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INZHUHAI DEC 2008

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16 Creative Team: Ian Burns, Eric Blocher, Neil Bhullar, David Chen, Apple Tan, Wei Ke, Vesper Stockwell, Zoe Zheng Regular Contributors: M. Pietzsch, Paul Rey-Burns, Josh Martin, Gar Kerbel, Kate Yu, Christopher Cottrell, Mark Clulow Legal Consultant: You Hua Law Firm To advertise INZHUHAI: info@myredstar.com (+86 532) 8388-2269 (+86) 139 0639-0437 INZHUHAI magazine is now bimonthly, and is available free of charge throughout the city of Zhuhai and beyond. To make sure you never miss a copy, subscribe and have 6 issues delivered to your home or office for only ¥100 per year.

Cover image: Zhuhai Airshow © ImagineChina.com

04 Zhuhai Air Show China’s biggest party in the sky

06 On the move Kung fu master, beauty queen and a wine lover

08 It’s Better Live The creator of Zhuhai’s hottest rock house

10 Stem Cell Advanced biomedical treatments in PRD

14 Chinese Cheese

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Unwrapping the mysteries of tofu

16 Another Day in Paradise Our Bali correspondent finally checks in

19 China Coast Volvo Ocean Race to arrive in China

20 Zhuhai Directory 20 Zhuhai map 22 Jida map 23 Complete Zhuhai Listings

29 Classifieds 30 Places 30 New Year’s Eve Party Tips 32 A Little Pizza Heaven

34 Culture 34 Four Words 35 Down to Business 36 Reviews 37 London Calling

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the trade show brought together aerospace industry firms from 35 countries to make it the world’s largest indoor exhibition for aircraft

It’s a bird, it’s a plane...

Yep, it’s planes

REDSTAR Photos © ImagineChina.com

Zhuhai made history in early November with the seventh bi-annual China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition. The trade show brought together aerospace industry firms from 35 countries under the canopy of the world’s largest indoor exhibition dealing with aircraft.

Altogether 102 planes were purchased, and aerospace projects were contracted to the tune of US$4bn. One sales highlight was US General Electric Commercial Aviation Services’ purchase of 25 AJR21-700 aeroplanes from Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, which at US$732.4m represents the largest purchase of Chinese aircraft and the first time that Chinese planes have been purchased by a developed country.

The unveiling of the newest components to China’s missile defense system was one highly-anticipated part of the show, but reports were not available at the time of print. The new missiles cover coastal defense, air defense, and ground-to-ground functionalities. Prominent among these is the rocket-powered SY 400, which can fly at terrestrial targets 400km away from vertical launch.

Other happenings at the airshow included an appearance by the Indian Air Force’s Suryakiran Aerobatic Team, which performed aerial manouevres high above the crowd (unfortunately the tricoloured smoke was hard to see due to cloud cover). Indian and Chinese officials noted the importance of joint military exercises in strengthening their bilateral relationship.

Also, the world’s largest passenger jet made its second appearance over Chinese skies. The Airbus A380 was involved in carrying relief to earthquakestricken Sichuan province earlier this year, and performed daily demonstration for lucky air show attendees. China Southern Airlines is expected to receive an order of the aircraft in late 2009.

happenings at the airshow included an appearance by the Indian Air Force’s Suryakiran Aerobatic Team

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CHINAĂ­S SAILING CITY,

“Zhuhai is still a young city in the wine culture. I see plenty of poeple looking for fun in bars with beers. A wine bar’s clientele will be smaller, but with a different kind of sophistication. Wine is a valued part of someone’s lifestyle. It’s a luxury, but people’s tastes begin to change around it.�

IN YOUR POCKET!

Since settling in Zhuhai in mid-2007 and taking over management of the Cellar, Thomas Kaeppelin has experienced a number of developments in local wine culture. More and more Chinese customers are asking for white wines, or fruity red, with woody or tannin-y flavours; dry but soft; or strong and bitter. Acidity, he reports, is the only characteristic that hasn’t taken hold yet, but it’s just a matter of time. Local customers are showing signs of deeper and deeper understanding and a more developed choice in their lifestyle.

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These changes are affecting Thomas at home, too - he’s just finished renovating his Cellar to accommodate the increasing demand.

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Western dining (10)

Cafes (2)

Asian dining (7)

Hotels (2)

Chinese dining (9)

Sights (9)

Nightlife (11)

In China, meeting Kung-fu masters is as common as eating bread and butter for breakfast or wonton noodles for the matter.

Meeting Master Wu with his mobile phone in his pocket and driving a red convertible, he displaces the myth of the old white long bearded sifus we see in martial arts movies.

He is a retired civil engineer who now teaches kung-fu in his spare time. Ask him any question on this, he launches into a long tirade of stories, legends and techniques that clearly shows his passion for this mysterious and powerful art that he dedicated 40 years of his life practicing. “Now Bruce Lee, he was the real thing. That was real martial arts—raw, brutal and powerful not like the showy kung-fu we see today. Sure, it looks beautiful but the fighters wouldn’t last in single combat,� he said, demonstrating a move that would make his attacker fly.

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What about the poor sap who tried to pick his pocket? “Let’s just say I gave him a punch that shook heaven and earth for him,� he said, chuckling. We believe you, Master Wu.

The Queen of Beauty

meeting master wu with his mobile phone in his pocket and driving a red convertible, he displaces the myth of the old white long bearded sifus

April Wang strides into the room with a regal air. She’s not peddling poisoned apples, but rather more like a potion to make you look like a princess. Since she was young, her dream had been to start her own business. After years of working for others, she decided to seize the reins and built CITE spa in Renmin West Road on her own a year ago. “It was hard at first. I barely had time to see my husband,� she said. “But now I’m living the dream.�

Her spa is presently becoming a lucrative venture that doesn’t cease to see a steady stream of customers.

What keeps April up and going are her fun ideas of giving a little something back to her customers every month. Whether it be a raffle draw or a cute doll, it’s something her clients look forward to every month in addition to relieving their stress with a fail-proof aromatherapy massage.

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Upcoming Shows!

Dec. 20 Golden Cage and Paomo Guizu Time: 22:00 Ticket: Free Founded in 2003, Golden Cage is a fusion of rock, metal and punk - think early Chili Peppers, Chinastyle. Having released their first EP in October 2007, they have been hitting venues in and around native Guangzhou hard for the last year. Check them out at http://www.myspace.cn/goldencages.

Neil Bhullar photos © Live Bar

The founder of Zhuhai’s best live music bar in profile

Paomo Guizu (泡沫贵族) roughly translates to ‘The Bubbling Aristocrats’. Confused? So are we.

But nevertheless, they are a fun, punky band priding themselves on ‘simple but colourful’ music.

Founded in 2006, they’re just beginning their foray into China’s indie scene.

Dec. 24 - 25 Christmas Party Dec. 31 New Year Rock Night

Live Bar - one of Zhuhai’s best nightlife assets was started the best part of a decade ago. In an environment that knows little more about generating a culture of creative, independent musicians than it does about xxx. Lao Sun is the bar’s enigmatic and imaginative founder, and founder of it’s sister bar, Shanghai Live Bar, which has proved even more successful in bringing China’s vibrant underground to thousands of appreciative ears. INZHUHAI caught up with him in Qingdao to talk about his hopes, passions and brushes with the authorities...

in comparison to recordings, you feel live music so much more

Getting To Know You

Do you plan to start a Live Bar in Qingdao?

I’d love to, though money is an issue. Hopefully, if I can find a place.

Who are you?

Lao Sun, 37 years old, former drummer and founder of Xian Chang Ba, aka Zhuhai Live Bar. I lived in Zhuhai for more than 10 years.

Why? Because it’s a very beautiful place.

Zhuhai for business?

Not so much, mostly because of the clean environment, it almost looks like another country.

From? Jiangsu.

Music in Zhuhai?

A little, but the best thing about the bar is that it allows China’s best bands to come through on tour, and give the scene here a bit of a boost.

Where are you right now?

Right now I’m living in Qingdao with my girlfriend.

In Perspective When you first arrived in Zhuhai what did you do?

First of all I was playing covers in a band in a hotel in Zhuhai. After six years, I’d saved up enough money to open the first live bar. It was situated under a hotel which was also a government building. That live bar didn’t last too long, they shut it down within two years because of all the strange-looking people coming in.

By 2003 I was going to Shanghai regularly. I noticed that everybody was running around in pursuit of money, and figured that I could create another Live Bar that might, at least in part, bring some of China’s best young bands to the city, giving people a diversion from their rat races!

Why start these bars?

Well, like a said, I think there was a need for it in Shanghai. And of course, my passion for music. But mostly, it’s for the young bands in China.

Giving them a place to perform is my most overarching desire, because this is as important as having the bands in the first place - If there’s nowhere for them to play, there won’t be any music scene.

What’s the goal of your bars?

I want to build a brand of performance bars across China, at least that is my long-term goal, but realistically I just hope we can stay open! It’s tough business right now.

I emphasise the word ‘live’, because I think that’s important in China. Other countries have huge networks of touring musicians and venues that work together to bring the music to an appreciative audience. And in comparison to recordings, you feel live music so much more.

What would you like to bring to the audience?

I just want to give the audience what they need and what they want. To make people feel relaxed and excited through the music. Lots of our audience are newcomers to live music, and I want them to feel electrified by the atmosphere.

Our equipment is not generally as sophisticated as

say, Mao Livehouse in Beijing, but I’m going for a grittier, more underplayed live music experience.

The Scene

independent music - and no support either, which is why such a vibrant scene is getting to such a small audience. Are there any solutions to this?

How has China’s music scene evolved recently?

During the last 2-3 years, the bands and music have developed a lot. Every city has a handful of bands, but now they are able to communicate better, there are more good venues making it easier for bands to go on tour.

That’s right, our main media in China doesn’t help this kind of music, they only try to publicise mass culture. The best way to let people know about what’s going on is through the media, but that’s locked up promoting rubbish. I hope someone can change what the media is offering.

Can you mention some of those other bars?

In Shanghai there’s Yu Yin Tang, which was started by a group of guys who were inspired by the rapturous response to a Suede gig in Shanghai in 2004. They started earning money by organising gigs for other bands. Wuhan has VOX and there’s Little Bar in Chengdu. All have great sound systems, and they get some good bands going through.

Also, live music, live bars, performances and venues can only influence a little at a time. They can only offer music to the people who are actually there, and maybe through word of mouth, the audiences will grow a little bit. We need advertising and people to be open minded and curious to bring this scene to a wider audience.

In some cases though, they are not only bars. They often arrange and promote concerts, especially Little Bar in Chengdu, who almost play the role of a record label or tour organiser.

Of course, it would be amazing if every city had a bar like Live Bar, so the network of musicians and bands in China could grow and reach a larger audience.

One of the major problems with this type of music in China is that there is very little market for

The internet though, is providing such a great resource for getting the word out in China, not just for music but also so many other forms of art and entertainment that the mainstream media will not mention.

And of course, having these venues does create a sense of community among the fans and musicians.

The venues are almost as important as the bands that are playing there.

i want to build a brand of performance bars across China

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Under the microscope Stem cell research brings new hope Neil Bhullar Photos © Wendy W

May 2007 and Scotsman Brian McNeil is making his first trip to China. In his mid thirties, this is the adventure of a lifetime for him. Brian is tall, around 6’2”, and solidly built - it comes as no surprise when you learn that in his youth, he was an accomplished footballer, though tearing a groin muscle ended any career aspirations. Until recently he worked in the forestry industry, spending long days in demanding conditions in the British outdoors.

The hilly terrain of Scotland makes for challenging hiking and the weather makes the footing loose.

Accidents, trips, slips, falls are not uncommon. But they were becoming increasingly uncommon for Brian, and increasingly immobilising. He knew why he was falling, even if his colleagues jested him for his clumsiness.

Brian, like many of his family members, suffers from ataxia, a hereditary and degenerative neurological disorder leading to dysfunction of the nervous system and muscle coordination. It, as with his mother and sister, would get worse, gradually paralysing him and eventually leading to death. It remains clinically incurable.

Hope where there wasn’t any Beike Biotechnology are based in Shenzhen, and have been extracting and cultivating stem cells - precursor cells that can be encouraged to form specific tissues - from the umbilical cords of healthy newborns since 1999. One transfusion generates around 300,000 cells, a tiny amount, which is multiplied, and then conditioned to form the basis of whatever is required - spinal cord cells, nerve cells, muscle tissue and so on. Since 2001, they have been administering the cells to patients in experimental medical procedures by two methods; targeted IV and spinal injections.

Since it remains difficult to classify, the best way to gauge the level of improvements is through the experiences of the patients and nurses. “Right now, we estimate 60% of our patients exhibit notable improvements, that is, their expectations are met.

90% of our patients show some improvement. We don’t do miracles,” says Wendy, “Right now we have sixteen patients, who suffer from ONH, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury.”

By the time Brian arrived in Hangzhou, he was struggling to speak. Every movement was thoroughly laboured and walking required an intense amount of focus. After his first course of treatment, his speech had noticeably improved and movement was easier.

Now, after three subsequent trips to China, Brian looks visibly younger, fitter and more healthy. To look at him, you wouldn’t know he was ill.

“The worst thing for me was the nervousness and the shaking. But that’s gone. Before I came, I never had the confidence to get on my bike. Now I just get on and go. It seems to give a boost to your whole body.”

The treatment is administered in conjunction with extensive physiotherapy. It is thought that by targeting the therapy to areas where improvement is required, the stem cells will regenerate the missing or damaged tissue. Brian’s early therapy included walking exercises and speech therapy. However, the treatment is so experimental that limited quantitative analysis can be done.

“The most change is in ataxia and optic nerve hypoplasia,” says Wendy W., Managing Nurse at one of Beike’s facilities in northern China, “With ataxia, after one or two treatments, the patients notice their balance is better; some of them find that their speech is clearer. For ONH, they see light. When I was in Hangzhou, there was a little baby from America. At first, there was no reaction to light, then [Xiaoshan Hospital’s] Dr. Shi shined a light in front of his eyes, and he started blinking.”

Let there be...

Restoring sight? This is not an isolated case. Last year American toddler, Rylea Barlett came to China, and her plight was given a lot of media attention in the US, gracing local and cable news networks and being sensationalised in the National Enquirer under the byline, “Mommy, you are beautiful!” Bear in mind, at 6 years old, this was the first time she had seen her mother. You can see the videos of her progression at stemcellschina.com, or read her blog at nomoredarkness.com.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. To date, Beike (which is just one of the Chinese companies researching stem cells) have treated diseases and ailments as varied and extreme as amyotrophic

They don’t do miracles, but one male patient from New Zealand did get sensation back in his lower half, which put a smile back on his girlfriend’s face.

90% of our patients show some improvement.

We don't do miracles lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), autism, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, diabetes, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, spinal cord injuries and strokes with varying degrees of success but for the most part, success.

Perhaps the most extreme example of the power of this medical tool are the improvements of American, David Aldrich. In mid 2002, he fell off a boat in shallow water, damaging his back during the fall. After spending several minutes immersed in water he was found and dragged to safety. He could barely move his limbs, bend or stand. His vision was restricted to vague shapes and his hearing overwhelmed by background noise. His blood pressure reduced to the extent that he needed a pacemaker to prevent him from passing out.

After his first round of treatment, in September 2006, he could read at close distance and watch television.

He could grip with his hands, which allowed him to drive his wheelchair and he could sit up. After further treatment this year, he is now able to kneel, see colours and is working to control his fingers such that he can feed himself and better control his laptop.

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Hundred Schools Xunzi in the Classroom

Gar Kerbel (戴岭)

Swiftly promote talented people; Don't wait for their proper turn to come up.

Immediately dismiss incompetant people.

With bad people, teach them what is right, And punish them when they don't follow.

With ordinary people, guide them to what is right that they may improve themselves...

If one uses their talents against the

Beike has treated diseases and ailments as varied and extreme as Lou Gehrig's Disease, autism, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, diabetes, Huntington's Disease, spinal cord injuries and strokes

Why China?

Necessarily strict regulations on medical testing render human experiments with stem cells next to impossible in the US and Europe. The lack of an empirical way of tracking what improvements (or degeneration) a patient endures as a result of the treatment means that the FDA and other institutions are reluctant to pursue it. Brian’s torn groin no longer gives him any pain. He puts that down to the stem cells. Amazing, but an unpredicted improvement, and one that implies that someone made erroneous assumptions about his treatment. Generally though, the negative side effects reported are quite benign; nausea, headaches, general feverish symptoms, which are usually reported immediately after the treatment is administered.

Added to this is the religious right that see genetic and stem cell research as tantamount to playing God, and the pro-life brigade that condemn the use of embryonic stem cells because the foetus must be killed (though Beike to date have not used cells from unborn babies). Interestingly, Iran, who are also engaged in stem cell research and generally considered to be even more far-right than the US, surmount this assumption because according to Islamic law, the foetus is ‘ensouled’ 120 days after conception, meaning the embryo can be subjected to the researcher’s syringe prior to this event.

China does not suffer from these ideological inhibitors, or strict regulations that fly in the face of economic and technological progression.

On the human side, the decision ultimately comes down to what the patient stands to lose. Rylea

would have grown up blind. David would never have moved again. Brian would have died. And continuing developments in the field are looking better and better for ataxia sufferers - Japanese researchers have discovered that a combination of gene therapy and stem cells can cure the disease in mice.

“Because my brain is degenerative, it means I’ll have to keep coming back.” he said, though not with apprehension. He clearly likes coming to China, “It’s been quite amazing, when I came over here for treatment, I wasn’t interested in any women, I just wanted to get better. I met Wendy and it went ‘click’.

I came back a month later....”

“I took him to see my family in Rizhao for Spring Festival.” says Wendy, gingerly, knowing it’s a dangerous move for potential suitors. She’s giggling like a little girl. “We’re getting married next May.” www.stemcellschina.com, www.beikebiotech.com, http://www.vimeo.com/2042628

common good, kill him with no mercy.

Let me tell a story. This is about a leadership challenge I faced, the uncomfortable solution which I was forced to follow, and the remarkable coincidence in which I found that the Confucian Xunzi (荀子) advises nearly the same solution.

I am responsible for an English training school. Leadership responsibilities are small (nothing like managing a kingdom!), yet the same principles of leadership often apply.

Teachers must keep the classroom in order. Kids being kids, they want to play and be silly, and some kids can be very difficult to control.

However, there are rare times when there is a student who actually has a malicious heart. No matter what you do, he causes problems, and you can do nothing to help him. Rarer still is when such a child has a strong, magnetic personality.

What can happen is that a boy sitting to his side will 'join' him in being a naughty prankster. Then, the boy sitting on the other side of him will join, too, forming a clique. Inevitably

xunzi was talking about the exact same situation that I dealt with in the classroom, and also advocated expelling the deviant... in an extreme way more join in, until finally there will be a group of five or six boys who are impossible to control. Their behavior deteriorates and eventually they start taunting the girls, at which point the healthy classroom environment dies.

After watching this happen two or three times over the years, I reluctantly learned that the only solution is to eject that leading personality from the class. It's a terrible thing to do. The parents protest. They lose face, and they want their kid to learn. Yet in this very rare circumstance when this ringleader deliberately causes chaos

and is resistant to discipline, the school has no choice.

One time this happened, and none of the students from that class reenrolled. Using some simple math, we can say that keeping that boy cost us the business of a dozen other families.

Writing a recent Hundred Schools column, I was studying Xunzi, the late Warring States-era Confucian. He has a chapter entitled 'Regulations for the King' (王制篇), which gives some rather terse advice, almost like an H.R. manual. It was written around 250 BCE and part of it goes something like this:

That last line shocked me. He was talking about the exact same situation that I dealt with in the classroom, someone deliberately working against the common good.

Xunzi found the same solution: expel the deviant. Note, however that he took it to a frightening extreme, showing how dramatically the society had disintegrated during the Warring States Period.

Xunzi had magnificent aspirations, though: If Heaven and Earth are not united and the dukes and princes are not in line, then the Heavenly King isn't the right man for the job.

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Chinese Cheese

Bean curd puffs (豆腐泡, dòufŭ pào)

In deep with bean curd

Bean curd skin (豆腐皮, dòufŭ pí)

Vesper Stockwell Photos © Vesper Stockwell

Soybean sprouts (黄豆芽, huángdòuyá)

mixed with water to make soy milk. I recall a scene from an old kung fu movie in which Jackie Chan's American friend is skeptical about fermented bean curd until he explains to her that it's "Chinese cheese." In fact, bean curd is made by coagulating the protein from soy milk, just as cheese is from milk. After being boiled and coagulated, the resulting curd is left to set and drain. The water content determines the texture and type of tofu, maintaining moisture for softness, draining for firmness or removing almost all moisture to create pressed doufu. The firmer the doufu, the higher the nutrient content.

Soft bean curd (嫩豆腐, nèn dòufŭ)

In Western culture, tofu (as it's pronounced in Japanese) often gets a bad rap as the vegetarian mock meat in the form of Thanksgiving's Tofurkey, Tofu Pups (a.k.a. hot dogs), and other highly processed meat analogs. When Chinesestyle doufu (in Mandarin, literally 'bean curd') products are translated in some packaging as 'Old Inebriation Bean Curd Recipe', it's understandable why first-timers might not be so keen to experiment. It's also easy to overlook bean curd; nothing says bland like a white, mushy cube, but it is precisely this texture—its sponge-like ability to soak up any flavour—that makes bean curd so celebrated in Chinese cooking.

There‘s even an annual Bean Curd Festival held every September 15 in Huainan City of Anhui Province. The date was chosen after the birthday of prince Liu An (179-122 B.C.), known as the 'grandfather of bean curd' after allegedly developing it in his search for a substance to achieve immortality. Though there is little evidence to support the legend, it is believed that doufu was likely discovered accidentally when sea salt was added to cooked soy beans, causing it to curd.

Traditionally, a natural sea water precipitate is used to solidify doufu, while modern manufacturers use calcium sulfate or magnesium chloride. The dried soy beans are soaked, then mashed and

An excellent source of protein, bean curd contains all the essential amino acids and is also cholesterol free, lactose free, and lower in saturated fats and sodium than meat. With a reported 95% absorption rate when digested, you don't need to eat much doufu to redeem the purported health benefits, which include everything from helping prevent certain cancers to improving concentration. New kinds of doufu are being developed by mixing fruits and vegetables in the processing, adding even more nutrients and a little colour.

Soy bean sprouts benefit from being cooked as their high levels of protein are generally only digestible after processing the beans in various ways. Stroll through any of Qingdao's supermarkets and you will find an overwhelming variety of fried, smoked, marinated, pressed, fermented, frozen, dried or ready-to-eat bean curd products. It can also be found in all forms of street food, whether

a nagging wife might have a sharp tongue but a bean curd heart wrapped at a tasty bean curd 'burrito' stand in Taidong or wafting from a stinky doufu (臭豆腐, chòu dòufù) joint in Jimo Lu. In restaurant fare, perhaps one of the best known bean curd dishes is mápó dòufù (麻婆豆腐), a quintessential Sichuanstyle dish that literally translates to 'pockmarked grandmother's doufu.' Don't assume a doufu dish is vegetarian, as many are still flavoured with ground pork or dried shrimp, ingredients which aren't always specified on the menu. When buying from a supermarket or street vendor, next to the trays of regular doufu, vegetarians should also be weary of the port colored bricks that are deceptively called xuě dòufù (血豆腐); they're actually congealed pig or duck blood.

With so many varieties and a history stretching back some 5,000 years, it's not surprising to find that bean curd has worked its way into numerous sayings and slights in the Chinese language. A nagging wife might be redeemed by having a sharp tongue but a soft heart, literally 'a knife mouth and a bean curd heart' (刀子嘴, 豆腐心, dāozi zuĭ, dòufù xīn). Although, she may just as easily suffer the unfortunate comparison of older men to blossoming flowers versus older women to bean curd dregs (男人三十一枝花, 女人三十豆 腐渣, nánrén sānshí yī zhī huā, nŭrén sānshí dòufù

Pressed bean curd (豆腐干, dòufŭ gān)

zhā). Never underestimate bean curd; it can even be used to fight corruption, as illustrated in the writing on the wall along Qingdao's Shantou Lu where a sprig of green onion and two plates of white bean curd are drawn next to the phrase "一清二白" (yī qīng èr bái), which translates to 'one clear (qīng is also homophonous with green), two whites.' Just as there's no mistaking the two distinct colors of these ingredients when combined, the saying advocates the idea that people should have clear, transparent relations, no shady connections.

Perhaps this would help prevent a 'bean dregs project' (豆腐渣工程, dòufù zhā gōngchéng), a construction project using shoddy materials.

In the same way that eating vinegar (吃醋, chī cù) can metaphorically mean being jealous, and eating bitter (吃苦, chī kŭ) to bearing hardship, eating doufu (吃豆腐, chī dòufù) harbours strong sexual innuendo. The second meaning is derived from an old custom in which attendants were traditionally served doufu in a post-funeral meal.

Occasionally, freeloaders would also sneak in, helping themselves to the free bean curd. Over time it's developed to mean taking advantage of someone, usually a man flirting with or groping a woman in an unwelcome sense, and in some circles a euphemism for certain, ahem, oral proclivities.

So the next time someone asks you with a sly smile whether or not you like to 'eat doufu,' you can smile back and confound them by replying, "No, I'm a vegetarian."

Special thanks to Gai Cuijie and Sonya Shao.

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Discovering Bali A tourist's dream of paradise

murky water for some time, but only saw a snake slithering by the pond rim. As the Balinese believe the head to be holy and the lower half of the body less pure, those entering a temple with hemlines above their knees should wrap a long cloth or sarong around their waists to cover up.

icipation, September, after much ant to Bali. eled trav I my friends and e, a plan the off got we as As soon ed us local woman warmly welcom ling frangipani flowers. with a garland of sweet-smel to a wonderful trip, and It seemed like a great start et lamps could not dim stre g erin even the fading, flick t few days of wide-eyed our enthusiasm for the nex favoured Bali. The islands sightseeing. God must have tropical rain forests, rice and s are dotted with beache ugh deep valleys—more fields, torrents winding thro beauty than one can take in. Let our journey through the natural wonders and customs of Bali begin!

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Myriad Sights Pura Tirta Empul (Temple of the Holy Water) With a history dating back to 962 A.D., this temple's holy springs are believed to have magical curative powers that can drive away evil spirits. Some 13 springs, each purported to have its own effect, flow

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Kintamani Batur Lake and Volcano Standing 1,717m above sea level in the centre of Kintamani village, Mt. Batur is an active volcano that last erupted in 1917. For those who have never seen a volcano, the day trip is worth taking for the wisps of smoke that linger on the mountain peak all year round, the lush palms, terraces, and rivulets flowing in between the foothills.

Along the way, we passed through three famous villages of Bali: the batik, silver, and wood-carving villages where products are skillfully handcrafted using local materials. The batiks are especially beautiful and good quality as the dying process ensures the colours won't bleed. into bathing pools through which worshippers progress in sequence from left to right. Inside the temple courtyard, a pond with three bubbling springs is also home to three giant eels. According to local superstition, the more eels you see, the better your luck will be. We stared into the

Tanah Lot Temple Built in the 16th century, the Tanah Lot Temple is one of Bali's most important sea temples. Perched on a huge rock surrounded by the sea, it is only at low tide that worshippers are able to walk across

as you gaze out into the infinite sea, the extraordinary view from the precipice will make it hard to tear yourself away the rocky outcrop, past the caves, and up to the temple in single file. Asking the monks to pray for happiness, visitors scoop holy water in their hands, drinking six times in a ritual of peace.

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The road by the temple is lined with souvenir shops and merchants, who deftly run through greetings in five or six languages and can guess a visitor's nationality within ten seconds! No matter what the language, what they're saying amounts to, "Look, look! Very cheap! No buying, no problem!

Ten yuan, all together for ten yuan!" When they ask you to name a price, that's when you roll up your sleeves and get ready to bargain.

Jimbaran Bay With its wide expanse and peaceful setting, Jimbaran Bay is promoted as one of the best places in Bali to view the sunset. Here, visitors from all over the world can enjoy a candlelit feast together, savouring the delicious array of fresh seafood.

You often see planes taking off in the distance, piercing the illusion of a seamless blue between sea and sky. In the evenings, many of the seaside restaurants arrange local dance performances, giving tourists a sense of the island's traditional culture.

Bebek Bengi l (Dirty Duc k Diner) The Dirty D uck lives up to its reputati on as one of the best plac es to try Ubu d's signature roas t duck, while enjoying the fresh air and rustic view of paddy fields from the rest aurant's open -air design. It best to go for 's lunch and st ay ahead of the dinner cr owds.

Bali is full of adventurous activities. White water rafting on the Ayung River is the most thrilling and worthwhile experience, costing around 79 USD for an hour and a half. The valley is peaceful with sunlight filtering through a leafy canopy. After hours of rafting and soaking up the scenery, you get out of the raft and climb some 300 steps out of the valley—a good test of physical endurance!

Ubud In the center of Bali is Ubud, famous for its art and traditional charm. Almost every house along the narrow streets is a gallery, art shop, or specialty bar where artists from Europe congregate, and local artists display their own works. Tourists enjoy shopping for the many batiks, silver goods, clothing, handmade shoes, and other handicrafts that reflect the local character.

For a slower-paced experience, traditional spas are a treat at about 32-36 USD for two hours. Men and women alike bare their upper bodies to receive a massage of essential oils. After the massage, I recommend the local body scrub 'Mandi Lulur', a Balinese specialty, and an aromatic bath with flowers. Finish with some tea and light dessert to feel thoroughly relaxed.

Uluwatu is another place to enjoy afternoon tea. As you gaze out into the infinite sea, the extraordinary view from the sheer precipice will make it hard to tear yourself away. Watch out for mischievous monkeys who like to snatch sunglasses off tourists!

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Customs Most people in Bali practice Hinduism. With every house, neighbourhood and village having its own shrine or temple, it's easy to see how the total number of religious sites in Bali amounts to more than 12,600. People worship three times everyday, praying and replacing the offerings every morning, noon, and evening. If you've just arrived in Bali, take care not to trip over these tributes as they seem to be everywhere! Because the trees are considered spiritual, Balinese houses are typically not very tall, rarely exceeding two stories.

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life here is relaxed, and sometimes an exercise in patience; you might be waiting forever for your change and hear the typical response, "slowly, slowly"

Financial Tip The currency s: used in Bali is Indonesian rupiah (Rp), though in man y cases US dollars ar e also accepted . At the time of this tr ip, the exchan ge rate was approximatel y 1USD to 80 00 Rp, and 1 RMB to 10,000 Rp. It's best to change RMB to USD in China.

Remember to prepare some small bi lls for tips.

The doors are built especially narrow to ward off large evil spirits from entering the home. Statues of

Volvo ocean race and swimming pool. You can stumble out of bed and, before brushing your teeth and washing your face, walk right out to the beach in a daze, feeling the gentle sea breeze as you ruminate on life. I saw scores of people lying on beach chairs all day, reading, sleeping, and listening to the sounds of the waves. There were also those who preferred to hit a few golf balls at the hotel course. No matter how you choose to unwind, Bali is a very relaxing place with a beautiful natural view anywhere you look. Even if you just spend time wandering around, you are sure to encounter pleasant surprises.

Balinese gods must all be swathed in a checkered sarong to cover their lower half.

Life here is relaxed, and sometimes an exercise in patience; you might be waiting forever for your change and hear the typical response, "Slowly, slowly." It's acceptable for men in Bali to have two or three wives and, aside from daily worship, spend the day watching cock fights, drinking tea, and doing little else in terms of employment. Children only go to school for half the day, and are free in the afternoons. Planting the fields, harvesting fruit, and other menial farm work typically falls to the women.

Bali is generally peaceful, and people are friendly with a good sense of humour. There's no sense of urgency; you can head out around 9:00 a.m. to go sightseeing, or just stroll stroll along the beach.

Many hotels in Bali have their own private beach

Translated by Vesper Stockwell

Here be Green Dragons Round-the-world yacht races are a category unto themselves, a total athletic experience requiring teamwork, engineering, physical and emotional endurance, and more than a healthy dose of courage. They harken back to a time when international trade relied on dauntless merchants covering thousands of miles of treacherous open ocean, when fortunes were made or lost on the crew’s ability to keep itself and its ship together while being pulled along by the wind. Yachting’s commercial use was eclipsed by athletics in the 1970’s, when all eyes turned to the inaugural running of the Whitbread Round-the-World Race - in a testament to the perils of the sport, three sailors were swept overboard over the course of the race.

The Whitbread is now known as the Volvo Ocean Race. Its 2008-09 course began in Alicante, Spain in October, and in continuing by way of Cape Town, Kochi and Singapore to arrive in Qingdao, on China’s northern coast, hopefully in January 2009. From there the crews will continue around Cape Horn to Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Goteborg and Stockholm to finally arrive in St. Petersburg sometime in June 2009.

The race is of particular local interest in the PRD because the fleet includes the first boat ever built in China to sail in the Volvo

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Ocean Race. The Green Dragon Team, hailing from Ireland, are sailing a craft that was made at McConaghy Boats in Zhuhai and arrived in the UK for assembly in June 2008. Green Dragon is the only yacht in the current race to have two ‘home’ stopover ports - Galway, Ireland where the team

Green Dragon Team has made a strong showing so far, in spite of setbacks

is based, and Qingdao, China’s sailing city and the host of the 29th Olympic Sailing Regatta earlier this year. This follows the strong performance of another China-built craft (in cooperation with Le Defi) in the recent America’s Cup. Green Dragon Team has made a strong showing so far, pulling through what could have been a major setback when their boom shattered in a 50-knot squall 1,500 miles from Mauritius, while en route to Cochin, India. Other ships also reported damage to sail and structure as waves rose 10-12 metres.

But fearsome winds are not the only thing that the sailors will need to be wary of as they make their way to China and beyond.

Piracy is on the rise in many of the regions that Volvo yachts will be plying for the first time, and while they have come safely past the Gulf of Aden (off the troubled Somali coast) they will pass through the Straits of Malacca (beween Sri Lanka and Singapore) before arriving in China, and will later sail past the island of Sumatra and the Philippines. We look forward to their safe arrival in ports of call.

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Air Zhuhai Airport Located in the West of Zhuhai, less than an hour away from the central area. (+86 756 7771580/777-1188) Getting there: Yellow taxis (airport taxis): Only from the Zhong Zhu Building in Gongbei (near Watson’s) 拱北中珠大厦 20 Rmb per person, 40 / 50 if you are alone.

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3 Star Ocean Hotel (hǎi yáng dà jiǔ diàn) 3 Star, directly in front of Jiu Zhou Port finding it couldn't be easier! 428 South Lover's Road. (+86 756 336-2333)海 洋大酒店 珠海情侣南路428号(九 洲港大厦)

Budget My Residence in Zhuhai Shanhailou, 240 ShuiWan Lu, Jida (+86 756 3880388) 珠海市吉大景山路188号 Home Inn (rú jiā kuài jié jiǔ diàn) Block 26, 58 Shihua Lu (E) Jida (+86 756 337-5111) 如家快捷酒店 广东 珠海吉大石花东路58号26栋 JIDA MAP 2 Sunferia Inn 15F Cuiwei Jiuzhu building, Mingzhu Lu, Qianshan (+86 756 853-4821) 珠海前山翠微酒珠 大厦15层 Youth Hostel (dù jiǎ cūn jiǔ diàn qīng nián lǚ guǎn) 9 Shihua Rd E, Jida (+86 756 333-3838) 度假村酒店青年旅馆 珠海市吉大石花东路9号

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Golden Beach (jīn shā tān) Sanzao, near the airport (western area) (+86 756 778-1614) 金沙滩 珠海市西区 珠海机场侧三灶

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views of Macau and walking distance to Shui Wan Bar street. Shuiwan Lu Gongbei (+86 756 887-7998) 海湾 大酒店 珠海市拱北水湾路 JIDA MAP 5 Harbour View Hotel & Resort (yí jǐng wān dà jiǔ diàn) Hottest highlights: gorgeous buffets and easy access to beach across the street. 47 Lovers’ Lane Central (+86 756 3322888) 怡景湾大酒店 珠海吉大情 侣中路47号 JIDA MAP 4 Holiday Inn Zhuhai (zhū hǎi yuè cái jiǎ rì jiǔ diàn) Hottest highlights: Popular brunches, Blarney Stone bar and accommodating business centre.

188 Jingshan Lu Jida (+86 756 3228888) 珠海粤财假日酒店 珠海市 吉大景山路188号 JIDA MAP 1 Holiday Resort Hotel (dù jiǎ cūn jiǔ diàn) Hottest highlights: package deals and seafood specials. 9 East Shi Hua Lu, Jida (+86 756 333-3838) 度假 村酒店 珠海市吉大石花东路9号

Haibin Beach (hǎi bīn yǒng chǎng) Lovers’ Lane, Jida (+86 756 332-0477) 海滨泳场 珠海吉大情侣路

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Waterfall Park (sān dié quán) After Wanzai, take the bridge to Hengqin island (western area) (+86 756 8842426) 三叠泉 珠海横琴 White Lotus Park (bái lián dòng gōng yuán) Jiuzhou Av, Jida 白莲洞公园

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Other Places of Interest Imperial Hot Spring (yù wēn quán) Doumen (western area) (+86 756 5797128) 御温泉 珠海斗门 Chinese Medicine Valley (zhōng yào gǔ) Sate your senses with hot baths infused with Chinese traditional medicine. Located next to New Yuanming Palace, its an ideal destination for loosening up stressed up nerves and feeling rejuvenated.

Jiuzhou Lane (+86 756 866-1880) 中 药谷 九洲大道 (zhū hǎi yù Imperial Hot Spring wēn quán dù jiǎ cūn)This resort was

one of the first to bring a fine Japanese onsen hot spring experience to Zhuhai. Its still one of the best springs in town with charming Japanese gardens and architecture interlaced waterfalls. The bathing pools even have special scents added, from coffee to wine. Doumen Town (+86 756 5797168) 珠海御温泉度假村 斗门镇 Ocean Spring Resort (hǎi quán wān dù jiǎ qū)This family fun park is honeycombed with water wonders for the kids. Grown-ups can soak their weary bones in the ocean facing hot springs. There are direct busses here from the Jiu Zhou Gang ferry terminal.

Pingsha Town, Jinwan District 海泉湾 度假区 金湾区平沙镇

Museums Zhuhai Museum (zhū hǎi bó wù guǎn) Jiuzhou Cheng, Jingshan Lu, Jida (+86 756 332-4116) 珠海博物馆 珠海吉大九洲城

Parks & Gardens Feng Bo Shan Park (xiāng shān gōng yuán) 8 Yan shan Lu Xiangzhou 风波 山公园 (别名:香山公园) 珠海市香 洲区沿山路8号 Banzhang Forest Park (bǎn zhāng shān sēn lín gōng yuán) Gongbei (above the tunnel) 板樟山森林公园 珠海拱北 Chinese Medicine Valley (zhōng yào gǔ) New Yuan Ming Palace North, Lanpu, Qianshan (+86 756 866-1113) 中药谷 珠海市九洲大道兰埔北侧( 圆明新园旁) Haibin Park (hǎi bīn gōng yuán) Haibin Lu N, Jida 海滨公园 珠海吉 大海滨北路 Hengqin Stone Park (héng qín shí bó yuán) Hengqin Island 横琴石博 园 珠海横琴 Jingshan Park (jǐng shān gōng yuán) Jingshan Lu Jida 景山公园 珠海吉 大景山路 Kungfu Park (Wu Lin Yuan) Lian Wan Industry Zone, Pingsha (western area) (+86 756 399-8888) 武林源 珠海大 道中平沙路口 Tangjia Gong Le Garden (táng jiā gòng lè yuán) E Ling, Tangjia (+86 756 331-9605) 唐家共乐园 珠海市唐家 镇鹅岭北麓

Library (tú shū guǎn) Perfect for those mastering Chinese characters and whom are curious about The Middle Kingdom's expansive literary traditions. 74 Fenghuang Lu, Xiangzhou (+86 756 225-8744) 图书 馆 珠海市香洲区凤凰路74号 Lost City Water Park (mèng huàn shuǐ chéng) Jiuzhou Av, Lanpu (+86 756 866-4246) 梦幻水城 珠海市九 州大道兰圃

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The Pearl River Archipelago Zhuhai’s unique marine geology is one of the main draws for domestic tourists. With nearly 150 islands, the area is one of the most scenically varied in China.

Locals will boast of military victory on Qi’ao Island, or the beauty of Nansha beach on Dong’ao Island.

Fish Girl (yú nǚ) This iconic statue of a woman clutching a giant pearl is the stuff of legendary love. Indeed, it's the symbol of Zhuhai itself, which means Pearl Sea. The statue is inspired by a maiden who has lost her boyfriend to the sea. Awaiting his return, she waited and waited on the shore.

Qinglv Zhong Lu 珠海渔女 珠海市 情侣中路

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Meixi Archways Meixi Village, Shangchong, Qianshan (+86 756 8659577) 珠海市前山上冲梅溪村 Meixi village (nóng kē qí guān) Qianshan northern area (above New Xiangzhou) (+86 756 853-5888) 农科 奇观 珠海市前山梅溪镇 New Yuanming Palace (yuán míng xīn yuán) Welcome to one of the western Pearl Rive Delta's bows to old Beijing.

This living museum of sorts is chocka-block full of architectural replicas of the famous Summer Palace in Beijing.

Located at the foot of Zhuhai's Stone Forest, the park features 18 major scenic sites and 30 daily cultural performances. Jiuzhou Av. W Lanpu (+86 756 861-0388) 圆明新园 珠海 市九洲大道西兰埔路 Oceanarium Opposite Wanzai (western area) Wharf (+86 756 8811001) 珠海市湾仔澳门环岛游码 头正对面 Pearl Land (zhēn zhū lè yuán) Welcome to Zhuhai's own answer to the movie Vacation's 'wally-world.'

A theme park with a particularly Pearl River Delta blend of carnival, rides and pageantry. Plenty of parking space.

Tang Jia Wan (+86 756 331-1170) 珍珠 乐园 珠海唐家湾 Great Hall (zhū hǎi dà huì táng) 1014 Fenghuang Lu S, Xiangzhou (+86 756 222-2396) 珠海大会堂 珠海市香洲 区凤凰南路1014 Lover’s Lane (qíng lǚ dà dào) Wending from the Gongbei border up to the famed 'Fishing Girl' statue and beyond, Lover's Lane is peppered with romantic seaside paths and benches.

As its namesake suggests, its ideal for hand in hand strolls with your amore.

Gongbei, Jida and Xiangzhou Lu 情侣 大道 情侣南路(位于拱北)和情侣 北路(位于吉大、香洲) Gongle Garden Offering a rich array of regional subtropical flora and rare fauna, this is arguably one of Zhuhai's best botanical gardens. This was also the former residence of China's first Prime Minister, Tang Shaoyi, prior to World War II.

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Chinese Dining Cantonese De Yue Fang This massive floating temple themed restaurant caters to massive appetites —indeed, mass market tours. The seafood is typically fresh as the VIP rooms are spacious.

Mingting Park, Yeli Island, Xiangzhou (+86 756 225-1188) 珠海香洲野狸岛 名亭公园内 Jin Yue Xuan Arguably one of the best restaurants to take in morning dim-sum. Offers excellent views of the South China Sea, as well as its succulent bounty. This is pure Cantonese dining. Extremely popular with locals. 1-3 Floor, B, 265 Ri Hua Commercial Square, Lovers’ Lane South, Gong Bei (+86 756 813-3133) 珠海拱北情侣南路265日华商业广 场B区1-3层 JIDA MAP 1 Mayflower (wǔ yuè huā huáng cháo dà jiǔ lóu) Welcome to one of Zhuhai’s oldest (and greatest) Chinese restaurants. It’s not hard to miss with the jumbo jet parked outside. Of course, Mayflower’s décor lies in wide array of fresh fish tanks and expansive dining area. They’ve added a giant big screen TV for those inclined to high-definition entertainment whilst eating. The Cantonese cuisine here is among the best in the city. 3F Ri Dong Commercial Square, 49 Lovers’ Lane, Jida (+86 756 323-0000) 五月花皇朝 大酒楼 香洲区情侣中路49号日东 广场3楼 JIDA MAP 2 Treasure Inn Chinese Restaurant Modern and elegant, with a wide selection of dim sum and authentic Cantonese dishes. Signature dishes are shark’s fin and abalone. Nine private rooms are available. Open: 8:00-14:00 & 17:30-22:30 4F Holiday Inn Zhuhai, 188 Jingshan Lu Jida (+86 756 3228888) 珠海粤财假日酒店4楼 珠海 市吉大景山路188号

General Cai Die Xuan Hot pot Restaurant (cǎi dié xuān huǒ guō jiǔ jiā) This was awarded the Chifan 2008 prize for ‘Hot Pot Heaven.’ And for good measure: the fare offered for the bubbling stews are fresh, and overall ambience is convivial for seriously good times.

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Hua Dong Lu, Jida (+86 756 334-3399) 彩蝶轩火锅酒家 石花东路海湾 花园大门 Cuisine Orientale With sweeping views of the sea and Macau, this is a decent destination for romantic dining. Popular with married couples, minus the kids. 4th & 5th floor, Shan Hai Lou Hotel, Shuiwan Lu, Jida (+86 756 886-8288) 珠海吉大水湾 路山海楼酒店四楼、五楼 Zui Yue Xuan This cozy restaurant is a bit off the beaten expatriate track, but locals love it. The Cantonese noodles and fish dishes prepared Shanghai style are among the popular mains.

34, Shihua Lu East, Jida (+86 756 3368999) 广东珠海吉大石花东路34号 (渡假村对面) Rich Garden Blue Mountain Touted for Restaurant Limited its charming service and affordable prices, the meals on offer here are decidedly good. Think value for money and you’ll be richer for it at this garden. 3/Floor, Ying Bin Plaza, Ying Bin Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 828-3338) 珠海拱北迎宾大道迎宾广场三层 Vegetarian restaurant This was awarded the Chifan 2008 prize for ‘Vegan Garden’ owing to its excellent veggie platters and basic meatless menu. Intersection of Yuehua road and Xiawan road, Gongbei (next to Menghuibali KTV) (+86 756 667-7765) 珠海市拱北夏湾粤华路交叉路口( 新海利酒店附近)

North & East China Dong Bei Ren (dōng běi rén) If your after hearty northern food with its wheat and meat based plates, Dong Bei Ren has a strong selection. The loud atmosphere is also just like in the northeast, and we love it! 2F Zhuhua Building, 198 Jingshan Lu (+86 756 335-1418) 东北人 景山路198号珠 华大厦二楼

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Muslim New Cantonese Muslim Ten centuries ago, ships from the Dar-al-Islam began trade in fair Canton. Indeed, the minaret at the Tang-dynasty era mosque that graces Guanghou today served as a famed lighthouse.

To savour the ancient ‘fusion’ of international Islamic fair ala Guangdong, think of the humble menu here. 370 Lovers’ Lane South, Jiuzhou Harbour (+86 756 332-8246) 珠海九洲港情侣南路370号 Ocean Restaurant Welcome to Ocean’s 11! They offer a bounty of the blue deep served up halal style. Grilled or steamed, pick your dining delight, sip tea and pour over a novel on any sleepy afternoon. 1-2B, Block1, Hai Tao Ju, Lovers’ Lane South, Gongbei (+86 756 815-1722) 珠海拱北情侣南路海 涛居第一座1-2B Xinyue Muslim Restaurant The Uighurs who man the traditional earthen ovens are true salt of the earth people. You can feel they fire up muttons kebab and nang bread with real love. Arguably the most authentic Xinjiang restaurant in Zhuhai — which speaks miles about the quality given that this is part of wider chain of restaurants. 370 Lovers’ Lane South (+86 756 332-8246) 珠海市情侣南路 370号(青蓝山庄北国食府)- 九洲 港新粤穆斯林餐厅

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International Dining

Seafood Shou Zhi Gong Dining Room Yes, there are a slew of Chinese seafood restaurants swimming in this city. This one, however, is famed for its views, succulent steamed fish options and simple charms. Nice for intimate chats.

53 Lovers’ Lane (+86 756 337-6918) 珠海情侣中路53号(国会酒店与 渔女之间)

Chatterbox (zhū hǎi yuè cái jiǎ rì jiǔ diàn) Plenty on the menu to chat about here. Open 24-hours, they serve decent Western and Asian dishes at reasonable rates. The décor is decidedly of the coffee shop motif.

Perfect for lingering late with a cup a java and the paper. 4F Holiday Inn Zhuhai, 188 Jingshan Lu Jida (+86 756 322-8888) 珠海粤财假日酒店4 楼 珠海市吉大景山路188号 Rude Their new menu of rude food is catching the attention of the city's smart set — and attracting loyal custoumers from Macau and Hong Kong too. Sumptuous mains from steak to seafood are served with original twists. Its creative cocktails and Thursday night Latin dance parties are other draws. Featuring chill out sofa lounge areas, iron mesh curtains and innovative concrete and steel pipe décor. Service isn't anything like its chic yet cheeky moniker. 1 Lian An Lu, Gongbei (Intersection of Lovers’ Lane South)(+86 756 888-1708) 珠海拱北联安路1号 (情侣南路交界) JIDA MAP 2

Indian Kitchen This is the flagship restaurant for the largest chain if Indian restaurants in China. In fact, the company makes its owns special spices from its capital kitchen in Zhuhai. Serving dishes from the four corners of the Indian subcontinent. Curried and seared mains are popular with locals and foreigners alike. Entertainment here features classical and modern Indian dance. The décor invokes the sentiments of India without pandering to cliché. 26-28 Huajing Garden, Shihua Lu East, Jida (+86 756 3345784) 广东珠海吉大石花东路华景 花园(东苑)26-28铺 JIDA MAP 4 Jewel of India 28/1 Hua Jing Xi YuanShi Hua Dong Lu 58 (+86 756 332-1770) 吉大石花东路华景西苑 28 栋1 号商铺 JIDA MAP 3

Sichuan

Fei Teng Yu Xiang It’s a cliché for foreigners to order Kung-pao chicken. But we’re ordering it here without any shame whatsoever. The spiced cucumbers and steamed fish are great companions with the Kungpao here. 350 Lovers’ Lane South (+86 756 323-0066) 广东珠海情侣 南路350号

touches and Western dishes with Eastern touches. They have a selection of local and Western wines and electric dart games. Shuiwantou, Gongbei (+86 756 888-6456) 蓝天使咖啡 珠 海市水湾头

Indian

99 Tian Xiang Restaurant Large dining tables and VIP rooms mean that this is the place to bring your lau-ban, order up steamed crab, garlic oysters and let the Tsingdaos flow freely.

No.42, Shihua LuEast, Jida (+86 756 337-0790) 广东珠海吉大石花东路 42号(度假村对面)

Bare Head Restaurant We’re not sure why they chose the name, but this spicy hot-pot and barbecued skewers remind us of downtown Chengdu.

Ideal for rekindling relationships with old flames. 346 Lovers’ Lane South, Jida (+86 756 332-9598) 广东珠海吉 大情侣南路346号

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Italian

Belgian Alain’s Belgian Beer Bar & This is South Restaurant China's best — and only — Belgian restaurant. Now open for lunch (with great sandwich specials priced at RMB 30), their mains include everything from sliced lamb and brown gravy to olive topped pizzas.

Excellent selection of Belgian ales from Stella Artois to Chimay. Exudes European ambience with dark wood, soft lighting, a chalk menu and mirrors. 28/7 Hua Jing Xi Yuanshi Hua Dong Lu 58 (Opp Hai Wan Hua Yuan) (+86 756 333-5671) 吉大石 花东路华景西苑28栋7 号商铺 JIDA MAP 1

Fusion Blue Angel Coffee Restaurant (lán tiān shǐ kā fēi) Popular in the evenings with locals, this café style restaurant serves Eastern dishes with Western

Lucio Italian Restaurant The open kitchen design and wood-stone oven makes for a friendly and earthy atmosphere. Mediterranean inspired mains, as well as staple pastas and pizzas. 188 Jingshan Lu, Jida (+86 756 322-8888) 珠海吉大景山路188号 Experience Peccati di Gola Italian culinary couture at its finest.

Run by a pair of passionate Italians, the food here comes with an extra dash of care is up the ante of Zhuhai's dining standards. Original seafood dishes, fresh Bellinis, the dark wood bar and al fresco seating are among the top draws. 288 Lover's Rd, Gongbei, Zhuhai (+86 134 1137-3733) 珠海 市情侣南路288号龙园海湾雅苑 102/103/104铺 JIDA MAP 5

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Japanese

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The Freaks Come Out! Chitose With expansive views of the sea and Macau, eating here is romantic. The sushi is among the most succulent in the city — which is why we awarded it the 2008 Chifan prize for its excellent sashimi. Their teppanyaki is also tip top. 5F, Block C, Shan Hai Lou Hotel, Lovers’ Lane South (+86 756 889-8985) 珠海拱北情侣南 路(水湾头)山海楼酒店C座5楼 La Mouton Japanese Cuisine The wide selection of European wines and Japanese menu is an interesting balance of east and west without making a fusion menu. The draw here is to perch by the open grill as the chef’s sizzle up your meals on the spot.

101 Long Yuan Hai Wan Ya Yuan, 288 Lovers’ Lane South, Gongbei (+86 756 383-6668) 珠海拱北情侣南路 288号龙园海湾雅苑商铺101 雾 都日法料理 Wabou-Restaurant Offering standard Japanese fare at decent prices, Wabou’s strengths lie in their approach: keep it simple. We like the miso-soup and tempura selections with tea at lunch. Clean, crisp and to the point. As they say in Japan for tasty: Oishi! 283-285, Building 1, Block M, Hai Wan Xin Jia Yuan, Lovers’ Lane South (+86 756 886-1130) 广东珠海情侣南路海湾新家园M座 1楼283-285号 Yinghua Qianxian Japanese and Korean restaurant (yīng huā qián xiàn rì hán liào lǐ) This was awarded the Chifan 2008 “Kindest Kimchee” prize for its respectable array of Korean offerings, to speak nothing of its tasty kimchee. Yu Le Cheng, Da lu kou, Jida (opposite Zhuhai Radio Station). (+86 756 336-8722) 樱花前线日韩料理 吉大大路口饮食娱乐城

Pizza / Delivery

Hallowe'en was the first holiday I remember being aware of since I arrived in China. And now - one year later - the night of ghosts and devils and ghouls has returned! Only last year, I remember being reminded that it was October 31st by a small token here and there, but this year it seems that this originally Pagan festival (Ireland, Scotland and parts of England) was having a much greater affect on the Zhuhai night life!

A few friends were sharing their birthdays with "Jack-o-latern" (a mythical character who travelled with immigrants to the North America in the nineteenth century) so it was going to be a big night anyway, but this time something was very different - costumes!

A roof-party in Horizon Cove is our first port-of-call; clowns, ghosts and men dressed as ladies chat away, eating and drinking to get into the party mood.

People from various groups combine. New friends are all the rage in Zhuhai these days!

Before we leave en masse, I find out that the China 2 West boys are down at Ryan's Bar where they have Halloween dancers, a costume competition, spooky snacks and DJ Sean keeping the beats going.

They are headed to Rude, and I decide to break from my friends to head over there myself - this is guaranteed to be a great photo op!

I am instantly thrown into the scary entrance to the bar with black cloth draped everywhere, creating something akin to the set of a horror movie. Danis, the Bar Manager greets me dressed as a Zombie - I can hardly recognise him! In the next 30 minutes I meet Count Draculas, Witches, a Pirate and his First Mate, Devils, a Viking, a Monk!

In the meantime, my original fellow party-goers were gearing up for more mayhem in Seven Club on Bar Street. Chilling decorations adorn the club inside and out and each member of staff is in costume, just as at Rude. By this stage (haunted) spirits were high as more (haunted) spirits were consumed! DJ Hommi plays an excellent selection of tunes to ensure that the dance-floor remains lively for the duration.

Alain’s Belgian Beer Bar & Light-crusted, Restaurant well decked in cheeses and sauces that stand with the finest pizzerias and comfort food bistros in Europe.

Indulge in some delicious fries, and try a Chimay or Duvel. 28/7 Hua Jing Xi Yuanshi Hua Dong Lu 58 (Opp Hai Wan Hua Yuan) (+86 756 333-5671) 吉大石花东路华景西苑28栋7 号 商铺 JIDA MAP 1

The next day I awake and laugh at the though of all of those poor souls who have pillows stained with over-applied make-up and who will look like they have a black eye or two for the next day!

All-in-all, Halloween '08 Zhuhai-style was a wonderful experience - thank you to all who made it possible!

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Dynamics Pizza This corner pizza place offers gregarious chats and good eats. The ‘Caribbean Pizza’ with green peppers and chicken earned an honour for most ‘original pizza’ at the 2008 Chifan awards. Pub quizzes, 10 kuai beers and affordable array of pizza and sandwiches help make this place truly dynamic. 113#, 21 Jiaoyu Lu Xiangzhou (+86 756 621-6227) 珠海 香洲教育路21号113号铺 Happy Tom Pizza Restaurant (kāi xīn tāng mǔ 39yuán bǐ sà zì zhù cān tīng) If you don’t walk out of here stuffed, haven’t had enough of the happy eats here. Its got all the trimmings that make easy going meals with mates well worth the visit. 63 Jing Shan Lu, Jida (+86 756 333-9159) 开心 汤姆39元比萨自助餐厅 珠海吉大 景山路63号 Lucky Iris (jí zhī dǎo) (behind Ryan’s Bar) Delicious pizzas and burgers.The small street behind Jusco (look for the Carlsberg sign). 吉之岛 珠海香 洲凤凰路 Mr Pizza Some of the finest pizzas in Zhuhai. From the simplest margherita to the sublime feta and sun-dried tomato, anything on this menu is certain to satisfy. 27, Under the Fisherman’s Wharf, Jin Ding (+86 756 338-6418) 肯德比萨店 珠海市金鼎 商业城27号 Pizza Hut Catering to mainland appetites, Pizza Hut offers more themed pizzas than any other chain in China. We think their standard supreme pizza, pasta and chilled ales are the way to go. Ground floor, DutyFree Market, Jingshan Lu, Jida (+86 756 337-4793) 吉大景山路国营外币 免税商场首层

Portuguese Pinocchio This Macau based restaurant offers excellent Portuguese cod-cakes, steak and mushroom sauce and sangria. Its even outdoes its original restaurant in Taipa village but stays true to its Macanese roots.

Ground Floor, Zhu Nan Hotel, Liangfen Bridge, Yue Hai Lu East, Xiangzhou (+86 756 889-7628) 珠海香洲区粤 海东路凉粉桥珠南酒店首层 木偶 葡国餐厅

Thai Chong Thong Thai Restaurant The Shui Wan Lu location of this chain won the “Best Chicken Tender” honour at the Chifan 2008 awards. The kitschy décor and superb Thai menu pulls regular clientele and its packed most evenings. 74 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 815 9890) 珠海市水湾路 74号拱被

Cafés

Bali Cafe & Restaurant It hardly has anything that can compete with Denpasar. Still, its namesake invokes inspiration and reading books about

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beaches and getting juiced up for adventure. Decent eats and drinks.

392 Shuiwan Lu, Jida, Xiangzhou (+86 756 323-1568) 珠海香洲吉大水湾 路392号

Sipping here inspires one to break for Rio or Honolulu. Tong Luowan Department Store, Jida (near KFC) (+86 756 820-3871) 珠海吉大铜锣湾 百货首层中央大厅

Chatterbox (Yudie Coffee Shop) Serving European and Asian cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Open 24 hours, this cozy and yet tastefully designed coffee shop is an ideal place to have excellent meals and to catch up with the latest news and gossip.

4F Holiday Inn Zhuhai, 188 Jingshan Lu Jida (+86 756 322-8888) 珠海粤 财假日酒店4楼 珠海市吉大景山 路188号

Sea Breeze Cafe This has the best coffee in Zhuhai. Really. This café is actually more like a hotel restaurant, with fabulous buffets. That’s no surprise given its seaside location at the Harbourview hotel. Under the care of Chef Nick Durrer, it’s a relaxed as the good cook’s meals are amazing. It won the ‘juiciest burger’ prize for the 2008 Chifan awards. Harbour View Hotel, 47 Lovers’ Lane Central (+86 756 332-2888) 吉大情侣中路47号 怡 景湾大酒店

This cozy lobby café Emma Cafe makes ok hot dogs for snacks and potent coffee. It’s a nice afternoon starter if your headed for early evening drinks down on Lianhua Lu. Guangdong Hotel, Yuehua Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 888-8128 ext.60112) 珠海粤华路粤海酒店纯品咖啡店

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Jack & Magic Pea With two locations, this laid back coffee house pulls in the lap-top and latte crowd.

Their breakfast and lunch sets are popular, and the service is attentive.

The décor is mod art house with cement walls, cozy sofa chairs and Taiwanese glamour magazines galore.

1F Hai Wan Hao Yuan, 225 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 888-7316) 珠海 拱北水湾路(酒吧街)225号海湾濠 苑一层 JIDA MAP 1 Jane’s Place Located in Huafa Garden in Nannping, Jane’s burgers, pizzas and western menu is popular with residents. It has a corner grocery story selling salsa, cheese and othe western cooking products. The art work and music make for a relaxed café experience. Huafa New City Business Street, A01, 1 Lu (+86 138 2300-0052) 珠海市珠海大道1号, 华发新城商 业街A01 Jenny’s Café We see a trend here with girl’s names and cafes. This one is no exception with Chinese magazines, muffins and mocha coffees. Popular with college students and day dream believers. 2F, 1021 Feng Huang Lu (S), Wan Zai Sha, Xiangzhou (+86 756 217-7550) 珠海香洲湾仔沙凤凰南 路1021号二楼

Victoria Restaurant 2F, Ridong Square, 49 Lovers’ Lane, Jida (+86 756 323-0909) 珠海吉大情侣中路49号 日东广场2楼 Zhuhai Deli (hǎi wān guó jì biàn lì diàn) All the culinary treats you've been missing from home! Our favourites: tortilla chips and dips (and any mexican food for that matter!), cheese from around the world, bagels and canned goodies! Room 101, Bldg.1, 231 Shuiwan Lu, Jida (+86 756 818-9979) 海湾国际便利店 吉大水 湾路231号1栋101铺 Lexinton Plaza Zhuhai Zobon Western Lounge Catering to guests and wealthy denizens alike, this is perfect place for a business chat over a cup of cappuccino. If the spirit suits, they have a wide selection of European wines and cocktails. 33 Lovers’ Lane Central (+86 756 3220333) 珠海吉大情侣中路33号

Bars & Nightlife

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Building, Jiuzhou Ave, Jida (+86 756 333-2046) 珠海市九州大道东亚大 厦蓝调酒吧 Blue Angel Music Bar Not to be confused with Blue Angle Coffee shop.

Or is it? Inspired by Zhuhai’s aircraft shows and the famed Blue Angel jet team, you can belt back Blue Girl beers and think of Maverick, Goose and the highway to the danger zone.

Ice-man will be your wing-man anytime…. 219 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 888-3375) 珠海水湾路 219号 China Live Bar It’s a straight up rock-n-roll beer bar with gritty angst.

If you can jam with an axe, drums or wail like your Joplin hammering Wild Turkey, your welcome on-stage. The smoky billiard tables and graffiti give it edge. The Buhao Boyz are known to haunt this joint at the weekends.

Other popular pastimes include guzzling beer on the front lawn and fraternising with the musicians and groupies. Yuanlin Lu 45, Jida (+86 756 335-2580, 662-1943) 吉大园林 路45号 Cohiba Bar & Grill / China Bar Nothing beats their outdoor sports screens and mugs of Stella Artois in the evening. The weeping willows, hardwood and space-heaters in winter make it very romantic. Inside has kitschy décor and DJs and rockers grace it at the weekend. The menu has Portuguese and western options for all meals of the day. It was awarded “Best Corner Pub & Grub Lucky Mug” for the 2008 Chifan awards. 203-209 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 889-2444) 珠 海拱北水湾路203-209号 JIDA MAP 3 Come By Bar Pack your dice and get ready to roll. Fun with large groups of giddy 20-somethings. Hey, who wants to play pin the tail on the donkey?

Shuiwan Lu Bar Street, Gongbei (+86 756 888-2228) 珠海拱北水湾路 酒吧街 F1 Bar Flags, races and businessmen looking for it all. Come here to get a glimpse of Zhuhai’s race car and motorcycle competition seen. Harbour View Hotel, 47 Lovers’ Lane Central (+86 756 332-2888) 吉大怡景湾大 酒店首层

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Hollywood Bar Julia Roberts could star in a movie about this bar. Popular with those who dream of the Chivas life. D 203-209 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 889-1931) 珠海拱北水湾路 203-209号D座 LV Club No bags here, just good times with whiskey, green tea, tsingdaos and LOVE. 2F Hai Wan Yan Yuan, Longyan Lovers’ Lane South, Gongbei (+86 756 388-7666) 珠海拱北情侣南路288号 龙园海湾雅园2楼(酒吧街)

Someone got Caffe Frappessa into spirit of the 1990s frappe flap big time. Its namesake invokes what it delivers: caffe served ala frappessa.

The tea is also respectable. Its great if you want a café to escape it all.

1F Lijing Bay Garden, 124 Cuihai Lu (Walking street, at the back of Yangming Plaza) (+86 756 218-1899) 香洲湾仔沙扬名广场后街(吉之 岛后街)

Blarney Stone Irish Pub (zhū hǎi yuè cái jiǎ rì jiǔ diàn) The first Irish Pub in Zhuhai, offering a lively atmosphere and an energetic house band that is sure to entertain. Open: 18:00-2:00 1F Holiday Inn Zhuhai, 188 Jingshan Lu Jida (+86 756 322-8888) 珠海粤财假 日酒店 珠海市吉大景山路188号 JIDA MAP 5

MTC Bar This happening club won the ‘baijiu boom-boom room gold star” at the Chifan 2008 award.

Great live dancers, DJs, stage smoke and laser beams. 201 Long Yuan Hai Wan Ya Yuan, Shuiwan Lu Bar Street, Gongbei (+86 756 383-6866) 珠海拱 北 水湾路 酒吧街 龙园海湾雅苑商 铺201 JIDA MAP 6

Pele Coffee shop We’re not sure if this is dedicated to the Brazilian football legend or the Hawaiian goddess of fire. Either way we think of Brazilian and Hawaiian java this place, which is located inside a shopping mall.

Blue Tone Bar It’s blue. It’s tone. It’s a bar. Need we say more? It’s a place expats don’t frequent, which is why we keep running into lone wolf expats who say it’s their first time there.

Right. Great for beginners wanting to practice their Chinese. Dong Ya

Penthouse Pod Ready for take off. Or for ipod DJ music. Or for Penthouse promises. Great for freshly arrived expats who want to understand Zhuhai. Shop No.825, Guangfa New Village, 1316 Jiuzhou Dadao Dong (+86 756 388-9933) 珠海

九洲大道东1316号广发新村商场 825号铺(云海酒店对面)

331-9668) 珠海吉大情侣中路47 号 - 怡景湾大酒店

Red Bar & Club Now re-opened, Red Bar is popular for dancing the night away. Good drinks, friendly folks and a party ‘till you’ll drop energy. Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 818-8299) 珠海 拱北水湾路酒吧街225号

V Club V is for vodka. V is for Valentine’s. V is for a certain monologue. If you can find them all here, then V is for victory…. 388 Ning Xi Lu Ningxi (2 minutes after GLV school) (+86 756 229-9030) 珠海市香 洲柠溪路388号太和商务中心-胜 地梦都酒吧

Rude (huó) Maybe -just maybe - the coolest dance floor in the PRD, with eye candy in abundance and something silky smooth for everybody. Close to bar street, but you’ll forget about bar street. Guinness on tap - happy hour from 5-7pm. 1 Lian An Lu, Gongbei (Intersection of Lovers’ Lane South) (+86 756 888-1708) 活 珠海拱北 联安路1号(情侣南路交界) JIDA MAP 2 Ryan’s Bar What a rush! This tiny bar is flooded with personality and the crazy atmosphere of expat life!

The best bar food on the mainland, and Ryan’s utterly mind-blowing gin and tonics make this place base camp for the weekend, loocated on the small street behind Jusco (look for the Carlsberg sign). It won the 2008 Chifan “blue ribbon beer bar” prize. (+86 138 2412-1280) 珠海香洲凤 凰路-吉之岛 Sand's Bar With new outdoor restaurants, a wedding studio, giant outdoor screen, beach tables under thatched huts and lanterns in kayaks, sands is truly becoming King of the jida beach. Lovers’ Lane, Jida (opposite the Harbour View Hotel) (+86 756 333-2073) 珠海吉大情侣路(怡景湾 大酒店对面) JIDA MAP 4 Seven Club Order a 7 and 7 here. Be 007. Think 7 deadly sins. Try them.

Ask the DJ to play seventh son of a seventh son. We bet you seven ways from sun down they won’t have it.

At least you can bring mates acting like seven brothers looking for seven brides here…. 203-209H Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 811-3999) 珠 海拱北水湾路酒吧街道办事处 203-209号H位 Scotland Bar Call Scotland Yard!

Somebody has body-snatched the soul of Edinburgh. And turned it into a KTV. Popular for their Thursday night Braveheart look alike nights. Aye, they’re ain’t no scotchtober fest…. 291 Lovers’ Lane South, Gongbei (+86 756 888-6681) 珠海情侣南路291号 Sky in Sky Club Oh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’…. Vanilla sky meets Vanilla on ice. No neopolitan jello body shots here. J 203-209 Shuiwan Lu Bar Street, Gongbei (+86 756 815-8222) 珠海拱北水湾路酒吧 街203-209号J位 The Cellar What a perfect venue! When indulgence is the order of the evening, the Cellar provides the highest quality imported wines and cheeses, and expert advice on which wine to choose. Simply superb.

Shui Wan Lu 231 (Shui Wan Tou bus stop), Jida (+86 756 818-1894) 酒 窖 吉大水湾路231号(水湾头巴 士站)御海湾花园1栋102室 JIDA MAP 1 The Old Chinese Junk Located in Tangjia near Zhuhai Golden Gulf Golf Club and the racetrack, this bar, with its open air terrace, delivers beer and atmosphere in abundance. 401 (4th Floor) China Town, Tangjia (+86 756

Recreation Bowling Zhuhai Holiday Resort Hotel 9 East Shi Hua Lu, Ji Da (+86 756 333-3838) 珠海市吉大石花东路9号 Zhuhai Sports Centre Hongshan Lu, New Xiangzhou (+86 756 261-1366) 珠海市新香洲红山路-珠海市体 育中心

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Golf Golden Gulf Golf (Jinwan Golf) Jinwan Avenue, Golden Coast, Jinwan (western area) (+86 756 763-1888) 珠 海金湾高尔夫球场 International Golf Club Economic Zone, Tangjia Wan (northen area) (+86 756 331-3076) 珠海市唐家湾珠海国际高尔夫俱乐部 Lakewood Golf Club International Circuit, Xiacun, Jinding (northen area) (+86 756) 338-3666 金鼎珠海国际赛 车场高尔夫俱乐部 Orient Golf Huandao Lu North, Hengqin (western area) (+86 756 8688188) 珠海横琴经济开发区环岛北 路一号 - 东方高尔夫球场

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Stage & Screen Cinemas Marslake Cinema 284 Ning Xi Lu, Ningxi Culture Square (near GLV school) (+86 756 228-4999) 珠海市柠 溪路284号C座(柠溪文化广场内)中影火星湖影城

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Gifts & Accessories Crystie Fashion Jewelry 1-C, Lianjun Building, 8 Lian’an Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 889-3733) 珠海拱北联安路 8号联骏大厦1-C

Home Goods Ohyeah Modern Furniture 1B06B-2 Qianshan Shibang International Decoration Plaza (+86 756 850-3864) 珠海市前山世邦国际装饰广场二 号厅1B06B

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Sporting Goods 392 Golf Equipment & Service Block B of Shihua Marketplace, Jida (+86 756 618-1868) 珠海吉大石花新村商场 首层B座 Bright-Bay Golf Service 368, Shuiwan Lu, Jida (+86 756 336-6121) 珠海吉 大水湾路368号南油高尔夫俱乐 部专卖店 Master Golf Tour & Services 363, Shui Wan Lu, Jida (+86 756 335-8822) 珠海 市吉大区水湾路363号 Sunshine Golf Shop 365-367, Shuiwan Lu, Jida (+86 756 336-9569) 珠海吉大 水湾路365-367 Zhuhai Jiafu Golf No.133, Mingzhu Lu (+86 756 383-9711) 珠海市明珠北 路133号 Zhuhai Sunwik Golf Products 5/F, Torita Commercial Center, Jing Shan Rd, Jida (+86 756 333-9487) 珠海市吉 大景山路东大商业中心502

Tailors Parilion Fashion 1F, Nanhai Oil Hotel (+86 756 332-3406) 珠海南油 大酒店玻璃楼一楼

Education Kindergartens Dongfang Kindergarten Ji Lin Building, Lianhuashan, Jida (+86 756

335-4143) 珠海吉大莲花山小区(新 昌安酒店后) Phoenix American English Kindergarten Phoenix Garden, 1088 Fenghuang Lu North, Xiangzhou (+86 756 212-7818) 珠海市凤凰北路 1088号凤凰花园内

Language Schools Art Training Center 18 Tonghua Lu, New Xiangzhou (+86 756 850-2422) 珠海市新香洲同华路18号 - 珠海 市艺术中心 Gateway Language Village Box 935 NingXi (+86 756 231-9666) 珠海市柠 溪文化广场平和国际语言村 POPO Tang Rm 202, Bldg. 7 Nanxiangli 1 Lu, Xiangzhou (Next to Nanxiangli Bus Stop) (+ 86 756 228-7088) 珠海 市香洲南香里1街7座202室(南香 里巴士站侧)-泡泡堂婴儿游泳馆 Royal Education 7F Ming Men Dasha, Ying Bin Ave, Gongbei (+86 137 2700-3947) 珠海拱北迎宾路名门 大厦七楼 Royal Perfectking Music 449 Baihe Garden, Gangchang Lu Gongbei (+86 756 388-6969) 珠海市拱北港昌 路449号百合花园二期17幢 Sunferia Training School 15F Cuiwei Jiuzhu building (+86 756 853-4821) 珠海前山翠微酒珠大厦15层 TPR American English School 1022 Fenghuang Lu South, Xiangzhou (+86 756 221-4900) 珠海市香洲区 凤凰南路1022号,美国TPR英语 专修学校

International Schools ZIS Zhuhai International School (zhū hǎi guó jì xué xiào) Fully qualified western teaching staff providing a comprehensive internationally recognised curriculum for expatriate students. Located on Qi Ao Island the school offers education from Nursery to Year 12 including boarding. In addition the school offers a Chinese program to cater for first and second language Chinese speakers. Qi Ao Island, Tang Jia Wan (+86 756 332-0016 / 3315580 / 137 2703 0105) website: www. zischina.com email: zis@zischina. com 珠海国际学校 中国珠海唐 家湾淇澳岛 QSI International School 2 Longxing Street #105 Gongbei (+86 756 8156134) 珠海拱北隆兴街

Services Dentists Liu He Dentist Clinic 345 Ningxi Lu, Xiangzhou (+86 756 381-3666) 珠海 市香洲柠溪路345号(柠溪市场对 面)-柠溪六和口腔医院

Hairdressers Ming Jian Hairdresser 281 Hai Wan Xin Jia Yuan, Lover’s Lane, Gongbei (+86 756 888-5975) 珠海情 侣南路海湾新家园地铺281号名剪 New Li Hua Beauty And Hair Salon 234 Shuiwan Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 811-9644) 珠海拱北水湾路234 号地下

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Center 133 Qiaoguang Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 889-7415) 珠海拱北侨光 路133号 - 珠海国际旅行卫生 保健中心

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Medical Consultancy (+86 133 1895 8091) 珠海市吉大景 People’s Hospital of Zhuhai 79 Kang Ling Lu, Xiangzhou (+86 756 2222569) Emergency: (+86 756 222-2571) 珠海市康宁路79号-珠海市人 民医院 Zhongshan University Fifth Affiliated Hospital Mei Hua East Lu, New Xiangzhou (+86 756 252-8171) 珠海 新香洲梅华东路-中山大学附属 第五医院

Veterinary Animal Hospital 479 Meihua Rd E, Xiangzhou (+86 756 251-1807) 香 洲梅华东路479号(香洲交警大 队对面) Gongbei Animal Hospital 2111 Yingbin Lu South, Gongbei (+86 756 818-9193) 拱北迎宾南路2111号(龙 城花园一楼5号铺)

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Travel China Travel Service Gongbei 2F Overseas Chinese Hotel, Yingbin Lu, Gongbei (+86 756 889-9228) 珠海拱 北迎宾大道华侨宾馆二楼 - 拱北 口岸中旅社 Tourist Co, Ltd 1028 Yuehai Lu East, Gongbei (+86 756 815-5222) 珠海市 粤海东路1028号

Job Market Jobs Available Writers and Photographers INZHUHAI magazine is looking for writers and photographers interested in presenting the city (or other interesting subjects) in all their glory.

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Personals Freelance graphic designer wanted to work on a part-time basis, designing advertisements for English-language magazine, page layouts and so on, using Photoshop and InDesign.

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Experience the DJ Gotama effect.

From Brussels to Beijing, DJ Gotama offers his Goa trance theme parties for clubs or private gatherings. He spins often in Beijing and is now expanding into the PRD. For more details: samhanssens@gmail.com

Language Exchange Private Chinese language tutor Charlie, has the right tones for you. Prices negotiable. E-mail: charlie8maggie@yahoo.com.cn Chinese Lessons Private Chinese Classes Private students can decide what they want to study. One to one tuition, one lesson lasts 90mins. Each course lasts 10 lessons, 1200元 + teacher's transport. Contact Royal Education for more info.

Community Play an Instrument?

Come down to Live Bar! Sing a song, tell a joke, recite a poem, play guitar, or listen to others. No cover, open to all, and 10 kuai pints!

Social Events ZIA Coffee Morning Every Wednesday! Everybody is welcome! For more information, please contact Rosemarie (138 2306-0667

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Music Lessons

Piano Teacher American Piano Teacher with over 30 years experience. Trained in New York City, I teach basic musical and pianistic competency, concentrating on the Classics--Bach, Beethoven,Chopin,etc.

I also teach theory. For further information please call 136 7600-7867.

Photography Miss O offers professional photography services for commercial interests, events, families and weddings and children's portraits.

Credits include South China Morning Post, Trends Health and that’s PRD, among other publications. Currently expanding her base in Guangdong to Zhuhai. For information, visit: www.missophotos.com.

Ren Lai Health Massage Chang Ping Lu, Chun Ze Ming Yuan, Xiawan (+86 756 813-8633) 珠海夏湾 春 泽名园 汇金商业街2楼 - 仁来 保健按摩 Zhiheng Massage Center 126 Nanxia Fengze Yuan Residential Area Pedestrian Street, Xiangzhou (one block back of Nanken (+86 756 213-3288) 香洲南厦丰泽园商业步 行街126号

Zhuhai Webbed Have a website? Blog? Zine? Facebook page? Want to get webbed in Zhuhai?

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Also covers Hong Kong, Macau and Zhongshan. www.zhuhainights.com They like the nightlife! Zhuhai’s latest website aims to get your primed for a night on the town.

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Coffee Morning every Wednesday from 10:30 am till 12:30am Zhuhai International Association (ZIA) ZIA'S MISSION STATEMENT • ZIA is a non-profit association of foreigners who are living in Zhuhai.

• ZIA will provide the opportunity for both new and old foreign residents in Zhuhai to meet for social occasions.

• ZIA will support members by supplying information which will assist in their daily lives as well as help in case of emergency.

• ZIA will help to contribute to the development of Zhuhai City by supporting local charities.

• ZIA office, 2nd Floor, Harbour View Hotel, 47 Middle Lovers Avenue, Zida, ZHUHAI 519015, PR CHINA (in Chinese characters) Email: zia.expat@gmail.com

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My own little pizza heaven

Zhuhai’s first annual

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Mark Clulow

You may have noticed on a recent trip for your favourite pizza in Zhuhai, that two of the finest eateries in town have had somewhat of a facelift.

We head up early for Mr Pizza's excellent Happy Hour - which runs from 5.30pm until 7pm every day except Tuesday, when they are closed.

The first is Pecatti di Gola, just off Bar Street (wander around the back of MTC nightclub to find it!), with its stunning sea-views and fun and eccentric Italian hosts. Large images of San Marco Piazza and Fontana di Trevi transport you to Italy in seconds whisking you into the romanticism of the home country of Stefano and Simone. The shots of homemade orancello and scrummy pizza might also have something to do with it!

Ken has adorned his walls with many new photos on canvas taken by Mr Pizza customers over the years - he held a competition to see who would be a featured photographer in the restaurant. In various sizes and shapes, Ken selected these images to reflect the truly global nature of his restaurant and of course his customers.

On a second wall, a stunning High Definition image of a rock-star's guitar collection reminds me that I'm due to play back at the restaurant very soon, but that in my recent absence music has continued to thrive here, with Vic and Kevin playing beautiful modern and classic accoustic guitar and harmonica - usually on a Thursday evening.

The half-price beer and wine is flowing and spirits are high. As we are leaving a large of students enter and I ask them why they came up on this particular evening. "15% Student Discount" one of the smiling local youths reply in perfect English. Every single one of my dinner-buddies takes a take-away and delivery menu on the way out - they'll eat Mr Pizza again soon - even if it is in the comfort of their own home!

Next is a trip up North, with some of my new-found-friends - a crazy 15-strong bunch of 20-somethings from Minnesota and California - fresh to Chinese soil.

Already missing home, I join them for some true home-cooked magic from Ken and his team at Mr Pizza.

Both Mr Pizza in Jin Ding and Pecatti di Gola in Gong Bei are fun nights-out not to be missed. If you have a special occasion coming up or have any special requirements, don't hesitate to call - these are some of the friendliest custodians in all of China!

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Four words 骑虎难下 qí hŭ nán xià

Down to Business

A starter kit for international SMEs

Rory Mitchell

虎 hŭ - tiger 难 nán - difficult 下 xià - down ‘When you’re riding a tiger, it’s not easy to get off ’

A united army led by Governor Tao Kan rose to quell the rebellion. However, the rebel forces were strong, and had already taken the Emperor as a hostage.

Tao Kan found himself suffering defeat after defeat. Moreover, his army’s provisions were dwindling. He came to lose confidence, and complained to his comrade Wen Jiao: “At first you said that everything was well-prepared, and that I just had to lead the troops; that whatever I and my men needed, we would have.

But now... even my wife can’t make a meal without any rice, you know!”

Wen Jiao considered the situation, and then offered him some words of encouragement: “You are rash to talk this way. We must work together to overcome the difficulties that face us; only then can we defeat the rebels. Our situation can be compared to riding on the back of a tiger. Unless we kill the tiger, it would be far more dangerous to jump off than to keep struggling. If you pull out now, you

Please note that different cities may have different local policies on foreign currency control and lending.

You are decided. You want open a company in Qingdao. It is not sufficient anymore to handle your China operations from Hong Kong or even from Europe, the United States or elsewhere. In this article, we will cover a few of the issues smallmedium sized enterprises (SMEs) will face during their initial investments in Qingdao and to a larger extent in China. Do not assume that what applies on an SME’s home turf or in other investments made elsewhere necessarily applies in China. SMEs are encouraged to use common sense and check all information and data twice. Until a clear picture has formed, SMEs need to question all that is told to them, and not take for granted advice given by internal staff as there may be a vested interest, an ignorance of international tax planning, or a lack of practical experience which could possibly affect operations down the line.

骑 qí - ride

In the third year of the reign of Emperor Cheng of Jin, Generals Su Jun and Zu Yue dispatched troops to storm the capital Jiankang. They did so under the pretext of ‘expelling traitors’ and ‘chasing out spies’, but went on to seize control of much of the government, eliminating all who stood in their way and causing chaos.

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will discourage our entire force. Can you go through with this and keep a clear conscience?”

Tao Kan mulled this over, and decided he had indeed been too impulsive. He got back to the task at hand, and worked with Wen Jiao on a plan of action. Within a short time the tide had turned: the rebel forces were quashed, and Su Jun and Zu Yue were finally put to death.

3. Tax invoices and foreign currency control SMEs usually need to quickly purchase equipment, rent offices, buy raw materials and hire local staff. All these expenses should, in an ideal world, be paid from the company’s local bank account and not from other sources (e.g. holding company’s money or investor’s cash). What’s more, the company should give clear instructions to its staff in order to obtain legal tax invoices from Chinese local vendors. Anything other than an official invoice (fapiao) would not be booked into the Chinese accounts.

Financial, tax and accounting issues 1. Different accounts, different functions When we set up companies our customers, foreign investors, often ask us why they need to open so many different bank accounts? Why not just use one banking institution to handle all business transactions?

Unfortunately, SMEs in China are likely to use three or more different for operations on the mainland.

This story comes from the Jin Annals, one of the many dynastic records that have been compiled since the tradition began in the Han dynasty. Today, the chengyu is roughly equivalent in meaning to the English idiom ‘don’t change horses in midstream’; once you have set off on a course of action, it can be riskier or more difficult to extract yourself than to see the course through to its completion.

unless we kill the tiger, it would be far more dangerous to jump off than to keep struggling

SMEs will need to open a capital account to receive foreign investment capital from the holding company, a settlement account in foreign currency if the company has overseas business, and an RMB bank account to pay salaries and other expenses in local currency. It is also a normal practice to have two additional, separate bank accounts to make payments to the state tax authorities. This bank is selected by the authorities themselves.

SMEs can never afford to take anything for granted For additional questions on setting up a company or on tax and accounting issues contact info@dezshira.com or visit www.dezshira.com.

You may also need to open a separate loan account to receive loans from the mother company. All these bank accounts have different functions, which the company concerned should clearly define including arranging for the different signatory authorisations, security levels and related arrangements.

From a practical point-of-view, you may also have to consider choosing a bank logistically closer to your operation base or office to reduce the time to withdraw money or issue checks. Finally, as more and more foreign banks are allowed to operate

on a broader scope in China, the foreign investor will be faced with even more options to choose from.

2. Initial cash flow problems International investors are likely to face cash flow problems in the initial investment period: unforeseen expenses in the budgeting phase, slow sales revenues, longer credit terms given to clients in order to open up new markets, deposits required at customs and immediate payment requirements by local suppliers before they get to know your company credit standing.

When asking local suppliers to provide legal VAT invoices, some may demand more money, i.e. an additional six percent of the total amount (VAT applicable to small tax payer suppliers), while others may refuse to provide legal VAT invoices.

SMEs find it difficult to explain to the tax authorities where this money has gone under such conditions, and the company may face a tax penalty. Foreign companies need to remember to make clear whether or not the price quoted by a local supplier is tax-inclusive.

4. VAT and customs policies Chinese customs provide preferential treatment to foreign companies as a tool to encourage them to set up operations in certain industrial sectors. For example, some foreign enterprises are entitled to the preferential VAT treatment to import equipment tax-free and use such equipment within the total investment. Investors need to be aware of these policies to correctly plan their investments and ultimately save costs.

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Happy-Go-Lucky Directed by Mike Leigh

Today's moviegoers are a pretty hardened bunch, as evidenced when Saw warrants an annual sequel and Salò gets shelf space at HMV (on Blu-ray, no less). With Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh has stumbled upon a novel way to confront jaded viewers: relentless, unapologetic cheerfulness.

Not to say that he's has made a relentlessly cheerful film, which is about as likely as a Leigh-helmed Die Hard. But Happy-Go-Lucky's centre is undeniably chipper: Poppy (Sally Hawkins), a London primary school teacher almost never seen without a wide, toothy grin. Reality comes crashing down quickly - her bicycle is stolen within the first ten minutes - but she takes it in stride and immediately begins driving lessons. Her sessions with Scott (Eddie Marsan), a sullen, racist misanthrope, play as extended battles of will: Poppy endlessly tweaks Scott, and Scott seeks to impose a crude discipline on his bubbly new charge.

The Poppy-Scott narrative inevitably comes to an unhappy end - but Leigh has never trafficked in binary good guys/ bad guys storytelling, and he doesn't start here. Still a kitchen-sink realist at heart, Happy-Go-Lucky is basically about how people get (or don't get) through the day, and Poppy's optimism looks almost pathological in light of the obstacles: Scott, her irritable sister, a student in an abusive home situation, an unsettling encounter with a vagrant - none of this makes more than a momentary dent in her countenance.

But maybe all this is projection. Leigh doesn't traffic in didacticism, either, and Poppy is simply presented as is. One could treat the movie as a kind of Rorschach test, based on how a given viewer reacts to Hawkins' performance, which has proven violently irritating to at least a few writers. There may be no message here, or no clear lesson to take away, but it's a rare movie that tells its audience something about -Josh Martin themselves.

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WALL-E

Directed by Andrew Stanton Hundreds of years after humans have desolated Earth, a small Waste Allocation Load Lifter (WALL-E) robot still rolls around an abandoned cityscape piling litter into his belly.

The arrival of a search droid named EVE piques his curiosity and offers a rare opportunity to interact with something other than a cockroach. While EVE's directive remains inscrutable (classified, anyway), he can't help feeling a certain bond, difficult for even sentient beings to describe but powerful enough to send him soaring through the universe after her when her directive sends her back.

Like fellow Stanton-directed Pixar production Finding Nemo, WALL-E winds around a character's struggle to reclaim someone he refuses to lose. Other elements either help or hinder in that aim, but his 'directive' is as simple as holding on to what he loves. Everything else is a consequence of the universe that he inhabits. The majority of the film has no dialogue; how much more gets across in the furtive grasp of a hand, than in the ten minutes of halfbaked banter that normally introduces a nascent romance?

Sadly, the human race is portrayed as having turned into a bunch of gluttonous vacationers on a consumption binge, hovering around on chaises lounge behind videochat visors ("I didn't even know we had a pool!"), Earth a mythical point of origin from the distant past.

The experience of this film is a celebration of the qualities that we fetishise and breathe back into the objects and art we create: EVE's figure references the 'sexy' Apple design aesthetic; the musical theatre that stirs such powerful feeling in the droid is one of modern culture's purest forms of sentimental indulgence. These are the things that we take such fascination in, only to discard as soon as we find something that will give us more stimulation with less effort. Pixar knows this as well as any organisation in any field, having thus far built a repertoire of beautiful, heart-squeezing films. WALL-E is at once the simplest, most ambitious, most elegant, and most universal. -Pang Zi An early scene in Sukiyaki Western Django sees a mysterious drifter riding out of the fog and past a hapless pedestrian, who unsuccessfully implores him to turn around ("Ain't nothin' back there"). It's a standard western scene -- at least compared to the prologue, which has Quentin Tarantino removing an egg from a snake and ends with a CG-assisted zoom through his dinner bowl.

But both actors are Japanese, the signpost for 'Nevada' bears Chinese characters, and the dialogue is delivered in halting English that sounds more than a little like a straight phonetic reading.

Sukiyaki Western Django Directed by Takashi Miike

More than a 'Japanese Western' (which enjoyed a vogue of sorts in the '60s), Sukiyaki Western revives the cultural cross-pollination that made the original spaghetti westerns such an intriguing species; even the awkward line delivery evokes the haphazard dubbing of its Italian forebears. And title notwithstanding, the plot (a stranger rides into town and plays two warring factions off against each other)

Madonna has introduced songs on her Sticky and Sweet world tour saying they are for her estranged husband who is 'emotionally retarded!'

Stuck

Directed by Stuart Gordon Urban legends are a reliable source of inspiration for horror films. Anyone reading a synopsis of Stuck might assume it was drawn from the same well, but no; it freely adapts the true story of a Texas woman who struck a homeless man with her car, drove all the way home with the poor guy embedded in her windshield, and left him to die in her garage.

Grisly stuff - and if it sounds familiar, it might be because CSI and Law & Order already appropriated it. Stuck boasts the gratuitous nudity and explicit gore network television left out, but it doesn't expand too much on the basics: Brandi (Mena Suvari), returning home from a night of Ecstasy-fueled partying, slams into newly-homeless Tom Bardo (Stephen Rea), panics, and enlists her wannabe-thug boyfriend Rashid (Russell Hornsby) for an inept cover-up.

Brandi is hardly likable, but director Stuart Gordon relies on an old gambit: the audience will instinctively sympathise with the lead, however unpleasant. It works, with the nearmisses playing on the audience's divided loyalties. Bardo himself doesn't cut much of a figure, but with his mangled body and monosyllabic groans, he's perhaps the closest the film offers to an object of horror, and it's no stretch to read the film's "out of sight, out of mind" premise as an extreme take on the way people like Bardo are generally regarded.

If anything, Stuck pushes the metaphor a bit far; Rashid's "anybody can do anything to anyone and get away with it" is just too on-the-nose. But touches of black humor keep the movie from descending into lecture without unduly mocking its main characters, and in the horror-as-socialcommentary stakes, it's more convincing than, say, Hostel Part II (absurdly pitched by its director as a response to Abu Ghraib). Brainless nihilism hasn't completely taken over the genre.

-Josh Martin

owes little to 1966's Django and much to A Fistful of Dollars, itself a lift from Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

Miike runs through the checklist -- there's a saloon brawl, a high-noon shootout, and a hooker with a heart of gold -- but appears more invested in baroque flourishes than the cowboys-and-Indians games (an interpretive dance number gets as much screen time as most of the gunfights). The film deploys its clichés with refreshing earnestness, but the story moves in fits and starts before running out of steam in the third act; even the finale is surprisingly rote stuff, enlivened by a freak snowstorm that owes nothing to narrative logic and everything to Miike's visual acuity. For all its big-budget slickness, Sukiyaki Western Django feels like one of Miike's formally bold but relatively impersonal yakuza quickies -- the gangsters here wear ten-gallon hats, but there's little soul underneath.

- Josh Martin

Guy, Madge, and Riches An Immaculate Divorce Gets Ugly

With the news breaking that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are set to divorce, a war of words has broken out on both sides of the Atlantic.

Madonna’s friends are claiming, despite Ritchie’s claims that he wants not a penny of his wife’s cash, he intends to take her to the cleaners.

“I’ve worked my ass off for the last 30 years to get what I have, and now this gold-digger wants to take it from me.”

It looks very much as though she will be moving to New York with the children permanently, she has grown close to her daughter’s father Carlos Leon in recent months as he still sees quite a lot of Lourdes. Rumours of Madonna’s alleged affair with baseball star Alex Rodriguez have also put strain on the marriage.

Madonna, who famously follows the mystical Jewish religion Kabbalah, told a friend: “I’m totally devastated that Guy’s turned out to be such a golddigger. “I thought we’d been on a spiritual journey together for the past ten years — but obviously I was wrong. He’s just after my money."

A source said: “They share an interest in Kabbalah and have the same management…that’s it.”

Sources state that Ritchie will keep their rural estate Ashcombe in Wiltshire and their London pub The Punchbowl, but Madonna will take everything else including their penthouse in New York, which will leave Ritchie in search of a place to stay as he attempts to see as much as he can of their three children, Lourdes (12), Rocco (8) and David Banda (3).

Madonna is reputed to be worth $640m, while Ritchie, director of hit gangster films Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has around $50m, although Madonna has issues with this

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Over the past six months Madonna’s closest female friends have rounded on Guy. They have been advising her to dump the RocknRolla director and get on with her life.

figure stating that she always paid for everything and has never seen a penny of his estimated fortune.

This is a soap destined to run throughout the winter months, Madonna has introduced songs on her Sticky and Sweet world tour this month intimating that they are for her estranged husband who is ‘emotionally retarded!’

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