New Issue Out! TBJ August 2009

It was only a year ago when our fair city hosted that international sports gathering of all sports gatherings otherwise known as the Olympics.

So what has Beijing to show for it?

Plenty of leftover venues, that’s for sure. And while some will continue on to find some purpose in the future, others will likely be ground back into the dust from whence they came. In this month’s cover feature, we examine which venues will go where, and how it concerns you.

And what happened to all those gold medal winners? All 51 one of them? We can’t say for sure, but we can tell you what at least ten of them are up to – or not up to, depending on how you look at it. We also go in-depth into why basketball succeeds and why football fails, and what implications these have on the future of sport in China.

Other than that, you can expect we’ve got all the latest shop, restaurant, bar and club openings happening around the city, as well as interviews with upcoming acts headed this way in August – i.e. Total Science & Riya, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Tricky and Mochipet. Plus, an inside look at the state of Beijing’s skateboarding culture, why you should head to Edinburgh, a chat with Israeli pianist Gil Shohat, swinging singer Dizzy Hemmy and her crew of Chinese Hellcats, the secret behind the latest line by local designer Liu Lu, and who Fashion 5-0 snap catching the summer waves in style.

All that and more in the latest issue of the Beijinger!