建设六马路 3-7 号广州一建大厦二层

Rendezvous 272 Binjiang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8922 8169) 遇西餐厅 , 海珠区滨江中路 272 号

Tiger Prawn Vietnamese Restuarant 1) 548-552 Huifu Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8319 1277); 2) 8/F Guangming Plaza, 63 Xihu Lu, Yuexiu District (8338 1931) 大头虾越式风味 1) 越秀区惠福东路 548-552 号 ; 2) 越秀区西湖路 63 号光明广场 8 楼

Vanda Shop 102, Huifeng Yuan, 8 Xingsh-eng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3805 1018) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 8 号汇峰苑 102 铺

OTHEr ASiAN

Add Pan Asian Restaurant 1/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City, Huangpu District (8880 0999) ADD 泛亚自助餐厅 , 黄埔区广州科学城中心区凝彩路 28 号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店一楼

Big Bang Korean Restaurant 2/F, Hon-gxiang Bldg, 613 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3877 8309) 天河区天河北路 613 号鸿翔大厦 2 楼

Hao Chi Restaurant 4/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8363 8888 ext. (8363 8888 ext. 88321) 越秀区环市东路 339 号广州中心皇冠假日酒店四楼

Kang Ho-Dong Baekjeong No. 2-2, 3/F, Xingsheng Hui, Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District(3810 4800) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路兴盛汇3楼2-2号

Honey Beam's 27 Huali Lu, Tianhe District 天河区华利路 27 号 (181 0255 3597)

My Old Place B1-012C, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3855 0866) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场

Penang Malaysian Fusion Restaurant Shop 49-51, 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8760 8599 ) 槟城马来西亚餐厅 , 越秀区环市东路 475 号之三东都大世界 1 楼 49-51 号

Saba Shop 108-109, 31 Liede Dadao, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3802 0572) 天河区珠江新城猎德大道 31 号 108-109 铺

BAKErY & DESSErT

Awfully Chocolate M50, TaiKoo Hui Shop-ping Mall, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (www.awfullychocolate.com) 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇 M50

Cheris 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 5086) 越秀区建设六马路 1 号

Chloe’s A7 Business Street, Phase 1, Glob-al Villa, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District (2383 8429, www.chloesbakery.cn) 番禺区迎宾大道锦绣香江 A7 花城超市

Cornucopia Ice Cream Master 64 Xiadu Lu, Haizhu District (French/English: 139 2894 2789; Chinese/English: 136 0964 0604) 海珠区下渡路 64 号

Dessert Kitchen Shop A028, 4/F, Grand-view Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8550 5933) 甜品工房 , 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场 4 楼A028 号铺

Emmaus Bakery 1 Congyun Lu (opposite Poly Hotel), Baiyun District (3663 5171, [email protected]) 麦子烘焙 , 白云区从云路 1 号商铺（保利山庄酒店的对面）

Fine Foods 1) No. 009, G/F, Popark Mall, Guangzhou East Station, Tianhe District (6288 6040); 2) 133 Huasui Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3804 9429); 3) Shop 119, Voka Street, 460 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District; 4) No. 1, 23 Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8356 1245); 5) No. 301(1), Business and Food Center, Fisherman Wharf, Riverside Garden, Panyu District (3452 0968) 1) 天河区火车东站东方宝泰首层 009 铺 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华穗路 133 号 ; 3) 天河区天河北路460 号沃凯商业街 119 铺 (8558 3622); 4) 越秀区建设四马路 23 号之一 ; 5) 番禺区丽江花园渔人码头三楼 301(1)

L-Art Shop 105, 27 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3726 8565) 艺术之上 , 天河区珠江新城华利路 27 号 105 号铺

Isabella Designer Cake 53 Judenan Lu, Haizhu District (8956 7567) Isabella 创意蛋糕，海珠区聚德南路 53 号

Mr. Bean 1) Shop 104, Starlight Walk, 352-354 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu Dis-trict (189 2759 4161); 2) B1, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (189 2959 0831) 1) 海珠区新港中路352-354号环球星光城104铺; 2) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场 B1

My Daren Bakery Shop 134, 12 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3887 6125) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 12 号 134 商铺

Perma Bakery 36 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8380 7050) 朴门面包工房 , 越秀区建设五马路 36 号

The Mandarin Cake Shop Mandarin Ori-ental, Guangzhou, 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8886) 文华饼店 , 天河区天河路 389 号广州文华东方酒店

Tyan.D Shop C-02, Zone South, Mall of the World, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3832 6506) 天河区珠江新城花城汇南区 C-02 铺

Wagga Wagga Booth A155, 1/F, Guang-ming Plaza, 63 Xihu Lu, Yuexiu District (8389 2625) 华家甜品屋 , 越秀区西湖路 63 号光明广场一楼A155 铺

CAFES

107 Café Shop 107, 1 Tianhe Bei Jie, Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (3880 0717) 107 咖啡 , 天河区体育西路天河北街 1 号 107 ( 中石化大厦后面 )

2 on 988 Café 2/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sun-rich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 3304) 全日制餐厅 , 广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 2 楼

Alfresco 1/F, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3610) 林下轩 , 天河区林和西横路 215 号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店首层

Art Café Times Museum, Times Rose Garden III, Huangbian Bei Lu, Baiyun Dadao, Baiyun District (2627 2363, www.timesmuseum.org) 艺术 + 咖啡 , 白云区白云大道黄边北路时代玫瑰园三期时代美术馆

Aurora Café 1/F, Tian Lun Garden, Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8356 0733) 奥罗拉意式咖啡馆 , 越秀区建设四马路天伦花园首层

Café Bank 115 Tiyu Xi Heng Jie, Tianhe District (8569 4862) 班克咖啡 , 天河区体育西横街 115 号（近天河城）

Cafe Vivo G/F, B Section, Dehe Bldg, Yian Jie, Jiangwan Lu, Haizhu District (3435 1459) 海珠区江湾路怡安街德和商务楼 B 栋首层 ( 中海名都后面 )

Café Vista 1F, 208 Dongzong Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769-2200 1888) 美食汇全日餐厅 , 东莞市东城区东纵大道 208 号东莞万达文华酒店 1 楼

Cafe Xperience 1) Shop 1-2, G/F, Paco Business Hotel, 189 Longkou Xi Lu, Tianhe District (8754 9199, 8758 2739); 2) No. 4, G/F, Exhibition Center Bldg, 108 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District 西罗西咖啡吧 1) 天河区龙口西路 189 号柏高商务酒店首层 1-2 号铺 ; 2) 天河区体育东路 108 号创展中心首层 4 号


Listings

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Cento G/F, Bldg 1, Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 0471) 森特 , 越秀区建设六马路 1 号后栋 1 楼 01 号

Chaly’s Deli Shop 18, The Canton Place, Haifeng Road, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District茶里，天河区珠江新城广粤天地 18 号

Chois Coffee 1)Yuanjing Lu, Baiyun Distrct (8627 2081); 2)559 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District(8523 8363); 3)27 Huali Lu, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District(3855 9019) 崔逸斯咖啡 1) 白云区远景路 3 社 1 号 ; 2) 天河区天河北路 559 号首层 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城华利路27 号

Dilettante Mocha Café 1) 34 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3838 3325); 2) 2/F, Sinopec Bldg, 191 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (3892 2766) 德莉浓巧克力摩卡咖啡店 1) 天河区珠江新城华利路 34 号 ; 2) 天河区体育西路 191 号中石化大厦佳兆业广场 2 楼 201 号铺

DownTown Shop 102-103, Peace World Apartment, 29 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District 啡悦 , 越秀区建设五马路 29 号好世界公寓首层102-103 号铺

Drop In Shop 103, Sun Plaza, 445 Tianrun Lu, Tianhe District (3881 5752) 天河区天润路 445 号太阳广场 103

Elaine’s Garden No. 107, Edinburgh Apart-ment, Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3826 3481) 伊涟咖啡红酒吧 , 天河区珠江新城华利路爱丁堡国际公寓 107 铺

H2O 4/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou,3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) H2O 池畔吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 4 楼

Happy Monk 1) Back of Yi’an Plaza, Jian-she Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 5597) ; 2) No. 109, 7Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3877 8679); 3) Outdoor Plaza, Happy Valley Mall, 36 Machang Lu, Tianhe District1) 越秀区建设五马路宜安广场后门 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号 109 号铺 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城马场路 36 号太阳新天地户外广场

Handwork Coffee G/F, 16 Jianshe Da Malu, Yuexiu District (8320 8869, www.handworkcoffee.com) 虹吸玩咖啡 , 越秀区建设大马路 16 号 1 楼

Hub Lobby 1/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central Dis-trict, Science City, Huangpu District (8880 0999) 汇点大堂吧 , 黄埔区广州科学城中心区凝彩路 28号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店一楼

Hui’s Café 146 Longkou Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (38254399) 惠の咖啡屋广州市天河区龙口中路 146 号（石牌派出所旁）

I'm Cafe 18/F, Bldg 18, Area 3, Yangcheng Creative Industry Zone, Tianhe District (3803 1404) 天河区羊城创意产业园三区 18 栋 18/F

Kafelaku Coffee 1) Shop 1516, 1/F, China Plaza, 33 Zhongshan San Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8373 8221); 2) Haiyue Lu, Tianhe District (3827 9021); 3) 1/F, Guangwu Hotel, No. 101, 603 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8754 4117); 4) Shop T104, Gate 5 Shopping Mall, 353 Yunxiao Lu, Baiyun District (3607 6230); 5) Fortune Plaza, 116 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3881 1325); 6) Shop B2, Popark Mall, 63 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (3891 1500); 7) G/F, Yi’an Plaza, 33 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8363 3371) 猫屎咖啡 1) 中山三路 33 号中华广场 1 楼西门1516 铺 ; 2) 天河区海月路 ( 近海风路楼 ; 3) 天河路 603 号之 101 号广武酒店 1 楼 4) 白云区云霄路自编 353 栋 5 号停机坪购物广场 1 楼 T104 铺 ; 5) 体育东路 116 号财富广场 ; 6) 林和中路 63 号东方宝泰 B2 楼 ; 7) 建设六马路 33 号宜安广场 1 楼中庭

Kona Prince Shop EK-016, Fashion Tianhe Commercial Square, Tianhe District (8567 8851) 天河区体育中心时尚天河商业广场 EK-016

Kui Yuan Cafe 9 Xuguyuan Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8765 9746) 逵园艺术馆 , 越秀区恤孤院路 9 号

Lady 7 Café 2/F, Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3868 2008) 天河区天河东路 75 号 2 楼

Lavazza 1) G.T. Land Plaza, 8 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Tianhe District; 2) Shop 14, G/F, OneLink Walk, 230-232 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3899 2863) 拉瓦萨咖啡馆 1) 天河区珠江西路 8 号高德置地夏商场 ; 2) 天河区天河路 230-232 号万菱汇 1 楼 14 铺

Le Vila No. 106, Edinburgh International Apartment, 2 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3829 7059) 爱丁堡店 , 天河区珠江新城华利路 2 号爱丁堡国际公寓 106 号

Maan Coffee Voka Street, 460 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (8751 7080) 漫咖啡 , 天河区天河北路 460 号沃凯街

Mamamiya Café 5/F, Guangzhou Book Centre, 123 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (189 2513 7322) 玛玛迷亚咖啡 , 天河区天河路 123 号广州购书中心5 楼

Mar-Tea-Ni Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich Lob-by, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 3301) 马天尼 , 天河区广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店大堂

Meco Café Shop 109, Tancun Lu, Tianhe District (2986 6632) 天河区潭村路跑马地花园内 109 铺

Moment Cafe and Lounge 28 Yuhan Lu, Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8957 0311) 涟漪 , 海珠区滨江东玉菡路 28 号珠江新岸公寓首层

Naughty Bean Shop B1, B/F, South Zone, Mall of the World, 89 Huacheng Dadao, Tianhe District (3831 5355)天河区花城大道 89 号花城汇南区负一层 B1 号

Nine Lair Bar 10am-3pm. Starlight Walk, 352 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (020-8963 7681) 海珠区新港中路 352 号珠影星光城

People's Café (open 24 hours) 1) 1/F, 35 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 6677); 2) Shop 106-107, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe District (3805 1528) 1) 越秀区建设五马路35号大院一楼; 2) 天河区兴盛路8号106-107铺;

Pacific Coffee 1) Shop A, South Gate, 1/F, Tee Mall, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8558 8263); 2) Shop MU06, TaiKoo Hui Shopping Mall, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3868 2026, 3868 2030); 3) Shop A15 (Lobby), G/F, 191 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District; 4) Shop 103, G/F, Westmin Plaza, 48 Zhongshan Qi Lu, Liwan District (8132 9797); 5) Shop 103, East Hope Bldg, 515 Dongfeng Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8132 9797) 太平洋咖啡 1) 天河区天河路 208 号天河城购物中心第一层南门廊 A 号商铺 ; 2) 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇商场 MU06 号铺 ; 3) 天河区体育西路 191号一层自编号 A15 单元 ( 写字楼大堂内 ); 4) 荔湾区中山七路 48 号西门口广场 1 楼 103 铺 ( 近地铁西门口站 D 出口 ); 5) 越秀区东风中路 515 号东照大厦 103 铺

Seasonal Tastes 2/F, The Westin Guang-zhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (2826 6967) 知味西餐厅, 天河区林和中路6号广州海航威斯汀酒店2楼

Second Avenue 325 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8365 3666) 湾畔西餐厅 , 海珠区沿江中路 325 号

Sky Café 45/F, Asian Hotel, 326 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (6128 8888 ext. 4583) 云顶阁, 越秀区环市东路326号之一亚洲国际大酒店45楼

Soul Cafe 1/F, Shop 104, IFC GZ (next to Ascott) No 5, Zhuajing Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 索·咖啡，天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州国际金融中心首层 104（雅诗阁公寓旁）

Spice Box Shop XT403-404, 4 Xietian Li, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8203 1452)佛山市禅城区岭南天地商业中心协天里 4 号XT403-XT404 号铺

Tapas Cafe & Restaurant 1/F, Qifu Huasha, 2 Mingyue Yi Lu, Yuexiu District (8739

40APRil 2-26 thU-SUN

Stage: Cavalia, 12 noon, 7pm, 8pm, hKD395-1,995 (students hKD245-1,845). Central harbourfront event Space (www.hkticketing.com) horse lovers, Cavalia is coming to a theater near you! Become immersed in a gorgeous equine spectacle of dancing, sprinting and neighing. a treat for the eyes and ears, the show will take your breath away, as skilled equestrians and horses perform stunts rarely seen outside of the movies.

APRil 10-12 FRI-SUN

dance: Secrets of the lost Circus, 8.30pm (preview on friday), 2.30pm, hKD228-628. theater at the hong Kong academy of Performing art (www.hk-ticketing.com)Secrets of the Lost Circus takes place far in the future, after armageddon has left the world in ruins. a young man, adrift in a city he used to know well, seeks signs of civilization. his search brings him into contact with numerous tribes, from aerialists and acrobats to mimes and jugglers.

APRil 16-25 thU-Sat

drama: Macbeth, 7.30pm, hKD250. Underground theater of the fringe Club (www.hkticketing.com)Macbeth is the shortest of Shakespeare’s four great tragedies, yet one of the most powerful. Memorably opening on a trio of prophetic witches, the play deals with the temptations of power and the slippery path to damnation. Macbeth, a brave Scottish general, is told that he is fated to become the King of Scotland. at the instigation of his wife, he sets out on a course of be-trayal and murder.

APRil 16, 18, & 19

thU-SatConcert: Concert in the dark, 8pm on april 16; 11.30am, 3.30pm and 8pm on april 18-19; cocktail party on april 19, hKD480-1,500. the Metroplex at Kowloonbay International trade and exhibition Center (www.hkticketing.com)the very first concert planned by the blind and performed, as its name implies, completely in the dark, this unique experience will run for eight shows. this is the fifth year of Concert in the Dark, which combines music and dialogue in the absence of light to deliver a must-hear performance. Minus the production expenses, all proceeds will be donated to the Dialogue in the Dark (hong Kong) foundation.

APRil 18

Sat

Concert: the Piano Guys, 8pm, hKD480-1,080. hall 2, asia World-expo (www.hkticketing.com)their Youtube channel has more than half a billion video views and over three million subscribers. You prob-ably saw them playing atop the Great Wall or have heard their version of Coldplay’s ‘Paradise.’ Yes, the crea-tive Piano Guys are coming to hong Kong. With a piece for everyone, the group will play everything from clas-sical to electronic mixes, film scores to pop songs.

APRil 22-23

WEd-thUConcert: Backstreet Boys, 8pm, hKD888-988. the Metroplex at Kowloonbay International trade and exhibition Center (www.hkticketing.com)arguably the pinnacle of the boy band era, the Backstreet Boys are keeping the 90s alive with their con-tinuing tours. I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what you did – as long as you love them, come and sing out loud, because they want to show you the meaning of being lonely. You know you want it that way. the In a World Like This tour showcases the best of BB.

APRil 24-25FRI-Sat

Comedy: Improvengers, 8pm, hKD150. the fringe Club (www.hkticketing.com)“Captaining hong Kong through a marvelous universe of audience inspired hilarity in their all-new, worthy of a tony, Starkly non-trademark infringing improv show,” the Improvengers take Avengers characters and involve them in com-pletely spontaneous situations. It’s the perfect blend of comics, film and theater; a night of weird and wacky scenarios. Not suitable for people under 18 years of age.

APRil 26 SUNopera: Rossini’s the Barber of Seville, 5pm and 10pm, hKD152-190, Wellcome theater at the hong Kong academy of Performing art (www.hkticketing.com)The Barber of Seville is one of Italian composer rossini’s most popular operas. Set in 17th-century Spain, it tells the story of a barber who helps a beautiful young lady break away from her greedy and prurient guard-ian, in order to marry her lover. full of cheeky fun and witty repartee, a filmed version of the Met’s current production is being shown at the hKaPa.


listings

8737) 越秀区明月一路2号祈福华夏1楼

T Lounge & Bar 1/F, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (6683 3610) 天河区林和西横路215号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店首层

The Coffee Club 1) B101, Southern District, Central Plaza, 18 Jianshe Da Malu, Yuexiu District (8302 2508, www.coffeeclub.com); 2) G113-G114, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District; 3) Shop 1013, Di-wang Plaza, Jiaochang Xi Lu, Yuexiu District 1) 越秀区建设大马路 18 号保利中环广场南区 B101铺 ; 2) 天河区兴盛路 8 号 113-114 号铺 ( 近保利心语花园 ); 3）越秀区较场西路 26 号地王广场 1013号铺

Tom N Toms Coffee Shop 125-225, G/F, GT Land Mall CBD, 88 Huacheng Dadao, Tianhe District (400 883 2523) 天河区花城大道88号高德汇CBD首层125铺-225铺

Trail Furniture and Coffee Unit 102, G/F, Block 10, Xinyi Place, 1 Xiashi Zhi Jie (entrance on Changdi Jie), Fangcun, Liwan (8119 2412) 荔湾区芳村下市直街1号(从长堤进)信义会馆10号楼102单元

Vincent 1) Shop 105, Peace World Apart-ment, 29 Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 6162); 2) G11, 11 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3839 9949) 乐啡 1)建设四马路29号好世界公寓首层105号铺; 2) 天河区兴盛路11号兴盛汇G11铺

Woju Café Shop 8, G/F, 122 Shiyouxin Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (180 2860 4535) 蜗居咖啡自家烘焙工房 , 越秀区寺右新马路 122 号1 楼 8 号铺

CHiNESE

CANTONESE

Baiyuelou Cantonese Restaurant 4/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8363 8888 ext. 88311) 越秀区环市东路 339 号广州中心皇冠假日酒店四楼

Bing Sheng Restaurant 1) 33 Dongxiao Lu, Haizhu District (3428 6910); 2) 168 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8751 8683); 3) 1-4/F, Wufeng Hotel, 438 Jiangnan Dadao Nan, Haizhu District (8447 2844) 炳胜 1) 海珠区东晓路 33 号 ; 2) 天河区天河东路168 号 ; 3) 海珠区江南大道南 438 号五凤酒店 1-4楼

Din Tai Fung Shop 35, M/F, Taikoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8181)天河区天河区天河路 383 号太古汇 M 层 35 铺

Food Street 1/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3156) 食街 , 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店１楼

Four Seasons 1/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3123) 四季 , 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店１楼

Hao Chi Gourmet Restaurant 2/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City, Tianhe District (8880 0999) 滋味馆 , 天河区广州科学城中心区凝彩路 28 号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店 2 楼

Hoi Fan Shop 16, The Canton Place, Haifeng Road, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 开饭 , 天河区珠江新城广粤天地 16 号

Hongmian Chinese Restaurant The Westin Guangzhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (2886 6868) 红棉中餐厅 , 天河区林和中路 6 号广州海航威斯汀酒店 4 楼

Hong Kong Bistro Shop B7-9, G/F, Central Plaza, Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8360 2347) 港色港味茶餐厅 , 越秀区华乐路 38 号广怡大厦首层B7-9

Lai Heen 3/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, 3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 丽轩中餐厅 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 3 楼

Lai Wan Market 2/F, The Garden Hotel Guangzhou, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu

District (8333 8989 ext.3922) 荔湾亭 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 2 楼

Lao Yang Dumplings Unit 14, Street Two, Huanan Country Garden Main Gate, Panyu District (180 0222 9433)番禺区番禺大道华南碧桂园正门右侧商业 2 街 14铺

Le Chinois 6/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe Dis-trict (3883 8888 ext. 3342) 南粤宫, 天河区广州大道中988号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店6楼

Mei Hua Chinese Restaurant 2/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City, Tianhe District (8880 0999) 香雪楼 , 天河区科学城中心区凝彩路 28 号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店 2 楼

Nan’s Kitchen Shop 1-6, 2/F, Xingsheng Hui, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3839 6878)天河区珠江新城兴盛汇 2 楼 1-6 铺

Nodu 2/F, DoubleTree by Hilton Guang-zhou, 391 Dongfeng Lu, Yuexiu District (2833 2888) 越秀区东风路 391 号广州希尔顿逸林酒店 2 楼

Peach Blossom Chinese Restaurant 3/F, The Garden Hotel,Guangzhou, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext. 3316) 桃园馆中餐厅, 越秀区环市东路368号花园酒店3楼

Sei Kwai Gong 3/F, Mall Autumn, GT Land Plaza, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3891 7370) 四季港 , 天河区珠江新城高德置地秋商场 3 楼

Soup Works 9 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8481 2933) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 9 号

Sui Xuan 5/F Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3666/3668) 天河区林和西横路215号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店五层

Summer Palace 2/F, Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou 1 Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 8888) 夏宫海珠区会展东路1号广州香格里拉大酒店

Sunloft 1/F, 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 1840) 上楼茶点 , 越秀区建设六马路 1 号后幢 1 层

The China Club G/F, Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun, 515-517 Yuncheng Dong Lu, Bai-yun District (6667 8085) 酌宴府, 白云区云城东路广州白云万达希尔顿酒店一楼

The China Spice 2/F, Four Points by Shera-ton Guangzhou, Dongpu, 1 Jingying Lu, Huicai Lu, Tianhe District (3211 0705) 聚味轩 , 天河区汇彩路菁映路 1 号广州东圃合景福朋喜来登酒店 2 楼

The Only One G13, Xingsheng Hui, Xingsh-eng Lu, Zhujiang (3839 6363) Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城兴盛路兴盛会 G13 铺

The Peach Blossom 3/F, The Garden Ho-tel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext.3316) 桃园馆 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 3 楼

The Penthouse 22/F, Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8396 1234-3398) 空中花园 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 12 号富力君悦大酒店 22 楼

Wuu’s Hong Kong Cuisine Shop 103-107, B1/F, 75 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8757 0062) 吴係茶餐厅 , 天河区天河东路 75 号 B1 楼 103-107

Yan Yu 4/F, W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (6680 7828) 宴遇中餐厅, 天河区珠江新城冼村路26号广州w酒店

Yu Yue Heen 71/F, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3371) 愉粤轩 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店 71 楼

Yue Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 采悦轩 , 天河区天河路粤海喜来登酒店

Yue Chinese Restaurant Sheraton Guang-zhou Huadu Resort, Sky Villa, Northeast Shanqian Dadao, Huadu District (3695 3705) 采悦轩中餐厅, 花都区山前大道东段北侧天


listings

湖峰境园广州花都合景喜来登度假酒店

Yuxi Chinese Restaurant 2/F, Hilton Foshan 127 Lingnan Dadao Bei, Chancheng Dis-trict, Foshan (0757 8306 9938) 御玺中餐厅，佛山市禅城区岭南大道北127号佛山希尔顿酒店

Zhen Chinese Restaurant 6F, 208 Dongzong Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769-2200 1888) 品珍中餐厅 , 东莞市东城区东纵大道 208 号东莞万达文华酒店 6 楼

FuSiON

Ant Kitchen E8-106, Silo Creative Community, Original Element Fashion Design Center, 63 Xizeng Lu, Liwan District (6680 9228, 6660 8815) 蚁工房 , 荔湾区西增路 63 号原创元素创意园 E8-106 号铺

Aussino Wine & Dine 37-39, Huaxia Lu, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3883 9233) 富隆酒膳 , 天河区珠江新城华夏路 37-39 号 ( 星汇园首层商铺 )

Foods 1/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, 3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 天河区珠江新城兴安路3号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店1楼

Four Seas International House A2 Wanbo Cen-ter, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District (3482 2266) 四海一家 , 番禺区迎宾路万博中心 A2

miDDLE EASTErN

1001 Nights 899 Jiefang Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (3618 2280) 一千零一夜 , 越秀区解放北路 899 号

Kan Zaman 98 Taojin Dong Lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区淘金东路 98号

Maedah 272 Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8354 3701) 玛依达 , 越秀区环市中路 272 号 ( 陶瓷大厦前 )

Olala 1/F, Guangzhou Yi Jian Bldg, Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8373 6526/8373 6860) 越秀区建设六马路广州一建大厦 1 楼

Salam International Restaurant 6/F, Asia International Hotel, 326 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (400 7778 440) 塞俩目国际饭店 , 越秀区环市东路 326 号亚洲国际大酒店 6 楼 ( 近建设大马路 )

SYriAN

Orient Palace G/F, 875 Renmin Bei Lu (beside Guangdong Art Institute), Yuexiu District (8136 2438, 8136 2439) 芳廷餐厅, 越秀区人民北路875号首层(广东画院侧)

Shami House 2/F, Zhao Qing Da Sha, 304 Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8355 3012 / 8355 3091) 莎米屋 , 越秀区环市中路 304 号肇庆大厦 2 楼

Terrace Restaurant 4/F, Dong Jun Excelsior Towers, 8-12 Zhongshan Ba Lu, Liwan Dis-trict (8172 4252 / 8172 2279) 阳台西餐厅,荔湾区中山八路8-12号东浚荔景苑4楼

TurKiSH

Bosphorus Restaurant 1) Shop 9, Zhaoqing Bldg, 304 Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8356 3578, 8356 3753) 2) 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 7644) 铂斯土耳其餐厅 1) 越秀区环市中路 304 号肇庆大厦 9 号铺 ; 2) 越秀区建设六马路 1 号 2 楼

Istanbul Turkish Restaurant 2/F, Dong Hai Bldg, 318 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 6767) 伊斯坦布尔土耳其烧烤屋, 越秀区环市东路318号东海大厦2楼

Master Potato Shop 110, 9 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (137 1014 4435) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路9号110铺

Ottoman Turkish 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8760 1227) 奥斯蔓 , 越秀区环市东路 475 号

Sultan Restaurant Turkish BBQ 1) 1-3/F, 367 Huanshi Dong Lu, between

Baiyun Hotel and Friendship Store, Yuexiu District (8349 4170, 8349 4171); 2) Shop 102 & 114, Zhonghai Jinghui Huating, 31 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, TianHe District(3801 5002) 1) 苏坦土耳其烧烤餐厅 , 越秀区环市东路 367 号1-3 楼 ( 白云宾馆与友谊商店夹位处 ); 2) 广州市天河区珠江新城兴盛路 31 号中海璟晖华庭二期商铺102 & 114

WESTErN

AmEriCAN

Element Fresh Shop L302, TaiKoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8506) 新元素, 天河区天河路383号太古汇广场L302店 13 Factories 7 Tianhe Bei Jie, Tiyu Xi Lu (southwest corner of Chengjian Tower, near Tianhe Dasha North Gate), Tianhe District (3884 9230) 十三行 , 天河区体育西路天河北街 7 号（城建大厦西南角 , 天河大厦北门）

63 Burger & Booze 12.13 One Bravo 1 JinSui Road. Zhu Jiang New Town. Tian-he District. Guangzhou (3888 5086)珠江新城金穗路 1 号邦华环球广场 12.13 铺

63 Steak & Burger By the River B8, Canton Place, Haifeng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城海风路广粤天地 B8

Big Apple Shop A03, Zone 3, Mall of the World, Zhujiang Xi Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (3831 7952) 天河区珠江西路花城汇 3 区 A03 铺

Bull's Bar & Grill Shop G25, 11 Xing-sheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3810 6231) 芝加哥 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11 号 G 25 铺

Burger King 1) 3/F, Grandview Plaza, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3833 1781); 2) Shop 2-4, 1/F, World Trade Centre, 371-375 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District; 3) Shop MU18, TaiKoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District; 4) 2/F, West Section, Annex Bldg, Guang-zhou East Station, Tianhe District (3846 5289) 汉堡王 1) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场 3 楼 ; 2) 越秀区环市东路 371-375 号广州世界贸易中心大厦首层 #2-#4 号商铺（环市东路与淘金路交汇处 ); 3) 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇商场裙楼 MU 层 18号商铺 ; 4) 天河区东站路综合楼裙楼二楼西区

Cajun House 2 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8383 3380, cajunhouse.org) 越秀区建设五马路 2 号卡真屋

Chicken Express 1) 11 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 5379); 2)109-2 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8376 5379) 1) 快快基 , 越秀区建设六马路 11 号 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华就路 2 号 109 之二

Gail’s Place American Cuisine & Bar Poly Champagne Garden, 32 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8350 1667) 天河区珠江新城华利路 32 号 , 保利香槟花园首层

Subway 1) 5/F, Northern District, Cen-tral Plaza, 18 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8320 0480); 2) Shop 6-7, 11 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 7211); 3) Shop 118, Starlight Walk, 354 Xingang Zhong Lu (8412 1218); 4) Shop 1035, Leisure Island, 891 Zone A, Northern District, Huacheng Hui, Zhu-jiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8318 5896) 赛百味 1) 越秀区建设大马路 18 号中环广场购物中心北区永旺 5 楼 T504 号铺 ( 近电视台 ); 2) 越秀区建设六马路 11 号之 6-7 号 ( 近荣建大厦 ); 3) 海珠区新港中路 354 号珠影星光城 1 楼 118 号铺 ; 4) 天河区珠江新城花城汇北区 891 街市 A 区休闲岛1035 铺

The Brew Sports Bar & Grill 1) Unit 9-11, Huanan Country Garden, Pa-nyu Dadao (across the road from Chime-long Theme Park), Panyu District (3482 0401); 2) West Section, Bao Lin Yuan, Huaxun Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3408 9549); 3) Shop 11-13,

40APRil 4 Sat

Concert: amazing Winds, 8pm, MoP120. Grand auditorium, Macao Culture Centre (www.macauticket.com)In this Macao Youth Symphonic Band concert, audiences will be serenaded by four solo shows. Marimba, clarinet, tuba and saxophone per-formances will be given by lily hoi, helen tang, alvin Sam and Derek lee respectively.

Concert: lovely Jazz, 8pm, MoP50. Small auditorium, Macao Culture Centre (www.macauticket.com)organized by Macao Philharmonic association, jazz lovers should not miss this show. the Macao Jazz Swing Band will be joined by other bands from Zhuhai in an evening full of smooth tunes and cool cats.

Concert: Sam hui, 8pm, MoP280-1,080. Cotai arena, Venetian Macao (www.macauticket.com)hong Kong singer-songwriter Sam hui will be performing his What a Wonderful World show in Macau this month. Combining Western-style music with Cantonese slang, hui is credited with popularizing Cantopop and regarded as the first major Cantopop superstar.

APR 10-12 FRI-SUN

Exhibition: Macao International Real Estate Fair, 11am-10pm. Cotai expo hall a, Venetian Macao (www.v-8.cn)a well-known exhibition in Macau,

the eighth Macau International real estate fair showcases theme of show-ing upscale properties and homes, combining tourism, culture, enter-tainment and commerce together.

APRil 11 Sat

dance: dance action 2015, 8pm, MoP100. Grand auditorium, Macao Culture Centre (www.macauticket.com)Dance Action is a series of remarkable dance performances staged by regina Dance Group since 2005. the theme changes frequently, and this year will focus on cosplay. two-hundred-and-sixty dancers transform themselves into various animation characters to bring audience a spectacle that is both fun and fantastically skilled.

MAY 1-2 FRI-Sat

Concert: Katy Perry, 8pm, MoP380-1,680. Venetian Macao-Cotai arena (www.macauticket.com) ‘fruit sister’ Katy Perry is bringing her Prismatic World Tour to Macau on the first of May. Beginning in Northern Ireland in May 2014, Perry has been touring europe, North america and oceania with 20 of her songs, includ-ing hits ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and ‘firework.’

All MoNTH

Festival: Macau International Film and Video Festival 2015, Macao Cultural Centre – Small auditorium (www.macauticket.com) Macau’s major film fest will be running all month, featuring lo-cal and international films. Movies featured include Theeb, the story of two Bedouin boys caught up in a conflict between Britons, ottomans and arabs in the Wadi desert dur-ing World War I; Corrections Class, 25-year-old russian director Ivan tverdovsky’s film about disabled youngsters in a former Soviet republic; and immigrant vampire tale What Do We Do in the Shadows, amongst many others.

Listings


Yuhai Food Street, 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8382 8299) 1) 番禺区番禺大道华南碧桂园碧华商业 2 街 9-11号 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华讯街保林苑西区加拿大布鲁咖啡馆 , 近发展中心 ; 3) 越秀区建设六马路誉海食街 11-13 号铺

BriTiSH

The Covent Garden G/F, Wells International Apartment, 2 Huaqiang Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3806 5151, 3806 5757) 高芬园英伦酒吧餐厅 , 珠江新城华强路 2 号富力盈丰 122 铺

The Tavern Sports Bar Traditional Eng-lish style bar that fosters a cosy intimate atmosphere. Both Taverns offer an exten-sive menu of Western favorites and dif-ferent theme nights throughout the whole week. 1) Poly 108, 6 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8550 3038); 2) On the right side of the Huanan Coun-try Garden, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District (3482 4882, www.tavernchina.com) 致盛 1) 天河区珠江新城华就路 6 号保利 108 公馆 ; 2) 番禺区迎宾路华南碧桂园大门右侧

The West Shop 207, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan 佛山市禅城区岭南天地 207 铺

FrENCH

2 on 988 Café 2/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sun-rich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 3304) 全日制餐厅 , 天河区广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 2 楼

37°2 Lotus 7 Tiansheng Cun, Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 1157) 越秀区环市东路天胜村 7 号

Bistrot Paris Jie 110 Bao Lin Yuan, Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3804 9767) 天河区珠江新城华就路保林苑110号

Chateau Grillroom 2/F, Chateau Star River, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District (3993 6688) 圣爵 , 番禺区迎宾路星河湾酒店 2 楼

Chez Max G/F, Central Plaza, 38 Huale Street, Yuexiu District (8360 2157) 越秀区华乐路 38 号广怡大厦一层拐角处

The Connoisseur 3/F, The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext.3964) 名仕阁 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 3 楼

Jardin d’Olive No. 101, 48 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (8750 6440) 橄榄园 , 天河区体育西路 48 号 101

La Marina Shop G20, 10 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3888 0805) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 10 号兴盛汇 G20 铺 ( 近保利心语花园 )

La Seine 1/F, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island, Yuexiu District (87352531) 塞纳河 , 越秀区二沙岛晴波路 33 号星海音乐厅首层

Le Grill 6/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe Dis-trict (3883 8888 ext. 3344) 香榭丽舍扒房，天河区广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 6 楼

Les Saveurs Suite 105, 7-13 Yueting Jie, Dijing Huayuan, 289 Yizhou Lu, Haizhu Dis-trict (6236 8473) 海珠区艺洲路 289 号帝景华苑悦庭街 7-13 号 105号商铺

Le Saint-Tropez 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 0441) 紫色餐厅 , 越秀区建设六马路 1 号

Les Trois Gros Bistro 15 Xincheng Jie, Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (38815507) 三人行 , 天河区天河东路信诚南街 15 号

Le Plat Principal 449 Huifu Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 2642) 越秀区惠福东路449号

Lutèce French Cuisine 105/F, Canton Tower, 222 Yuejiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (8933

8091) 卢特斯法国旋转餐厅 , 海珠区阅江西路 222 号广州塔 105 层

Noble Café 5/F, IFP Plaza, 8 Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3833 6168) 贵仕法式餐饮 , 天河区珠江新城华夏路 8 号合景国际金融广场 5 楼

Orient Express French Restaurant Bldg 1, 1 Shamian Bei Jie, Liwan District (8121 8882) 车卡 , 荔湾区沙面北街 1 号之一火车头

Sainte Maxime Shop G19, 11-17 Xingguo Lu, Liede, Tianhe District (3810 9300) 天河区猎德兴国路 11-17 兴盛汇 G19 号铺

GErmAN

1920 Restaurant 1) 183 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District 2) 4/F, 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District; 3) Shops 67, 69, 72 & 76, The Canton Place, Qingfeng Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8388 1142) 1920 咖啡厅 1) 海珠区沿江中路 183 号 ; 2) 建设六马路一号前幢 4 楼 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城清风街 48号广粤天地 67, 69, 72, 76 号铺

The Beast Bar & Bistro No. 262 East Gate Business Jie, Phoenix City, Guangyuan Dong Lu, Baiyun District (8280 8040) 野人吧 , 白云区广园东路碧桂园凤凰城东门商业街262 号

Long Bar Inside the Dragon Lake Princess Hotel, Huadong Town, Huadu District (3690 8888) 龙吧德国餐厅 , 花都区花东镇九龙湖社区九龙湖公主酒店内

Munich 1820 Shop 102, 7 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3703 3309) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号 102 铺

Paulaner Bräuhaus L307, 3/F, TaiKoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (2808 6333) 宝莱纳 , 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇广场 L307

Pearl River 2/F, Da Mi Cang, Zone A, Party Pier Beer Cultural & Creative Art Zone, Yue-jiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (8413 2692) 德国主题餐厅 , 海珠区阅江西路珠江琶醍啤酒创意艺术区 A 区大米仓二楼

Räuber Kneissl Shop 111, Chaoyang Dong Lu, Dashi Jie, Panyu District (187 1925 3490)番禺区大石街朝阳东路 389 号 111 铺

Wunderbar Bavarian Bar & Restaurant G/F, Xiang Long Garden, 175-181 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (8755 5564) 运达餐吧 , 天河区天河北路 175-181 号祥龙花园首层（市长大厦西面）

iTALiAN

An-tico Shop L 304, 3/F, TaiKoo Hui, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8550 9028) 天河区天河路 383 号太古汇商场裙楼第三层 L304号

Aquacotta 1) 69 Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu Bandao Garden, Haizhu District (3425 8159); 2) Shop 17, Clifford Food Court, Clifford Estate, Panyu District (8471 1040) 半岛西餐酒廊 1) 海珠区滨江东路 69 号 ( 海珠半岛花园 ); 2) 番禺区祈福新村祈福食街 17 号店

Bene Italian Restaurant 3/F, Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 班妮意大利餐厅 , 天河区天河路 208 号粤海喜来登酒店 3 楼

Bocca Kitchen + Bar Shop 110, Bldg T25, The Canton Place, Haifeng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Dis-trict (8759 1558) 天河区珠江新城海风路凯旋新世界 T25 栋 110 铺

Buongiorno 1) 3/F, Yi An Plaza, 33 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8363 3587); 2) A7, Xinshijie Haoyuan Diyi Ju, 168 Dongcheng Nan Lu, Dongguan (0769 2339 6499) 邦奴意大利餐厅 1) 越秀区建设六马路宜安广场 3楼 ; 2) 东莞市东城南路 168 号新世界豪圆第一居A7 号

Caffe Mondo 72/F, Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3373) 意珍 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店72 楼

Casa Louisa 3-5 Bao’an Qian Jie, Dadao Lu, Yuexiu District (8766 4407) 卡莎西餐厅 , 越秀区达道路保安前街 3-5 号

CasaBella Italian Cuisine418 Yanjiang Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (182 1867 6585, 182 1867 6596)

越秀区沿江东路 418 号海港城南门 ( 大沙头公交站对面 ) 珠江美食天地

Como’s Italian Restaurant G18, 17 Xingsh-eng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (137 6078 8424) Como 多莫意大利餐厅 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 17号 G18 ( 近兴盛会 )

Jiieje 105, Building 31,Liede Dadao, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 5199) 天河区珠江新城猎德大道 31 号中海璟晖二期 105

Osteria il Matto Shop 22, G/F, Building 1, Poly Champagne Garden, Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3804 9719)天河区珠江新城华利路保利香槟花园一栋首层 22 号

il Forno 2/F, Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou, 1 Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 6498) 爱弗罗 , 海珠区会展东路 1 号广州香格里拉大酒店

Il Ponte 2/F, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3636) 天河区林和西横路 215 号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店二层

The Italian Restaurant 3/F, East Tower, Zhu-jiang Bldg, 360 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8386 3840, www.xiaojiefengqing.com) 小街风情 , 越秀区环市东路 360 号珠江大厦东座 3楼

Landmark Bistro No. 107, E, Bldg, G,

T.Land Plaza, 13 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8398 3353) 兰德玛克西餐厅 , 天河区珠江东路 13 号高德置地广场 E 座 107

Le Jardin No. 106, R&F Goodrich Building, Huaqiang Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3806 3025, weibo.com/lejardingz) 遇花园 , 珠江新城华强路富力盈丰大厦首层 106 号

Limoni 3/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, 3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 意轩 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 3 楼

Love It Shop 103, 28 Liede Dadao, Tianhe District (2622 0122) 天河区猎德大道 28 号珠江道商业广场 103 号铺

Milan 2/F, East Railway Station (opposite of GZ-Kowloon Ticket Box), 1 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (6130 0331) 米兰西餐厅 , 天河区林和中路 1 号天河东站 2 楼 ( 广九售票处对面）

Milan 98 20 Guigang Yi Malu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (3761 4015) 米兰 98, 越秀区龟岗一马路 20 号 Milano Guangzhou Fishermen’s Wharf, Wuhu Sihai, Luoxi Xincheng, Panyu District (186 6480 2293) 歌韵意大利餐厅 , 番禺区洛溪新城五湖四海广州渔人码头

Milano’s No. 103, 3 Xincheng Bei Jie, Tian-he Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3881 0594) 米兰意大利西餐厅 , 天河东路信诚北街 3 号 103 铺

Oggi Trattoria & Pizzeria 1) 1 Tiyu Dong Lu (by Huangpu Dadao, Tianhe Dis-trict (8751 5882); 2) Shop 106, The Canton Place, Qingfeng Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3862 0357, 3862 0240); 3)Shop 119, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe District (www.oggirestaurant.co) 卡布里西餐厅 1) 天河区体育东路 1 号 ( 近黄埔大道 ); 2) 天河区珠江新城清风街广粤天地 106 ; 3)天河区兴盛路 8 号 119 铺

Listings


Prego 40/F, Westin Guangzhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (2826 6968) 天河区林和中路 6 号广州海航威斯汀酒店 40 层

Sa Mesa 1) Shop 123, Poly Xinyu Garden, 31 Xingguo Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (134 1119 7897); 2) Xingchen Bldg, 53 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3825 8467) 1) 天河区珠江新城兴国路 31 号保利心语花园 123号铺 2) 天河区珠江新城华利路 53 号星辰大厦 ;

Tomatoes Pizzeria 1) Guangzhou Yijian Bldg, 3 and 7 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8768 6696); 2) 107 Bao Ye Yuan, Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Dis-trict (3804 9551); 3) G5, 11 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3839 9523) 1) 越秀区建设六马路 3,7 号广州一建大厦 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华就路宝业园 107 号 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11 号兴盛汇 G5

Vino G/F, 445-459 Tianrun Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (3890 4385, [email protected]) 天河区天润路 445-449 号

LATiN AmEriCAN

Latin Grillhouse 1) 3/F, Wing Kin Square, 29-31 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8331 9118); 2) 4/F, Grandview Plaza, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3833 0052) 拉丁餐厅 1) 越秀区建设六马路 29-31 号荣建大厦3 楼 ; 2) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场 4 楼

Mr. Pancho 619 Dongfeng Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (near Yuebei Hotel) 越秀区东风东路 619 号 ( 近粤北酒店 ) (8383 3200)

Tekila 2/F, 11 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8381 6996) 特其拉餐厅 , 越秀区建设六马路 11 号二楼

PiZZA

La Cesar Pizzeria 1) 1/F, Starlight Walk, Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District(3432 9901); 2) Shop B1-001b, B1, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3806 0075) 乐凯撒披萨 1) 海珠区新港中路 352 号珠影星光城一楼（客村地铁站 D 出口）; 2) 天河区天河路 228号正佳广场负一层 B1-001b 商铺

Oggi Pizzeria 1) G/F, Tianlun Gar-den, Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8356 1196, www.oggirestaurant.com); 2) 1 Tiyu Dong Lu (by Huangpu Dadao, Tianhe Dis-trict (8751 5882); 3) Shop 106, The Can-ton Place, Qingfeng Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3862 0357, 3862 0240); 4)Shop 119, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (www.oggirestaurant.co); 卡布里西餐厅 1) 越秀区建设四马路天伦花园首层 ; 2) 天河区体育东路 1 号 ( 近黄埔大道 ); 3) 天河区珠江新城清风街广粤天地 106 ; 4) 天河区兴盛路 8号 119 铺

Piazza Shop 814-816, Happy Valley, 36 Machang Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3832 5351) 天河区珠江新城马场路36号太阳新天地8楼814-816商铺

Pizza2Pizza 1) Shop 7, 41 Zhongshan Ba Lu, Liwan District (8172 4131); 2) Shop 2, 614 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3879 5995, 3879 5997) ; 3) No. 5, Shop 4, 304 Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8351 7300, 8351 7302) 爱披萨 1) 荔湾区中山八路 41 号首层 7 档 ; 2) 天河区天河北路 614 号 2 号铺 ; 3) 越秀区环市中路 304号肇庆大厦 4 号铺之 5 商铺

Pizza Q Shop 12, Dongwu Jie, Jianshe Er Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 0742) 必吃潮 , 越秀区建设二马路东五街 12 铺 ( 近天伦花园 )

Summer House Directly behind the Marriage House, Xietian Li, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (133 9223 6374, www.summerhouse.com.cn) 佛山市禅城区岭南天地协天里（嫁娶屋正后面）

Tomatoes Pizzeria 1) Guangzhou Yijian Bldg, 3 and 7 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8768 6696); 2) 107 Bao Ye Yuan, Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Dis-trict (3804 9551); 3) G5, 11 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3839

9523) 1) 越秀区建设六马路 3 和 7 号广州一建大厦 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华就路宝业园 107 号 ; 3) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11 号兴盛汇 G5

ruSSiAN

Arbat Restaurant G6, Xingsheng Hui, 17 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3847 9186) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路兴盛汇 17 号 G6 铺

Ukrainian Restaurant 20 Taihe Gang, Yuexiu District (6120 7070) 卡利娜餐厅 , 越秀区太和岗 20 号

SEAFOOD

Galle Hihoo Shop 1-3, Starwalk City, 354 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (400 033 7558)海珠区新港中路 354 号珠影星光城 01-03 铺

Houston Seafood Bistro B09, Party Pier, Yuejiang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8188 3688) 海珠区阅江中路珠江琶醍啤酒文化创意艺术区 B09号

Oyster Passion Bar Shop 101, 6 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8560 1862) 蚝情吧 , 天河区珠江新城华就路 6 号北区商铺 101

Shine&Talk 475-5,6,7, Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (3762 5330)深海淘客海鲜超市 , 越秀区环市东路 475-5，6，7号

SPANiSH

Mezomd Cafe Shop 112-116, Canton Place, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3831 6227) 曼索蒂 , 天河区珠江新城广粤天地 112-116 号铺

Solo Tapas Shop 105, 1/F, North Tower, Huale Bldg, 57 Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8784 7850) 越秀区华乐路 57 号华乐大厦北塔一楼 105 铺

OTHEr WESTErN

2 on 988 Café 2/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sun-rich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 3304) 全日制餐厅 , 天河区广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 2 楼

37°2 1) Booth 10-14, Lanse Kangyuan, Mingkang Jie, Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8414 0480); 2) G/F, 29 Tianshou Lu, Tianhe District (3832 4725) 1) 海珠区滨江东路蓝色康园明康街 10-14 号铺 ; 2) 天寿路 29 号地下

Alfresco Langham Place, Guangzhou, 638 Xingang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8916 3388) 海珠区新港东路 638 号广州南丰朗豪酒店

The Birdie Barbecue 418 Yanjiang Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (182 1867 6560, 182 1867 6825) 越秀区沿江东路 418 号海港城南门 ( 大沙头公交站对面 )

Bocca Kitchen + Bar No. 110, T25 Bldg, Central Park-view, Haifeng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8759 1558) 天河区珠江新城海风路凯旋新世界 T25 栋 110 铺

Café @ 2 2/F, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3687) 天河区林和西横路 215 号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店二层

Café Veranda 2/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3248) 丽廊咖啡厅 , 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店 2 楼

The Carousel 30/F, The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8333 8989 ext. 3996) 凌璇阁 , 越秀区环市东路花园酒店 30 层

The Cascade Cafe 1/F, The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu

oPen door

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Listings


District (8333 8989 ext.3909) 观瀑廊咖啡厅 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 1楼

Catch 100/F Four Seasons Hotel Guang-zhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3888) 佰汇鲜 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店 100 楼

City Bistro 5/F, Guangzhou Marriott Hotel Tianhe, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6108 8888 ext.8370) 都会尚膳 , 天河区天河路 228 号广州正佳广场万豪酒店 5 楼

Dream Garden Organic Restaurant G/F, Guangdong Museum of Art, 38 Yanyu Lu, Ersha Island, Yuexiu District (8732 0368, 8732 0488) 越秀区二沙岛烟雨路 38 号 ( 广东美术馆江堤首层 )

Ebony 4/F, Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8884) 天河区天河路 389 号广州文华东方酒店 4 楼

Edge Shop 201, 2/F, 26 Jianshe Si Ma Lu (8305 6433) 建设四马路 26 号 2 楼 201 铺

Elaine’s Garden Restaurant & Bar 107 Edinburgh International Apartment, Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng Tianhe District (135 7035 6814) 天河区珠江新城华利路爱丁堡国际公寓首层 107 铺

Feast 2/F, Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 盛宴全日自助餐厅 , 天河区天河路 208 号粤海喜来登酒店 2 楼

Fresh All-day Dining Restaurant 5/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8363 8888 ext. 88318) 越秀区环市东路 339 号广州中心皇冠假日酒店五楼

G 22/F, Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8396 1234-3423) 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 12 号富力君悦酒店 22 楼

Garden Café Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Huadu, 189 Yingbin Dadao, Huadu District (3690 0888 ext. 8266) 园景咖啡厅，花都区迎宾大道 189 号广州花都皇冠假日酒店

Home Kitchen 1/F, Royal Tulip Carat Guang-zhou, 388 Guangyuan Zhong Lu, Baiyun District (3732 1622) 广州卡丽皇家金煦酒店西餐厅 , 白云区广园中路388 号酒店一楼

Hooley’s Irish Pub and Restaurant 1)101, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3886 2675); 2) 102, Unit 22, Cre-ative Park, Jihua Si Lu, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8226 4606); 3) Section 2, Yijia Yuan, 7 Xingzhongdao, Zhongshan1) 爱尔兰西餐酒吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 8 号101; 2) 佛山市禅城区季华四路创意产业园 22 栋102; 3) 中山市兴中道 7 号颐嘉苑 2 卡

Bondi Bar and Restaurant No. 3, 3/F, Xing-sheng Plaza, 11 Xingsheng Lu (next to Chi-nese Hotpot and above Pandan), Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3809 8064) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11 号兴盛汇 3 层 3 铺

The Kitchen Table 2/F, W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (6680 7816) 标帜餐厅 , 天河区珠江新城冼村路 26 号广州 W 酒店

Le ciro 1) 268 Binjiang Xi Lu, Haizhu Dis-trict (8441 8016); 2) 389 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8350 7787)1) 品锐 268, 海珠区滨江西路 268 号 ; 2) 越秀区环市东路 389 号

Marmalade In front of the Bell Tower, 3/F, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (133 9223 6374) 佛山市禅城区岭南天地第二期 ( 钟楼前 )

New Face Restaurant G/F, 16 Jianshe Da Malu, Yuexiu District (8303 0833) 越秀区建设大马路16号首层

No. 9 Garden 1) 9 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 6197); 2) WM28, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8335 6510, www.no9garden)com 9 号花园 1) 越秀区建设六马路 9 号 ; 2) 佛山禅城区岭南天地 WM28

Oakroom Restaurant & Bar 16/F, Oakwood Premier Guangzhou, 28 Tiyu Dong Lu,

Tianhe District (3883 2828, 3883 3883 ext. 6704) 天河区体育东路 28 号广州方圆奥克伍德豪景 16楼

Oys Wine House 7 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (38778010) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号，领峰园 102 铺

Pantry Deli Shop Hotel Lobby, Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 百萃美味点 , 天河区天河路 208 号粤海喜来登酒店大堂

Perma Shop 36 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8380 7050) 朴门面包工房 , 越秀区建设五马路 36 号

Pétrus Grill Room 3/F, Lobby 1, Chimelong Hotel, Panyu Dadao, Panyu District (8478 6838) 帕图斯扒房 , 番禺区番禺大道长隆酒店 1 号大堂 3层

Poolside Bar and Grill Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou, 1 Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 8888 ext. 6422) 泳池吧 , 海珠区会展东路 1 号广州香格里拉大酒店

Prime 4/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3468) 扒房 , 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店 4 楼

Rebel Rebel 42 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (8520 1579, www.rebelrebelgz.com)天河区体育东路 42 号

Ribera Mediterranean Cuisine 418 Yan-jiang Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (182 1867 6621, 182 1867 6771) 越秀区沿江东路 418 号海港城南门 ( 大沙头公交站对面 )

Ricci Creative Eats Shop 015B, G/F, Popark Mall, No.63 Linhe Zhong Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China (Across the street from IKEA) (3809 6330) 天河区林和中路 63 号东方宝泰购物广场首层（宜家家居对面）

Salala 1) Shop 107A, Starlight Walk, 352 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (3447 6325); 2)Shop XT601-2, 6 Xietian Li, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8230 1233, 0757-8230 1211); 3)4- 5/F, Bldg 1, Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 9510, 8376 9520, salalafood.com)1) 海珠区新港中路 352 号珠影星光城 107A 铺; 2) 佛山市禅城区岭南天地商业中心协天里 6 号XT601-2 铺 ; 3) 越秀区建设六马路 1 号后栋 4-5层

Seasonal Tastes G/F, The Westin Pazhou, Area C, Guangzhou International Conven-tion & Exhibition Center, 681 Fengpu Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8918 1206) 知味西餐厅 , 海珠区凤浦中路 681 号广州国际会议展览中心 C 区广州广交会威斯汀酒店首层

Senses 1/F, Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun, 515-517 Yuncheng Dong Lu, Baiyun Dis-trict (6660 0666 ext. 6205) 感趣自助餐厅 , 白云区云城东路 515-517 号白云万达希尔顿酒店 1 楼

Shameen 1618 16-18 Shamian Nan Lu, Shamian Island, Liwan District (8121 1618)荔湾区沙面岛沙面南路 16-18 号

Shovel & Bell Shop 10, G/F, 57 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (2292 6262) 天河区珠江新城华利路 57 号星辰大厦 1 楼 10 号铺

Sleeping Flower 1) 30 Liede Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3824 5100); 2) 8 Yulei San Jie, Tiyu Xi Lu,

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Tianhe District (8559 1023) 1) 麻花大院 , 珠江新城猎德大道 30 号 ( 美西超市对面 ); 2) 麻花小院 , 天河区体育西横路育蕾三街 8号 ( 近工商银行 )

Social & Co. Shop 112-113, 6 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3804 9243, www.socialandco.com) 天河区珠江新城华就路 6 号 112-113 铺


Tapas Cafe & Restaurant No. 1, Qifu Huasha, 2 Mingyue Yi Lu, Yuexiu District (8739 8737) 越秀区明月一路 2 号祈福华夏 1 楼

The Eatery 1/F, Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu, 1 Jingying Lu, Huicai Lu, Dongpu District (3211 0720) 客乐 , 东圃区汇彩路菁映路 1 号广州东圃合景福朋喜来登酒店 1 楼

The World Taste 1 Shamian Dajie, Shami-an Island, Liwan District (8121 5492) 乐意生活 , 荔湾区沙面岛沙面大街 1 号 ( 沙面东桥右侧 )

Ting’s Place Shop 129-131, G/F, West Point Centre, 51 Zhongshan Qi Lu, Liwan District (8123 4028) 丁煮场 , 荔湾区中山七路 51 号富邦中心首层129-131 号铺

Twilight Café Shop 127, Starlight Walk, 354 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8412 1782) 海珠区新港中路 354 珠影星光城 354 号 127 铺

Twist Mediterranean Restaurant 106/F, The Canton Tower, 222 Yuejiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (8933 8092) 璇玑自助餐厅 , 海珠区阅江西路 222 号广州塔 106层

Vinga Shop D-6, Original Element Creative Park, 63 Xinzeng Lu, Liwan District (8167 0057) 荔湾区西增路63号原创元素D-6铺

V Life Shop 108, 16 Huacheng Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Distrct (3726 6363) 维生素 , 天河区珠江新城花城大道 16 号 108 铺

Wilber’s 62 Zhusigang Er Malu, Yuexiu District (3761 1101, www.wilber.com.cn) 越秀区竹丝岗二马路 62 号

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19online.cn G/F & 7/F, Yue Hai Bldg, 472 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8769 1919) 烟酒在线 , 越秀区环市东路 472 号粤海大厦首层及七层

ArtoVino Cellar Guangzhou Unit 105, 70 Jinsui Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Dis-trict (3802 9543) 广州香堡酒业 , 天河区珠江新城金穗路 70 号 105铺

ASC Fine Wine No. 1109, Tower B, Centre Plaza, 161 Linhe Xi Lu, Tianhe District (8666 8683, 8666 8021) 圣皮尔精品葡萄酒 , 天河区林和西路 161 号中泰广场 B 塔 1109

Aussino World Wines Rm 2017, Southern Securities Bldg, 148 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3887 9081) 富隆酒窖 , 天河区体育东路 148 号南方证券大厦2017 室

Be . China Rm 602-603, Block A, Hotel Landmark Canton, 8 Qiaoguang Lu, Yuexiu District (8334 5736) 越秀区侨光路 8 号华夏大酒店 A 座 602-603 室

Chateau Kiwi 1) 215 Huanshi Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 8681); 2) East gate of Guangdong Museum of Art, 38 Yanyu Lu, Ersha Island, Yuexiu District (8666 8681). 奇异庄园 1) 越秀区环市中路 215 号 ; 2) 越秀区二沙岛烟雨路 38 号

The Courtyard 416-2 Huanshi Dong Lu (across the street from Zhongshan Oph-thalmology Hospital), Yuexiu District (3761 0436, 8762 2573)越秀区环市东路 416-2 号 ( 中山眼科医院正对面 )

Dante Wines Rm B10, 2/F, Yuedian Gar-den, 77, Nanan Lu, Liwan District (8108

0299) 荔湾区南岸路 77 号粤电花园 2 楼 B10 室

East Meets West Fine Wines Room 536-537, Vili International, 167 Linhe Xi Lu, Tianhe District (8327 4162, www.emw-wines.com)由西往东 (上海) 贸易有限公司深圳分公司, 天河区林和西路167号威尼国际公寓写字楼536-537室

Everwines 108 Qingfeng Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3821 2195) 天河区珠江新城海风街 108 号

Everwise Wine Ltd. D7, 15/F, Jian He Cen-tre, 110 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (3880 4860) 永醇酒业 , 天河区体育西路 110 号建和中心 15 楼D7

Fe Club 2 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3803 5176, 3807 8176) 翡梵酒窖 , 天河区珠江新城冼村路 2 号博雅首府首层炳胜珠江新城店旁

Fionson Rm 1110, Fuli Yinxin Plaza, 28 Huaxia Lu, Tianhe District (8560 1556) 飞昂酒业 , 天河区华夏路 28 号富力盈信大厦 1110单元

Frescobaldi Italian Wine Shop Shop 104, R&F Goodrich Bldg, 2 Huaqiang Lu, Zhu-jiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3899 3338) 托斯卡纳花思蝴葡萄酒 , 天河区珠江新城华强路 2号富力盈丰大厦 104 商铺

Int’l Wines & Spirits Service Guangzhou Kuang Shan Ji Xie Chang, 11 Jianshe Da Malu, Yuexiu District (Fax: 8383 9071) 国际名酒网路服务 , 越秀区建设大马路 11 号广州矿山机械厂内

J & J Wine and Food Club Rm 308, Bercy Plaza, Sinopec Tower, 191 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (3892 2336) 嘉越酒业 , 天河区体育西路 191 号中石化大厦柏西商都 308 铺

Jebsen Fine Wines 28/F, Tower B, China International Centre, 33 Zhongshan San Lu, Yuexiu District (8713 7155, www.jebsen-finewines.com) 捷成中国贸易有限公司 , 越秀区中山三路 33 号中华国际中心 B 塔 28 楼

Jointek 1) Shop 57-60, Section C, Dongdu Da Shi Jie, 475 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8769 6288) 2) Next to the Huashan Hotel, Yuexiu District (8756 9109) 骏德酒业 , 1) 越秀区环市东路 475 号东都大世界 C区 57-60 号铺 ; 2) 越秀区华山宾馆旁

Justwine Cellar Chain Store 1) 90 Tianhe Nan Yi Lu, Tianhe District (8758 0807); 2)Unit 11-3, G/F, Guangzhou International Trade Center, Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3825 0440) 神之水滴葡萄酒连锁店 1) 天河区天河南一路 90号 ; 2) 天河区天河北路广州国际贸易中心地铺一层11-3 单元

Just Wine 1/F, Tianlun Garden, 21 Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8356 7787) 御领小酒庄 , 越秀区建设四马路 21 号天伦花园首层力美健旁

King Wine Co. Ltd. 39/F, Asia International Hotel, 326 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8386 8928) 越秀区环市东路 326 号亚洲国际大酒店 39 楼

Marco Polo Fine Wines Room 102,Zhong-hai Park Royal, 33 Liede Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 9690, www.marcopolofinewines.com )广州香馥贸易有限公司 , 广州市天河区珠江新城猎德大道 33 号中海璟晖华庭 102 号

Mouton Cadet Wine Bar 9 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8376 6197) 越秀区建设六马路 9 号

Ocheers Rm 2403, Tian Jun International Bldg, 365 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (400 716 0919, www.ocheers.cn) 进口葡萄酒专卖 , 天河区天河路 365 号天俊国际大厦 2403 室

Oh Marco Cellar 4-5 Yiyuan Lu, Haizhu District (in front of the T.I.T.) (3448 2809, [email protected]) 海珠区艺苑路 9 号之四自编 4-5 房

Pearl Cellar 1) 11-23 Mingyue Yi Lu, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District (8738 7233) 凯盛酒窖 , 越秀区广州大道中明月一路 11-23 号凯旋会首层

Red Bar Small Wine Cellar 62 Shuiyin Lu, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Yuexiu District

(8739 3056) 越秀区广州大道中水荫路 62 号 Saint Cellar Shop 140, Lixun Shangzhu, 22, Haiming Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3821 7249) 盛世酒窖 , 天河区珠江新城海明路 22 号力迅上筑140 号铺

Summergate Unit 2409, 24/F, China In-ternational Center, Bldg B, 33 Zhongshan San Lu, Yuexiu District (2883 6800, www.summergate.com) 美夏 , 越秀区中山三路 33 号中华国际中心 B 塔24 层 2409 单元

Torres China Guangzhou Office Rm G, 6/F Jianhe Bldg, 111-115 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (3887 0367, [email protected]) 桃乐丝葡萄酒贸易有限公司 , 天河区体育西路111-115 号建和中心 6 楼 G 室

Vini la Quercia 226 Xihua Lu, Liwan Dis-trict (8194 9981) 莱歌酒庄 , 荔湾区西华路 226 号

Vins No. 631, Hongfa Bldg, 19-21 Tianhe Nan Er Lu, Tianhe District 汇斯酒业 , 天河区天河南二路 19-21 宏发大厦631

nIGhtlIFe136 Sleeping Wood 195 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8318 1198) 枕木 136, 越秀区沿江中路 195 号

1820 Bar Shop 102, 7 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3703 3309) 1820 德国餐吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号 102号铺

1881 Bar 83 Changdi Da Malu, Yuexiu District (3999 1881, 3999 5858) 越秀区长堤大马路 83 号

1928 Bar Shop 1, UUPark, Mall of the World, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3832 6507, 3866 8896) 1928 音乐餐吧 , 天河区珠江新城花城汇UUPARK 商场 1 号铺 (APM 黄埔大道站出口左侧 )

Above Lounge Bar 5/F, Zone C, Party Pier, Yuejiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (8977 9661) 海珠区磨碟沙隧道阅江西路珠江啤酒厂琶醍艺术创意区 C 区 5 楼

8,Faubourg Bar & Terrace 8/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 - 3350) 天河区广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店8 楼

ABCD Club 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (135 8047 6433)天河区天河路 228 号

Alley No. 2 Zhengping Zhong Jie, Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (137 6330 4621) 越秀区淘金北路正平中街

Ao Tu Bar 8 Liuyun Wu Jie, Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District 凹凸 , 天河区体育东路六运五街 8 号

The Atrium 70/F, Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3370) 中庭酒吧 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店 70 楼

The Bar 1/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3197) 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店 1 楼

Bar One 1/F, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3620-3619) 独壹酒吧 , 天河区林和西横路 215 号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店首层

Banker Club (Nasha Dance Bar) B/F, 338 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (139 2511 6898) 越秀区环市东路 338 号银政大厦富一层

Bangkok Bar No. 10, 104 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 9391) 曼谷吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 10 号 104 铺

Bibi Plus 92 Xianlie Zhong Lu, Yuexiu Dist-ict (3836 3222) 汇聚西餐酒廊 , 越秀区先烈中路 92 号大院 ( 黄花岗剧院后 , 蓝天楼酒店旁 )

Bigbear Bar 39 Space, 6 Guilan Bei Lu, Guicheng, Nanhai District, Foshan (8163 7277)佛山市南海区桂城桂澜北路 6 号 39 度空间创意社区 Bondi Bar and Restaurant No. 3, 3/F, Xing-sheng Plaza, 11 Xingsheng Lu (next to Chi-nese Hotpot and above Pandan), Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3809 8064) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11 号兴盛汇 3 层 3 铺

The Brew Sports Bar & Grill 1) Unit 9-11, Huanan Country Garden, Panyu Dadao (across the road from Chime-long Theme Park), Panyu District (3482 0401); 2) West Section, Bao Lin Yuan, Huaxun Jie, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3408 9549); 3) Shop 11-13, Yuhai Food Street, 1 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8382 8299) 1) 番禺区番禺大道华南碧桂园碧华商业 2 街 9-11号 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城华讯街保林苑西区加拿大布鲁咖啡馆 , 近发展中心 ; 3) 越秀区建设六马路誉海食街 11-13 号铺

Brussels Belgian Beef Cafe Shop 133B, Starlight Walk, 354 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (134 3036 6051) 海珠区新港中路 354 珠影星光城 133b 铺

Catwalk West of the South Gate of Guang-zhou Sport University, 163 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (6286 9999) 天河区天河北路 163 号广州体育学院南门西侧 ( 喜聚 PTV3 楼 )

Cave Bar B/F, Pearl River Bldg (East Side), 360 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8386 3660) 墨西哥酒吧 , 越秀区环市东路 360 号珠江大厦 ( 东 )地下

CD (Cellar Diamond) 2-3/F, Running Bldg, Tianhe Sport Centre, 299 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3884 3541) 钻石会 , 天河区天河路 299 号天河体育中心北门风雨跑道 2-3 层

The Churchill Bar 3/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, 3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 邱吉尔酒吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 3 楼

City Cushion 2/F, 74 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8751 4275) 诗库 , 天河区体育东路 74 号 2 楼

CLK Bar & Lounge 10 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (8388 0712) 越秀区建设六马路 10 号

Club Five B08, Party Pier, Yuejiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (3441 8188) 海珠区阅江西路珠江琶醍啤酒文化创意艺术区 B08号

Coco.K 1-3/F, Tianzi Plaza, 199 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8330 2588, 8336 8181) 高高音乐台 KTV, 越秀区沿江中路 199 号天字广场 1-3 楼

Coco Track West Area, G/F, Tianzi Plaza, 199, Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8330 9778) 时尚音乐酒吧 , 越秀区沿江中路 199 号天字广场首层西区

Cohiba 400 meters east of Clifford Estate on Jinshan Lu, Panyu District (Inside Panyu Bio-Agricultural Center) (3471 3733)天蓬西餐走廊 , 番禺区钟村镇金山大道东 400 米农科基地内

Como G18, 17 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (137 6078 8424) 天河区兴盛路 17 号 G18

The Courtyard 416-2 Huanshi Dong Lu (across the street from Zhongshan Oph-thalmology Hospital), Yuexiu District (3761 0436, 8762 2573) 越秀区环市东路 416-2 号 ( 中山眼科医院正对面 )

Deng Long Basement, 18 Hengfu Lu, Yuexiu District (8358 8816, www.denglong.com) 越秀区恒福路 18 号负一层

D Label 1/F, Zhujiang Yingbo Beer Mu-seum, Party Pier, 118 Modiesha Dajie,


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Xingang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8332 9888) 海珠区新港东路磨碟沙大街 118 号琶醍酒吧街珠江英博国际啤酒博物馆 1 楼

Duo Club 16 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (English: 137 1077 0232; Español: 187 0207 4849; Chinese: 134 2402 1170) 元素吧 , 越秀区建设六马路 16 号首层

Easylife Shop 101, 1 Zhengping Zhong Jie, Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (8350 5959) 越秀区葡萄酒量贩 , 淘金北路正平中街 1 号 101

Edge Shop 201, 2/F, 26 Jianshe Si Malu, Yuexiu District (8305 6433) 越秀区建设四马路 26 号 2 楼 201 铺

EHS Embassy Shop 112, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 8 号 112 铺

Face Club Dashatou Cruise Terminal, 466 Yanjiang Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (6663 7666, wechat: faceclubgz) 越秀区沿江东 466 号大沙头游船码头

Feel Bar G/F, Shop 28, 613 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3848 8178) 天河区天河北路 613 号 28 号铺

Fei 2-4/F, W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (6680 7825) 妃 , 天河区珠江新城冼村路 26 号广州 W 酒店 2-4层

Fifth Floor 5/F, Yihe Hotel, 416 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (189 2611 5888) 越秀区环市东路 416 号颐和商务酒店五楼

Fivecafe Music Lounge Unit 6-7 (close to Pacific Wharf), Huandao Lu, Haizhu District (136 3243 6541) 五号咖啡 , 海珠区环岛路 ( 太古仓旁 ) 天鹅湾首层临江 6-7 号铺

Flower Lounge Shop B111-B112, G/F, South Tower, Poly Central Plaza, 18 Jianshe

Da Malu, Yuexiu District (8302 2345) 越秀区建设大马路 18 号中环广场南塔 1 楼B111-B112 铺

Flower Time Shop 103, 1A, 36 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8381 2193) 越秀区建设五马路 36 号 1 楼 A103 铺

Forget Restaurant & Bar Shop A19, Lan Kwai Fong Bar Street, 88 Xincheng Beihuan Lu, Luoxi, Panyu District (131 3867 0099) 忘了吧 , 番禺区洛溪新城北环路 88 号兰桂坊酒吧街A19

Fusion276 276 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (139 2645 2276) 越秀区沿江中路 276 号

GK Club B/F, West Tower, Pearl River Bldg, 360 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8387 5177) 大篷车酒吧 , 越秀区环市东路 360 号珠江大厦西座地下

Gold Mango 361 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8359 7564) 金芒果 , 越秀区环市东路 361 号 , 花园酒店对面

Golf Club North gate of Yuexiu Park, Huan-shi Zhong Lu (8666 6708) 高尔夫酒吧 , 环市中路越秀公园北门雍雅山房旁

Hei Hei Club 1/F, 2 Qiaoguang Lu, Yuexiu District (8331 0012, 8318 2326 for mem-bers) 喜喜酒吧 , 海珠区侨光路 2 号首层西面

Hill Bar 367 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8359 0206) 小山吧 , 越秀区环市东路 367 号白云宾馆小山景区

Hooley’s Irish Pub and Restaurant 1)101, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3886 2675); 2) 102, Unit 22, Cre-ative Park, Jihua Si Lu, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8226 4606); 3) Section 2, Yijia Yuan, 7 Xingzhongdao, Zhongshan 1)爱尔兰西餐酒吧, 天河区珠江新城兴盛路8号101; 2)佛山市禅城区季华四路创意产业园22栋102; 3) 中

山市兴中道7号颐嘉苑2卡

The Hops Shop 103, Jinman Lou, Huaqiao Leyuan, 3 Zhengping Nan Jie, Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu District (185 2019 1251) 越秀区淘金北路正平南街 3 号华侨乐园金满楼 103

House Shop 108, 7 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3877 8755) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号 108 铺

The Hub 1/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City (8880 0999) 汇点大堂吧, 广州科学城中心区凝彩路28号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店一楼

Hunting No. 101, 1/F, 36 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (3802 4091) 越秀区建设五马路 36 号 1 楼 101 室

Hyper Club 241 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (400 998 881) 越秀区沿江中路 241 号

In Bar 24-26 Beijing Nan Lu, Yuexiu District (8335 2488) 越秀区北京南路 24-26 号

In.Side Shop 101, Guangzhou International Electronics Complex, 403 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区环市东路 403 号广州国际电子大厦 101 铺 (3758 8118)

Istage Cafe & Bar G/F, 36 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (8315 2812) 越秀区建设五马路 36 号首层

La Baire G/F, Ming Zhu Garden, 193-195 Dongxiao Lu, Haizhu District (3429 8018) 纳贝咖啡红酒汇 , 海珠区东晓路 193-195 号明珠花园首层

Lab Shop 104, 7 Xingsheng Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (3703 3015, 3703 3013)研酒室 , 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 7 号 104 室

Lazy Guys 105-106, Huaqiao Garden, 1 Zhengping Nan Jie, Taojin Bei Lu, Yuexiu

District (153 6003 3696, 138 0882 9951) 越秀区淘金北路正平南街 1 号华侨乐园 105-106

Lili Marleen 1/F, Main Tower, Guangdong International Bldg, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8337 7088) 越秀区环市东路 339 号广东国际大厦主楼首层

Lobby Lounge Hotel Lobby, Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 大堂吧 , 天河区天河路 208 号粤海喜来登酒店大堂

Lobby Lounge 1/F, Crowne Plaza Guang-zhou City Centre, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8363 8888 ext. 88331) 越秀区环市东路 339 号广州中心皇冠假日酒店一楼

Lobby Lounge 1F, 208 Dongzong Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769-2200 1888) 大堂酒廊 , 东莞市东城区东纵大道 208 号东莞万达文华酒店 1 楼

The Loft Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8883) 天河区天河路 389 号

Loft345 4/F, 19, Xiao Gang Hua Yuan, Jiang-nan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8423 8985, www.loft345gz.com) 海珠区江南东路晓港花园 19 号 4 层

Lotus Rm 101, 27 Liuyun Er Jie, Tianhe Nan, Tianhe District (Sandy 139 2513 9446) 天河区天河南六运二街 27 号 101

Lotus Pond 1/F, The Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext.3191) 荷塘雅座 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 1 楼

The Lounge 1/F, Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu, 1 Jingying Lu, Huicai Lu, Dongpu District (3211 0888) 东圃区汇彩路菁映路 1 号广州东圃合景福朋喜来登酒店 1 楼

Lounge Bar 6/F, Chateau Star River, Yingbin


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Lu, Panyu District (3993 6688) 番禺区迎宾路星河湾酒店 6 楼

Mad Scientist Bar 1/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City, 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City (8880 0999)科吧 , 广州科学城中心区凝彩路 28 号广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店一楼

Marmalade 3/F, next to the bell tower, Ling-nan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8225 3571, [email protected]) 佛山禅城去岭南天地二期钟楼旁 ( 电梯直上三楼 )

Maserati Night Club 4/F, Yuexiu Hotel, Xiao-bei Lu, Yuexiu District (2981 6888)玛莎拉蒂酒吧 , 越秀区小北路越秀宾馆 4 楼

McCawley’s Bar & Grill Shop 101, 16 Huacheng Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 7000)天河区珠江新城花城大道 16 号 101 铺

Mr. Rocky Restaurant & Bar 1) 6-7 Tai Gu Cang, 124 Gexin Lu, Haizhu District (3448 0800); 2) Shop 6-7, Zone B, Party Pier, 118 Modiesha Da Jie, Yuejiang Lu, Haizhu District 洛奇先生美国西部牛仔餐吧 1) 海珠区革新路 124 号太古仓 6-7 号仓 ; 2) 海珠区阅江路磨碟沙大街 118号珠江琶醍啤酒文化创意艺术区 B 区 06-07 铺

Muse Club 286 Changdi Da Malu, Yuexiu District (8132 3102) 缪斯酒吧 , 越秀区长堤大马路 286 号

My Beer 2/F, Bldg D1, Original Element Creative Park, 63 Xizeng Lu, Liwan District (6197 2009) 荔湾区西增路63号原创创意园D1栋二楼

Nova G/F, North Tower, Jin Bin Teng Yue Bldg, 49 Huasha Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (153 0224 4880) 天河区珠江新城华夏路 49 号津滨腾越大厦北塔首层

Oakroom Restaurant & Bar 16/F, Oakwood Premier Guangzhou, 28 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3883 2828, 3883 3883 ext. 6704) 天河区体育东路 28 号广州方圆奥克伍德豪景 16 楼

Owine Club 1/F, 195 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8332 2599) 红酒大使会 , 越秀区沿江中路 195 号

The Paddy Field 1) Booth 1A, 1/F, Central Plaza, 38 Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8360 1379); 2) 4/F, Oakwood Premier Guangzhou, 28 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8398 6181); 3) // Shop XT204, 2 Xietian Li, Lingnan Tiandi, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757-8203 1023, www.thepaddyfield.com) 田野西餐厅 1) 越秀区华乐路 38 号广怡大厦 1 楼1A; 2) 天河区体育东路 28 号广州方圆奥克伍德豪景 ; 3) 佛山市禅城区岭南天地协天里 2 号 XT204铺

Party Night Unit 101, 2 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (181 2785 3650) 越秀区建设五马路二号德安大厦 101 铺

Perry’s Café 1) Rm 201, Binjiang Shui Lian Mansion, 61 Hongmei Lu, Haizhu District (8421 8845) 2) Yuebei Building,2/F, 617 Dongfeng Dong Lu (020 8382 2340) 1) 海珠区红梅路 61 号滨江水恋大厦 201; 2) 东风东路 617 号粤北大厦 2 楼，靠近建设六马路，汉堡王楼上

Pearl Lounge 1/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guang-zhou, 3 Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 珍珠吧 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 1 楼

Pier One 118 Modiesha Dajie, Yuejiang Lu, Haizhu District (3448 1651) 琶醍一号 , 海珠区阅江路磨碟沙大街 118 号

Qba 1/F, The Westin Guangzhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (2886 6868) 古巴餐厅 , 天河区林和中路 6 号广州海航威斯汀酒店 1 楼

Real Players Club 147 Yanjiang Xi Lu, Yuexiu District (8335 5771) 越秀区沿江西路 147 号

Rebel Rebel 42 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (8520 1579, www.rebelrebelgz.com) 天河区体育东路 42 号

Red Wall Elysees Cafe & Bar Shop 2-4, G/F, Bldg A2, Metro World, 25 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3838 5481) 红墙丽舍咖啡酒廊 , 天河区珠江新城华利路 25 号珠江都荟 A2 栋首层 2-4

Revolucion Cocktail 9 Xingsheng Lu, Zhuji-ang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3802 9960) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 9 号

Richbaby 34 Nanti Er Malu (near the Tianzi Wharf), Yuexiu District (6663 9666) 越秀区天字码头南堤二马路 34 号

The River Oyster Bar & Grill 4/F, Zone C, Zhujiang Party Pier Art & Creative Area, Yue-jiang Xi Lu, exit of Modiesha Tunnel, Haizhu District (138 2604 0956, 135 1277 1631) 海珠区磨碟沙隧道口阅江西路珠江啤酒厂琶醍艺术创意区 C 区 4 楼

Rose Gaga 360 Changdi Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (8188 9633) 越秀区长堤大马路 360 号

Sapphire Lounge 4/F, China Hotel, A Mar-riott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 6888 ext. 3450) 马天尼吧 , 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店 4 楼

S Club/ CD Show Bar 5/F, Yihe Hotel, Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (180 2808 6606) 越秀区环市东路颐和商务酒店五楼

Shakers No. 145 Nanjiao Jie, Qiaonan Lu, Panyu District (near Nanyi Da Jie) (3927 7720)番禺区桥南路南郊街 ( 接近南怡大街 )145 号

Six Teen Club 328 Changdi Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (8130 8711, 8130 8895) 越秀区长提大马路 328 号

Sky Bar 2/F, Da Mi Cang, Zone A, Party Pier Beer Cultural & Creative Art Zone, Yuejiang Xi Lu, Haizhu District (8413 2692) 海珠区阅江西路珠江琶醍啤酒创意艺术区 A 区大米仓二楼

Social & Co. Shop 112-113, 6 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3804

9243, www.socialandco.com) 天河区珠江新城华就路 6 号 112-113 铺

Song’s Club Shop 2-12, Xingsheng Hui, Xinsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3887 5888) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路兴盛汇 3 楼 2-12 铺

Soothe DS 460 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (8754 6182) 天河区天河北路 460 号

Standing Goose Brewing 128, Seasons Orchard, Chigang Bei Lu, Haizhu District (186 1735 3494)海珠区赤岗北路四季天地 128 号


T Lounge and Bar Lobby, Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (6683 3610) 天河区林和西横路 215 号天河新天希尔顿酒店大堂

The Taikoo Lounge, Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8881) 悦茶居 , 天河区天河路 389 号


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Tavern Bar 1/F, The Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8333 8989 ext.3633) 绅士轩 , 越秀区环市东路 368 号花园酒店 1 楼

Tian Bar 99/F, Four Seasons Hotel Guang-zhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8883 3399) 天吧 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店99 楼

Tianyuan Muge Bldg 97-99, T.I.T. Creative Park, 397 Xingang Zhong Lu, Haizhu Dis-trict (8799 2345) 田园牧歌酒吧 , 海珠区新港中路 397 号 TIT 创意园97-99 号 ( 近客村地铁站 A 出口 )

True Color 276 Yanjiang Zhong Lu, Yuexiu District (8373 5858, www.truecolorclub.com) 本色 , 越秀区沿江中路 276 号 ( 天字码头东 200 米）

Un Air de Paris 120 Taojin Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (2206 1689) 越秀区淘金路 120 号

Unicorn G/F, 6 Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (189 2500 5546) 天河区珠江新城华就路 6 号

V5 Cafe & Lounge Shop G108, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 8 号 G108 铺

In.Side G/F, International Electronic Tower, 403 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (3758 8118) 越秀区环市东路 403 号国际电子大厦首层

Wilber’s 62 Zhusigang Er Malu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (3761 1101, www.wilber.com.cn) 越秀区竹丝岗二马路 62 号 Win Store No. 119, Qinglong Fang, Huale Lu, Yuexiu District 越秀区华乐路青龙坊 119 号

Wine & Cigar Lounge 2/F, Chateau Star River, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District (3993 6688) 红酒雪茄吧 , 番禺迎宾路星河湾酒店 2 楼

Woo Bar 1/F, W Guangzhou, 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (6680 7936) 天河区珠江新城冼村路 26 号广州 W 酒店

Wunderbar Bavarian Bar & Restaurant G/F, Xiang Long Garden, 175-181 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (8755 5564) 运达餐吧 , 天河区天河北路 175-181 号祥龙花园首层（市长大厦西面）

Your Place Shop G17, Xingguo Lu, Tianhe District (3810 9292) 天河区兴国路兴盛汇生活馆 G17 铺alth

iNT’L mEDiCAL

SErViCES

Bellaire Int'l Clinic No. 601, 6/F, East Tow-er, Times Square, 28 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3891 0511) 贝利尔诊所，天河北路 28 号时代广场东 6 楼 601

Clifford Hospital Hongfu Lu,Panyu District (8471 8123, www.cliffordhospital.com) 广东祈福医院 , 番禺区鸿福路

Dr. Sherily Xiao, master of medicine. Classes in massage, physiotherapy after acupuncture and TCM. 18 years’ practice.Golden Lake Garden The Clubhouse 938 North Shaitai Road Baiyun District Guang-zhou (137 1052 6617) 广州市白云区沙太北路938号金湖花园会所

Eur Am Int’l Medical Center 1/F, North Tower, Ocean Pearl Bldg, 19 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng (3758 5328, 24-hr urgent care: 137 1041 3347, www.eurammedicalcenter.com)康辰国际医疗 , 珠江新城华利路 19 号远洋明珠大厦北座首层

Guangzhou Elizabeth Women's Hospital484 Kangwang Zhong Lu, Liwan District (24-hour hotline: 400 886 9268, e-mail: [email protected]) 广州伊丽莎白妇产医院国际医疗中心，荔湾区康王中路 484 号

United Family Guangzhou Clinic 1/F, Annex Bldg, PICC Bldg, 301 Guang-zhou Dadao Zhong (4008 919 191, 24-hr urgent care: 8710 6060) 广州越秀和睦家门诊部 , 广州大道中 301 号人保大厦南塔副楼首层

Wales International Medical Center 200 Linhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (behind Ikea) (www.waleshospital.com/English)林和东路 200 号（宜家家居后面）

DENTAL CLiNiCS

All Smile - Dr. Lu Int'l Dental Clinic Rm 603-604, 6/F, Metro Plaza, 183 Tianhe Bei Lu (24-hour hotline: 8755 3380). Mon-Sat 9am-6pm (other times by appointment)大都会牙科，天河北路 183 号大都会广场六楼603-604

H&H Cosmetic Dentistry Center Unit A, G/F, Nuova Plaza, Inernational Service Apartment, 9 Huali Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3808 0700, 3808 0729) 天河区珠江新城华利路 9 号新大厦首层 A 铺

Kaiyi Dental Clinic 11/F, Ice Flower Hotel, 2 Tianhe Bei Lu (3886 4821,www.kaiyiyk.com) 凯怡牙科诊所，天河北路 2 号冰花酒店 11 层

Sunshine Dental Clinic No. 119, 31 Xing-guo Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (8753 8385)钟红阳口腔诊所 , 天河区珠江新城兴国路 31 号 119（保利心语花园东门北侧）

Wisdom International Dental Clinic Room 2008-2010, No.2 Hua Li Road. Zhujiang Xincheng (Edinburgh International Apart-ment) (3877 2897). Daily 9:30am-9pm. 广州维思顿牙科中心，珠江新城华利路 2 号 2008-2010 （爱丁堡国际公寓）

Yinhai Dental 2170-2172 Guangzhou Dadao Bei, Tonghe, Baiyun District (3652 2818, www.sdcyhgz.com)银海口腔 ( 香港南方牙科中心 ), 白云区同和广州大道北 2170-2172 号地铺

HAir AND NAiL

080 Hair & Spa Club 6/F & 1/F, Tianlun International Hotel, 172 Linhe Zhong Lu (3886 4551/2283 5111). 080 美发美体会所，林和中路 172 号天伦万怡大酒店六楼及首层

Butiqkorea Beauty Club 1) 1/F, Shop 130, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8626 6424); 2) 1/F, Shop 105, Jianshe Wu Malu, De’an Bldg, Yuexiu District (8382 8915) 1) 越秀区流花路 122 号中国大酒店 1 楼名店城S-130 铺 ; 2) 越秀区建设五马路德安大厦首层 105

Hair Code 1) Shop G13-15, Peace World Plaza, 362-366 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8365 3282); 2) 54 Taojin Lu, Yuex-iu District (8359 9964); 3) Shop 5A017-18, 5/F, Grandview Mall, 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (8550 5180); 4) Shop 36-38, L3/F, Onelink Walk, 230 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe Dis-trict (3899 2155); 5) Shop 507, 5/F, G.T Land Plaza, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3883 8454); 6) 3/F,South District of Poly Central Plaza, 18 Jianshe Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu Distric (8302 2068) 芭曲，1) 越秀区环市东路 362-366 号好世界广场G13-15 铺 ; 2) 越秀区淘金路 54 号 ; 3) 天河区天河路 228 号正佳广场 5 楼 5A017-18; 4) 天河区天河路 230 路万菱汇 L3 楼 36-38 铺 ; 5) 天河区珠江新城高德置地广场 5 楼 507 铺 ; 6) 越秀区建设大马路保利中环广场南区 3 楼

Hair Corner L225, 2/F, TaiKoo Hui Shop-ping Mall, 383 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8338) 天河路 383 号太古汇商场裙楼第二层 L225 号铺

Magic Hair Salon 1) 6/F, the Western Guangzhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu,Tianhe Dis-trict (2826 6769) 2) 7/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong (3734 5022) 1) 明镜台，天河区林和中路 6 号广州海航威斯汀酒店 6 楼 2) 广州大道中 988 号圣丰索菲特大酒店 7楼

Magic Hair Salon 201, 2/F, Central Plaza, No. 38, Huale Lu, Yuexiu District (8356 1730). 魅型发制造 , 越秀区华乐路广怡大厦 2 楼 201（花园酒店后面）

MOMO 1) Four seasons Hotel Guangzhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (8883 3912); 2) The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, 3, Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3813 6638); 3) Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe, 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 3709); 4) The Westin Pazhou, Area C, Guangzhou International Convention & Exhibition Center, 681 Fengpu Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8918 1060). Salon MoMo was named one of the best hair salons in China by “Coiffure magazine” in 2008 because of the outstanding friendly and professional service it provides. Salon MoMo now has five salons located in various 5 star hotels around the PRD. 1) 天河区珠江新城珠江西路5号广州四季酒店内; 2) 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店内 ; 3) 天河区林和西横路 215 号广州天河新天希尔顿酒店内 ; 4) 海珠区凤浦中路 681 号广州国际会议展览中心 C 区广州广交会威斯汀酒店

Nail Culture 1) 121 Poly Champagne Gar-den, Huasui Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3828 9001); 2) B075, 5/F, Grand-view Mall, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District; 3) Shop 8, 1/F, Jiayu Dandun Sunshine Apartments, 2 Hai’an Lu, Tianhe District (8398 1076)奈儿贝蒂美甲 , 1) 天河区珠江新城华穗路保利香槟 121 号 ; 2) 天河区天河路 208 号正佳广场 5 楼B075; 3) 天河区海安路 2 号嘉裕丹顿阳光公寓首层8 号铺

Nail Nail 1)G09-G10, ground floor, Peace World Plaza, 362-366 Huanshi Dong Lu (8375 2105); 2) Shop 102, 211 Tianhe Dong Lu (3880 5290). 袅袅美甲护理中心， 1) 环市东路 362-366 好世界广场负一层 G09-G10; 2) 天河东路 211 号 102 铺

Petite Main(Nail) Shop 503B, 5/F, La Perle Plaza, 367 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8338 6802) 比特曼指甲●手足护理中心 , 越秀区环市东路 376号丽柏广场五楼 503B 铺

SO’ O LK (Hair Salon) 1) G/F, 545 Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (3425 7429); 2) Shop 13, Metro Plaza, 366 Tianhe Bei Lu, Tianhe District (3881 0898); 3) Shop 103A, World Trade Centre, 371-375 Huanshi Dong Lu, Yuexiu District (8760 6299); 4) Shop101, 712 Binjiang Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8419 1022); 5) Shop101, Fuli Edinburgh Apartment, 2 Huali Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District(3826 3718); 6) Shop 15 2/F, Chateau Star River Hotel, Yingbin Lu, Panyu District(3479 0641); 7) Shop81-82, G/F, New City Plaza, Olympic Garden, Luoxi New Town, Panyu Dis-trict(3452 1826); 8) Shop 21, Agile Phase


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II, Fenghuang Bei Lu, Huadu District(3692 8686); 9) Shop A32-A33, Mingmenhaoyuan, Daliang Dong Lu, Shunde District, Foshan (0757 2228 9733) 苏豪路易士●嘉玛发廊，1) 海珠区滨江东路 545 号首层 ; 2) 天河区天河北路 366 号都市华庭 13 铺 ; 3) 越秀区环市东路 371-375 号世界贸易中心首层103A; 4) 海珠区滨江东路 712 号 101 铺 ; 5) 天河区珠江新城华利路 2 号富力爱丁堡公寓 101 铺 ; 6) 番禺区迎宾路星河湾酒店 2 楼 15 号铺 ; 7) 番禺区洛溪新城奥园城市花园首层 81-82 号铺 ; 8) 花都区凤凰北路雅居乐二期 21 号铺 ; 9) 佛山市顺德区大良东乐路名门豪苑 A32-A33 号铺

So Hip (Hair Salon) Shop 3, 3/F, 230 Tian-he Lu, Tianhe District (8305 9477)天河区天河路 230 号万菱汇 3 楼 3 铺

So Spa Champagne Nail Bar 7/F, Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 2303) 香槟美甲吧，广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 7 楼

Toni & Guy Unit 109B-110, 75 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8754 2113, 8754 2116) 汤尼英盖，天河区天河东路 75 号 109B-110 室

Toni&Guy Flagship Salon GaodeHui 123A, 88 Huacheng Dadao, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3861 5252, 3861 5253) 天河区珠江新城花城大道 88 号 123A

BOuTiquE SHOP

Euro-Huton1) Shop 354, CITIC Plaza, 233, Tianhe Lu(3891 2796); 2) Lobby 2, next to Owned Crene Shop, Chimelong Hotel, Panyu District (188 1940 0370); 3) Shop 201F, 2/F, Peace World Plaza, 362-366, Huanshi-dong Lu(8388 4246) 欧洲胡同 1）中信广场店：广州市天河路 223 号中信广场商铺 354 铺 2）番禺长隆店：广州市番禺区长隆酒店 2 号大堂仙鹤商场旁欧洲胡同 3）好世界广场店：广州市环市东路 362-366 号好世界广场 2层 201F 铺

FiTNESS

Body Delight Studio 3/F, Poly Plaza East Tower, 59 Huali Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3826 7990) 天河区珠江新城华利路 59 号保利大厦东塔三楼

California Fitness 4/F, Seasons Mall(Summer), G.T.LAND Plaza, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3808 2787) 加州健身,天河区珠江新城高德置地广场夏商场4楼

Tuning Life 1) 3/F,Shun Tak Business Cen-ter,246 Zhongshan Si Lu, Yuexiu District (2910 9588). 2) 2/F, 2 Jianshe Wu Malu, Yuexiu District (2289 0999). 3) 1/F, Oriental Hotel, 120 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 0968) 1) 越秀区中山四路 246 号信德商务大厦 3 楼 2) 越秀区建设五马路 2 号二层 3) 越秀区流花路 120 号东方宾馆 1 号楼首层

Ying’s Authentic Pilates Studio Professional fully equipped classical Pilates studio. Private&groupclasses for all levels of fitness, incl. pre/postnatal, specific sports, rehabilitation, Children ballet classes. All taught in English. Add: 7F/7 HuachengDadao, Zhujiang NewTown.www.pilatesguangzhou.com 18620076022 珠江新城花城大道7号7楼

SPA

Angsana Spa The Garden Hotel, Guang-zhou, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu (8333 8989 ext. 3488) 悦椿 SPA，环市东路 368 号花园酒店

Chi, The Spa At Shangri-La, 4/F 1 Hui Zhan Dong Road, Hai Zhu District(8917 6568)氣水疗，海珠区会展东路 1 号广州香格里拉大酒店4 楼

Hua Spa 69/F, Four Seasons Hotel Guang-zhou, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (8883 3000) 花水疗中心，天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号广州四季酒店 69 楼

Heavenly Spa 6/F The Westin Guangzhou, 6 Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (2886 6868) 天梦水疗中心，天河区林和中路广州海航威斯汀酒店 6 楼

Indoor Tanning 1/F, Yi’an Plaza, 33 Jianshe Liu Malu, Yuexiu District (180 2626 6021) 越秀区建设六马路宜安广场中庭南铺

Kangyiju Massage Center 6/F, Guomen Hotel, 66 Huacheng Dadao, Zhujiang New City (3829 0387) 康逸居健康会所，珠江新城花城大道 66 号国门酒店六楼

Ocean Palace 1/F, Star International Build-ing, 10 Jinsui Lu, Zhujiang New Town (3829 3828) 水疗会，珠江新城金穗路 10 号星汇大厦 1 楼

O Spa Grand Hyatt Guangzhou, 12 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Pearl River New City, Tianhe District, (8396 1234) 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 12 号广州富力君悦酒店

Revive Spa 3/F, Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu, 1 Jingying Lu, Huicai Lu, Dongpu (3211 0626) 活水疗，东圃汇彩路菁映路 1 号广州东圃合景福朋喜来登酒店 3 楼

Ritz Spa & Beauty Center Hong Kong man-aged Spa Center specializing in facial, mas-sage and spa treatments. Shop 109, King Peak Garden, 8 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang New Town(3801 9907).俪姗美容院 , 珠江新城兴盛路 8 号汇峰苑 109 商铺

Sense Only for man. Shop109, SANMU International (Small Apartment), 36 Qing Cai Gang, Jianshe Liu Ma Lu, (Behind NOMO Apartment) (8382 4279) 建设六马路青菜岗 36 号三木国际公寓 109 铺（先烈南路时代 YOU 公寓后面）

So Spa with L’Occitane 7/F, Sofitel Guang-zhou Sunrich, 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888 ext. 2303) 水疗中心，广州大道中 988 号广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 7 楼

Spa Era 1/F, Tianlun Garden, 26 Jianshe Si Ma Lu (8360 1632). 建设四马路 26 号天伦花园一层

Spelland High-End SPA 1) 78 Caiyuan Dong Lu, Zhongshan Er Lu, Yuexiu District (3762 0288); 2) 4/F, South section, Central Plaza, 18 Jianshe Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (8302 2718 / 8302 2728 / 3762 0988) 水玲珑会馆 , 1) 越秀区中山二路菜园东路 78 号 ; 2) 越秀区建设大马路 18 号中环广场南座 4 楼 ( 近广东电视台 )

Sunlight Tanning Studio Room 1102, Ocean Commercial Plaza, 414-416 Huanshi Dong Lu (3273 8466) 阳光古铜日晒中心，环市东路 414-416 号远洋商务大厦 1102

The Spa, Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou, 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8879) 天河区天河路 389 号广州文华东方酒店

Touch Spa 4/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Ho-tel, 122 Liuhua Lu (8666 6888 ext. 3440, 3456) 颐尊水疗，流花路122号中国大酒店四楼

The Ritz-Carlton Spa 4/F, The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou, Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3813 6688) 丽思卡尔顿水疗中心，天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 4 楼

Yu Spa Royal Tulip luxury Hotels Carat Guangzhou,388 Guangyuan Zhong Lu (3732 1789) 玉 spa，广园中路 388 号广州卡丽皇家金煦酒店

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SCHOOLS

Alcanta International College (AIC) 1130 Baiyun Dadao Nan, Baiyun District (8618 3999) 亚加达教育机构国际预科部 , 白云区白云大道南1130 号 . www.aicib.org

American Int’l School of Guangzhou (AISG) 1) 3 Yanyu Nan Lu, Ersha Island (8735 3393); 2) 19,Kexiang Road Luogang District,Science Park, Guangzhou (3213 5555) 1) 广州美国人，二沙岛烟雨南路 3 号 ; 2) 广州罗岗区科翔路 19 号

Canadian International School of Guangzhou Cambridgeshire Garden, Nan-cun Town, Panyu District (3925 5321) www.cisgz.com广州加拿大人国际学校 , 番禺区南村镇雅居乐剑桥郡花园内

Canadian Internatioanal Kindergarten Agile Garden, Yinbin Lu, Panyu District (8456 6551). 加拿大国际幼儿园，番禺区迎宾路雅居乐花园

Canadian (Mayland) International Kindergarten Mayland Garden, Keyun Lu, Tianhe District (8561 6516) 美林国际幼儿园 , 天河区科韵路美林海岸花园棕林街 48 号

Clifford School International International Building, Clifford School, Clifford Estates, Shiguang Lu, Panyu District (8471 8273) 祈福英语实验学校，番禺区市广路

Guangzhou Huamei International School 23 Huamei Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 8706 5178, Fax: 8721 0372). www.hm163.com 广州华美英语实验学校，天河区华美路 23 号

Guangzhou Nanfang International School No.1 South Industrial Park, Yinglong Lu, Longdong, Tianhe District (3886 6952, 3886 3606, Fax: 3886 3680). www.gnis-china.com 广州南方国际学校，天河区龙洞迎龙路龙山工业园南 1 号

ISA International School Guangzhou Block C2-2, 128 Yuancun Siheng Lu, Tianhe District 广州爱莎国际学校 , 天河区员村四横路 128 号红专厂创意园 C2-2 (8890 0909, [email protected] )

Int’l French School of Guangzhou Favorview Palace, Tianhe District (3879 7324).www.efcanton.com. 广州法国学校，天河区汇景新城

Japanese School of Guangzhou 10 Fengxin Lu, Science City, High-technolo-gy and Industrial Zone (Tel: 6139 7023, Fax: 6139 7027). www.jsgcn.com 广州日本人学校，高新技术产业开发区科学城风信路 10 号

Mayland International School Mayland International Resort, 168 Shanqian Dadao, Huadu District (3672 8212) 美林湖国际学校，花都区山前大道 168 号美林湖国际社区

Raffles Design Institute 9F, B Tower of Guangzhou Sinopec Building, No.191, Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District. (8350 0760) gz.raffles.edu.cn 广州莱佛士设计培训学院，天河区体育西路 191 号中石化大厦 B 塔 9 楼

St.Lorraine Anglo-Chinese School Riverside Garden, Dashi Town, Panyu District (8458 8252). www.st-lorraine.com.cn 莱恩英文幼儿园，番禺区大石镇丽江花园

The British School of Guangzhou 983-3 Tonghe Lu, Baiyun District (8709 4788) 广州英国学校 , 白云区同和路 983-3

Utahloy Int’l School www.utahloy.com 1) 800 Shatai Bei Lu, Baiyun District (8720 2019, fax 8704 4296); 2) Sanjiang Town, Zeng Cheng (8291 4691 fax 8291 3303)广州誉德莱国际学校，1) 白云区沙太北路800号；2)增城三江镇

Yew Wah International Education School of Guangzhou Dragon Lake Resort, National AAAA Tourist Attraction, Huadong Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou (8683 2662 / 400 850 9778) 广州耀华国际教育学校广州市花都区花东镇山前旅游大道学而街 9 号（比邻国家 4A 级旅游风景区九龙湖） www.ywies-gz.com

Yihe Int’l Kindergarten Summer Palace, Tonghe Town, Baiyun District (3623 8230). 颐和国际幼儿园，白云区同和镇颐和山庄

TrAiNiNG SCHOOLS

Alliance Francaise de Canton (French Training Center ) 2/F, 12 Wu Zi Building, Beijiaochang Heng Lu (8380 2501, fax 8380 2502). www.af-canton.org.cn 广州法语培训中心，北较场横路 12 号物资大厦二楼

Berlitz Language Training A2G Shengya

Business Center, 107 Tiyu West Road, Tianhe (Tel: 3887 9261, 3887 9262) www.berlitz.com贝立兹中心，天河体育西路 107 号盛雅商务中心A2G

Classic Mandarin Language Training Room 1106,West Tower, Ocean Pearl Building, 21 Huali Road, Zhujiang New Town.(2886 9082) 新语翔语言学校，广州市珠江新城华利路 21 号远洋明珠大厦西座 1106 室

Eclipse English Education 18D, No.368, Tianhe Bei Road, GZ (Tel:38780382,18922769713)爱誉英语 , 天河北路 , 368 号 , 18D

Foreign Teachers’ Essential Orientation/Marriage Masala The Fountains International Community Center, 5 Xiaokang Jie, Pingsha Village, Guanghua Yi Lu, Baiyun District (Tel: 8605 3909; email: [email protected]) www.thefountains.cn 白云区广花一路平沙小康街 5 号

I Mandarin Chinese Training Expertise 1)Suite 1505,the Metro Plaza,183 Tianhe Bei Lu; 2) Suite 2105,South Tower, World Trade Center 371-375 Huanshi Dong Lu (2282 9282 / 2884 8682). 3)Room1211, the West Tower, Hua Pu Plaza, 9-13 Huaming Lu, Zhujiang New Town (2238 2196). www.iMandarin.net 新世界教育， 1) 天河北路 183 号，大都会广场1505 室 2) 环市东路 371-375 号，世贸中心大厦南塔 2105 室 3) 珠江新城华明路 9-13 号华普广场西座 1211 室

Joy Chinese Language Training Room 803, Qiaoshun Block, Guanghua Plaza, 84 Tianhe Bei Lu (Alice 133 5282 5155 or 3881 5306). www.joy-chinese.com 天河北路 84 号光华大厦侨顺楼 803 室

Mandarin House International quality ac-credited Chinese language programs. Whether at your office, home, or our conve-niently-located schools; learn practical and modern Chinese with experienced teachers. Effective courses include: Conversational Chinese, Written Chinese, Business Chinese, HSK Preparation and tailor-made Private Tutoring to meet your specific needs. Man-darin House is an official registered HSK testing center as well. Call us or visit our school and see why more than 20,000 peo-ple have chosen Mandarin House for learn-ing Chinese! 14/F, Tower B, 161 Linhe Xi Lu, Tianhe District (400 633 5538, www.mandarinhouse.com, [email protected])天河区林和西路 161 号中泰大厦 B1403 室

New Concept Mandarin Room 2149, 21/F, Pearl River Tower, 15 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Tianhe District天河区珠江西路 15 号珠江城 21 楼 2149 室

Xin Han Ji Chinese Language Center Room 2901, Section A, Zhongyi City Garden, 25 Linhe Jie, Tianhe District (Tel: 3821 6343; Fax: 3821 6643). www.hsktest.com.cn 新翰吉汉语国际学院，天河区林和街 25 号中怡城市花园（中信广场东侧）A 座 2901 室

TuTOriAL SCHOOL

ACE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY D23-25 Nantian International Business Center 3-7 HuaCheng Avenue, Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou +86-20-38207460 / +86-20-38013003 www.testprepgz.com [email protected]通识教育广州市天河区珠江新城花城大道 3-7 号D23-25

Eye Level Nabio Learning Center Rm217-219, Upzone, 20 Haiming Lu, Zhujiang New


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Town, Tianhe District (3827 9096) 乐必奥学习中心珠江新城海明路 20 号力迅上筑西座 217-219 室

Oxbridge Education Centre (OEC) 2/F, 64 Qiaolin Jie, Linle Lu, Tianhe District (138 0295 2430, 138 0295 2446, 8568 4723, 8568 4712, www.oxbridgechina.com.cn) 天河区建侨教育培训中心 , 天河区林乐路侨林街 64号 2 层商铺

Whyville Education Suite 3A08, Building A, Long Wei Office Tower, Tianhe Bei, Longkou Zhong Lu (3809 5020) 天河区龙口中路 130 号龙威广场 A 栋 3A08 室

BusIness BuSiNESS CENTEr

N+1 Business Center 1)14/F, Tower B, Vic-toria Plaza, Tiyu Xi Lu (2838 3936); 2) 21/F, C, Poly Fengxing Plaza, 24 Tianhe Lu. www.naddone.com 恩加壹商务中心 ,1) 体育西路维多利广场 B 塔 14 楼 ; 2) 天河路 240 号保利丰兴广场 C 座 21 楼 .

Sky Triumph 4/F, CITIC PLAZA, 233 Tianhe Bei Lu (2223 0022) 天幕大厦，天河北路 233 号中信广场四楼

Servcorp 54/F, Guangzhou Iconic IFC Tower, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu (2801 6000) www.servcorp.com.cn珠江西路 5 号广州国际金融中心 54 层

The Executive Centre 1) Skyfane Tower, 8 Linhe Zhong Lu (2831 7244); 2) Rm 702, Building No.1, Taikoo Hui (2886 1555) 1) 德事商务中心，1) 天河区林和中路 8 号海航大厦10 楼 ; 2) 太古汇 1 座 702 室

hotel

Hotels with the sign of a golden key are members of the Golden Key Alliance.

Chimelong Hotel Panyu Dadao,Panyu District (8478 6838) www.chimelonghotel.com.cn 长隆酒店 , 番禺区番禺大道

China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel 122, Liuhua Lu (8666 6888) www.MarriottChinahotel.com 中国大酒店 , 流花路 122 号

Classical Plaza Hotel Le’an Lu, Guidan Lu, Nanhai District, Foshan (0757-6668 8666, www.classicalplaza.com)嘉思高酒店，佛山市南海区桂丹路乐安路段

Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (8363 8888) 广州中心皇冠假日酒店 , 环市东路 339 号

Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Huadu 189 Yingbin Dadao, Huadu District (3690 0888) 广州花都皇冠假日酒店 , 花都区迎宾大道 189 号 . www.crowneplaza.com

Crowne Plaza Guangzhou Science City 28 Ningcai Lu, Central District, Science City (8880 0999) www.crowneplaza.com 广州翡翠皇冠假日酒店 , 科学城中心区凝彩路 28 号

Dragon Lake Princess Hotel Dragonlake Community, Huadong Town, Huadu District (3690 8888) 九龙湖公主酒店 , 花都区花东镇九龙湖社区

DoubleTree by Hilton Guangzhou 391 Dong-feng Lu, Yuexiu District (2833 7215) 广州希尔顿逸林酒店 , 越秀区东风路 391 号

DoubleTree by Hilton Heyuan 123 Yuewang Dadao, Heyuan (0762-2298 888)河源汇景希尔顿逸林酒店 , 河源市越王大道 123 号

Dong Fang Hotel 120 Liuhua Lu, Yuexiu District (8666 9900, www.hoteldongfang.com)东方宾馆 , 越秀区流花路 120 号

Dusit Devavana Hot Springs & Spa Conghua Guangzhou 352 Yuquan Dadao, Liangkou

Town, Conghua District (3798 8888, [email protected])广州从化都喜泰丽温泉度假酒店，从化区良口镇御泉大道 352 号

Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (8883 3888) 广州四季酒店，天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号

Four Points by Sheraton Guangzhou, Dongpu 1 Jingying Lu, Huicai Lu, Dongpu (3211

0888) 广州东圃合景福朋喜来登酒店 , 东圃汇彩路菁映路 1号

Grand Hyatt Guangzhou 12, Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (8396 1234 www.guangzhou.grand.hyatt.com)广州富力君悦大酒店 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 12号

Guangzhou Marriott Hotel Tianhe 228 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6108 8888) 广州正佳广场万豪酒店，天河区天河路 228 号

Hilton Foshan 127 Lingnan Dadao Bei, Chancheng District, Foshan (0757 8306 9999)佛山希尔顿酒店 , 佛山市禅城区岭南大道北 127 号

Hilton Guangzhou Baiyun 515-517, Yuncheng Dong Lu, Baiyun District (6660 0666) 广州白云万达希尔顿酒店 , 白云区云城东路 515-517 号 www.hilton.com.cn/guangzhoubaiyun

Hilton Guangzhou Tianhe 215 Linhe Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 9999) 广州天河新天希尔顿酒店，天河区林和西横路 215号 www.guangzhoutianhe.hilton.com

Holiday Inn Guangzhou Science City 99 Lanyue Lu, Science City, Lanyue Lu, Huangpu District (2200 9999)广州市黄埔区科学城揽月路 99 号

Holiday Inn Shifu Guangzhou 188, Di Shi Fu Lu, Liwan District (8138 0088) www.holidayinn.com 广州十甫假日酒店 , 荔湾区第十甫路 188 号

Hotel Nikko Guangzhou 1961 Huaguan Lu,

Tianhe District (6631 8888, www.nikkogz.com)广州日航酒店 , 天河区华观路 1961 号

Langham Place Guangzhou 638 Xingang Dong Lu, Haizhu District(8916 3388) 广州南丰朗豪酒店 , 海珠区新港东路 638 号

Mandarin Oriental, Guangzhou 389 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3808 8888) 广州文华东方酒店 , 天河区天河路 389 号

Novotel Zhuhai 2029 Jiuzhou Dadao Xi, Zhu-hai (0756-8998 688, www.accorhotels.com)珠海中海诺富特酒店 , 珠海市九洲大道西 2029 号（与白石路交界）

Pullman Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (3606 8866, www.pullmanhotels.com)广州白云机场铂尔曼大酒店 , 广州白云国际机场

Ramada Pearl Hotel 9 Mingyue Yi Lu, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong (8737 2988) www.ramada.com 凯旋华美达大酒店 , 广州大道中明月一路 9 号

Royal Tulip Carat Guangzhou 388 Guangyuan Zhong Lu (8396 6866) 广州卡丽皇家金煦酒店，广园中路 388 号

Rosedale Hotel 348, Jiangnan Dadao Zhong (8441 8888) www.rosedalehotels.com 珀丽酒店 , 江南大道中 348 号

Sheraton Guangzhou Hotel 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (6668 8888) 粤海喜来登酒店 , 天河区天河路 208 号

Sheraton Guangzhou Huadu Resort North-east of Shanqian Dadao, Huadu District (3695 3888) 广州花都合景喜来登度假酒店，花都区山前大道东北侧

Sheraton Qingyuan Lion Lake Resort 1 Shizi Hu Lu, Henghe Jie, Qingyuan (0763 8888 888) 清远狮子湖喜来登度假酒店 , 清远狮子湖大道 1 号

Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou 1, Huizhan Dong Lu, Haizhu District (8917 8888, www.


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shangri-la.com)广州香格里拉大酒店 , 海珠区会展东路 1 号

Sheraton Zhuhai Hotel 1663 Yinwan Lu, Wanzai Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai (0756-2996 688) 珠海华发喜来登酒店 , 珠海市香洲区湾仔银湾路1663 号

Sofitel Guangzhou Sunrich 988 Guangzhou Dadao Zhong, Tianhe District (3883 8888) 广州圣丰索菲特大酒店 , 天河区广州大道中 988 号 . www.sofitel.com

The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou 3, Xing’an Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3813 6688, www.ritzcarlton.com)广州富力丽思卡尔顿酒店 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3号

The Westin Guangzhou 6, Linhe Zhong Lu, Tianhe District (2886 6868, www.westin.com/guangzhou)广州海航威斯汀酒店 , 天河区林和中路 6 号

The Westin Pazhou Area C, Guangzhou International Convention & Exhibition Center, 681 Fengpu Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8918 1818, www.westin.com/pazhou)广州广交会威斯汀酒店 , 海珠区凤浦中路 681 号广州国际会议展览中心 C 区

The Garden Hotel, Guangzhou 368, Huanshi Dong Lu (8333 8989) www.thegar-denhotel.com.cn 花园酒店 , 环市东路 368 号

W Guangzhou 26 Xiancun Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (6628 6628) 广州 W 酒店 , 天河区珠江新城冼村路 26 号

Wanda Vista Dongguan 208 Dongzong Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769-2200 1888 www.wandahotels.com) 东莞万达文华酒店，东莞市东城区东纵大道 208 号

CoMMunItyASSOCiATiONS

Argentina 2405, Teem Tower, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (3888 0328, [email protected]) 阿根廷共和国领事馆 , 天河区天河路 208 号粤海天河城大厦 2405 单元

Christian Fellowship Hilton Hotel Guangzhou Tianhe , 215 Lin He Xi Heng Lu, Tianhe District (6683 9999) (Foreigners only. Please bring ID) Worship Hours: 10am-11:30am.every Sunday. 广州天河新天希尔顿酒店 , 广州天河区林和西横路215 号

Guangdong Int’l Volunteer Expatriate Service (GIVES) Contact Rosaline Yam (8778 2778; [email protected]) www.gives.cn

Guangzhou Women’s Int’l Club (GWIC) Con-tact Angela Loan (132 4283 2073; [email protected]) www.gwic.org Brazil Rm 1403, 10 Huaxia Lu, R&F Center, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (020-83652236; cg. cantao.itamaraty.gov.br) 巴西驻广州总领事馆 , 珠江新城华夏路 10 号富力中心1403 室

Australia 12/F, Zhujiang New City, Develop-ment Centre, 3 Linjiang Lu (Tel: 3814 0111; Fax: 3814 0112) www.guangzhou.china.embassy.gov.au 澳大利亚领事馆，临江路 3 号珠江新城发展中心 12楼

Belgium Rm 1602A, Office Tower, Citic Plaza, 233, Tianhe Bei Lu (Tel: 3877 2351; Fax: 3877 2353) 比利时领事馆，天河北路 233 号中信广场 1601-1602A 室

Cambodia Rm 802, The Garden Hotel (Tow-er), Huangshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8333 8999 - 805; Fax: 8365 2361) 柬埔寨领事馆，环市东路花园酒店大楼 808 室

Canada 801, Office Tower, China Hotel, A Mar-riott Hotel ,Liuhua Lu (Tel: 8611 6100, Fax: 8667 2401) www.guangzhou.gc.ca 加拿大领事馆，流花路中国大酒店商业楼 801 室

Cuba Rm 2411, West Tower, Huapu Plaza, 13 Huaming Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 2238 2603 / 2238 2604; Fax: 2238 2605) 珠江新城华明路 13 号华普广场西塔 2411

Denmark Rm 1578, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu (Tel: 8666 0795; Fax: 8667 0315) 丹麦领事馆，流花路 122 号中国大酒店写字楼1578 室

Ecuador Room 908, R&F Building, 10 Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 3892 7650; Fax: 3892 7550) 厄瓜多尔共和国驻广州领事馆，珠江新城华夏路 10号富力中心 908 室

France Rm 810, 8/F, Main Tower, Guangdong Int’l Hotel, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (2829 2000) www.consulfrance-canton.org/法国领事馆，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店主楼８10 室

Germany 14/F Teem Tower, 208 Tian-he Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 8313 0000; Fax: 8516 8133) www.kanton.diplo.de德国领事馆，天河路 208 号粤海天河城大厦 14 楼

Greece Rm 2105, HNA Building, 8 Linhe Zhong Lu (Tel: 8550 1114; Fax: 8550 1450; [email protected]) 希腊领事馆 , 林和中路 8 号海航大厦 2105 室

India Rm 1114, 11/F, Middle Tower, Times Square, 28 Tianhe Bei Lu (3891 0601) 印度领事馆，天河北路 28 号时代广场中塔 11 楼1114 室

Indonesia Rm 1201-1223, 2/F, West Building, Dong Fang Hotel, 120 Liuhua Lu (Tel: 8601 8772; fax 8601 8773; [email protected]) 印度尼西亚领事馆，流花路 120 号东方宾馆西座 2楼 1201-1223 室

Israel 19/F, Development Center, 3 Linjiang Dadao, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (8513 0509) 以色列领事馆，天河区珠江新城临江大道 3 号发展中心 19 楼 . Guangzhou.mfa.gov.il

Italy Rm 1403, International Finance Place (IFP), 8, Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 3839 6225; Fax: 8550 6370) 意大利领事馆，珠江新城华夏路 8 号合景国际金融广场 14 楼 1403 室

Japan 1/F, East Tower, The Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8334 3009; Fax: 8333 8972) www.guangzhou.cn.emb-japan.go.jp日本领事馆，环市东路 368 号花园酒店东塔 1 楼

Korea (Republic) 18/F, West Tower, Int’l Trade Centre, Tiyu Dong Lu (Tel: 3887 0555; fax 3887 0923; [email protected]) 韩国领事馆，体育东路羊城国际商贸中心西塔 18 楼

Kuwait 10A-10D, Nanyazhonghe Plaza, 57 Lingjiang Dadao, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 3807 8070; Fax: 3807 8007). 科威特国总领事馆，珠江新城临江大道 57 号南雅中和广场 10A-10D

Malaysia Rm 1915-1918, 19/F, CITIC Plaza, 233 Tianhe Bei Lu ((Tel: 3877 0765; Fax: 3877 2320) 马来西亚领事馆，天河北路 233 号中信广场 19 楼1915-1918 室

Mexico Rm2001, Teem Tower, 208 Tianhe Bei Lu (Tel: 2208 1540; Fax: 2208 1539) 墨西哥领事馆，天河路 208 号粤海天河城大厦 20楼 01 单元

Netherlands 34/F, Teem Tower, 208 Tianhe Lu, Tianhe Bei Lu (Tel: 3813 2200; Fax: 3813 2299) www.hollandinchina.org 荷兰领事馆，天河路 208 号粤海天河城大厦 34 楼

New Zealand Rm C1055, Office Tower, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu (Tel: 8667 0253; Fax: 8666 6420; [email protected]) www.nzte.govt.nz 新西兰领事馆，流花路 122 号中国大酒店商业大厦1055 室

Norway Suite 1802, CITIC Plaza, 233 Tianhe Bei Lu (3811 3188 Fax: 3811 3199) 挪威领事馆，天河北路 233 号中信广场 180 室

Philippines Rm 706-712 Guangdong Int’l Hotel, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8331 1461; Fax: 8333 0573) www.guangzhoupcg.org 菲律宾领事馆，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店主楼 706-712 室

Poland 63 Shamian Da Jie (Tel: 8121 9993; Fax: 8121 9995) 波兰领事馆，沙面大街 63 号

Singapore Unit 2418, CITIC Plaza, 233 Tian-he Bei Lu (Tel: 3891 2345; Fax: 3891 2933) 新加坡领事馆，天河北路 233 中信广场 2418 室

Spain Rm 501/507/508 5/F, R&F Center,

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10 Huaxia Lu, Pearl River New City (Tel: 3892 7185 / 3892 8909; Fax: 3892 7197). www.maec.es/consulados/canton 西班牙驻广州总领事馆，珠江新城华夏路 10 号富力中心 5 楼 501/507/508 室

Switzerland 27/F, Grand Tower, 228, Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 3833 0450; Fax: 3833 0453) www.eda.admin.ch/gz 瑞士领事馆，天河区天河路 228 号广晟大厦 27 楼

Thailand Rm M07, 2/F, Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8385 8988; Fax: 8388 9567) 泰国领事馆，环市东路 368 号花园酒店 2 楼 M07室

The Russian Federation 26/A, Development Centre, 3 Linjiang Dadao, Zhujiang New Town (8518 5001 Fax: 8518 5099 (office)/ 8518 5088(visa section)) 俄罗斯联邦驻广州总领事馆 , 珠江新城临江大道 3号发展中心 26/A

United States 1 Shamian Nan Jie (Tel: 8121 8000; Fax: 8121 9001) http://guangzhou-ch.usembassy-china.org.cn/ 美国领事馆，沙面南街 1 号

Vietnam 2/F, Hua Xia Hotel, Haizhou Square, Qiaoguang Lu (Tel: 8330 5911; Fax: 8330 5915) 越南领事馆，侨光路华沙大酒店 B 座 2 楼北部

My hoMeSErViCED

rESiDENCES

Ascott Guangzhou No.73 Tianhe Dong Lu, Tianhe District (8513 0388) 广州雅诗阁服务公寓 , 天河区天河东路 73 号

Ascott IFC Guangzhou No.5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3838 9888) 广州国际金融中心雅诗阁服务公寓 , 天河区珠江新城珠江西路 5 号

Citadines Lizhiwan Guangzhou 145-4 Longjin Xi Lu, Liwan District (2835 1999) 广州馨乐庭荔枝湾服务公寓 , 荔湾区龙津西路145-4 号

Fraser Suites Guangzhou OneLink Walk, 232_2, Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District (2863 0800) 广州辉盛阁国际公寓 , 天河区天河路 232-2 万菱汇

Golden Lake Garden 938,Sha Tai Bei Road, Guangzhou (8720 2233; Fax: 8720 2290) 金湖花园，沙太北路 938 号金湖花园

Oakwood Gold Arch Residence Guangzhou District 3, Ersha Island, Yuexiu District (2883 3888) 金亚花园，越秀区二沙岛三区

Oakwood Premier Guangzhou 28 Tiyu Dong Lu, Tianhe District (3883 3883)广州方圆奥克伍德豪景 , 天河区体育东路 28 号

Regal Riviera Clair International Intermedi-ary Services, D yue tao Porch.Regal Riviera (6129 7721) 珠江帝景苑克莱国际公寓，克莱国际公寓帝景悦涛轩 D 座珠江帝景苑中介服务部

Serviced Suites 57-61/F, Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (8363 8888) 环市东路 339 号广州中心皇冠假日酒店五十七至六十一楼

Somerset Riviera Guangzhou 770 Binjiang Zhong Lu, Haizhu District (8956 6688) 广州盛捷滨江东服务公寓 , 海珠区滨江中 770 号

Springdale Service Residence Tower B1, 105 Tiyu Xi Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 8396 6088, Fax: 8280 8319). 盛雅服务公寓，天河区体育西路 105 号 B1 栋

The Residences® at The Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou 3 Xing An Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District (3813 6662) 广州富力丽思卡尔顿豪华公寓 , 天河区珠江新城兴安路 3 号 . www.theresidencesguangzhou.com

Victory Garden 11-23 Mingyue Yi Lu, Guangzhou Dadao Zhong (Tel: 8738 2220, Fax: 8738 1001). 凯旋会，广州大道中明月一路 11 号 -23 号

The Canton Residence 48 Qing Feng Street, Zhujiang New Town

(Tel: 3837 1688, Fax: 3837 1638) 广粤公馆 , 珠江新城清风街 48 号

Xcellent International Serviced Apartment 11 Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tian-he District (3718 7888; Fax: 3718 7999) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 11. E-mail: [email protected] . www.xcellent-apartment.cn

imPOrTED FOOD SHOPS

The Butcher Shop No. 110, Bao Lin Yuan, Huajiu Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe Dis-trict (3804 9767, www.parisjie.com) 天河区珠江新城华就路保林苑110号

Corner’s Deli 1) 10, Unit SC-01, Back Street BM, Citic Plaza 233, TianHe Bei Lu (3877 1400); 2) No.60-62, The Canton Place, Qingfeng Jie, Zhujiang New Town (Opposite The Springfied Kindergarten Inside The Business Circle) (3833 9755); 3) 1/F, No.43, Qiaoyi Yi Jie, Tianhe Bei Lu (3881 3919); 4) Golden Lake Garden, Sha Tai Highway, Tonghe Town (8704 4499); 4) 64, Favorview Palace, Wushan, Huijing South Road Tianhe District (3862 7433) 每一角落， 1）天河北路 233 号中信广场 BM 后街SC-01 单位 10 号铺 ; 2) 珠江新城清风街广粤天地60-62 号铺 ( 春田幼儿园对面内商圈 ); 3) 天河北路侨怡苑侨怡一街 43 号首层 ; 4) 同和镇金宝岗沙太公路 6 公里处右侧（金湖花园内）; 5) 天河区五山路汇景新城汇景南路 64 号 D.D. Store

GZ Grocery Co. Ltd Online Grocery shopping&delivery (3807 5191) www.gzgro-cery.com

Fresh 1/F, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu (8666 6888 ext. 2106) 流花路 122 号中国大酒店一楼

HAYAT Food Store 1) Shop 4, Zhaoqing Build-ing, 304 Huanshi Zhong Lu (8363 1089); 2) Shop 133, Xingsheng Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (3801 9112) 1) 环市中路 304 号肇庆大厦 4 号铺 ; 2) 天河区珠江新城兴盛路 12 号 133 铺

Hala Shop 101D, 143 Taojin Lu, Yuexiu Dis-trict (8388 0510) 越秀区淘金路143号101D铺

The Italian Corner 3/F, East Tower, Pearl River Building, 360 Huan Shi Dong Lu (8376 6209 / 8386 3840)环市东路 360 号，珠江大厦东座 3 楼

La Seine Bakery & Pastry Shop 1/F, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qingbo Lu, Ersha Island (8735 2738). Daily 9am-10 塞纳河饼屋，二沙岛晴波路 33 号星海音乐厅一楼

Panificio Mincuzzi Shop 6, 1/F, 1 Guigang Da Ma Lu, Yuexiu District (139 2641 8882) 明古志面包坊，越秀区龟岗大马路 1 号首层 6 号铺 .

Oliver Supermarket 1)Main Store, No.2 ,1/F, Clifford Mansion, Mingyue Yi Lu (8735 9202); 2)Castle Hill Branch, 1 Castle Hill Broadway, Jiahe, Baiyun District (8618 8239); 3) 1/F, Holiday Club, Clifford Hotel, Clifford Estates (8471 4755); 4) New World Branch (Dongguan), RmB, 1/F, 16 Dongcheng Dong Lu, New world Garden, Dongcheng District, Dongguan (0769 2245 6005) www.oliver-foods.com 奥利华进口食品超市，1) 明月一路祈福华夏 1 层 2号 ; 2) 白云区嘉禾白云堡豪苑会所 ; 3) 番禺祈福新村酒店渡假俱乐部一楼 ; 4) 东莞市东城区新世界花园东城东路 16 号 1 楼 B 室

Sharefoods 1) Shop 102, Zhonghai Jing Hui Hua Ting, 33 Liede Dadao Zhong, Zhujiang New Town (3801 9690); 2) Shop C4B, Area A2, Dongcheng Center, Dongcheng Dadao, Dongcheng District, Dongguan. (0769 2339 5012) 香馥超市 , 1) 珠江新城猎德大道 33 号中海憬晖华庭102 号铺 ; 2) 东莞东城区东城大道东城中心 A2 区C4B 号铺

Wencle (8555 3047) [email protected]

BuSiNESS ASSOCiATiONS

American Chamber of Commerce Suit 1801, Guangzhou International Sourcing Center, 8 Pazhou Dadao Dong, Haizhu District (Tel: 8335 1476; Fax: 8332 1642;

[email protected]) www.amcham-southchina.org 美国商会，海珠区琶洲大道东 8 号广州国际采购中心 1801 室

Australian Chamber of Commerce Rm1714 -15, Main Tower, Guangdong International Building, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 2237 2866; Fax: 8319 0765; [email protected]). www.austcham-southchi-na.org 澳洲商会，环市东路 339 号广东国际大厦主楼1714 – 15 室

Australian Trade Commission 12/F, Zhu-jiang New City, Development Centre, No. 3 Linjiang Lu (Tel: 2887 0188; Fax: 2887 0201; [email protected]) www.austrade.gov.au 澳洲贸易协会，临江路 3 号珠江新城发展中心 12楼

BenCham, Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg) Chamber of Commerce in China, Pearl River Delta, Floor 34, 208 Teem Tower, 208 Tianhe Lu (155 2118 2708 ). 荷比卢商会 , 天河路 208 号粤海天河城大厦 34 楼 www.bencham.org

British Chamber of Commerce Unit 2201B, International Financial Center, 5 Zhujiang Xi Lu, Tianhe District ( Tel: 8331 5013; Fax: 8331 5016; [email protected]) 英国商会，天河区珠江西路 5 号国际金融中心2201B

Economic & Commercial Office of Spain in Canton Rm503-504, R&F Center, 10 Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 3892 7687; Fax: 3892 7685). Office hour: 9am-5pm. 西班牙驻广州领事馆经济商贸处，珠江新城华夏路10 号富力中心 503-504 室

European Union Chamber of Commerce Rm 2817, Tower A, Shine Plaza, 9 Linhe Xi Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 3801 0269; Fax: 3801 0275) 中国欧盟商会，天河区林和西路 9 号耀中广场 A 塔2817 室

FiT Plant Construction & Maintenance Corporation RmB401A, 9 Caipin Lu, Guang-dong Science Park, Guangzhou Hi-Tech Industry Zone, Guangzhou (3206 8771) 飞特工厂建设维保股份有限公司，高新技术产业开发区广州科学城彩频路 9 号 B401A

French Chamber of Commerce in South China (CCIFC) Room 802, 8/F, Leatop Plaza, 32 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Zhujiang Xincheng, Tianhe District (2916 5535) 天河区珠江新城珠江东路 32 号利通广场 8 层 02 单元

French Trade Commission Rm 803, GITIC, Main Tower, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu. (Tel: 2829 2100, Fax 2829 2101; [email protected]) www.ubifrance.com / www.ubifrance.com/cn 法国驻广州总领事馆商务处，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店主楼 803 室

German Industry and Commerce Rm 2911-12, Metro Plaza, 183 Tianhe Bei Lu (Tel: 8755 2353; Fax: 8755 1889; [email protected]) china.ahk.de 天河北路 183 号大都会广场 2911-12 室

German Chamber of Commerce 1903 Leatop Plaza, 32 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Tianhe District (Tel: 8755 2353; Fax: 8755 1889; [email protected]) china.ahk.de天河区珠江东路 32 号利通广场 1903 室

Guangzhou Municipal Board for International Investment 7/F, Guangzhou Municipal Affairs Center, 61, Huali Lu, Zhu-jiang New Town (Tel:3892 0742; Fax:3892 0747) 广州市国际投资促进中心，珠江新城华利路 61 号广州市政务中心７楼

Guangdong Everbright International Driver Training Center G/F, Youdian Zhong San Jie, Huanshi Dong Lu (8386 5232, 8753 0176) 广东光大国际驾驶培训中心，邮电中 3 街 9 号 1 楼 . [email protected]

Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce 23/F, Affiliated Tower A, GITIC, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8331 1653; Fax: 8331 2295; [email protected]) www.hkcccgd.org 香港商会，环市东路 339 号广东国际大厦 A 座 , 附楼 23 楼

Hong Kong Trade Development Council 23/F, Affiliated Tower A, GITIC, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8331 2889; Fax: 8331 1081;

[email protected]) 香港商贸局广州办事处，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店群楼 A 座附楼 23 楼

Italian Chamber of Commerce Rm 948, Office Tower, the Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu ( Tel: 8365 2682; Fax: 8365 2983) 意大利商会，环市东路 368 号花园大厦 948 房 www.cameraitacina.com

Italian IPR Desk Rm 1402, International Finance Place, 8 Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 8516 0140; Email: [email protected]) 意大利知识产权项目，珠江新城华夏路 8 号合景国际金融广场 14 楼 1402 室

Italian Trade Commission Guangzhou office Rm 1402, International Finance Place, 8, Huaxia Lu, Zhujiang New Town (Tel: 8516 0140; Fax: 8516 0240; Email: [email protected] ) www.ice.it/paesi/asia/cina/ufficio3.htm, www.italtrade.cn 意大利对外贸易委员会广州代表处，珠江新城华夏路 8 号合景国际金融广场 14 楼 1402

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Rm C1055, Office Tower, China Hotel, A Marriott Hotel, 122 Liuhua Lu (Tel: 8667 0253; Fax: 8666 6420; [email protected]) www.nzte.govt.nz新西兰贸易发展局，流花路 122 号中国大酒店办公楼 C1055 室

China-Philippines Chamber of Commerce Rm 1613, Main Tower, Guangdong Interna-tional Hotel, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (8331 1888-71613; Fax: 8331 1983; E-mail: [email protected]) 中国菲律宾商会，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店主楼 1613 室

Spanish Chamber of Commerce Rm 1814, 18/F, Guangzhou International Sourcing Center, 8 Pazhou Dadao Dong, Haizhu District (Tel: 3892 7531; Fax: 3892 7530) 海珠区琶洲大道东 8 号广州国际采购中心 1814 室

`Swedish Trade Council in Guangzhou Rm1205, Main Tower, GITIC, 339 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel:8331 6019; Email: [email protected]) 广州瑞典贸易委员会，环市东路 339 号广东国际大酒店主楼 1105 室

Thailand Rm M07, 2/F, Garden Hotel, 368 Huanshi Dong Lu (Tel: 8385 8988; Fax: 8388 9567) 泰国领事馆，环市东路 368 号花园酒店 2 楼 M07室

The Russian Federation 26/A, Development Centre, 3 Linjiang Dadao, Zhujiang New Town (8518 5001 Fax: 8518 5099 (office)/ 8518 5088(visa section)) 俄罗斯联邦驻广州总领事馆 , 珠江新城临江大道 3号发展中心 26/A

United States 1 Shamian Nan Jie (Tel: 8121 8000; Fax: 8121 9001) http://guangzhou-ch.usembassy-china.org.cn/ 美国领事馆，沙面南街 1 号

Vietnam 2/F, Hua Xia Hotel, Haizhou Square, Qiaoguang Lu (Tel: 8330 5911; Fax: 8330 5915) 越南领事馆，侨光路华沙大酒店 B 座 2 楼北部

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world CuP China?Plans afoot to host planet's greatest sporting showby ian walKer

Former England international goalkeeper, Ian Walker played for tottenham hotspur, leicester City and Bolton Wanderers. In 2012 he moved to China to become goalkeeper coach of Shanghai Shenhua, before crossing the city divide to join Shanghai SIPG in 2014. Follow him on twitter and Weibo @IanWalks1.

L ast month Prince William paid a vis-it to China and met with President Xi Jinping. Sitting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, and after getting the

formalities out of the way (an official invita-tion from the queen to Xi to make a state visit later this year… yawn), the two got down to discussing what men across the world really enjoy talking about: football.

“I also gather you’re quite a football fan,” Aston Villa supporter Wills said to Xi. The president responded that he wanted China to learn from traditionally strong footballing na-tions, such as England. Seems it wasn’t just po-lite diplomatic chitchat; two weeks later China released a sweeping new policy document that seeks to make development of football the na-tion’s sporting priority, stating it would “pro-actively apply to host the World Cup.”

Personally, I think it would be fantastic if China did get the World Cup. To do so, they ba-sically need to put together a package to prove to FIFA’s Executive Committee that they’re a worthy host nation. (Or perhaps a number of ‘packages,’ if you are to believe the accusations swirling around the decision to award the 2022 tournament to Qatar…)

Since moving here in 2012, I have already noticed a few changes in football development, with a number of academies springing up. That is a start, because only if you invest in the grassroots will you see the benefits. I know a lot of things in China are instant, and they want everything now, but just throwing money at

Chinese super leagueGuangzhou's two top teams are poles apart, judging from the action so far in this year's Super League. Evergrande Taobao got off to a flying start, winning both of their first two matches 2-1, be-fore drawing with Changchun Yatai 1-1.

R&F, on the other hand, are clearly suffering from the loss of Sven Goran-Eriksson. Though they came third last year overall, so far this season they've bombed in every single match. Okay, so they only lost by one goal each time, but we're sure that three losses is not how they wanted to start the season.

Still, it's early days yet, and there's plenty of time for R&F to pick up steam.

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clubs is not the solution. I think the government is getting that,

which is what makes this plan for reform so in-teresting; a 10-year, 50-measure directive that includes building two more national football training centers and establishing 50,000 spe-cial football schools by 2025. If that is imple-mented, hopefully you’ll start seeing a lot more talented Chinese players coming through.

Obviously, the population of the country being what it is, China should have a really strong side. I think it is going to take at least 20

years before that happens, but “a journey of a thousand miles…” and all that – if they do the right thing now, then the future looks bright for Chinese football.

As for infrastructure, China has already got a lot of good stadiums, and, as we saw from the Olympics, they would get the tournament right and make it spectacular. I hope they go for it, and I hope they get it. And if the goal is to in-crease people getting involved in football, what better way than hosting the greatest sporting show on the planet?

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Evergrande's brand-new purchase, Ricardo Goulart, the most expensive man in the Chinese Super League. His transfer fee was 15 million euros.

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