Xin magazine no3 - spring 2014 by Xin magazine

randall p. dark & thE goldEn agE of china’s film industry

澳门电影节推出崭新理念 Economy of compassion:

慈善活动在中国

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葡萄牙“酒”洲行

第一夫人： launching thE first lady

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RANDALL P. DARK & THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHINA’S FILM INDUSTRY

澳门电影节推出崭新理念 ECONOMY OF COMPASSION:

慈善活动在中国

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Table of ConTenTs

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Editor’s letter 主编的悄悄话

XIn kISSES YoUr EYES 44

新眼睛

spring City revisited 《新》之春

TrEndIng TopICS 热门话题 12

XiN design week special From Eindhoven to Beijing: Diversity, optimism and confidence 《新》国际设计周题报道

Beijing Boyce’s wine word 葡萄围城的故事

BUSInESS & gloBal CommUnITY 商务与全球社区 50

Economy of Compassion: Charity in China 慈善活动在中国

megacities of the future 未来城市展望

gwendolyn talks 讲一讲竹子的故事

C’est du chinois? Champagne in China 香槟酒在中国

“i’m mad, therefore i have a future” Goodbaby Design in Utrecht 好孩子之设计悬念

angelle Chang’s spring stylebook: 《新》时尚指南

faces & Places: Singapore rocks the trend

Hong Kong: A lasting love affair 我爱你，香港！

KuiperCompagnons architecture & landscape: Looking for a sense of home

CovEr STorY 特写 32

第一夫人： launching the first lady

the Nuclear security summit 2014

in the press 独独家点评

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32 CUlInarY 新派舌头

TravEl 旅游 72

roberts & Partners: Around the world in 601 words: Amsterdam in the Golden Age 阿姆斯特丹黄金时光

Xavier Kat: Wine production in China 未来的葡萄酒来自哪里？

Pots, pans and terracotta warriors 西安，西安

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Portugal wine tour 葡萄牙“酒”洲行

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Hong Kong Planet food 很好吃！

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asian food films 美食电影让你咽口水

To Shop & To go & To know 趋！趣！去！

ChIna STorIES 88

中国故事

Portrait 新人物 Bringing new meaning to the 21st century: Randall Paris Dark & the golden age of China’s film industry 澳门电影节重建好莱坞，推出崭新理念 fosun: from scratch to stardom 复星集团的明星创业史

la ChInE En roSE 文化艺术 104

His date with fate in macau: Luís Vaz de Camões 葡萄牙大诗人澳门旷世之恋

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marvel! 赞！

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lasé Hu: Growth by sharing 我共享,我成功

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fun characters 思路花语

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XiN’s tastemakers 新发现 Choice film & DVD

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miNg Exhibition 明

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impressions from China’s hidden paradise 云南奇迹

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XiN’s hot dates 新日历

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in the spotlight 绝对抢眼“新”派对

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speaking of emanCipaTion… yawn?

Emancipation is a fantasy that has found its way to exposure. To attract attention, one can dance, one can sing, and sure one can yawn because the law of an illuminated spotlight is often a mystery – Recently, I have been getting quite a bit of media exposure with the visit of the Chinese president and his wife to the Netherlands. I must admit - having more exposure is kind of a bittersweet thing for me, honestly, because in my heart of hearts I much prefer good, quiet work in the shadows. Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. It is a fact whether you and I like it or not. Fame means you can say and do more to make an idea fly and go viral. In this long-awaited edition, XiN magazine has dedicated a significant part of it to the exciting phenomenon called China’s First Lady. Peng the style icon is able to turn every state visit into her red carpet moment – and it is not only her personal jubilation. As a fan puts it: “The First Lady gives our people a face”. It is China celebrating the fact that it has become a modern, perhaps more open country. Maybe my homeland is maturing in the skin of a maturing woman who has continued to grow. And what a breathtaking view to behold! Traditional beauty and international charm, these are the keywords to appreciate and decode the “soft power” diplomacy aiming to unite people all over the world. “Julie, it all starts with the desire to communicate and listen,” a Facebook friend wrote me the other day. I trust and sincerely hope that this is a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our global communities. To understand and accept an idea that is not ours. I applaud that. For me, this is true emancipation of a nation! China needs it. The Chinese people deserve it even more. We all wish to live in a more balanced world with equal rights and equal potential impact! Talking of equality, I suddenly realized something and wondered why nobody is writing about Barack’s or Xi’s sleeve length or shoe size if such things are so important in today’s world? I borrow Shakespeare’s words to bring an end to my musing: To this blessed plot, this earth! Happy Spring! Oh and please note that in order to encourage its correct pronunciation, I have slightly re-spelt my name. It is now: Julie Oyang

我想和大家谈谈个性解放，但又担心这会不会是个老古董的话题。其实个性解放开始时只是一个默默的想法，但是由于人们发现了它的无穷魅力，被曝光了并为大家所接受了，一个沉默的想法就成为了现实。作为媒体人，我很关心用什么方式能最有效地吸引大千世界里成千上万人们的眼球，一个人可以疯狂舞蹈，或者放声高歌，甚或打个不同凡响的哈欠，因为聚光灯的

Julie Oyang 法则往往是一个谜。最近因为中国国家主席和他的妻子对荷兰进行首次国访，我在媒体露面也较为频繁一些。对我来说这却是件苦乐参半的事，说实话我更愿意呆在暗处把自己的工作做得很优秀。媒体会让你出名，仅仅靠工作优秀是远远不够的，这是个事实。成名意味着能为大家做更多好事，能使梦想成真。您现在手中捧着的这本最新的《新》用了重量级篇幅来观察 “中国第一夫人”这个新现象。彭丽媛女士从就职以来在不断地吸引着国际媒体的关注。她不仅是时尚偶像，而且她能把每次国事访问变成第一夫人的“红毯”时刻，但这不仅仅是她个人的荣耀。一个粉丝这样说： “第一夫人给了咱们中国人一张脸”。确实，也许中国正在成为一个更开放的现代国家。也许我的祖国正在走向成熟，而这种成熟则是通过一个成熟的女人在自己新的角色中继续成长来表达出来。这是令世界兴奋的时刻！传统美结合国际魅力，这是所谓“软力”外交中的关键词。 “一切都从沟通和倾听的愿望开始的， ” Facebook的一位朋友给我发来这样一句很聪明的话。我相信并衷心希望通过这种“软”途径，在保持不同社区间的友好之前提下，发展多样性，并能够公开讨论相互之间的不同与分歧，理解并接受与自己不同的想法。我举双手赞成。对我来说，这才意味着一个民族的真正意义上的解放！中国需要它，中国人民更需要它。我们都希望自己生活的世界更加平衡、更加平等，而且各民族都能够平等地影响全球社区！说起平等，我突然想起来，为什么就没有人提及奥巴马总统或者习主席的衣柜呢？如果国家元首们的袖长和鞋码确实在我们当今的世界如此举足轻重，那么大家是否也应该关注一下呢？我借用莎士比亚的话来结尾：我为您祝福，为这里所发生的一切，这块大地！祝愿各位读者春意盎然！

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{WhEN suMMEr is ovEr aNd autuMN sEts iN, PEoPlE sPENd MorE tiME iNdoors, all ProPErly drEssEd aNd lookiNg for WarMth. No surPrisE thEN, that this is thE tiME WhEN MorE attENtioN is Paid to dEsigN. lEt’s takE a look at tWo of thE World’s Major dEsigN EvENts that hEraldEd thE oNsEt of thE coldEr sEasoN: thE BEijiNg dEsigN WEEk aNd thE dutch dEsigN WEEk.}

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From Eindhoven to Beijing: diversity, optimism and confidence

《新》国际设计周专题报道 BEijing dEsign wEEk The Beijing Design Week (BJDW) 2013 took place from September 26 to October 3 and has been an annual event since 2011, growing bigger every year. This year’s theme was ‘Design City · Smart City’. After Milan in 2011 and London in 2012, Amsterdam was this year’s ‘Guest city’ at the BJDW, with world-famous designer Marcel Wanders as its figurehead. Beijing’s Capital Museum showcased his work in a special exhibition focusing on Wanders’ iconic chair designs. Marcel Wanders himself said about his participation in the BJDW: “Visiting China is always an adventure and an inspiration, and it was an honor this year to be invited to represent the city of Amsterdam.” One Dutch contribution to the Beijing Design Week that drew a lot of attention, was the giant Rubber Duck, which had traveled to France, Brazil, Japan and Australia before it swam to Beijing. It is the world’s largest rubber duck and it was created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. He aims to recall everyone’s childhood memories to ‘spread joy around the world’. For their part, Dutch designers explored the city of Beijing and interacted with people they met on the streets, inviting them to design

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北京国际设计周北京国际设计周（BJDW）于2013年9月26日至10月3日举行，自2011年以来，设计周可谓是每年一度的一大盛事，而且规模也越来越大。今年设计周主题是“设计城市•智能城市” 。继2011年米兰及2012年伦敦后，阿姆斯特丹成为今年“贵宾城市”，由世界著名的设计师Marcel Wanders的设计为主帅，而在首都博物馆展出的由该设计家设计的作品更占有醒目的位置，重点展出的是他的标志性椅子设计。Marcel说：“访问中国对我来说是既一种冒险也是会给我的创作带来灵感，今年我被中国邀请代表阿姆斯特丹市，我感到非常荣幸。” 参加北京国际设计周的来自荷兰的作品吸引了大量来客的关注，巨大的橡皮鸭曾前往法国，巴西，日本和澳大利亚等多国展出后才最终来到了北京。它是世界上最大的橡皮鸭，由荷兰艺术家Florentijn Hofman创作，旨在“传播欢乐，保存童年的回忆” 。此外，荷兰设计师们也深入了解北京这座历史古城并与参观者进行互动，同当地人在街道上交谈，也邀请他们设计自己想设计的一点儿东西。他们花了很多时间在大栅栏地区进行各种活动，这是 2013设计周的热地点之一。

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footWEar rEassEMBlEd By dashilar shoEMakErs, a saNdEr WassiNk ProjEct PhotograPhEr: iNE vaN zEElaNd

dutch dEsigNEr MarcEl WaNdErs’ faMous kNottEd chair PhotograPhEr: doM Brady

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something themselves (more on that later). They spent a lot of time in the Dashilar area, one of the hotspots of the BJDW 2013. Top international and local designers, architects, academics and professionals had been invited to think through the regeneration of this historic district. It became a major draw during the BJDW, with a designer hutong toilet by Michael young, new restaurants and bars, and several renovation projects of the old hutong buildings. Other notto-be-overlooked BJDW sites were of course the 798 district and the adjacent 751-D park, as well as Caochangdi – areas well known among design aficionados any time of the year.

dutch dEsign wEEk When it comes to smart cities, the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven can teach anyone a thing or two: the city was named the world’s smartest region in 2012 by the Intelligent Community Forum, based in New york. Eindhoven is also, not coincidentally, the host of the annual Dutch Design Week (DDW). DDW 2013 took place from 19-27 October and welcomed 250,000 visitors, doubling the city’s population. One of the highlights every year is the graduates show of the Design Academy, where new talents strut their stuff. Around 200 new

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顶级国际设计师，本地设计师，建筑师，学者和专业人士也应邀来一同思考历史街区的再生计划，贡献他们的想法。设计师Michael Young设计的胡同厕所大受青睐，还有新的餐馆和酒吧以及老胡同建筑的几个改造项目也十分令人瞩目。其他非去不可的地点当然要数798区和相邻的751-D公园以及草场地，这是设计爱好者们最为热衷的去处。

荷兰设计周谈到智能城市，荷兰南部城市埃因霍温市应该算是众所周知的先驱者，该市被总部设在纽约的Intelligent Community Forum评为2012年世界上最聪明的地区，所以由埃因霍温市主持一年一度的荷兰设计周（DDW）也并非偶然。 10月 19日至27日举行的盛会参加的人次多达250.000人，比全市人口翻一番。每年的亮点之一是设计学院毕业生展出的毕业作品，这些新人才们让人们大开眼界。每年来自世界各地的大约200个新生在该学院开始学士或硕士课程，设计学院的毕业生秀被公认为“未来”的向导。本年的一些亮点包括 Benjamin Vermeulen的 ultra-portable, click-and-go magnetic MAG 家具, 而Wang danyu的“空气故事”结合了空气净化器及中国的剪纸艺术，还有Martijn van Strien反乌托邦的外衣。另一热点是荷兰设计大奖作品展览，该展览它

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morE information 请关注： students from all over the world annually start a bachelor’s or master’s program in design here. The Design Academy’s graduates show has been called ‘a guide for the future’. Some of the highlights were Benjamin Vermeulen’s ultra-portable, click-and-go magnetic MAG furniture, Danyu Wang’s ‘Air Story’ combining air purifier filters with the art of paper cutting, and Martijn van Strien’s dystopian outerwear. Another annual DDW hotspot is the Dutch Design Awards exhibition, which offers an overview of the finalists for the 2013 Dutch Design Award. This year’s winner was fashion designer Iris van Herpen with her Voltage collection. Fairphone by Bas van Abel won the Fontanel Public Award. Fairphones are made from conflict-free resources, against a fair wage for workers, while reducing e-waste. An interesting participant in the Design Awards exhibition was artist and designer Sander Wassink, who set up a temporary shoe-shop in Dashilar during Beijing Design Week, thus bringing the two design weeks together. In his shop, Wassink employed designers to cut and re-edit cheap, counterfeit shoes. The pieces were then creatively assembled by local Dashilar shoemakers, creating a new local pride as well as a fine example of Dutch-Chinese collaborative design.

Marcel Wanders: www.marcelwanders.com Dashilar project: dashilar.org Michael young’s Designer hutong toilet: www.michael-young.com/news.html MAG furniture: www.benjaminvermeulen.com Iris van Herpen: www.irisvanherpen.com Fairphone: www.fairphone.com Sander Wassink: www.sanvans.com

为2013年荷兰设计奖的入围者提供了一个全面概述。今年获奖者是时装设计师Iris van Herpen的Voltage。 Fairphone 由Bas van Abel 设计，荣获了 Fontanel Public Award公共奖。Fairphones 采用反冲突理念，要求给予工人合理工资，同时减少电子垃圾。一位很有趣的艺术家和设计者是Sander Wassink，他在大栅栏北京国际设计周期间建立了一个临时的制鞋车间，从而使两个设计周连在了一起。在他的店里，他雇用了荷兰设计师切割和重新组合假冒鞋，然后由大栅栏鞋匠们生产制作，一个中荷设计合作的新理念也就此孕育而生，同时这也是值得两国骄傲的一个合作的很好的例子。

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目前中国既是优质葡萄酒的生产者也是该产品的消费者，中国优质酒庄的数量正在与日俱增。从香港的拍卖行到波尔图的酒庄房地产业，中国人也正在以买家的身份扩张其在葡萄酒产业的影响。

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China now ranks among the top wine producers and top consumers, has a growing number of quality wineries and, from the auction houses of Hong Kong to the chateau real estate markets of Bordeaux, exerts considerable influence as a buyer. Given that, it’s hard to believe that less than a decade ago many wondered if wine would catch on here and considered the idea of an industry based on quality to be a joke. To be fair, the amount of quality local wine amounts to a few cases out of the barrel of production, but at least the conversation has shifted from if China can make such wine to which ones are the best. And we see more of them now in Europe.

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BEIJING-BASED JIM BOyCE IS FOUNDER OF THE BLOG GRAPE WALL OF CHINA AND CONTRIBUTOR TO WINE ENTHUSIAST, WINE BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER MAGAZINES.

The biggest splash came when seventeenth-century wine merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd in London listed Chateau Changyu Moser XV, a Cabernet-Merlot blend made in the north-central region of Ningxia, at €47. The wine is a joint project between Changyu, China’s biggest producer, and fifth-generation Austrian winemaker Lenz Moser. TxB, Moser’s import company, is the European importer and says the wine is listed at KaDeWe in Germany, Globus in Switzerland and Wein & Co in Austria, to name a few. There are also plans to introduce a second made-in-China wine to Europe – Moser Family Cabernet Sauvignon – ahead of the massive ProWein trade fair in late March. Meanwhile, the Merchant of Chinese Fine Wines in Belfast imports half dozen wines from well-regarded Shanxi province producer Grace Vineyard and says customers have been enthusiastic. The top label, Cabernet blend Chairman’s Reserve, is €48 while second label Deep Blue is €36. This importer also stocks “Golden Diamond” Vidal ice wine, made by Changyu in the northeast province of Liaoning, as does Excel Wines in Scotland. Excel Wines charges just over €200 for a half-dozen half bottles. And Inner Mongolia winery Chateau Hansen says three of its products are now distributed in Denmark and Germany by Nicolai Larsen Wines. Given that these China producers and others seem committed to staying on track, we can expect quality to improve and even more wines on European store shelves.

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麦肯锡全球研究所（ M G I ）公布报告表明，全球 2 5 座发展最快的城市，其中 1 3 座在中国。这间美国芝加哥的智囊团在《 2 0 1 1 年全球城市报告》中提到中国的 2 2 5 座城市，在 2 0 0 7 年至 2 0 2 5 年全球经济发展中占有比例为 3 0 % 。目前中国的几座中型城市将成为上升最快的“明星”。以经济活动及人口数量为基础而被称为“二级城市”，此类型城市之迅猛发展取决于当地特殊的领先的行业。而二级城市亦将很快成为新的经济中心。

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McKinsey report indicates that the gross domestic product of Changsha will triple between 2010 and 2025. Which is not surprising, since the city is producing what is most wanted and needed by the urban life: television programs and heavy machinery. The well-known local television network, Hunan TV, invented the immensely popular, American Idol sort of shows like Super Girl and Super Boy. Local companies such as Zoomlion and Sany have benefited greatly from China’s booming. Liang Wengen, who is the owner of construction company Sany and one of the richest men in China, now also owns the German Putzmeister. Liang’s company sells excavators, cranes and other special vehicles to India, Brazil and Africa. Changsha is the capital of Hunan Province.

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Dell and Texas Instruments are already in Chengdu. Now Intel also left Shanghai and established its office in Chengdu. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province.

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During the Japanese occupation in World War II, Shenyang was an industrial center. Recently, Shenyang is making a strong comeback due to the arrival of foreign investors and companies, including BMW and Boeing. More domestic and foreign firms are to follow their example and settle in the Northeastern industrial city. Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning Province.

thEy arE BEcoMiNg NEW EcoNoMic cENtErs iN thE NEar futurE 长沙经济增长：14.5％行业：娱乐及建筑麦肯锡报告指出，长沙市的生产总值（GDP）在2010年至 2025年之间将会增加两倍。这并不奇怪，因为这座城市制造的是现代都市生活最需要的元素，那就是电视节目和重型机械。当地知名的湖南卫视创造了SuperGirl，SuperBoy等超受欢迎的节目，它们有些类似于American Idol。中联重科和三一重工两家工程机械公司在中国近年的发展中也大大获利。梁稳根，三一重工的所有者也是中国最有钱人之一，现在他也拥有德国的普茨迈斯特。梁的公司销售挖掘机、起重机等特种车辆，大量销往印度，巴西和非洲。长沙是湖南省省会。

成都经济增长：15％行业：高科技戴尔和德州仪器已经在成都落脚。现在英特尔也离开了上海来到成都设立办公室。成都是四川省省会，

沈阳经济增长：14％行业：组装在日占期间沈阳曾是一个工业中心。近年来沈阳更是强势复出，吸引外国投资者和企业，包括宝马公司和波音公司也来到这里，这会促进更多的国内及国外企业来到中国东北部这座老工业城市。沈阳是辽宁省省会。

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Wuxi is also called “Little Shanghai” because of its location as well as its long history of trade. The seemingly quiet town is urbanizing at a high-speed pace, but the main thrust came from the Wuxi local government that has made the decision to become the leader of new energy sources. At the moment, Suntech and Jetion Holdings are two major Chinese producers of solar panels. Wuxi is located in Jiangsu Province.

经济增长：13％行业：太阳能无锡也称为“小上海”，因为它的位置靠近上海及其悠久的贸易史。这座看似宁静的小城正在以高速的步伐走向城市化，但其最主要的推力来自无锡政府已经作出决定将成为新能源领域的领导者。目前，无锡尚德和浚鑫控股是中国两大太阳能电池板的生产。无锡位于江苏省。

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Historically, the capital of Shaanxi Province is a military town. Xi’an is also an important cultural and educational center of Northwest China, with facilities for space program research and development. National security and space exploration are heavy on Xi’an’s agenda.

西安经济增长：14.5％行业：航空历史上，陕西省省会西安是军事重镇。西安在中国西北地区也更是一个文化和教育中心。西安拥有太空开发及研究探讨方面的设施，国家安全和空间探索具有极其重要的地位。西安是陕西省省会。

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许多中国人都知道法国最知名的葡萄酒产区是波尔图，然而谈到香槟，这个概念对许多人却是陌生的。作为世界上独一无二的香槟生产区，它的名字受到法律保护，这是为了防止其他碳酸葡萄酒生产商使用香槟这一商标。

The wine market is booming in China and owning expensive wine has become a symbol of happiness and social status. But Champagne, a unique, sparkling Champagne associated with luxury and power through the ages, has not yet received wide recognition and acceptance. “Compared to red wine, the acceptance of Champagne is still limited,” says Wang Wei, director of Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) in China. CIVC is the trade association in France that oversees the global Champagne market. One of CIVC missions in China is to promote the product and the stories behind the luxury sparkling wine. Currently, the annual production of Champagne is about 300 million bottles, of which 150 million bottles are sold worldwide. Only 1.3 million bottles of Champagne are sold in China in 2011, compare to 300,000 bottles sold in 2006. Half of the demand came from Shanghai. Officially presented to the Chinese market in 2006, Champagne is slowly becoming a widespread standard at festive occasions. However, market awareness is far below red wine. Most Chinese know that Lafite is one of the most expensive red wines in the world, but few can name the best Champagne in the world. Figures from the consultancy firm Euromonitor shows that a total of 1.3 billion liters of red wine were consumed in China in 2011. By comparison, Champagne consumption was only 900,000 liters in the same year.

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In recent years, Champagne is often seen at weddings and parties. Newlywed couples pour Champagne down a graceful arrangement of glasses for a photo, but people prefer not to drink it. The taste is said to be unremarkable and a bit strange, especially elderly Chinese are not fond of cold wine with bubbles. The Chinese believe that red wine has positive effects on your health, like a cup of warm tea. This is perhaps attributable to the ancient belief in yin and yang and the balance of the two. They usually do not drink beverage under body temperature, while Champagne is served chilled. In Western countries, Champagne is consumed before a meal. In China, Champagne is served at bars and clubs in the evening. Many Chinese people believe that Champagne is for ladies and is not suitable for corporate parties.

ja Pa N is thE largEst chaMPagNE M arkEt iN a sia. 目前日本是亚洲最大的香槟市场。 Unlike the huge trading model employed by red wine merchants, Champagne producers and traders want to maintain a premium character. The price of red wine can drop extremely low whereas the price of Champagne has a bottom line. In a regular shop in China,

the cheapest Champagne is about 500 yuan ($ 80.26) per bottle and the price is set much higher in bars and clubs. Experts believe that the unusual taste of Champagne may be one factor that makes it less popular. Chinese people do not like the fizzing, sour taste; the sharp, fruity taste is relatively foreign to them. Meanwhile, the more mature red wine market encourages people to choose what they are more familiar with. “Red wine entered the Chinese market early. Drinking red wine has become common and fashionable for the locals,” a market insider tells us. “One way to make Champagne more acceptable is to add syrup to reduce its acidity, which offers great business opportunities to syrup companies including the French premium Monin syrup.” Wang Wei: “We have experienced significant growth over the past six years. We have high expectations for the market. Actually, we are looking forward to rising above Japan.”

中国葡萄酒市场正在蓬勃发展，拥有昂贵的葡萄酒也成为了社会地位的象征。然而独特的、有气泡的香槟酒早已是奢侈品和威望的代名词，在中国它却未能得到广泛的认可和接受。中国Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC)王炜主任说： “与红葡萄酒相比，中国人对香槟的接受能力仍然很有限。” CIVC是法国香槟行业协会，负责监督全球香槟市场。该协会在中国的任务之一则是促销香槟酒并讲述这种奢侈汽酒背后的种种故事。目前香槟酒每年生产量为3亿瓶，其中1.5亿瓶销往世界各地。2011年在中国仅销售130 万瓶，较2006年售出的30万瓶有所增加。对香槟的需求一半来自上海。自从2006年正式进入中国市场以来，国内香槟需求也在逐渐增加，然而，市场意识远远低于红葡萄酒。大多数中国人知道拉菲是世界上最昂贵的红葡萄酒，但没有多少人能说出最好的香槟酒的名字。Euromonitor咨询公司的数字显示， 2011年在中国共消费130亿公升的红酒，而相比之下，香槟消费量2011年只有90万升。近年来，香槟酒越来越多地出现在婚礼和各种庆典场合，然而新婚夫妻常常只倒香槟为了照相，不是为了喝香槟酒。香槟酒味淡，有点奇特，特别中国的老人不喜欢冷的带气泡的酒。中国人认为红酒对健康有益，就像是一杯暖茶，这也许来源于古老的阴阳平衡信仰。中国人通常不喝低于体温的饮料，而香槟酒是冰镇的。在西方国家香槟在饭前用，然而在中国香槟则是在酒吧和俱乐部消费。许多中国人认为香槟酒是女士酒，不适合企业人士。

相对于红酒经营模式，香槟酒生产商和贸易商希望在价格上保持香槟的“高贵奢侈”。红酒的价格会跌得很低，而香槟酒的价格有一个底线。在中国的普通商店最便宜的香槟每瓶 500元左右（相当于 80.26美元），在酒吧和俱乐部价格会高出很多。葡萄酒市场专家说香槟酒特殊的味道是其不流行的原因之一。中国人不喜欢香槟的酸味，他们也不喜欢有气泡的葡萄酒，接受有浓烈果味的香槟酒还需要一段时间。与此同时，相对成熟的红酒市场让中国人能选择他们更熟悉商品。一位市场人士透露：“红葡萄酒进入中国市场较早，人们对之更熟悉，喝红葡萄酒已经成为一种时尚。还有一种方法是在香槟酒中添加糖浆来降低其酸度，这为包括Monin上等糖浆在内的一些法国糖浆公司也提供了巨大的商机。” 王炜说：“过去六年以中国香槟酒市场呈上升状态，我们对中国市场有很高的期望，我们希望中国市场的需求会赶超日本。”

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covEr story 特写 WhilE it is PErhaPs uNdErstaNdaBlE that thE dutch MEdia focusEd oN thE MorE Prosaic asPEcts of thE largEst NuclEar suMMit EvEr hEld iN thE NEthErlaNds, lEt us focus iNstEad oN thE first chiNEsE ‘first lady’ iN yEars. aNd WE ask oursElvEs WhEthEr hEr PrEsENcE iN thE gloBal arENa Might sigNify hoPE for thE futurE. oNE thiNg is for surE - it takEs couragE to stEP forWard as first lady iN thE PEoPlE’s rEPuBlic of chiNa.

虽然荷兰媒体专注于在荷兰举办的规模最大的核安全峰会，让我们把视线转向当代中国的第一位“第一夫人”：彭丽媛。她在全球舞台上肩负的重任如何？随着中国在国际舞台上扮演的角色日趋重要，她的到来是否意味着她会给全球的未来带来一线崭新的希望？与此同时，有一点我们必须肯定：她跨出阴影，出任中华人民共和国首任第一夫人，这需要惊人的勇气。

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any heads of state, including Chinese president Xi Jinping, will, when you read this, have met Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte prior to the third Nuclear Security Summit that was hosted by the Netherlands on 24-25 March. And while the media duly noted that Mr. Putin was not to attend the third Nuclear Security Summit, they hardly got beyond official disclaimers - just an agenda problem. Russia would be represented by its foreign minister. There wasn’t any profiling whatsoever of world leaders such as Chinese president Xi Jinping, who actually paid a 2-day state visit to the Netherlands, not to mention the fact that his wife Peng Liyuan, who accompanied him to The Hague, was then due to fly back to Beijing to receive Michelle Obama and family while their husbands, presidents of the two largest superpowers, met at the summit. So who is this Peng Liyuan, China’s new First Lady? Peng is her family name; Liyuan, meaning a beautiful woman, is her given name and pronounced Lee yu-an.

out of the ShadoWS One thing is for sure - it takes courage to step forward as First Lady in the People’s Republic of China. Peng Liyuan’s predecessor in that role was Jiang Qing, the notorious Madame Mao, Chairman Mao’s wife, who was an actress from 1930s’ Shanghai. In an environment where everything, including fashion, is perceived as a political statement, it was perhaps unsurprising that the wives of

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第一夫人来自世界各国的国家元首，其中包括中国国家主席习近平，已于2013年3月底到达荷兰，并与荷兰首相Mark Rutte会晤，他们来参加3月24至25日在荷兰举行的第三界核安全峰会。荷兰媒体对中国国家主席习近平的到来似乎沉默寡言，不知所措。习对荷兰进行为期两天的国事访问，他的妻子彭丽媛陪同他来到荷兰海牙，然后彭将飞回中国首都北京接待米歇尔·奥巴马及其家人一行来华访问。两个超级大国的第一夫人不陪同丈夫召开首脑会议，而是单独编制了在中国的出行和访问的独立计划。那么我们接下去就会很好奇地问：中国新任第一夫人彭丽媛究竟是谁？彭是她的姓，丽媛的意思“一位美丽的女人”，这是她的名。

向全世界人民说声Hello！实话实说，出任中华人民共和国的第一夫人需要惊人的勇气，这是个毫无疑问的事实。中国从前有个臭名昭著的女人叫江青，她是毛泽东的妻子，而众所周知，江青前身是上海滩的电影明星。后来呢，邓小平、江泽民和胡锦涛的妻子们都宁可避开聚焦镜头，不愿意在大场合抛头露面。彭丽媛从前是歌坛的一颗明珠，今天的她以谦逊、友善和个人魅力而吸引了全世界的眼球。一位粉丝这样说：“她现在的

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subsequent leaders such as Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao chose to, or were asked to, stay in the shadows. Peng Liyuan, however, stepped forward to greet the world. She was known as a singer on TV well before her husband emerged as a politician. She is praised for her humility, her friendliness and her glamour. “Her influence means far more now,” a fan says. By combining traditional beauty with international charm “the First Lady gives our people a face”. On her Moscow trip in 2013, Peng created a minor sensation by wearing a very fashionable trench coat and carrying a cool handbag.

影响力远远超过从前！”的确，集中国女人的传统美与国际魅力于一身的第一夫人“给了当代中国人一张脸”。我们记得 2013莫斯科之旅，彭的着装优雅大方，由此引发了国内外媒体的一场轰动效应。

Many of Peng’s garments are designed by Ma Ke, an ‘anti-designer’ who prefers to use locally sourced, sustainable materials and who caters to a huge gay clientele in China and elsewhere. In 2008, Ma Ke was one of the laureates of the Dutch Prince Claus Award and indeed, Ms Peng Liyuan is above Michelle Obama on Vanity Fair’s 2013 Best-Dressed List.

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NoN-poLitiCaL eVeNtS Last year, images of a young Ms Peng in uniform, singing to troops on Tiananmen Square in 1989 were hastily removed from the Internet, the censors no doubt realizing the damage they would do to her prestige in the West. And yet, the mere fact that Peng Liyuan’s public appearances are being monitored so closely by the authorities is one indication that China’s first lady is now embarking on what might be termed an experiment in public relations – and it looks like she’s doing an excellent job so far. At the same time, leaders and first ladies of the West seem to have changed their tune somewhat. Whereas Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush chided China’s leadership on tough issues like human rights during state visits, Michelle Obama plans to focus on education and cultural exchange. The encounter of these first ladies in March 2014 was characterized as a non-political event, meant to unite peoples rather than leaders – and there may well be some substance to the claim.

中国年轻的女设计师马可负责彭的形象设计，马可以“反时装”的理念推出“无用”品牌。她喜欢使用当地的材料和可持续性材料，她的品牌也大受国内艺术界和同性恋的推崇， 2008年马可获得荷兰克劳斯文化基金奖。彭丽媛在2013年Vanity Fair 最佳着装名单上排名也高于美国第一夫人米歇尔。

彭丽媛的公众形象至关重要，中国领导高层在这点上很有认识。中国的第一夫人正在将当代意义的公共关系付诸实践，而彭丽媛这方面做得确实也非常出色。与此同时，我们也注意到西方的第一夫人们的调子也有所改变。如果说希拉里·克林顿和劳拉·布什在国事访问期间会提出较强硬的问题，例如针对中国人权有关问题，那么米歇尔· 奥巴马则计划把重点放在教育和文化交流上。 2014年3月中美两国第一夫人的会晤被定为“非政治性的会晤”，其目的也是为了团结全球的大众而不仅只是面向世界高层领导人。

世界上最有影响力的女性之一彭丽媛和米歇尔·奥巴马以她们的魅力和号召力而享有与超级巨星相当的流行度，此二人都在《福布斯》世界上100位最有影响力的女性排行榜上拥有一席之地，此二人也都关注教育和卫生方面的话题，并在国际大舞台上宣传推广他们的公众事业。因此，从表面上看来，中国及美国利用Soft power为开端的方式似乎是为了给某些较为棘手的话题及外交铺平一条阳关大道。此外，更令人瞩目的是在中国，同性恋孩子的父母们给中国的第一夫人写了一封公开信，信中反对同性恋歧视的立法，呼吁

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WorLd’S 100 moSt poWerfuL WomeN Both Peng Liyuan and Michelle Obama are highly popular at home for their glamour and superstar appeal. Both were on the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. They share a common interest in education and health programs and promote their causes on international platforms. So on the face of it, there could be no better ambassadors for Sino-US soft power smoothing the way towards tough topics and diplomatic issues. And this goes beyond international relations. In China, parents of gay and lesbian children delivered a letter to China’s first lady, calling for legislation against gay discrimination and for increased tolerance of homosexuality. This was neither a hollow gesture nor just an outcry of despair. Peng is a WHO (World Health Organization of the UN) Goodwill Ambassador for Tuberculosis and HIV/Aids and served as its rector. And if one’s attire is a political statement in itself, then the significance of Peng wearing creations by Ma Ke, the mastermind behind Useless, a homegrown fashion design label, is not lost on the art crowds and gays across China, with whom Ma Ke is so popular.

reiNVeNtiNG herSeLf Skeptics may not have forgotten Peng Liyuan’s more questionable services to the Communist Party in the past but in a place like China, we have seen a tradition of poets being a crucial part of China’s long standing bureaucracy; emperors used to be calligraphers and renowned poets themselves, and Chairman Mao was certainly an ardent writer and proud to share his poetry with the literary circle of his time. Politicians are dedicated to the art of reinventing themselves, even though the re-invention must remain within limits. In this respect, Peng Liyuan perhaps less resembles Madame Mao than the notorious Cixi, the woman who ruled the Middle Kingdom in the last dynasty.

中国社会对同性恋提高宽容度。彭出任联合国世界卫生组织结核病和艾滋病毒的亲善大使，并担任主任一职。如果一个人的装束相当于是某种政治宣言，那么彭丽媛穿的是在中国土生土长的一个年轻品牌，而中国第一夫人的这一举动显然已为她赢得了来自中国艺术圈和同性恋群体的热烈掌声。

重塑自己怀疑论者对彭丽媛的过去会耿耿于怀，但是大家务必牢记的是在中国这个地方，诗人和艺术家从古至今一直就是官僚机构的一个重要的组成部分，各朝各代的皇帝们都是书法家和赫赫有名的诗人，毛泽东主席也热衷文艺，而且很自豪地与那个时代的文艺圈分享自己的诗歌作品。每个时代的政客们都致力于重塑自己，即使这种重塑要受到某些约束。由此看来，彭丽媛比起毛夫人似乎会更与清朝的慈溪太后遥相呼应。

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In a groundbreaking study, Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine who Launched Modern China, Jung Chang[1] puts a stop to decades of vilification by showing her readers how the Empress Dowager was in fact a prudent ruler and an astute and surprisingly moderate reformer who had to steer a safe course through the obstacles created by China’s many conservative, male bureaucrats. Jung Chang vividly portrays the political open-mindedness of a woman who outsmarted the men in power at the time. Peng Liyuan is no empress and if she is indeed outsmarting the men surrounding her, she takes good care not to show it. But if it’s true that she, like that 19th century first lady, has a knack for reinventing herself, then maybe there is hope. If public relations are her core business, she could have done worse than being an ambassador for WHO, supporting an independent fashion designer and drinking afternoon tea with Michelle Obama during nuclear summits. And if there is hope, I would like to hear something about it in the media!

[1] (author of Wild Swans, London 1992; and Mao: The Unknown Story, London 2005 [with Jon Halliday])

作家张戎最新出版的书中把晚清的慈禧太后说成是现代中国的奠基人，这个观点同历史学家们一贯的观点似乎有些格格不入。张戎笔下的慈禧是位谨慎的统治者，她精明温和，提倡改革但同时又要面对宫廷中强势的保守派和男权社会对女人的压制。张戎生动地描绘了这个思想开放的名叫慈禧女人是怎样在权场上和男人们斗智与周旋，以谋取胜。彭丽媛不是慈禧，即使她精通谋略也不会外露。但是，正如 19世纪的慈禧一样，她如果善于重塑自己，那么世界政坛会大有希望。而如果公关是她的核心业务，那么负责世界卫生组织的事业，支持一位独立的时装设计师和同米歇尔•奥巴马共进午茶，这一切都是令全球人们很关注的新鲜事。

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2009: President Obama delivered a speech in Prague in which he called nuclear terrorism one of the greatest threats to international security. 2010: The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington. The results of the summit were set down in the Washington Work Plan. 2012: The second summit was held in Seoul. The concrete results of the summit were presented in the Seoul Communiqué. 2014: The Netherlands hosted the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on 24 and 25 March.

NSS 2014: the WorLd iS beComiNG a Safer pLaCe Prior to the event, three-quarters of the Dutch public said to be aware that a major summit – the NSS 2014 – would be held in The Hague at the end of March. Awareness was even greater among people living in The Hague region (86%) and among residents of The Hague (94%). Most people were also aware that the summit was about nuclear terrorism (63% of the Dutch public, 68% of people living in The Hague region and 82% of residents of The Hague). During the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS 2014) in The Hague, 58 world leaders made concrete agreements to prevent terrorists getting

their hands on nuclear material that could be used to make a nuclear weapon. This will further reduce the threat of a nuclear attack. The final communiqué of the NSS 2014 represents a major step forward and a fitting follow-up to the agreements made at earlier summits in Washington (2010) and Seoul (2012). President Barack Obama: “In keeping with the spirit of these summits, this was not about vague commitments; it was about taking tangible and concrete steps to secure more of the world’s nuclear material so it never falls into the hands of terrorists. And that’s what we’ve done.” Prime Minister Mark Rutte: “The less dangerous nuclear material there is and the better the nuclear security, the smaller the chance that terrorists will be able to get hold of it. It’s that simple.”

NeW aGreemeNtS haVe beeN made oN: • reducing the amount of dangerous nuclear material in the world that terrorists could use to make a nuclear weapon (highly enriched uranium and plutonium); • improving the security of radioactive material (including lowenriched uranium) that can be used to make a ‘dirty bomb’; • improving the international exchange of information and international cooperation.

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ntil 2014, Henk Kool has worked for the government of the city of The Hague for 8 years. During his period in office, Mr. Kool has visited China 35 times, and he visited China 9 times in the year 2013 alone! Dutch media named him the “Chinese cabbage” – as his surname Kool means “cabbage” in Dutch. Despite a hint of irony, Kool is however the epitome of ever flourishing Sino-Dutch trade relation due to his genuine appreciation and the enjoyment derived from his work. In the past decade, the Netherlands wasn’t just China’s second biggest trade partner in the EU but also the EU’s third largest direct investor in China. In the meanwhile, the Chinese have become the fourth biggest ethnic minority in the Netherlands. Following Mr. Mark Rutte’s visit to China in the winter of 2013, Xi Jinping kicked off his state visit to the Netherlands in March 2014. According to Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands Chen Xu, this visit marks a few firsts. The first time a Chinese head of state visits the Netherlands since the establishment of diplomatic relations in the 1970s. The new Dutch king Willem-Alexander hosts a state visit for the first time since his enthronement in last April. Holland is the first stop of Xi’s European tour. The importance of President Xi’s visit seems clear. Kool: “That doesn’t surprise me. It is time to pay attention to Holland. For China, Holland can be the very gate to enter Europe!” On March 22nd, in the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Willem-Alexander held a magnificent state banquet for President Xi Jinping, to which Henk Kool was invited. As the Dutch royal family only holds one of these four times a year, headlines hit Chinese media the next morning: “What kind of food did Xi eat during the state banquet?” “Why did Xi wear the modified Chinese tunic suit to meet the Dutch King?” “How did the Dutch queen and the Chinese first lady compare?” The small western European country used to have little attention but now firmly seized the Chinese eyeballs. Henk Kool: “The Netherlands is a main gateway to Europe. President Xi mentioned this clearly in his speech at the trade forum the day after the banquet. As Vice Mayor of the city of The Hague, I want to emphasize that Holland urgently needs China as a partner, this is exactly the reason why I chose to focus on China instead of other countries many years ago.”

small Gift Box, Big Dream: City, industry and Development 小礼盒装着大梦想：城市、产业与发展 Agriculture, energy, finance, and culture – these four fields contain quite a few industries in which the Netherlands and China share huge mutual interests. Being Vice Mayor of The Hague, Mr. Kool seems to care more about planning out the layout of city and

2014年是蔲汉克在海牙市政厅工作的第8个年头。8年的时间里，他先后往返中国35次；仅2013年一整年，就有9次。频繁的访问伴随着大量商业伙伴关系的建立，他也因为跟中国的过密来往而被荷兰媒体称为“中国卷心菜” ——那是一种在荷兰超市里非常流行的蔬菜，而蔲汉克的姓“Kool”在荷兰文里正好就是“卷心菜”的意思。蔲汉克本人其实正是蓬勃发展中的中荷关系的一个缩影。在过去的十年中，荷兰不仅连续保持中国在欧盟内第二大贸易伙伴地位，还是欧盟第三大对华直接投资来源国，华人亦已发展为荷兰第四大少数族裔。继去年冬天荷兰首相马克-吕克的访华之旅，中国国家主席习近平也于三月启动了对荷兰的国事访问。正如中国驻荷兰大使陈旭所说，这次访问实现了多个“第一次”：这是中荷在上世纪七十年代建交以来，中国最高领导人第一次访问荷兰；这是荷兰新晋国王威廉-亚力山大即位后接待的第一起国事访问；同时，这还是习近平上任之后访问欧洲列国的第一站。其重要意义，可见一斑。 3月22日，在阿姆斯特丹的王宫，荷兰国王威廉-亚历山大举行了盛大的国宴用以招待首次到访的习近平——对于荷兰王室来说，这种“国事访问”级别的接待规模一年之中只有四次。第二天上午，中国各大媒体的头条便被来自荷兰的新闻挤得水泄不通：国王在晚宴上招待习近平吃了什么、习近平身着改the 良版的中山装会见国王有何寓意、中荷第一夫人齐亮相大比拼… 荷兰，这个历来并不受中国媒体太多关注的西欧小国，在一夜

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industry. If Den Haag desires to be the gateway of the Netherlands for China, that is. Oil & gas, safety & security, ICT, and insurance - the four industries that form the key economic clusters of the city of The Hague. Kool has been pondering on how to attract Chinese investment, and from his experience he knows that Chinese enterprises tend to flock together: “Take Huawei, the large telecom provider and global player, takes the lead and opens an office in Den Haag, it is likely that a second, even a third, Chinese telecommunication company will follow this example.” “The Hague is a city that can be attractive for Chinese investors from an overall perspective. The industrial clusters contribute to a fairly international investment environment; coastal cities always have a good quality of life; many Chinese have gathered in The Hague for years, which led to an array of Chinese venues such as restaurants and wellness shops, and the soon-to-be-built KTV parlor. More importantly, “Chinese people tend to be close to power -especially political power- and Den Haag is the political center of the Netherlands.” After March this year, Henk Kool will retire from office. He expects his successor will continue and develop these collaborative relationships between the city of The Hague and China. “I myself will continue to promote business between the two countries…” President Xi looked easygoing and friendly. Kool says, memorizing the state banquet hosted by King Willem-Alexander. “Surrounded by his Chinese guards, the president walked towards the corner where I was standing. He saw the gift box that I held in my hand and then asked me in English: ‘Is it a gift for me?’” The gift box Henk Kool handed to President Xi included one photo book filled with pictures of Den Haag, as well as a painting of the Peace Palace. “I really hope he will have a chance to enjoy these gifts in the near future. He will fall in love with Den Haag!”

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之间占据了中国人的眼球。 “一点都不奇怪，”蔲汉克说，长期的中国体验让他坚信， “是时候让中国的朋友们多关注荷兰啦。荷兰本就应该成为中国与欧洲交好的纽带。”让他稍稍有点惊讶的是，习近平在国宴第二天的“中荷经济论坛”上所做的发言里，明确提到了“ 中国选择从荷兰推开欧洲的大门”。 “这跟我多年以来的观点竟然不谋而合。当然，荷兰也非常需要中国这个伙伴，这也是多年以前我在决定自己的关注重点时，选择中国而不是其他国家的原因。” 蔲汉克表示。今年3月之后，蔲汉克将不再担任在政府职位，他也向后继者表达了一点小小的期待：他希望过去八年中由他建立起来的跟中国的合作关系，可以得到保持和发展。而在退离政治舞台之后，蔲汉克本人将会继续致力于中荷两国的贸易合作。农业、能源、金融、文化—这四个领域，由于涵盖了中荷之间存在巨大共同利益的多项产业，而成为习近平此行考察的重点，多项相关协议的签署也预示着中荷经贸合作“蜜月期”即将到来。而对于身为海牙副市长的蔲汉克来说，他更关心的则是，海牙作为中国进入荷兰的门户，该怎样将城市与产业进行互动。油气、信息通讯技术、城市和信息安全、保险—这是海牙现有的四个经济支柱产业。蔲汉克一直在琢磨要如何在这些产业吸引中国企业的投资兴趣。跟中国人打交道多年，他非常了解中国企业家们“喜欢扎堆”的心理：“比如今天华为在海牙开了一个分公司，很快就会有第二、第三家中国通讯类公司到海牙来投资。” 而海牙正好具有吸引华人企业的所有优势：产业聚集，投资氛围非常国际化；靠近海边、居住环境优质；大量在荷华人聚集在海牙，配套设施很齐全，包括种类繁多的中餐馆和按摩店，海牙政府还将在唐人街上投资兴建KTV。更重要的一点是，“ 中国人喜欢接近政治权力—而海牙正好是荷兰的政治中心。” 蔲汉克深谙其道。让我们回到故事开头的那个礼品盒，对，就是蔲汉克送给习近平的那个盒子：它的里面包含了一本关于海牙市的影集，还有一张描摹海牙代表建筑和平宫的油画。蔲汉克说，“主席先生满意地点头致意，没有架子，非常友好。我希望他将来能真正有时间坐下来欣赏影集和油画，他会爱上海牙。”

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《新》之春 Kunming, the capital city of yunnan province in southernmost China, certainly is up and coming. Chinese from all over this vast country are moving here to benefit from its milder climate, its cleaner air, its cuisine and above all, its future. Amid the constant cacophony of car horns and scooter alarms, Kunming’s rate of expansion is quite phenomenal. Some building sites seem to be working round the clock, seven days a week yet hundreds of high-rise buildings already dominate the skyline. A new railway currently under construction will link Kunming with Singapore, a total distance of 3,900 kilometers! No wonder then that Julie Oyang, XiN magazine’s editor-in-chief, spent some time here in February, exploring the future prospect and business opportunities in this vibrant city, the city of eternal spring. Kunming used to be one of the more difficult major cities in China for foreign businesses to invest. Getting things done in Kunming is still not as easy as it is in Shanghai or other boomtowns in China, but things seem to change for the better ~

Tokyo-based photographer and art director Michael Claxton was in Kunming for a few days and took these snapshots during his first visit to the city. Michael has travelled extensively around the world as a photographer and exhibited in Sweden and Japan. He is represented in the UK by Lebrecht Photo Library and in Japan by Amana Images and Niiyama’s Gallery. Visit Michael’s online presence www.facesandplaces.jp for more

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商务与全球社区 ECoNomy of ComPassioN: CHARITy IN CHINA 慈善活动在中国 gWENdolyN talKs 讲一讲竹子的故事 “i’m mad, tHErEforE i HavE a futurE” GOODBABy DESIGN IN UTRECHT 好孩子之设计悬念 faCEs & PlaCEs KENNy PNG FROM SINGAPORE: ROCK THE TREND! HoNg KoNg: A LASTING LOVE AFFAIR | A HONG KONG SOCIETy FEATURE 我爱你，香港！ KuiPErComPagNoNs arCHitECturE & laNdsCaPE: LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF HOME

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{chiNa aNd charity? thEy doN’t Match. thEy NEvEr did. Not BEcausE huMaNitariaN zEal Would BE lackiNg – that’s a PrEjudicE. charity iN chiNa usEd to BE a govErNMENt affair, surrouNdEd By lEgal rEstrictioNs, But NoWadays govErNMENt suPPort is WaNiNg. accordiNg to oNE social ENtrEPrENEur, a risiNg PhENoMENoN of PrivatE ENtErPrisE: “WE Must catEr for MaNy. aNd thE oNly Way to do this sustaiNaBly is By gENEratiNg sustaiNaBlE Profits.”} {中国与慈善事业似乎从来不沾边，不是因为中国人缺乏人道主义的热情，这仅是一种偏见而已。慈善在中国从前是政府的事，受法律限制，如今政府的支持已经在减弱。 “ 我们必须满足社会许多方面的需求，创造可持续的利润是唯一的解决方式。”}

Dragon’s new face: charity vs. sustainable profits

Economy of compassion By PiM WiErsiNga

中国新面貌：说说慈善经济

harity and China: do they ever make a pair? Maybe the Western imagination, still studded with images of hardship – wandering peasants flooded out of homes, the man in front of the tank, and so on; not to mention European politicians on mission with their obligatory yet well-intentioned mantras regarding human rights – is lagging behind in this respect. And now that grumblings have been silenced by the country’s prodigal success, many still find it hard to picture China as a place for ordinary humans. The retina of the West is filled with huge high-rises, maglev-trains connecting Shanghai to its airport at 260 miles per hour, not to mention glittering buildings for the wealthy, now derelict. All fragments and figments of the truth, which is a tiny part of the huge and variegated truth called China, but a truth predicated by selection mechanisms going back a long way, adding up to the Dragon myth. Admittedly, Chinese intellectuals of the past have unwittingly contributed to this elaborate myth, which seems to make a volte face every other decade or so without losing its tenacity. One might say there is a subliminal connection between the ‘yellow Peril’ of fifty years ago and a windowless iron house painted by Lu Xun, an indestructible place where many people are fast asleep without knowing that they are dying of suffocation. Is it possible to help them, Lu Xun wonders, or will one only make them suffer unnecessarily by intervening?

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慈善事业与中国，这两件事能走到一起吗？在西方人印象中，中国似乎仍然处在水深火热之中，无家可归的农民，天安门城楼前的坦克，再不就是有关人权的各种批评性言论。虽然中国近年的腾飞在某种程度上改变了人们的看法，但大多数人仍然很难想象中国是普通人类生活居住的地方，闪亮的高楼大厦，悬浮列车，贫富分化，这些片段都是中国现实的一部分和神话的一部分。诚然，中国知识分子在不知不觉中精心设计了这类神话，大约每隔10-20年左右就要更换一下面貌来保持其神密感，人们潜意识中的“黄祸”似乎同鲁迅所描写的铁屋子在某种程度上有相通之处。中国是个坚不可摧的地方，这里会发生怎样的奇迹呢？

奇迹之一这样说吧，中国不仅仅是在一夜之间从一个落后的官僚体制一步踏进了未来，而且就在各大企业你死我活追求利润的同时，在今天，社会企业家精神也正在这片国土上初露矛头。人们看得到的一方面是重工业的浓烟滚滚，另一方面则是领先的“ 软”技术、太阳能等等，更值得一提的是徐州的中国矿业大学利用开拓与创新，由该学院监控走上可持续采煤技术的新路。几千年前，中国历史各个朝代面临的最大挑战就是要负担这一

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pioNeeriNG China isn’t just a backward bureaucracy gone futuristic overnight, though it’s that too in part. Next to hypermodern manufacturing firms geared to profit, social entrepreneurship blooms. While heavy industries keep billowing fumes in places like North-Eastern Anshan, the country has taken the lead in “soft” technology, solar energy and what not. Unhampered by decades of political correctness with all its concomitant into-the-box thinking, pioneering spirits, monitored by the China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou embarked on sustainable coal-mining. Ever since the dawn of Imperial China, thousands of years ago, subsequent dynasties saw themselves confronted with the gigantic and never-ending task of feeding, clothing and housing its everincreasing millions. It couldn’t afford to proceed cowardly in the process. And while many paid with dear life when experiments – we recall Mao’s Great Leap Forward – lapsed in catastrophe, this bold attitude, hallowed by tradition as it were, now proves proficient and profitable in “soft” and “green” enterprises. It’s time that sustainable technology and the business of giving replace good old charity.

SoLar CooKer One Earth Designs is a small firm developing sustainable products. It started on a non-profit basis. Nowadays it makes big money with a solar cooker weighing just about 20 kilograms, converting sun

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庞大国家人口的衣食住行，这个担子不轻。经历了多种磨难的中国也造就了这里的人们大胆冒险的态度，在当今时代确实能派上用场，这就是在“软”技术和“绿色”企业中创利。这或许就是中国慈善的未来，或许也更是慈善业的新面貌。

奇迹之二 One Earth Designs是一家发展可持续的产品小公司，它以非营利性基础起家，可是如今由该公司设计的仅20公斤重的太阳灶已经在市场上相当看好。这个产品将太阳能转换成家用热能，能在10分钟烧开一升水。产品针对的是中国西部电力稀缺的贫困地区。此外，中国大约有7亿人仍在使用固体燃料，给环境带来了严重的危害。 Catlin Powers是该公司的创始人之一，她意识到一个公司以非营利性为基础是远远不够的，因为市场会对这一节能烹饪设备的需求量很大。她说：“在发展社区项目的过程中，我们意识到为了满足社会和人们的需求，将不得不扩展操作规模。” 通过规模升级，该公司可以同政府合作，把太阳能灶出售给政府，然后由政府出面来资助补贴边远地区的村民们。

奇迹之三据《福布斯》杂志最新资料显示，中国顶尖的100位慈善家的社会奉献已暴跌41％，这就意味着社会企业家必须来收拾这一残局。

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energy into the heat needed to boil a liter of water in ten minutes. Target customers are residents in the impoverished rural areas of western China, where electricity is scarce. Besides, all over China some 700 million people still use solid fuels at home, which, needless to say, lays a heavy stress on the environment. Catlin Powers, co-founder of One Earth, realized that a non-profit basis wouldn’t suffice; the need for such a cooking device was too massive: “In the process of working on community projects we realized that in order to reach all the people who have this need we would have to scale in a big way.” By going up-scale, One Earth could involve the government in the enterprise. The firm will sell solar cookers to the government, which will then subsidize them for rural villagers.

meaNWhiLe, iN hoNG KoNG According to Forbes magazine total giving by China’s top 100 philanthropists has plunged by 41% leaving social entrepreneurs to pick up the slack. In traditional Chinese culture, the elderly were revered for their wisdom and contribution to their community. After decades of raising children and working to support the family, they used to be able to look forward to their golden years of being pampered by the younger generation. But because flats in the cramped city of Hong Kong are notoriously tiny and residents tend to work long, grueling hours, many senior citizens ended up in nursing homes, instead of being cared for by family members. In the 1990s the government gradually stopped subsidizing care for the elderly through non-profit organizations because of the high cost. As a result, privately run group homes, often offering

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a lower quality of care, became widespread. And many seniors found themselves in homes of substandard level. This led two social entrepreneurs, Legward Wong and Jeff Ng, to set up a service to match senior citizens with nursing homes based on their requirements. The astonishing thing about the business model was that seniors weren’t paying for it. It was the nursing homes that were charged for each successful placement. This business model, unknown in Hong Kong a decade ago, became the basis for one of the city’s earliest successful social enterprises. Today, the company has a staff of 40 people and works with almost half of Hong Kong’s 600 nursing homes. Which is but one example of “sustainable profits”. 中国传统文化中敬老是很重要的一部分，老年人一生奔波辛劳养家，安度晚年是他们的合理愿望。但是香港由于住房紧缺，人们工作时间长，老龄人大多进了养老院而没有机会同子孙们一道享受天伦之乐。在20世纪90年代，政府出于费用考虑而停止了通过非营利性的组织来补贴当地老人们。因此私人运作的老人院开始盛行起来，但这种老人院往往服务质量较低，达不到老人们的要求。 Legward Wong 和 Jeff Ng，这两位社会企业家开始自己动手，他们设立了能够满足老龄人要求的养老院。最令人吃惊的是他们的商业操作模式，不是由老人支付费用，而是在养老院成功地录取一位新居民后由养老院来承担这笔费用。这种商业模式在香港十年前并没有人知道，但这就是香港最早的社会企业运作极其成功的一例。如今该公司拥有员工40人，香港的600个养老院中一半由他们来管理。这就是所谓的“可持续的利润” 。

jackiE chan builds a sChool for one dollar 成龙“ 一块钱建学校”

When Jackie Chan isn’t making movies, he is very busy working to help other people, especially children. Jackie has been involved in charity work for 24 years, establishing his Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation in 1988. In October 2004, Jackie founded the Dragon’s Heart Foundation to help children and the elderly in poor and remote areas of China. The Dragon’s Heart Foundation builds schools in these areas and gives aid to the elderly and handicapped. Jackie has taken many trips to remote areas of China to bring supplies and most of all to bring love and support to poor children and the elderly. There are many children who don’t have enough money to go to school and Jackie wants to help them get an education. He uses money collected through the Dragon’s Heart Foundation to help the children. But do you wonder where Dragon’s Heart gets donations from? They get money from people like you; people who just want to help kids who want to go to school. Jackie collects the money and then builds the schools! So far the Foundation has built two dozen schools and elderly residences in Guizhou, Xichang, Shandong, Erdos, Changchun, and yanbian. After the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, Jackie promised to use money from the Dragon’s Heart Foundation to help rebuild schools in the devastated areas. In August 2006 when Jackie came back from a Dragon’s Heart charity mission to Guizhou, China, he thought of a fun way for you to help poor children go to school. The project is called Build a School For a Dollar. you may wonder how anyone - even Jackie - could build a whole school for a dollar. Of course no one can. But if you put your dollar together with someone else’s dollar and a whole bunch of other dollars, you could have enough money to build a school! As an added bonus, Jackie has promised to match your donation. That means if you donate a dollar, Jackie will donate a dollar. If you donate ten dollars, Jackie will donate ten dollars. Over the past six years, fans have donated more than US $96,000 and Jackie has matched this donation for a total of over US $192,000, enough to build several schools in poor and remote areas of China. The project continues.

成龙不拍电影的时候也是非常忙碌的人，他愿意帮助他人，尤其是儿童。自成龙慈善基金会于1988年成立以来，这位影星参与慈善工作已经有24年之久。 2004年10月成龙龙子心基金会成立，该基金主要以帮助中国贫困和偏远地区的儿童和老人为主。龙子心基金会在这些地区建立学校让孩子们能够接受教育，同时也为老人和残疾人提供援助。成龙多次到中国偏远地区为这里的人们带去各种日用品，最重要的是为贫困儿童和老人带来爱心和支持。很多孩子没有钱上学，成龙希望帮助他们获得教育。龙子心基金会收集到的资金就是用以帮助这些贫穷孩子们。那么，基金会怎样得到捐款呢？他们是从想帮助孩子们上学的普通人那里收集到的基金，是用普通人手中的钱来为孩子们建立学校！到目前为止，基金会已建立了二十几所学校和老人院，分别在西昌，贵州，山东，鄂尔多斯，长春及延边等地区。 2008年5月12日四川汶川大地震后，成龙答应用基金会来筹集资金以帮助灾区重建学校。 2006年8月，成龙肩负龙子心基金会的使命来到中国贵州，当时他想到了一个有趣的方式帮助这里的贫困儿童上学。该项目被称为“一块钱建学校”。这是怎么回事呢？原来想法是这样，如果我拿出一块钱、你也拿出一块钱，大家的一块钱凑到一处，就有足够的钱来建学校啦！成龙还想出了一个额外的奖励方式，那就是如果你捐出一块钱，成龙自己也会为自己的基金会捐出一块钱。如果你捐十块钱，成龙自己也将捐出十块钱！在过去的六年里，他人捐赠已超出96.000美元，外加上成龙个人的捐赠，基金会捐款总数已超过192.000美元，这笔钱足够用来在中国贫困偏远地区建立好几所学校。该项目仍在继续进行中。

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BamBoo 怎么都行 By GWENDOLyN TATES

A surrealistic scene: several brides, dressed in traditional white or in gala red with their bridegrooms at their side. In the sweltering hot night, amidst the heavy traffic on Waibaidu Bridge, they are being photographed by a small crew.

What iS happeNiNG? It is the latest trend in Shanghai. you pay a handsome fee to make wedding pictures and risk your life. It is forever rush hour here. Even when the lights turn green, it is an achievement to cross the road. Bicycles, motorcycles and cars, all driving on the pavements. Pedestrians don’t seem to mind at all. Aren’t there any traffic rules, one wonders? There are, but those are general guidelines and most of all they are meant for others. In Chinese culture, risks are a way of life. Rules and regulations are not taken seriously as they are in countries such as the Netherlands where “uncertainty avoidance” is high – one of the dimensions pointed out by Geert Hofstede, guru on cultural differences.

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Chinese are comfortable with ambiguity. They are flexible and entrepreneurial, and we all know what that has led to! Bend like bamboo. If you have a problem, take your time to wait, and it may become a small problem. If you wait a little longer, it may even go away! The pictures of a house in the middle of a highway, or a grave mount in a shopping mall, or a lonely, left behind car in a demolished parking lot, they all give an excellent example of how flexibility works in China. If the problem cannot be moved, move around it! That doing business in a society like this is very different from doing business in the West won’t be a surprise. For instance, when a contract is only a show of good intentions, how can you have any certainty? The answer is guanxi – personal relations. Trust and understanding are created and maintained through forming friendships and alliances. Rules and regulations, contracts and laws, they are only there ‘in name’, a piece of paper. Personal relations lie at the fundament of a society. The only certainty one has in life is one’s relationship with others. This is why professor Hofstede calls China a collectivistic society, where highly individualistic behavior is visible on the surface. Grabbing a taxi right in front of someone else is acceptable, so is skipping queues, but also singing or dancing in a park or mall, wearing pajamas on the street, having a dog wearing a negligee and eating in a restaurant. Nobody looks surprised, the individual is accepted and in fact: anything goes! There seems to be a certain tolerance for funny, shameless behavior. How to deal with these paradoxes? It comes down to dealing with a totally different culture than your own: intercultural competence. This starts with knowledge of the other culture, then acceptance

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and eventually appreciation. Be flexible in thinking and never let differences ‘get you’. And if in the end explanations cannot be found, accept them and enjoy the surprise that anything goes. And smile. 几位新娘穿着红色或白色的婚纱，由新郎相伴，在闷热的上海之夜下白渡桥的交通高峰时刻，他们在穿梭的汽车和人流中拍照，难道他们疯了吗？这是最新潮流，你可以付个高价在有生命危险的地方拍结婚照。上海交通永远不停息，自行车，摩托车，甚至汽车都会开到人行道上来，行人似乎也毫不介意。交通规则到哪儿去了？规则有是有，但都是为了管别人的。在中国文化中的风险是一种生活方式。规章制度并不像在荷兰一样得到人们高度重视。中国人在规则方面比较模糊，他们思路灵活，富有探险创业精神。这让我想起了竹子的韧性和耐心。先等等看，大问题会变小问题，小问题会变没问题，再不就绕开问题，装没看见！在个社会中做生意跟西方决然不同是显而易见的。例如，当合同仅只是为了表达双方的良好意愿，你怎么能会对事情有把握呢？答案就是关系。创建和维护个人关系网。规章与制度，合同和法律，这些只是徒有虚名，一张纸而已。在中国个人关系是社会的基础。所以个人似乎不需要对自己的离奇古怪的举动负责，可以在公共场合做一些令西方人很诧异很滑稽的举动，甚至没人会回头看你一眼。想怎样就怎样，怎样都行！那么我们如何对待这些文化难题呢？首先需要跨越文化的交际能力。接受并思考另一种文化，利用灵活的思维方式，绝不要让差异压倒你。文化差异确实是一种挑战，可以试试看怎样来诠释其中的奥妙。如果找不到令人满意的解释，那么就接受文化差异带来的惊喜 … …. 然后，微笑。

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i am mad, thErEforE i’VE got a futurE Goodbaby Design Europe By PiM WiErsiNga

疯狂走向未来：好孩子设计公司在欧洲

ei Mei is project manager of Goodbaby’s European design team in Utrecht. “My dream is to own a design studio combined with a shop chain worldwide, selling unusual things.” Goodbaby, designers and manufacturers of strollers, cribs, childrens’ car seats generally known as maxicosies, in brief a comprehensive range of baby products and brands, sure meets most ingredients in it. Goodbaby Utrecht is a thriving hub of innovation, part of a global network of the firm’s research & development. Goodbaby Utrecht may be a designer’s dream. But where is the madness? The unusual things? What could be more homely, more comforting and safetyprone than walkers, bouncers and tricycles? This insistence on madness at the designer’s end reminds one of attempts to shoot horrormovies with Teletubbies using their products. Which, were it to be executed, would entail quite an amount of out-of-the-box thinking indeed. Some of that glorious madness surfaces when Mei Mei reveals the wellsprings of her fancy. To her, Gaudi’s convoluted mosaics and fairytale visuals, rustic rather than rational, are as inspiring as

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梅枚是好孩子欧洲设计团队的项目经理。 “我的梦想是拥有自己的设计工作室，与世界各地的连锁店相结合，给未来的宝宝们创造不寻常的产品。 ”总部设在乌得勒支的好孩子公司是婴儿车，婴儿床，儿童汽车座椅（一般称为maxi cosi）等产品的设计者和制造商。该公司面向全球和未来，以创新为其宗旨，是一个蓬勃发展中的中国新型企业。好孩子可能是一个设计师的梦想。但如何谈到疯狂？它究竟不寻常在哪里？世界上能有比儿童车更温馨，更给人安全感的东西吗？但是好孩子确实是在实践着创新思维。在梅枚眼中，Gaudi的童话般的视觉效果质朴而不理性；日本设计家深泽直人设计的CD播放器之简单明了。这些都是她灵感的源泉。但这些设计大师之间是不是有一个巨大的鸿沟？我可能推理有误。这些极端都以直觉取胜，外加史蒂夫·乔布斯的雄心和能量，这些因素导致了好孩子自1989年在中国市场推出第一辆童车以来，很快成为令全球同行瞩目的明星。

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the spirited simplicity of Naoto Fukasawa, famous for his CD-player perched on a wall. Isn’t there a giant chasm between these masters? I may be wrong. However disparate, these extremes share an intuitive approach; and it’s this feature, injected by a Steve Jobs-like drive, that made Goodbaby a global player ever since it launched that stroller for the Chinese market in the year 1989.

upCYCLiNG An industry dedicated to the happiness of babies of future generations will readily commit itself to “green” products and manufacturing methods. Goodbaby eagerly embraced and absorbed a seminal idea launched in 2002, Cradle to Cradle – better known as C2C. It builds on older ideas of recycling and sustainability, but focuses not so much on limiting damage done to the environment as it adds value to used products. Upcycling – as founding fathers McDonough and Braungart were pleased to call it. The duo proved their point by erecting a car factory on a toxic spot – cleaning and purifying it while producing those sustainable cars on top. Whether Goodbaby will acquire environmental fame remains to be seen, but unassuming strollers equipped with car brakes are here to stay. Madness or not, the firm sure built itself a future.

happY diNo’S fairYtaLe Goodbaby is a leading player in China and a threat to the competition anywhere else, a fairytale of corporate success. In China, the firm designs, manufactures and markets its products under self-owned brand names such as gb and Happy Dino. The products are dissemi-

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nated through 498 distributors, 1,687 department stores and 5,785 maternity and childcare specialty stores. In overseas markets, strategic partnerships have been established with local distributors as well as world-famous brands including Quinny, Bebécomfort, Mothercare and Maxi Cosi. Over 300 professionals worldwide put their expertise in market research, product design, process technology and research proper, combining efforts to put customer demands and infants’ needs on the central stage. All serves these objectives; there’s no counterproductive cross-purposes or hidden agendas, or so it seems. Maybe that is Goodbaby’s secret, part of the madness even? There’s a seamless connection between technical improvements and awareness of fashion, between design and mass consumption. Ever since the company started, it obtained more than five thousand patents, a staggering amount, including 166 invention patents by December 2012. With Research & Development branches in Hong Kong, Boston, Utrecht and Japan, the firm launches 400 new or upgraded products a year, and in 2010, 2011 and 2013 Goodbaby won Red Dot Awards, the designer’s equivalent of an Oscar.

“SiLiCoN VaLLeY” The Low Countries have always had a strong tradition in design; CEO Dick Quint doesn’t hesitate to speak of the Netherlands as a European “Silicon Valley” for baby products. And

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绿色革命既然是致力于为子孙后代造福，那么绝对不能忽视“绿色” 理念这是肯定的。好孩子于2002年推出C2C理念，从摇篮到摇篮，建立在回收的旧观念上，但强调的并不是限制对环境造成的破坏，而更是着重于产品的再次使用。这就是所谓的“可回收” 。好孩子对环保带来的正面效应目前还不得而知，但是配备汽车刹车片的童车已经是既成事实。疯狂吗？该公司以此为自己创建了未来发展的空间。

童话世界 Utrecht, wedged between the urban sprawl of Holland’s western provinces and wooded residential areas in the middle, could even be termed a sort of Silicon Valley within Holland. Close by the famous glassworks of Leerdam, the international airport of Schiphol less than an hour away, and within sixty miles you can reach Delft and Eindhoven with their Technical Universities where a handful of Dutch members of the international design team received excellent training. yes, Goodbaby has its strategic priorities. Madness or not.

thE loW couNtriEs havE alWays had a stroNg traditioN iN dEsigN; cEo dick quiNt doEsN’t hEsitatE to sPEak of thE NEthErlaNds as a EuroPEaN “silicoN vallEy” for BaBy Products. aNd utrEcht, WEdgEd BEtWEEN thE urBaN sPraWl of hollaNd’s WEstErN ProviN-

好孩子公司在中国市场是佼佼者，在海外各地也是不可忽视的竞争对手，这简直就是个企业的童话。在中国，好孩子设计、制造和销售其品牌产品。例如GB和Happy Dino，产品有 498家分销商，在 1,687家百货店和5,785间育儿专卖店销售。在海外市场，公司致力于建立战略合作伙伴，当地经销商包括Quinny， Bebecomfort ， Mothercare, Maxi Cosi等世界名牌产品。公司在全球有300名以上的专业人员从事市场调研，产品设计，工艺研究。把客户需求和婴儿的需要放在企业的核心舞台，企业管理从上到下非常透，一目了然。也许这就是好孩子的秘密，甚或是疯狂的一部分？技术改进和时尚认知相辅相成，设计和消费环环相扣。公司自建立以来开始了已获得了5千项专利，其中包括至2012年 12月为止的166项发明专利。公司在香港，波士顿，乌得勒支和日本设有研究与发展的分支机构，每年推出400个新产品或升级产品。2010年， 2011年和2013年好孩子连续获得Red Dot Award，相当于设计师的奥斯卡。

cEs aNd WoodEd rEsidENtial arEas iN thE MiddlE, could EvEN BE tErMEd a sort of silicoN vallEy WithiN hollaNd.

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Q u Int把荷兰比作欧洲婴儿产品的“硅谷”。乌得勒支是

荷兰交通重镇，连接西部省份的大片城市地段和树木繁茂的居民区中间，离SChIphol国际机场不到一个小时的路程，也靠近代尔夫特和埃因霍温技术大学，好孩子荷兰国际设计团队的成员在这里接受了极好的教育和职业训练。

“硅谷” 低地国一向就有世界闻名设计传统， CEO Dick Quint把荷兰比作欧洲婴儿产品的“硅谷”。乌得勒支是荷兰交通重镇，连接西部省份的大片城市地段和树木繁茂的居民区中间，离 Schiphol国际机场不到一个小时的路程，也靠近代尔夫特和埃因霍温技术大学，好孩子荷兰国际设计团队的成员在这里接受了极好的教育和职业训练。是的，好孩子有战略头脑点。疯狂与否。

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storiEs writtEn in sand and carVEd in stonE:

chinese people from around the globe “MusiciaNs caN ruN this statE BEttEr thaN PoliticiaNs. WE WoN’t gEt a lot doNE iN thE MorNiNgs, But WE’ll Work latE aNd BE hoNEst.” kiNky friEdMaN

Kenny Png From Singapore:

Rock the trend!

{kENNy is a storytEllEr Who cut his tEEth ProduciNg, dirEctiNg aNd WritiNg hours of factual coNtENt for BroadcastErs that iNcludE NatioNal gEograPhic, discovEry aNd history chaNNEl aMoNg MaNy othErs. iN his sEarch for thE PErfEct story, kENNy has lEft his Boot PriNt iN ovEr 120 citiEs across NEarly 30 couNtriEs. aPart froM docuMENtary filM-MakiNg, kENNy’s othEr PassioN is Music, aNd hE has PlayEd for MaNy PioNEEriNg siNgaPorEaN BaNds that iNcludE MEltgsNoW, iN Each haNd a cutlass as WEll as thE city’s first chiNEsE gothic PuNk BaNd, la’ diEs.

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新加坡作为一个多元文化的社会，我们也必须知道这里存在着独特的二元性，正是这个特质锤炼生活在这里的每个人。也许这就是这座雄狮城的取胜之处，她类似的矩阵，会创建病毒来测试系统，然后使一切运作更精美严密。因此，就跟我们那代人一样，这一代年轻人将经历时代给予他们的洗练。

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ingapore back in 1991 was a Confucian society with rigid mandates for what you could do and could not say. The island has been an economic miracle since 1819 when the Colonial British created a free port; but now the powers that be wanted to fashion a modern Sparta, to build a well-drilled society with the might of old Venice. It was against this stifling backdrop that a whole generation like myself began to grow our hair longer, and to dream of something different – I was first seduced by the crank of electric noise at the age of 12. It was a lazy day when my mum wasn’t screaming at my dad that my sister came home with a cassette tape sporting longhaired guys on the cover. Things were never quite the same after that. It was like passing through Alice’s door into a neon black wonderland; one laced with alcoholic fever coursing through black ink lined broken skin, where spikes scar guitar wood and high storm boots trail to short leather skirts while Eros blooms as ethereal flowers of cigarette smoke and dried up hash, whiffing through wormholes in ripped jeans.

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The ciTy and iTS Shadow: iT waS like paSSinG ThrouGh alice’S door inTo a neon black wonderland

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We are talking about a world hidden beneath a glittering skyline famed for its eugenic experiments and rightwing laws. Skid Row’s Slave to the Grind blasted out of our portable walkmans on the bus to school while after class hours became whiskey marathons, paced to the beat of Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails. And before you knew it, everyone was writing music, believing that they could change the world, even from a cultural wasteland like Singapore. For a while, it seemed like revolution was underway. John Peel began spinning “Made in Singapore” music on British airwaves, labels invested millions to groom the next big hit. The Substation, one of Singapore’s few Art spaces, became our rock and roll Mecca as hundreds descended onto its shady plaza every weekend to listen to other Singaporeans sing out against our imperfect society. But as quickly as it started, it faded away... It was subtle, part of growing up, some would say. We began exchanging our spiked leather bands for Rolexes and Panerais; our stomper boots for luxury rides and Xeroxed gig posters for spreadsheets.yet strangely, like tattoos that wouldn’t fade, we never forgot our lessons against the hierarchy.

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Today, many of who stood with me in leathers, now stand unique in what they do. They challenge processes and the norms while others bridge divides where East and West meet across the globe. But that world we have left still exists in Singapore today; a curious mirror to the magnificent capital of pragmatism that the island is. Maybe both will be one someday as the 21st Century reconciles individuality with capitalism to maximum profit. It begs the question: Were we as special as we thought? On hindsight, I suspect we were part of the social experiments that were going on. Perhaps we were lab rats in a bid to create conflicting, yet complimenting narratives.

Isn’t that what productive creativity is all about? For those who think of Singapore as a multi-cultural society: they must also understand that herein exists a unique duality that has tempered each of us. And perhaps that is the triumph of the Lion City, where like the matrix, it creates viruses that would test the system and then refine the steel. And so, the current generation will be forged as we were once.

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{thE fact that i Was MarriEd to a chiNEsE BorN iN aMErica aPParENtly sWuNg thE BalaNcE iN My favor aNd i Was offErEd thE joB aNd a dEsk iN a duNgEoN-likE rooM at thE Back of thE officE. NiNE MoNths latEr i Was aBoard a cathay Pacific juMBo aPProachiNg kai tak airPort. through thE WiNdoW i saW thE BuildiNgs of koWlooN aNd thE hills gEttiNg closEr aNd closEr…}

{我当时太太是一位出生在美国的中国人，这一事实显然是对我有利，我很快得到了这份工作，并且得知我的办公间在办公楼的背面一个比较阴暗的角落。九个月后，我搭乘国泰航空巨无霸前往香港就职，飞机在慢慢靠近启德机场，透过窗户，可以看到九龙的建筑物和山丘离我越来越近 … … }

George Ammerlaan is Chairman of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. He graduated from the School for Journalism in Utrecht and worked as a freelance journalist before joining the Government Information Service (RVD) in 1982. In 1987, George Ammerlaan became press officer of the RAI Exhibition Center in Amsterdam and in 1988 he joined the Benelux office of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council as press officer. From 1994-2010 George was Director Benelux of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) in Amsterdam. Following the closure of the Benelux office of the HKTDC in March 2010, he co-founded the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. George is also secretary of the Netherlands Hong Kong Society. The Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands is a non-profit foundation. Its broad mission is the promotion of bilateral trade between the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

hong kong:

a lasTing love affair By gEorgE aMMErlaaN

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he first time I traveled to Hong Kong was in January 1989. I was accompanying a mission of Dutch traders to the Toys and Games Fair and I was very excited. Back then, Cathay Pacific did not offer a direct flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong so we had to fly to Frankfurt with Lufthansa first. At the German airport, we transferred to Cathay Pacific’s brand new 747-400.

and town, the bustle of the red taxis, the many buses and the porters. One thing I noticed on our way to the old Lee Garden’s hotel in Causeway Bay was how busy the traffic was, and how many pedestrians were milling on the streets. The neon lights above the streets were blazing and hundreds of shops, large and small, offered their wares.

By January 1989, I had been working as a press officer for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Benelux office in Amsterdam for 9 months. To be honest, before March 1988 I did not know much about Hong Kong either, and even less about the Trade Council. I was a press officer at the RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam when someone told me about the job opportunity at the TDC Benelux Office. For the job interview I went to the HKTDC located on Prinsengracht 771. I was received by Mrs. Willy Holmes, the TDC Director for the Benelux.

It was great. I fell in love with Hong Kong immediately and this love affair is still far from over.

Mrs. Holmes explained that the TDC was a semi-government organization and its goal was to promote Hong Kong’s external trade worldwide. She mentioned that the TDC organized trade fairs and published product magazines for various sectors such as Apparel, Toys, Gifts and Electronics. The TDC also joined and organized trade events abroad, promoting products from Hong Kong. The press officer, she said, was in charge of writing and sending out press releases about the HKTDC activities, maintaining relations with the Benelux media, inviting journalists to visit Hong Kong and organizing seminars. Looking at my CV, Mrs. Holmes remarked: “I see you have been working for the Netherlands Information Service in The Hague as a press officer and that you accompanied the Royal Family on official visits. What makes you suitable for the job we offer?” I explained to Mrs. Holmes that being one of the press officers of the RVD meant you had to be flexible, be able to talk to people from all walks of life and hold your ground in meetings with very senior people. you also had to be strong enough to keep photojournalists at a certain distance at official functions, write concise press releases and willing to work long and hard. The fact that I, at that time, was married to a Chinese born in America apparently swung the balance in my favor and I was offered the job and a desk in a dungeon-like room at the back of the office. Nine months later I was aboard a Cathay Pacific jumbo approaching Kai Tak airport. Through the window I saw the buildings of Kowloon and the hills getting closer and closer.The flaps were extended and the landing gear lowered. When the aircraft seemed to scrape the roofs, it made a 90-degree turn to the right, touched down on the runway in the port and came almost to a stop before taxiing to the gate. My heart still pounding from the excitement, I realized I was in Hong Kong, the then British Crown Colony. A Chinese colleague of the HKTDC met us when we entered the arrival hall of Kai Tak airport and escorted us to the bus. Outside, I had my first real impression of Hong Kong. The smells of the port

我第一次来港是在1989年1月。当时我陪同荷兰商业团体来参加玩具展，我异常兴奋。那时侯国泰还没有开通从阿姆斯特丹直达香港的航线，我们先乘坐德国汉莎航空公司飞往法兰克福，然后转乘国泰航空崭新的波音747-400去香港。 1989年1月之前，我曾经9个月为香港贸易发展局驻阿姆斯特丹的荷比卢分局担任新闻官。老实说，1988年3月前我并不知道很多关于香港的事，关于贸委会就更别提了。我在阿姆斯特丹RAI展览中心任职，后经人介绍得知香港贸易发展局的这个新就职机会。我记得去面试时Holmes女士接待了我，她是贸委会负责荷比卢的主任。她告诉我贸易发展局是一个半官方组织，其目标是向全世界推广香港的对外贸易。贸易发展局也负责举办贸易展览会并出版杂志来介绍各行业，如服装，玩具，礼品和电子产品。贸易发展局也加入和举办在国外的贸易活动，以此方式来推广香港产品。她告诉我新闻官的工作是负责编写和发送有关该组织活动方面的新闻稿，同时也维持与比荷卢媒体的关系，例如邀请记者参观香港及举办研讨会等。Holmes女士边看我的简历边说：“你在荷兰海牙当新闻官时曾经陪同荷兰皇室进行正式访问，你觉得我们的这份工作适合你吗？” 我解释说我从前的工作要求灵活性很高，我必须能够同来自各行各业的不同的人们进行交流，同资深人士会晤时也要把握分寸，在官方活动中也需要抵挡得住摄影记者们的攻势，此外我要写出简洁的新闻稿，并愿意作出额外付出。我当时太太是一位出生在美国的中国人，这一事实显然是对我有利，我很快就得到了这份工作，并且得知我的办公间在办公楼的背面一个比较阴暗的角落。九个月后，我搭乘国泰航空巨无霸前往香港就职，飞机在慢慢靠近启德机场，透过窗户，可以看到九龙的建筑物和山丘离我越来越近。当飞机擦着屋顶降落，一个90度的大转弯后便降落在跑道上，我的心激动地怦怦直跳。那时，香港还是英国的殖民地。香港贸易发展局一位中国同事来机场迎接我们，一出机场大厅，我第一次踏上香港的土地，闻到了这座港口城市的真正气息，红色的士，喧嚣繁华的大都市。在去旧利园的酒店的路上，我注意到铜锣湾交通是多么拥挤繁忙，商店鳞次栉比，行人如流，霓虹灯使我睁不开眼睛。我从此便深深地爱上了这座远东的城市。

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{thE Majority of us valuE BEiNg rootEd, coNNEctEd to a PlacE of origiN, to our hoME. thE uNPrEcEdENtEd Migratory MovE froM thE couNtrysidE to thE city that is currENtly takiNg PlacE iN chiNa has ProfouNd coNsEquENcEs iN this rEsPEct. just likE PlaNts, PEoPlE NEEd thE right coNditioNs to groW roots. hoME is WhErE thE hEart is.}

{ 在全球化的今天，许许多多人四海为家，但是不要忘记绝大多数的人们还有扎根的愿望，希望能有一个家。目前中国正在发生前所未有的移民，人们从农村来到城市，这会对将来具有深远的影响。 }

kuipercompagnons:

a sEnsE of homeComing 回归家园 By gijs vaN dEN BooMEN

gijs vaN dEN BooMEN is MaNagiNg dirEctor of kuiPErcoMPagNoNs. EducatEd iN laNdscaPE architEcturE, hE has WorkEd for sEvEral urBaN PlaNNiNg aNd dEsigN officEs iN thE NEthErlaNds, scotlaNd aNd thE uNitEd statEs siNcE 1987. rEiNforciNg loNg liNEs froM thE Past to thE futurE, vaN dEN BooMEN aiMs at sustaiNaBlE aNd iNtEgratEd visioNs, EMPhasiziNg thE iMPortaNcE of uNdErstaNdiNg diffErENt layErs of a sociEty iN ordEr to MEEt thE NEEds of thE PEoPlE aNd NaturE. his PlaNs crEatE NEW solutioNs With a sENsE of BEloNgiNg, PlacE aNd idENtity.

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s we are approaching the festive season in different parts of the world, many of us are looking forward to going back to our homes, the places that are important to us and our family. Be it Christmas or the Spring Festival, festive events ignite temporary migrations that strain our transport networks to the max. Even the slightest blizzard can leave people stranded at airports and train stations for days. We have all been there, waiting in queues, paying high prices and enduring days of travel.

WhY do We put up With aLL the haSSLeS aNd aNNoYaNCe? I think the answer lies in the simple realization that we humans need, more than food and water, a place to live. We all know that the love and affection that we hope to be immersed in during the holidays is something that nourishes and feeds our soul. Love refuels and keeps us going. For many, “home” is also the place where they root. The family home where their parents live, where they grew up. It is a place that they carry in them as an essential part of their identity. Although in these days of globalization, there is a growing group of people that is footloose and makes the entire earth planet their home, the vast majority of us value being rooted and being connected to a place of origin, to our home. The unprecedented

世界各地的人们正在迎接各种节日，在这个季节大家都打算回家，这对我们自己和我们的亲人都很重要。无论是圣诞节或春节，节庆活动会造成大批人口临时迁移，给运输网络带来最大负担，哪怕是一丁点暴风雪就可能让人们滞留在机场或火车站好几天。排队、拥挤、高价、长途旅行，我们大家都有过此经历。但为什么我们还愿意承担这些麻烦呢？我认为答案就在于人类的需要除了食物和水以外就是一个可以住的家。节假日大家聚集在一起享受爱情与亲情，这是滋润灵魂的养料。爱的温暖就好比是给汽车加油，让我们可以往前再多跑一程路。对于许多人来说，家也是扎根的地方。父母的家是我们长大成人的地方，也是我们人生中很重要的组成部分。在全球化的今天，许许多多人四海为家，但是不要忘记绝大多数的人们还有扎根的愿望，希望能有一个家。目前中国正在发生前所未有的移民潮，人们从农村来到城市，这会对将来具有深远的影响。数以百万计的人们离开他们出生的地方到大城市谋生，他们被“连根拔起”，他们试图在新的城市重新安家，然而负责新城市开发的有关方面往往低估了这些新移民的需求。因为人就跟植物一样，所有条件具备才会生根开花。新城市的环境必须提供人们加入社区生活足够的条件，以此来建立社区感，为居民提供很人性化的公共空间，使邻里能够互相认识了解。培养归属感是一切的关键，它确实是塑造和发展一个新的微观社会 X i N Ma ga zi N e

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migratory move from the countryside to the city that is currently taking place in China has profound consequences in this respect. As many millions of people are leaving their place of origin to make new lives in the big city, they are literally uprooted, and they try to re-root in a new city where they arrive. However, the needs and requirements for them to do so are too often underestimated by those who take responsibility for creating these new cities. Just like plants, people need the right conditions to grow roots. Too often we find the new city environment offers the newcomers insufficient opportunity to establish a sense of community, a human scale and common spaces to meet and get to know their fellow citizens and neighbors. This commitment is not only necessary but also crucial to nurture a sense of belonging. If we can create just the right conditions for these vital factors to jumpstart this new identity, a sense of belonging and pride of a place, then the new cities can become places to be called home. A place where we want to return to, time and again. After all, a city could not and should not just be a commodity. It is a community. A community is a cooperative spirit in which people can participate. People of all ages and from all walks of life feel they are a part of a harmony, in which elderly people and children’s play can take the central stage. This is a community that is in balance with its surroundings and the landscape it is being built on. If we can take into account these principles in founding the new cities of China, the inhabitants of new metropolitan China can begin to truly love their new cities. Together with our loved ones, we humans show a remarkable capacity for creating a home in almost any circumstance. Therefore, lending a helping hand in order to create a strong, well-founded sense of identity for the many new cities and communities that are yet to be built is most vital, even imperative, especially in our age of mass urbanization. Because after all, there is great truth in the old saying: Home is where the heart is.

的钥匙。如果我们可以创造良好的条件，利用这些重要因素来启发新的身份感、归属感和自豪感，那么新的城市便可以成为大家向往的家，成为我们会很愿意重返的家园。毕竟，一个城市不能够也不应该仅仅是一种商品，这更是一个社区。一个社区是一种合作精神，人们可以参加，所有年龄和来自各行各业的人都觉得自己是其中的一员，无论老龄人还是儿童，大家能够在同一环境中和谐生活，寻找乐趣。这是一个社区整体，它与周围环境与大自然是平衡共存的。如果在中国创造新城市时能注重这些因素，中国大都市的新居民就会真正爱上他们新家园。与我们的亲人一起建立一个和睦的环境，这是人类的共通处，人类在这方面也展现出非凡的能力。建造强大的、合理的新兴城市以推动和增强社区的认同感，这是至关重要，尤其生活在我们这个大规模城市化的时代，帮助这种城建意识的发展甚至也是不可或缺的。俗话说：家就是心向往的地方，确实是画龙点睛之笔。

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旅游 roBErts & PartNErs: arouNd tHE World iN 601 Words amstErdam iN tHE goldEN agE 阿姆斯特丹黄金时光

XaviEr Kat: WiNE ProduCtioN iN CHiNa 未来的葡萄酒来自哪里？ Pots, PaNs aNd tErraCotta Warriors 西安，西安

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旅游 {oN 11 juNE 1630, aNNa vaN looN-ruychavEr WalkEd iNto thE gardEN of hEr hoME. aNNa Was MarriEd to haNs vaN looN aNd thEy livEd iN a sPlENdid caNal housE iN aMstErdaM. thE MatriMoNy iN 1597 gavE thE vaN looN faMily accEss to iMPortaNt Political coNNEctioNs siNcE aNNa’s fathEr Was thE Mayor of thE city of haarlEM.}

{1630年6月11日这天，Anna van Loon-Ruychaver走进她家的花园。她的丈夫是Hans van Loon，这对夫妇住在阿姆斯特丹运河边一座漂亮的房子里。这桩婚事于1597年完婚，Van Loon家族从此进入了政要圈。安娜的父亲是哈勒姆市的市长。}

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he history of the Van Loon family was strongly linked with the rise of the Dutch Republic, its naval power as well as its leading role in trade, science and art. Amsterdam was developing into the center for trade and Dutch political power. Anna paused to gaze into her deep, generously sized garden, the symbol of her family’s power and wealth. The evergreen hedges and hundreds of flower bulbs looked magnificent in the season. Afterwards, Anna left for the coach house at the other side of the garden.

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The Van Loon family was proud of their large number of carriages! Carriages played a key part in 17th century life not only because they provided a means of transport. They also served as a status symbol. The carriages of the Van Loons were emblazoned with the coat of arms. In the afternoon, one of the carriages would bring Anna to the bookstore in the city center, where she could buy a nice present for the Mayor’s wife. Anna’s husband Hans was governor of the East India Company, and in the evening the couple was going to have dinner with the Mayor of Amsterdam whose daughter was married to one of their sons.

On a recent initiative of Hans and the Mayor, an expedition to the Far East would be undertaken to buy silk, porcelain and spices, such as pepper. As usual the men would talk about business during dinnertime, while the wives would update each other on the latest gossips. The guests were entertained in the dining room and meals were served in white Chinese porcelain brought from an earlier expedition – The 17th century was the so-called Golden Age, during which time the Lowlands flourished and the Dutch nation played a major

Van Loon家族的历史同荷兰共和国及其航海、贸易、科学和艺术崛起及繁荣紧密相连。当时阿姆斯特丹正在发展成为贸易及政治中心。 Anna顿了顿，她注视着自己家很深又很宽敞的花园，这是她家权力和财富的象征。翠绿的树篱和郁金香显得如此富丽堂皇。Anna走到在花园另一侧的马车房。 Van Loon家族很自豪他们家拥有这么多马车！马车在17世纪的生活中很重要，因为它不仅是交通工具，而且也是地

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role in science, art and military expertise worldwide. In the Dutch capital Amsterdam, rich merchants financed expeditions to the far corners of the world. Dutch ships sailed to North America, China, Brazil and Africa, forming the foundation of a global trading network whose influence has lasted until this day. Vermeer and Rembrandt painted their most famous paintings. Amsterdam was the most important harbor for the transfer of goods in European countries as well as the financial center of the world. 位的象征。Anna家的马车都印有族徽。今天下午她将乘马车去市中心书店买一个合适的礼物送给市长的妻子。她的丈夫Hans是东印度公司的总管，夫妇二人今晚要去阿姆斯特丹市长家进餐。Anna和Hans女儿嫁给了市长的儿子。汉斯和市长最近发起了到远东航海远征动议，去那里购买丝绸、瓷器和胡椒一类的香料。晚餐时通常男人谈生意而妻子们则闲聊和互相通报城里的谣传。客人们进餐时用的是中国来的白色瓷器。 17世纪是荷兰的黄金时代。这个时期，低地国在科学、艺术和军事知识方面在全世界都举足轻重。在荷兰首都阿姆斯特丹，由富商资助的探险船队到达了世界最遥远的角落。荷兰船航行到北美、中国、巴西和非洲，形成了全球贸易网络的基础，其深远影响一直持续至今。维米尔和伦勃朗当初也赫赫有名。阿姆斯特丹是最重要的海港和世界金融中心。

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Roberts & Partners is an Amsterdam-based travel management agency. Exclusively for XiN readers, our agency has organized a 3-day tour in close cooperation with Lara Wijsmuller Fine Art. A remarkable time travel full of history and art. you will be taken along the highlights of the historic heart of the Dutch capital and re-live the Golden Age, including private dinners in Regents rooms, viewing private collections and exclusive visits to famous museums, various lectures given by our experts, and finally a boat tour to explore the canals & more hidden spectacles. An excellent meal at one of the Michelin star restaurants and a visit to an artist studio are included in your program. you will stay in Hotel 717, a unique canal-side establishment in a fine atmosphere with the utmost respect for privacy and comfort.

Roberts＆ Partners旅行社总部设在阿姆斯特丹。为《新》的读者们，我们公司专门推出“阿姆斯特丹3日黄金时间之旅”。这不是通常的城市游览，我们同Lara Wijsmuller艺术经理密切合作，这将是充满历史和艺术浓郁气氛的一次精神享受。我们会带您参观历史悠久的荷兰首都的亮点，让您真正重温黄金时代，亲身体验400年前的生活风貌及各种细节。3日游包括摄政室豪华私人晚宴、参观私人收藏的稀有艺术品以及著名的博物馆（含导游）。此外也为您安排了各种讲座，由我们的专家亲自出面进行独家讲解。运河之旅将更上一层楼，带您去发现这座历史古城藏得很深的秘密...... 除此之外，我们也安排了在米其林星级餐厅进餐和到一位艺术家的工作室参观。您留住的717酒店坐落在市中心运河旁，既浪漫又舒适安静。

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• Price includes all transfers in the Netherlands, admission fees, guides, lectures, lunches, dinners and drinks as mentioned in the program, 4 nights stay at Hotel 717, and taxes. Lunches and dinners include wines and soft drinks. The price is based on a double used room, single use supplement is € 800. • Based on a minimum of 16 participants. • For booking or more information, please visit www.rptravel.nl. you are welcome to phone our travel agency on +31 20 5300144

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{as Most PEoPlE Must kNoW By NoW, chiNa has BEcoME oNE of thE Major WiNE iMPortErs iN thE World. it startEd off With a Big iNtErEst iN thE classifiEd groWth froM thE BordEauX rEgioN, But NoWadays thE chiNEsE Buy WiNEs froM all ovEr thE World iN largEly varyiNg PricE sEgMENts. yEt uNkNoWN to Most PEoPlE is thE fact that chiNa is BEcoMiNg a Major WiNE ProducEr, too.}

{ 大多数人一定知道中国已经成为葡萄酒进口大国。从最初对波尔图酒的兴趣到至今，中国人目前从世界各地购买在价差上起伏很大的不同的葡萄酒。但鲜为人知的是，中国也正在成为一个葡萄酒生产大国。 }

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After Italy, France, Spain and the US, China is currently the fifth largest wine producing country in the world. It won’t take long for China to take over the fourth position. China is an incredible big country with a huge variation of soil types and climates, therefore it is easy for us to believe that China is highly suitable for the production of wine. In reality the conditions for making quality wine in China are not as prosper as one might expect. In huge parts of the country where temperature is the most suitable for wine production, there is a critical amount of rainfall during summer and fall season; the worst possible conditions to make wine. For drier conditions we have to move north, but then the climate becomes colder, too cold. Although summers here are good, the frost hits in early, around harvest time. Far from ideal either.

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酿造在意大利，法国，西班牙和美国之后，中国是目前世界第五大葡萄酒生产国，而且中国会很快跃居第四。中国多样化土壤类型及气候使我们很轻易相信它非常适合生产葡萄酒，但其实不然。在气温最适合葡萄生长的地区，夏秋季降雨量很大，这对葡萄生长是最坏的事。再往北气候会干燥些，但也很冷。虽然夏天这里气温不错，但霜来得很早，大约在秋收时就会有霜降，很不理想。

市场营销与“本土不土” 去年我去中国，来到陕西省，这是以煤矿著称的地区，谁会想到也出产葡萄酒？！我参观了享有国际赞誉的怡园酒庄，庄主陈芳来自香港，她同

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marKetiNG WiNe VerSuS terroir WiNe When traveling in China last year, I visited the international acclaimed and highly successful winery Grace Vineyard in China’s central Shaanxi province, a corner of the country better known for coal production than wine making. The owner is Judy Leissner, a Chinese woman from Hong Kong who is married to a German guy. My visit was at the end of the harvest period, it became pretty clear to me what challenges wine producers face in the so-called colder growing areas. Upon arrival we could see that frost had already hit the region; leaves were dark-brown and damaged and fallen off in part. Grace’s staff was harvesting, some others were already pruning the vines, something you would have preferred to do three to four months

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一位德国小伙结了婚。我来到这儿时秋收已接近尾声，这时我就清楚地看到葡萄酒生产商在冷产区所面临的种种困难。霜冻已经到来，叶片呈黑褐色甚至有些在脱落。工作人员一部分在收葡萄，而另部分在修剪葡萄藤（这一般是三、四个月后才开始做的事），还有一路人马在把修剪好的葡萄藤覆盖上一层土，以保护它们免受霜冻破坏。尽管恶劣的天气条件，我们品尝的葡萄酒都相当不错。她的团队尊重“本土产品”，但这些都是“技术性”葡萄酒，主要在酒窖里出产。

什么是“技术性”葡萄酒？在一般情况下，收获的葡萄缺少糖分，需要进行“加糖”，同时也添加酸度。为了降低雨季带来的过多水份，要进行反

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later. Another team was putting the pruned vines flat to cover them with earth in order to protect them from the big frost yet to come. If the vines are not covered properly, they will freeze to death. In spite of the difficult weather conditions, the wines we tasted were rather good. Her team tries to respect the “terroir”, in the meantime these are technical wines, mainly made in the wine cellar.

teChNiCaL WiNeS In general, the grapes that are harvested lack sugar and need to be “chaptalized” by adding sugar. At the same time, acid is added too, due to low natural acidity. To get rid of excessive water as a result of showers during the harvest, inversed osmosis is put into practice. Finally, several cultivated yeasts are used to stimulate fermentation and to provoke/activate certain flavor components in the grapes. To add body and roundness to the wines, glycerin and Arabic gum are often used. Here we talk about one of the country’s finest wineries, where they are trying to make top quality wines. To do so however, they need to intervene a great deal in the wine making process. Other wineries focusing on making cheap volume wines just blend their local produce with a foreign wine to lift the final quality. Chinese government hardly interferes in these practices. Producers can add 50% or more of cheap Chilean, South-African or Spanish wine and still declare it’s a local Chinese product.

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Three major local producers and brands are Great Wall, Dynasty and Changyu. They have more than 50% of the total market share. Some of the top wines they produce are consumable, but most of them taste awful, like cough syrup.

ambitioN Although the Chinese are not yet big wine lovers, an increasing number of them do drink it. Chinese government stimulates this trend. They have several reasons for it. The Chinese drink a fare amount of alcohol per year, mainly strong alcohol made of corn, cereals and rice. The 50-60% alcohol is bad for your health, additionally it is made of grains that the Chinese government would rather have for food consumption. With a population of over 1.3 billion people, food is a major issue in China. Grape vines grow in regions where there is no competition relating to local food production. Nevertheless, despite its ambition, China will have difficulty making quality wines on a bigger scale. On the other hand, the Chinese learn fast. A growing number of foreign investors are entering the market. Big investments have already been made by global players such as Domaine Baron de Rothschild, Moët Hennessy (LVMH) and the Spanish company Torres. These companies strongly believe in the Chinese future.

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转渗透。最后再加入酵母，用于刺激发酵和激活葡萄内部的某些香味成分。为了增加“厚重和圆度”，会经常添加甘油和阿拉伯树胶，这是制造高品质的葡萄酒的基本过程。我们参观的是中国最优秀的酒庄之一。要保证产品质量，需要人工干预很多。而其他制造廉价葡萄酒的产商采用的是勾兑。生产商可以添50％以上的来自智利，东南亚，非洲或西班牙的葡萄酒，但还是在标签上写“中国酿造”。中国政府这方面没有严格的法律明文规定。目前最大的品牌有长城，王朝和张裕，占市场总份额50％以上。这些酒有的还行，但大多数味道就像止咳糖浆。

壮志中国人大多不爱喝葡萄酒，但越来越多人在消费它。中国政府支持这一流行新趋势。原因在于中国人大量消费的烈酒由玉米和大米等谷物酿成。50〜60 ％的酒精度对健康有害。此外，对一个13亿人口的大国，粮食是根本。在葡萄生长的地区不会产生与当地粮食生产竞争的问题。然而，我个人认为中国要出产大量的优质葡萄酒这将会是个很大的挑战。但是话说回来，中国人勤奋好学，目前越来越多的外国投资者也进入了这个市场，大玩家包括Rothschild，轩尼诗（ LVMH）和西班牙的托雷斯。这些公司坚信在中国能走出一片未来的天空。

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i’an is famous for the nearby Terracotta Army, but at the heart of this ancient walled city lays another attraction: a sprawling network of streets and alleys known as the Muslim Quarter. Built around China’s oldest Mosque, the Great Mosque of Xi’an, the neighborhood has for centuries been home to the Hui, Chinese Muslims. Islam came to China through the silk road, and still finds its home right at the center of the silk road’s last stop: Chang’an, nowadays known as Xi’an. Although some of the streets have been taken over by tourist shops, there is still plenty of authenticity to be found, especially the street food sold during the daytime. In the early morning, bakers and butchers prepare for the day ahead, early risers drink their first cup of tea, and breakfast of all varieties is on offer. Other kinds of food make their way to the side of the street when it’s lunchtime, and it will be well past midnight when the last barbecue closes up...

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西安与雅典、罗马、开罗并称为世界四大古都，古称长安、京兆。西安是丝绸之路的起点，它是一座典型的放射型城市。西安附近有著名的兵马俑，但这个为古老城墙环绕着的城市还有更多鲜为人知的万般魅力，那就是被称为穆斯林区的一个庞大的、藏在城市心脏部位的网络。在中国最古老的清真寺西安大清真寺周围很多世纪以来安居着中国穆斯林回族的家家户户。伊斯兰教通过丝绸之路来到中国后，在最后一站古都长安落脚扎根。虽然穆斯林区有些街道如今挤满了各种旅游商店，但这里仍然还有很多有待发现的宝藏，尤其是街上的各种美食。在清晨面包师和屠夫们准备他们的摊位，早起的人们喝他们的第一杯茶，街道四处有各种各样的早餐，令人垂涎。当午餐时间来到，美食又更换了另一种迥然不同的面貌，而要在过了午夜后街上的最后一间烧烤店才会打烊… …

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中国故事 BriNgiNg NEW mEaNiNg to tHE 21st CENtury: RANDALL PARIS DARK & THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHINA’S FILM INDUSTRy 澳门电影节重创好莱坞，推出崭新理念

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{“thE ovErall PoiNt is that NEW tEchNology Will Not NEcEssarily rEPlacE old tEchNology, But it Will datE it. By high dEfiNitioN.” thE MaN Who said thEsE Words is dEad, so i chaNgEd thE dEad MaN’s faMous liNE a littlE Bit aNd Put thEM iN raNdall’s Mouth. Why? BEcausE i WaNt to datE hiM, i WaNt to BE iMPrEssEd! i datE crEativE PEoPlE. WhEN crEativE PEoPlE MEEt Each othEr, all WE do is iNtiMidatE thE othEr. it sEEMs to ME that raNdall Paris dark, visioNary filMMakEr rEcogNizEd gloBally as aN EXPErt iN NEW tEchNologiEs aNd artistic dirEctor & co-fouNdEr of Macao iNtErNatioNal digital ciNEMa fEstival, has alWays EXistEd aNd that i PossEss MEMoriEs that datE Back to My BirthPlacE, kuNMiNg, chiNa. iN ordEr to catch uP oN our sharEd Past, WE dEcidEd to gEt togEthEr oN thE digital highWay. thE BEst thiNg: i doN’t havE to Worry aBout Which drEss i WEar, But i gEt EvErythiNg iN forWardlookiNg la hautE défiNitioN.}

{“总的说来，新技术不一定会取代旧技术，但它会使其过时，这是肯定的。 ” 说这话的人已经不在了，我稍微变动了死者名言，然后把这句话假装是兰道尔说的。为什么我这样做？因为我想和他进行深谈，可是想和我深谈是必须有点条件的，就是说这人必须有资格来当《新》人物。这位有远见的导演，在全球被公认为新技术的权威人士，他也是澳门国际数码电影节的艺术总监和联合创始人，而且咱俩儿似乎也缘分不浅，他对我的老家中国昆明情有独钟，使我立马决定对这位资深电影人进行高精度专访。 }

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e is windswept and staring into some stormy distance. To live and die before the mirror, the vanity fair that is called creative industry, especially today’s Hollywoodized film industry and ditto stardom. Or to die and live behind the camera. Craft vs. commerce. Compass of Art vs. the magnetic, predictable path. Believe me, I’ve been on the lookout, waiting to sight the deer and the antelope moving with required elegance in the wild. I have to try a lot harder to imagine a mortal who is not tethered securely with the sentimental black cords to prevent him from making a freedom detour within the dark recesses of his pursuit and who is devoted to the delights of the new. We know that technology is a slippery slope…

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他头发乱蓬蓬的，眼睛似乎盯着不远处某个生死攸关的目标。他就是著名导演兰道尔．达克，此人是我这篇特写的主角。我们谈话将会涉及到好当今莱坞电影业的里里外外，有趣的是我们不是在摄像机镜头前，而这回是绕到了摄像机的背面来了解这门似乎已经极其商业化的艺术。那么，我们的剧中人，他的追求、他的信念以及他的创作自由都有哪些呢？早在1986年，兰道尔在加拿大多伦多第一次接触到HD技术，从而使他立刻意识到这将是电影的未来。后来他搬到纽约市，与另一个高清先锋David Niles合作。但出于独立操作

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Back in 1986, Randall Dark was given the opportunity to view High Definition in Toronto. Dark knew immediately it was the future of images. This was the historic Canadian HDTV production Chasing Rainbows, a miniseries that aired over the CBC in standard NTSC. Dark later moved to New york City to work with David Niles, another HD pioneer. The urge to strike out on his own led him to Irving, Texas where his production company HD Vision was headquartered in 1992. Recognizing early on that HD needed to go Hollywood, he moved his company to Los Angeles in 2002. Randall Dark and his upbeat message for emerging technologies rather seduced me – not a Luddite but one of the confidently surviving tech-illiterate majority – to examine the overall conditions of the HD industry from Randall’s two decades long multimedia perspective.

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maKe a differeNCe! g What does Randall Paris Dark stand for? Are you a follower? Are you a leader? Randall: “When young people ask my piece of advice on career options, I would always say ‘Go Big or Go Home’. My instinctive voice says: Do not be afraid of technology. Embrace change; be ahead of emerging global trends. I want to be on the frontier of major changes. This is a historic moment; we are making history.” “Being a successful artist is also being an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship means extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is perhaps not to make money but to make a difference. Re-define geographical borders and go out to meet the most enthusiastic audiences from around the world! This vision of mine asks flexibility and openness. Art is about the reinvention of timeless beauty but it is also about that we should do something good for our society.” For some content creators, the explosion of recording formats and devices is a chaotic maelstrom. But for HD veteran Randall Dark, it’s like diving into a Chinese banquet of options and possibilities, each providing unique opportunities to bring evocative video and audio to the screen.

from Life maSK to a diSh that WouLd maKe SouNd “My life mask was made around 1989, this picture was take a few months ago,” Randall carries on, digging into his memory bank. “The sunglasses have an HD camera in them that I used in my new feature documentary. I had my protagonist wearing them so I could edit to his eyes and we could all share his exact point of view…” Which is great news. Masks deal with very delicate emotions. The stories ain’t finished putting up a mask! Dark’s technological tour de force started in the same year “thething-is-to-discover-which-way-we’re-going” Daphne Du Maurier died, the English author and playwright best known for the Hitchcock adaption of her novel Rebecca. I’ve been thinking… For all I know, Dark loves two things: technology and storytelling. “Actually…three. I like cathartic emotion, I started my career by writing, directing and producing theatre in Canada,” the life mask answers quietly. Right. I’m dealing with someone who seems to be interested in ultimate communication. A quick leafing through Dark’s past life files, mostly from the predigital, petroleum smelling newspaper ink age, brought these yellowed sound bites to the present: “…packed with more insight concerning the world”, “Sex provides the dominant motif for Randall Dark’s Starboy, oh the thrill of it all!”, “Dark…spends his nights writing and directing local

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的迫切愿望，他来到得克萨斯州欧文，并于1992年创建HD Vision。但是，兰道尔明白HD需要去到好莱坞。于是，他于 2002年把公司搬到了洛杉矶。他热心推广尖端新兴技术，他的乐观和积极，面向未来的精神深深打动了我，使我更想从这位导演从事长达二十多年的多媒体这一视角来更深一步弄清HD产业的原委。兰道儿究竟代表什么？他是潮流的追随者还是领先者？兰道尔： “当年轻人就未来职业选择来征询我的意见时，我总是告诉他们应该敢于把事情做大，不然干脆回家好了。我内心的声音告诉我：不要恐惧尖端技术，勇于创新，领先全球最新趋势！我们如今正处于重大变化的前沿，这是谱写历史的时刻，不能错过。一个艺术家要成功也必须也懂得怎样经营和创业，这个责任非常艰巨。我可以这样说，我的责任也许并不是为了赚大钱，而更是有所作为。也就是说我们要重新定义地理边界，走出去，开阔视野，让来自全世界的观众知道你！这就需要灵活和开放的思维。艺术家创造永恒之美，但艺术家也应当为社会、为大家做点好事。 ” 对于很多电影人来说，新技术及各种影像新兴格式似乎是个无止境的大漩涡，但对于这位老兵来说这好比一席丰盛的晚宴，任他选择自己的口味，目的就是能制作出独特的、令人回味无穷的视频影像。 “我的这副‘人生面具’是1989年前后做的，”兰道尔告诉我。“这张照片是几个月前才拍的。太阳镜内装有HD摄像头，我拍片时，我影片中的角色戴上眼镜，这样我就能拍到眼睛传达的最微妙的表情，这个视角是前所未有的。” 原来兰道尔是位非常细腻的人，他想挖掘藏在心灵最深处的秘密。所以我追问他，兰道尔最爱的两件事就是新技术和讲故事，对不对？ “是三件事，” 他悄悄地更正我。“我也喜欢浑然天成的情感。我职业生涯起初，在加拿大做编剧和导演，制作现场舞台戏剧。” 这就是说，兰道尔最热衷的是如何与观众达到最大限度的沟通。我翻阅了兰道尔Email给我的当年报刊中有关他作品的大量评论：“对世界更深入地了解” ， “这一切给我们快感无穷！ ”“导演的想法是旨在为观众能够参加剧情参加另一种艺术对话，甚至观众能自己决定这出戏的结局”。我突然间明白了，兰道尔是个超时代的人，他在几十年前就已经开始了我们今天通过社会媒体和数字平台这些渠道，建立起的直接的、直观的交流，观众参与是很必然的事。三十多年后的今天，导演兼制片人摄像师身兼多职的兰道尔已经在圈内赫赫有名，他的作品也曾多次获奖，他最新的纪录片Seadrift vs. The Big Guy 荣膺8大电影节的最佳导演提名。这部纪录片关于世界上难度最高的的独木舟赛，拍摄于纪念该项体育运动 50周年之际，拍摄过程中融合了20多种不同

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productions, has come up with a play idea that’s just waiting for an audience to shape plot and dialogue as well as devise an ending”. The man who intended to give the participants the final say, even if he disagreed with the aesthetics of their approach. This all in an era without social media and interactive digital platforms channels directly linking, connecting and involving… Engaging an audience, the means justify the end. The time travel to the past gives insight to Dark’s forward-looking ride back to the here and now – More than three decades later, Randall Dark, now “wicked smart, award winning cinematographer, director, producer, writer, and manipulator”, received 8 Festival Selections and a Best Director nomination for his current film, a feature documentary with the working title of Seadrift vs. the Big Guy. The documentary is made on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the world’s toughest canoe race (260 miles no stops) and pushed the limit of format possibilities by combining footage shot on over 20 different types of camera technology. The combination of video formats from Go-Pros to HD eyewear to ultra-high definition is impressively successful, demonstrating that source material can come from any perspective, both subjectively from the participants and objectively from observers. Seadrift vs. The Big Guy, a landmark in the future potential of documentary filmmaking, the first seed of idea was grown in a Canadian theatre. By demonstrating the unlimited potential of multiple video formats, his feature documentary allows the point of view of those directly experiencing the event to become as important as the cinematography of the filmmaker. Randall: “It’s a matter of using the best tool at hand to record as many facets of the experience as possible.” The multisource documentary is very much like a video game battle, now for real. As much as he is parading his armory from his past 27 years shooting experiences, from the earliest HD and digital device to more recently, the BlackMagic Cinema Camera, Randall Dark’s documentary about his brother, the tremendous contemporary visual artist Shayne Dark, is concise, lean, restrained and… shattering, literally. One of the featured installation sculpture pieces was made from laminated stylistic curving shattered glass piece. As the artist talks about sound, his sculpture is making sound. This pretty much reminds me of a famous Sichuan dish called guoba, the crispy rice cake. The story goes that the artist/cook wanted to make a dish that would be gorgeous but humble enough in order to impress the emperor, who was travelling incognito through his province. A dish that would make sounds! All-round sensory experience is the key. It is a contemporary thought, a Dark vision. The creator being the channel of things unsaid and unseen… But –

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hoLdiNG a rare fLoWer iN maCau g Perhaps I’m detouring to ask the cosmic purpose of capturing a massive tragedy in high definition? Aren’t we getting a little too cynical here? Or do you believe that this haunting, magical sadness that speaks straight to the heart and strikes silence is the completion of beauty? Are we writing a lie? Will the intimacy of HD teach us to be kinder? I’m machine-gunning my target with question marks. “I believe that images change the world; moving images change the soul,” he pauses to think. “HD technology can change lives, like the starving kids I was filming in the Dominican Republic. When we see poor children that are starving and we tell stories about them and then when you see their story on our 4K ultra high definition television, I think it’s going to touch your heart in a way that it’s never been touched before.” So why did he choose to hold a Film Festival in Macao, China, I wondered.

类型的摄像最新技术，把影像表达方式推进了到最大极限，视频的格式高清和超高清的结合，令人印象深刻，而且非常成功地证明取材可以来自任何渠道，无论是从参与者的主观角度还是导演和拍摄的客观观察者角度。Seadrift vs. The Big Guy 是未来的纪录片制作具有里程碑意义的一个开端，但是最初的念头却是发芽生根于加拿大某个剧院的舞台上！或许，这种多取材来源的纪录片制作方式更近似于视频游戏，惊心动魄的直观体验，突出现场参与者的直接感官经验。 27多年来，从最早的高清和数码设备到最新Blackmagic电影摄影机，兰道尔都勇敢地投入到实践和运用中，将视觉语言之探索不断升级。但是，兰道尔关于他兄弟的纪录片却是相当简洁，一目了然。这部片子着重突出这位加拿大视觉艺术家的构思过程及其作品的深层含义。例如用弯曲的碎玻璃片制成的雕塑装置，这个作品让我想起著名的川菜：锅巴。这件艺术品不仅仅是眼睛的产物，而且是耳朵的产物，它会发出声响！全方位的感官体验是未来电影的关键，这可以说是非常当代一种思路，由兰道尔率先，成为其代表人物。我们交谈的同时，在我的脑海中产生了一系列的问号。高清技术如果用它来拍摄人间的大悲剧，例如大地震之类的无法抗拒的自然灾害，这种毫无遮掩的HD语言是不是有点很过分？艺术仅仅是一种表达手段而已，我们是不是在谱写谎言？我们的慈悲同情又在哪里呢？ “我相信视觉语言能够改变世界，电影图像能改变我们的灵魂！”兰道尔指出。 “HD也正在改变我们的生活。例如，我在多米尼加共和国拍摄纪录片，为了能给全世界看到并了解这里那些贫困挨饿的孩子们的生活。用4K高清技术讲述他们的故事，把他们拉到最近距离，这种表达方式能够触摸到人们的心，走到观众感情最深处。” “There are many film festivals around the world that allow top filmmakers to showcase their work. Film festivals are also opportunities for up-and-coming filmmakers to find an audience and to speak about their innovative new approaches to an established crowd. I wanted to start a film festival that would offer those things and also introduce the latest technology and vision cast the future. Not just HD and Film but 3D and now 4K and beyond. I believe we should share our creative and technical ideas with each other. I believe we should strive to create opportunities for each other. Co-productions are now more important than ever.” “As I thought about where to place a festival such as this, China seemed a perfect fit. It’s exotic and virtually untouched by these kinds of creative gatherings. I wanted not only to be able to bring the best filmmakers to China, but I also wanted to offer the Chinese an opportunity to participate in the excitement and creative expression of a film festival.”

我们谈谈澳门吧。为什么选择在中国澳门举办电影节？ “世界上已经有很多电影节是为世界顶级电影作品提供一个大舞台。但澳门影展与众不同的地方是为创新的手法及新人提供相识和交流的机会，能使他们找到自己的观众群，为观众们阐述他们的新观念新思路，这就是我举办电影节的初衷：为电影业提供新机会，造就未来！澳门电影节不只是展示HD，也有 3D，4K和更超前的技术。我相信应该分享我们的创意和不断更新的想法，我们也应该努力为我们的同行创造机会。联合制作电影，现在比以往任何时候都显得更加有必要。在选地上我们也动了不少脑筋，澳门的异国情调，这座城市的山水人情及历史，从阳光明媚的蔚蓝大海几分钟内你就可以来到葡萄牙式的老城区，澳门能够激发我们的想象力和创造灵感。这里一流的餐馆，这里五光十色的惊人的美感。这一切是最完美不过的了。” 在兰道尔手中，新技术已经达到了艺术形式的某种新境界，可以说高清是兰道尔的专用词汇，是他的清晰而执着的追求。那么我现在想听听我的家乡昆明石林的故事。

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“Macao truly is one of the most amazing cities in the world; top hotels, fantastic restaurants mixed with a rich and historic past. Within a few minutes, festival attendees can travel from the bright lights of a Las Vegas-type setting to a historically amazing area in old Macao. It’s imperative that the host city of any festival also acts as a catalyst to inspire, enrich and enhance the experience. Macao is the perfect fit.”

…So, I think it’s fair to say that Randall Dark has made an art form of the new technology. The Dark diction has become, not an addiction, but a refreshing mindset. What about Stone Forest?

StorY of the StoNe Randall: “The stone forest footage was assigned by Stone Forest. you can watch it on youTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5K3_8Cxrc.”

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“石林短电影是为石林旅游公司拍摄的。这个链接www. youtube.com/watch?v=Ln5K3_8Cxrc 。”兰道尔解释说。这部3分钟小电影既结合了好莱坞的娱乐传统又令人耳目一新，悦目也悦耳。兰道尔把我再次带入了童年的仙境，音乐的选择更是增加了作品的层次感和诗歌意境。我想知道昆明石林的浪漫史是怎样开始的？ “浪漫史是一切的开端，应该也有一个惬意的终结。正如你说的，石林令我耳目一新。我想把这里惊人的景观介绍给更多的观众！这里充满了古老的、鲜为人知的文化宝藏，这里不为外人所知的生活方式，这些都是启发我的原始素材。我希望通过我的电影给人们添加一些知识，丰富人们的经验，但最重要的还是为了增进人类相互之间的理解和沟通。” 视觉理解与沟通，相互信任，共享与付出。这便是不远万里来到中国的美国电影人兰道尔.达克的哲学。

“wE should not carE what wE did yEstErday, today is intErEsting, But wE should BE passionatE for what wE do tomorrow.” - randall paris dark “我们昨天做了什么并不重要，今天是有趣的，但我们应该对明天充满激情和追求。”兰道尔.达克

At once gripping, compelling, masterful, the footage is in the best tradition of Hollywood good time meets invention and innovation. An instant classic vision in HD. Refreshing. Within 3 minutes time, the filmmaker waltzed right into the fairyland of my childhood with the two contrasting layers of music and tranquil visual poetry. How did your romance start with the place?

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“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. I guess what I mean is… like you said… refreshing. I want to show people from outside China this amazing landscape. The ancient, hidden treasures. The ancient, unknown ways of life of the people living here. It is refreshing for me. Through my moving images, I hope to give people some knowledge, familiarity, experience, and most of all, understanding – ” Visual understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and giving. Our highway date has rushed to an end.

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cliENt told ME that this Part of MEXico has hEavy cartEl activity aNd that thErE Would BE a good PossiBility of a hElicoPtEr BEiNg shot at. siNcE No oNE Would thiNk of ruNNiNg drugs iN a PoWErEd haNg glidEr, i Would BE Much safEr. i BEliEvEd hiM, uNtil WE startEd to takE off oN that dEsErtEd highWay. With all thosE PoWEr liNEs oNly a fEW fEEt aWay aNd a cross WiNd PushiNg thE craft, i Was WoNdEriNg hoW EXPEriENcEd My Pilot Was. hE couldN’t tEll ME siNcE hE sPokE No ENglish aNd i sPokE No sPaNish. fortuNatEly, hE Was aN EXcEllENt Pilot, aNd haNd sigNals arE a uNivErsal laNguagE. hE EXPErtly flEW thE glidEr duriNg thE ENtirE tWo-hour shoot. i Was aMazEd By hoW high thEsE flyiNg MachiNEs could soar aNd hoW fast aNd closE to thE grouNd WE could go. NEEdlEss to say, thE shots WE caPturEd duriNg thE flight WErE EXactly What thE cliENt WaNtEd. BEiNg aBlE to fly sMoothly aNd so loW to thE grouNd rEsultEd iN faNtastic iMagEs! i’d do this agaiN iN a hEartBEat!”

raNdall: “a fEW yEars ago, i Was askEd By a cliENt to shoot aErial PhotograPhy iN MEXico. haviNg shot out of hElicoPtErs iN PlacEs likE haWaii, thE caNadiaN rockiEs, colorado aNd EvEN NEW york city, i iMMEdiatEly said: ‘No ProBlEM.’ thE locatioN Was thE WEstErN coastal EdgE of MEXico. thE lift off PoiNt Was Not a local airfiEld But aN isolatEd highWay. to My aMazEMENt, thEy didN’t givE ME a hElicoPtEr But a tWo-sEatEr, PoWErEd haNg glidEr, NorMally callEd ultra-light glidErs. My

兰道尔： “这张照片是几年前我在墨西哥拍摄时的实况。当时我听说是“航拍”，我以为是用直升机。我拍过很多，从夏威夷到加拿大落基山脉到科罗拉多到纽约，这对我都不陌生，我当时就一口答应下来了。可没想到他们竟然给我一架超轻型滑翔机！原因是在墨西哥用直升机有被击落的可能性，而滑翔机则不会有人会怀疑是运输毒品，会安全一些。我的妈呀，我们从荒无人烟的公路上起飞，我想知道飞行员的飞行经验和技术，但发现他英语一窍不通，我西班牙语亦一窍不通。还好，他是一位优秀的飞行员，更何况手势是世界语。两个小时的拍摄过程中，他熟练地驾驶着滑翔机。我也很惊讶滑翔机的飞行最高度以及我们如何能快速接近地面，离地面很近很近。这些镜头我当然都记录下来了，跟做梦一样！有机会我还想再次做滑翔机拍摄，毫不犹豫。”

Makarios MEaNs “BlEssEd” iN aNciENt grEEk. youNg, Bright aMEricaN WoMEN sEt uP a school iN thE NEEdiEst Parts of thE doMiNicaN rEPuBlic. i had to thiNk of Buddha’s tEachiNg WhEN i WatchEd it. “thE MiNd is EvErythiNg. What you thiNk you BEcoME.” it is EsPEcially a lovEly surPrisE for ME, ProBaBly BEcausE i aM Not thE oNE Who is usually fouNd quotiNg shakyaMuNi. But dark’s filM is truly aBout frEEiNg oursElvEs By WidENiNg our circlE of coMPassioN to EMBracE all liviNg crEaturEs aNd thE WholE of NaturE aNd its BEauty, EvEN litErally iN this casE. thE filM is visually stuNNiNg, fEaturiNg gorgEous ciNEMatograPhy disPlayiNg thE PicturEsquE scENEry aNd local lifE. although thE dirEctor iNsists that this sWEEt docuMENtary is aBout WoMEN chaNgiNg thE futurE By chaNgiNg thE facE of PovErty, i soMEhoW Would likE to thiNk it’s aBout our dEEP EMotioNal NEEd to fEEl haPPy. if you WaNt to BE haPPy, PracticE coMPassioN. ProducEd By kristEN coX. (tEXt: juliE oyaNg)

“ MakarIoS源于古希腊文，为“祝福”之意。这部纪录片是关于年轻聪明美国妇女来到多米尼加共和国，她们在最贫困的地方为当地儿童建立学校。这部影片展示了如诗如画的南美风光和当地人的生活，但最重要的是，这部片子让我重新发现了“慈悲”这个佛家想法。导演告诉我这是讲述“如何改变未来”的一个故事，我觉得更是讲述“幸福”的一个故事。只有对世界和人类充满大慈大悲的同情，一个人方能找到他的幸福。制片人：krISten Cox。”（JulIe o’YanG 撰文））

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fouNdEd iN 1992, fosuN grouP has all thE gloss aNd shiNE of a classic succEss story of BooMiNg BusiNEss so tyPical of chiNa. aNd yEt MErEly tElliNg that story Would BE addiNg just aNothEr EXaMPlE to aN EvEr-thickENiNg cloud of stErEotyPEs. it doEsN’t hElP uNdErstaNdiNg thEsE succEss storiEs. But What could BE thE kEy to gEttiNg thE ENtirE PicturE Without PrEtENdiNg to kNoW it all?

复星集团创建于 1 9 9 2 年，是中国最大的民营企业集团之一，目前拥有医药、房地产、钢铁及零售等四大主导产业，及矿业和金融等战略投资。 “ 我们在创业时经常说一句话是 “ 修身、齐家、立业、助天下 ” ，这也是我们现在的企业核心价值观。当年，从复旦大学毕业，我们算是 “ 三无 ” 型的创业团队：创业时一无资金、二没经验，也没有读过 M B a，完全是摸索着一步步走过来的，做了很多想做的事，能做什么就做什么。 ”

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复星集团的明星创业史 by Pim Wiersinga

hina’s success is inexplicable to denizens of old economies, not because there is any mysticism to the Chinese soul – assuming such a thing exists – but because it is based on a new business model. When the country opened up in 1992, the same year Fosun was founded, China’s economy was huge to be sure. Tough and surprisingly resilient as it was, it was however not strong and powerful the way it is today and remains strong and powerful during global recession. One may wonder what is the secret behind this overnight blossoming. Perhaps, after all is being said, we have to believe that in 2014 China isn’t merely about creating profits. China is about creating value.

famiLY To the envious and enthusiastic eye of the outsider, profits and value look similar, if not identical. After all, value cannot be created in any sustainable way without the dough that goes with it. Fosun Group makes a lot of dough and is quite a presence at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It has dealt in steel and mining, and deals in insurance, industrial operations, investment and asMR. GUO PRACTISING TAICHI

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问：作为复星集团的联合创始人和中国市场调查领域的开拓者，我们想跟您一起回忆一下您将自己定位为企业家的时候。具体跟我们说说是从什么时候开始认为自己是以为企业家的？为什么？答：我们在创业时经常说一句话是“修身、齐家、立业、助天下”，这也是我们现在的企业核心价值观。当年，从复旦大学毕业，我们算是“三无”型的创业团队：创业时一无资金、二没经验，也没有读过MBA，完全是摸索着一步步走过来的，做了很多想做的事，能做什么就做什么。逐渐企业做大了，就感觉到自己的责任更大，但无论企业多么大，作为管理者都要冲在业务第一线上。我们提畅“横向到边，纵向到底”的管理概念，就是要提高管理效率，要逼迫管理者深入下去，才能保证企业的持续健康发展。 OFFICE INTERIOR

set management – just as any multinational corporation in the West does. And yet Fosun Group is based on a different footing. As Mr. Guo Guangchang, co-founder of Fosun Group has it: “Investment, which is one of our core concerns today, means creating profitable and sustainable opportunities for our global partners. However, to be of any use to our partners overseas, we had to build a solid base in China first.” Guo was one of a group of four students. When asked whether they are still friends, Guo raises his eyebrows in mock-reproach. “Of course we are friends. It’s not merely stories and memories we share of our university years. We are business partners within Fosun and we are lucky because we have been very close friends till this day. The paths our lives and careers took vary somewhat; what binds us is that we started Fosun from scratch and put all our effort in it. We are family, you see.” This is where the values come in, as well as the creation of value. “We cherish the concept of the ‘Fosun Family’. We make an effort to create synergies across our invested industries, media and distribution resources.

问：在20年间，复星发展成为了中国大陆规模最大的私营企业，全球化业务也在不断壮大。复星是如何把握在受经济危机重创的西方市场寻找投资机遇和业务的？复星为其在西方的投资业务采取了哪些保护措施来应对经济危机所造成的影响？答：复星的投资，我们叫“中国动力嫁接全球资源”，就是深化中国投资，同时全球布局，然后把这两种优势很好的组合起来。从这个意义上，我们来投资全球的时候，我们的核心关注点，除了一般投资项目时要考虑的产业、团队之外，我们核心关注点就是这个国际的企业能不能我们帮助他在中国有更好的发展，这些变成我们在国际化投资当中的核心关注点就是说，我们投资之后，能不能帮助他在中国的成长，在中国的发展，能不能有助于整个企业更良性的发展。这是我们最核心的关注点。另一点就是全球视野。对于我们整体的布局，我们觉得需要深耕中国，但是要全球视野。我们提出一个理念，就是要“中国动力嫁接全球资源”。因为我们的优势在中国，但是要在中国成为一个优秀的全球投资集团的话，你如果没有全球视野，也是不可能的。所以我们必须要具备全球整合资源的能力。这是复星力图要去建设的。所以，我们要有一个大平台的战略，就是形成一个全球的视野和能力，同时，我们又要有非常优秀的各个团队，能够在各个专业领域有非常深的造诣，把这两者结合起来。问：复星的大部分业务模式还是以B2B为主（如果不准确，请更正），如果您需要给一个对投资和股票领域完全不了解的人介绍复星集团的话，该如何诠释？

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SeLf-improVemeNt aNd teamWorK Learning and improvement is not only the tenet for every Fosun employee but also for the company as a whole. Which obliges the company itself to allow room for perfection at all levels. For an enterprise to grow, a unified team is essential. It takes a great team as well as a strong corporate culture to make miracles happen. Synergy, harmony, cooperation – those seem to be key concepts. After 20 years of cooperation, Fosun’s co-founders have withstood the test of time and set a prime example for its teamwork culture. Which is one reason why performance is unequivocally defined as value creation. To be truly competitive, an enterprise must maintain its vitality. It continuously needs to create more value in an ever-changing business environment. In the course of its 22-year existence, Fosun became a big player on rapidly expanding Chinese consumer markets. In 2010 it harvested the results of this tremendous effort to go global, acting as a partner or go-between for foreign investors.

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Mr. Guo: “While pursuing commercial values, Fosun also actively devoted itself to the improvements of China’s natural environments, the rejuvenation of the country’s economy and Chinese culture. Making the world feel more about the vitality of China’s enterprises and the charisma of Chinese culture!” In 2011, Fosun made a donation to Fukushima rescue forces. The company organized the China Momentum, Fosun’s Night, a largescale branding activity in the U.S., and sponsored cultural activities in collaboration with the Musée Du Louvre in France. Fosun Group also supported national intangible cultural heritages, which help protecting and promoting Wu Opera and Dongyang woodcarving. During its 20 years of development, Fosun has had a thanks-giving mind, adhered to the core corporate values of “self-improvement, teamwork, performance and contribution to society”. It has shared its success with its employees and society. A European mind might wonder whether all this ado is simply window dressing? Guo: “Indeed, charity reminds Westerners of a past that has long gone, but for me social business investment is exactly the opposite. It is our primary investment. Cumulatively, Fosun has invested about 100 million U.S. dollars in this line of business, which included the funding for poor students. Like I said, Fosun also supports and promotes the arts and crafts of the traditional Chinese culture. And

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答：复星现在的主要业务实质就是投资，我们正在打造成为以保险为核心的专注中国成长动力的世界一流投资集团。我们一直希望将巴菲特的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司列为投资标杆，并希望将其模式嫁接到复星，即向产业+投资+保险模式靠近。目前，我们已经逐步形成了产业运营、投资、资本管理和保险这四大业务板块。贯穿其中的实际就是我们的投资能力，这就复星发展的核心。另一方面，复星的产业运营板块，向集团提供了稳定利润和分红，也积累了丰富的渠道和产业基础；复星的保险板块也已形成永安财险、复星保德信寿险以及鼎睿再保险的布局，为集团的投资业务提供了长期优质的资本来源。问：复星集团是如何参与可持续发展战略的？答：复星一直在坚持价值投资，我们非常推崇巴菲特的护城河理论，即是否具备独特竞争力是判断是否具有投资价值的核心。在不断变化的大环境中，我们一直在尝试把握包括中国在内的全球经济变局中的价值投资机会，同时要求自己“热的时候保持冷静，冷的时候心存勇敢。” 另一方面，我们也积极与合作伙伴和其他企业一起，建立和维护一种和谐、持续的商业生态环境，推动整体社会的正向、可持续发展。

the Fosun charity fund, Fosun Foundation, went official in 2012. We realized early that we must attach great importance to social responsibility in the creation of economic value, and by doing so we create more social value and build better partnerships with foreign investors. “Chinese civilization has a long history and is one of the world’s oldest civilizations; it is the world’s longest continuous civilization. Up until now, Chinese culture affected life in all its nooks and crannies. Skeptics say China has become a materialist country par excellence. I believe Chinese culture is pervasive, and it has a long history. We support Chinese traditional arts, which of course does not stop us from studying modern methods that help foster our heritage. Fosun Group has a cultural mission.”

phiLoSophY & CLub med In 1989, Guo received his BA in Philosophy from Fudan University. “Philosophy tells us that the quest for knowledge is part of our human nature: we learn from ourselves. The essence of knowledge is sharing!” Mr. Guo explains. “It is my belief there is such a thing as ecology of business revolving around the taking of responsibilities for the world beyond the office windows – and the expression of gratitude for the chances one is granted by that world.” With one eye on globalization opportunities, Fosun took a large share in Club Med in 2010.

问：复星的哪些业务模式可以让西方公司借鉴和学习的？答：相比于伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司或是其他的国际投资集团，复星还需要快速发展。但正如前面提到，复星更加了解中国，因此我们可以和更多的海外企业一起合作，将各方的优势很好的组合起来，帮助中国经济成长，并与利益相关方分享中国经济的成长。问：一些评论家表示中国的传统正在流失，因为人们盲目的追求物质生活。我们希望听听您对这个观点的想法。答：中华文化博大精深，源远流长。我们一直在推动中华传统文化的传承与海外交流。比如我们推广的太极文化，再比如正在建设东阳木雕博物以及未来可能关注的中国陶瓷、丝绸等种种传统艺术和文化，都是尝试用现代人更容易接受的方法助力中华传统文化的复兴。问：1989年，您获得了复旦大学哲学专业本科学位，您选择学习哲学的原因是？您是否依旧能从中收获成果？答：哲学告诉我们，人的本性是“求知”，这很大可能就是我做投资的原因。另一方面，哲学以及我现在练习的太极，都是对我心力的锻炼。现在，我越来越感觉到投资并不是智力的比拼，最后决定成败的应该是心力。你心智的成熟，可能比你的智力更重要。我从来不觉得巴菲特是智力超群的人，但他的心力很好，懂得甚么时候进，甚么时候退。问：大学生活似乎是您职业生涯的起点，其他几位联合创始人：梁信军、王群斌、范伟也在复旦求学。你们是朋友吗？答：当然是。我们不仅是同学，是合伙人，更是非常好的朋友。

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Guo: “Business and ecology are essentially the same thing. Being the world’s largest tourism resort chain, Club Med is but one example of combining China’s growth momentum with global resources. Its service model is unique in our country. Of course, cultural tourism is just one of the directions for Fosun investment. Meanwhile, we will increase our investments in the field of health care, pension funds and so on. We help companies establish goals, allocate resources, and guide them to explore chances of globalization based on their own vision. Our philosophy helps them to establish incentive mechanisms and optimize their process of innovation. We share our knowledge so we can learn from ourselves and from them. Fosun Group needs rapid development and expansion, and in that respect we might learn a thing or two from our overseas friends. As the Club Med example shows, learning is very much a mutual thing.”

问：2012年复星投资了地中海俱乐部并成为大股东之一，此举也算“拯救”了这个法国老牌度假品牌。为什么会投资地中海俱乐部，此举是否也反映了复星集团的投资理念？答：“中国动力嫁接全球资源”对我们的核心要求就是深化中国投资，了解中国。现在整个国家的发展存在两个升级，一个是产业升级，传统的制造业要不断升级，第二个就是城市功能升级。我们在产业升级上，大的产业架构已经有了，但仍需要一个质上的升级；同样，我们也已拉开了大的城市框架，但是城市功能还要进一步完善。完善哪些功能呢？比如说，教育、养老、旅游、文化设施等等。服务于城市功能升级时，我们重点投资方向之一就是文化旅游领域。Club Med是全球最大的旅游度假连锁品牌， Club Med的“一站式”服务模式“在国内是独一无二的”，这对我们有非常大的启发意义。当然，文化旅游只是复星投资的重点方向之一，但其实我们在医疗、健康、养老、教育等领域都会加大投资，核心思路就是服务于产业升级和城市功能的升级。

问： “慈善”对西方人来说意味着过去式，但“对社会事业的投资”则相反。您能为我们的读者介绍一些复星或您参与的慈善活动或项目吗？这些活动归属于企业社会责任还是属于您个人行为？或者其实不需要对二者做区分？答：累计来看，复星和被投企业已经累计为社会各界捐赠超过 6亿元人民币（约1亿美元），其中包括对贫困学生的资助、对民间手工艺的扶持和对中国传统文化的推广。在2012年，复星公益基金宣告正式成立，我们一直在为公益事业做更多的事。我和复星都非常重视承担社会责任，在创造经济价值的同时，也希望可以更多的创造社会价值。我们一直以自己实际行动履行对国家和社会、对投资者和员工、对环境的承诺。问：复星集团承载着复兴中华文化的使命，您能为我们介绍一下为何这一使命如此重要和关键吗？答：中华文明源远流长，是世界上最古老的文明之一，也是世界上持续时间最长的文明，而中华文化则是中华文明中最璀璨的明珠。到现在为止，中华文化还无处不在的影响着中国人甚至东方人的做人、做事方法。中国的文化种类是多样的，传统文化的现代发掘需要很多人参与。复星作为在中国的民营企业，必须要承担起保护和推动文化传承的重任，不仅可以在国际文化交流中发挥特长，也可以在文化保护方面起到补充作用，比如我们推广太极、东阳木雕以及京剧。问：您是否有时间练习太极？答：我练习太极已经有四年多的时间了，过去基本天天都在练习，现在因为事情太多，一般一周会真正的练习一次，但平时办公间隙也会站起来做几个简单动作活动一下。练习太极，会让我在“动”中获得一种平静，这有助于我获得一个平衡，也有助于增长心力。刚才我也提到，在投资时，心力比智力往往更重要，做决策时犯的错误，更多的恐怕是因为心力的不足。

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{ 澳门是海洋与陆地之间的门槛，位于东西方文化的十字路口。也许这座城市给你不是回家的感觉，而更像是一幕精彩的电影，充满史诗般的惊险和令人咋舌的赌注......}

thE charms of macau: Luís Vaz de Camões and his date with fate

“i travEllEd distaNt laNds aNd sEas, tryiNg to fiNd a curE for lifE, But PErilous vENturEs caN’t attaiN What fortuNE, fiNally, doEsN’t Will.

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Portugal Brought ME uP iN dEar grEEN alENquEr, My hoME, But rottEN air iN My EarthEN vEssEl chaNgEd ME.” PortuguEsE PoEt luís vaz dE caMõEs (1524 – 1580)

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he urge to sail the seven seas created a new sort of humans: people to whom home was no longer sweet. People like Matteo Ricci, who fled the violence of his Italian hometown by becoming an eccentric Jesuit missionary; and people like our poet/hero Camões (read: camoens), who, after his hopes of obtaining recognition for valiant deeds were dashed, wrote: “The last words I uttered on board the vessel before leaving: Ungrateful country! thou shalt not even possess my bones.”

Macau, where land and sea intersect as well as trade routes and cultures, is the hub of maze-dwellers. What does this maze look like? Miniature landscape, which is meant to express the harmony that should exist between man and nature, enclosed by walls and includes ponds, rock gatherings, trees and flowers, and an assortment of halls and pavilions connected by winding paths and zigzag balustrades. By moving from point to point, visitors can view a series of carefully composed scenes, unrolling like an ink scroll, and like an ink scroll, Chinese gardens mirror the universe in miniatures, enjoyable and dramati-

航行世界的历史造就了一种新型人类：他们更愿意离家远走高飞。大家熟知的传教士利玛窦逃离他家乡意大利的暴力而来到远东，最终埋葬在北京；还有就是我们的拜伦式英雄诗人賈梅士（葡語：Luís Vaz de Camões，1524年-1580年）。贾氏被公认为葡萄牙最伟大的诗人，他的著作被与荷马、维吉尔、但丁和威廉·莎士比亚相比。他写了众多诗和剧作，但最著名的要数史诗《葡萄牙之魂》。贾梅氏在希望破灭后写道：“在离开前我在船上说出的最后一句话：你这个忘恩负义的国家！你不可以拥有我的骨头。”这是诗人远漂海外的前奏。

澳门处于陆地和大海的相交处，是贸易路线必经之路。这座城市让我想起迷宫，请您和我一道来看看这个迷宫是什么样子。这儿微缩的景观是为了表达人与自然的和谐，围墙内的庭院里有池塘，有怪石，有树木鲜花，幽幽曲径连接在神奇楼阁之间，带人走进一系列精心组合而成的风景，这仿佛就是一副水墨长卷慢慢展开在眼前。中国园林堪称是宇宙的缩影，

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cally enigmatic. A place where time stops its pace; a place where the maze-dwellers become immortals. Camoes Garden and Grotto, or Camoes Garden, is one of Macau’s oldest parks. It is also Macau’s largest park covering an area of nearly 20,000 square meters. Originally it was the house of a Portuguese merchant who enjoyed raising pigeons. His house served as a beautiful backdrop to the hundreds of flying pigeons that he raised. From afar, the pavilions and buildings in the compound looked like nests. After the death of the merchant, his residence was donated to the government, commemorating the great Portuguese poet, which is where the name of the garden comes from. Generally regarded as the greatest poet of the Portuguese language, Camões led a wild, but uncertain life, much of his biography being based on his poems. He was probably born in Lisbon, the son of minor, impoverished aristocrats, and definitely died in his homeland in 1580. In between he lived in many places: Coimbra, where he is assumed to have studied at the university; Morocco, where he lost an eye during combat as a soldier for the Portuguese army; India, where he served as a soldier for three years, after which he probably held administrative posts; Arabia and the East African coasts, on military expe-

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令人愉悦而高深莫测，这是时间止步的地方，也是凡人成仙的去处。白鸽巢公园是澳门最古老的公园之一，又名贾梅氏公园，占地将近2万平方米，是澳门最大的公园。最初这是一位葡萄牙商人的家，他喜欢养鸽子，远远望去这里的建筑群好似鸟巢。这位商人去世后，他的住所被捐赠给政府，用来纪念伟大的葡萄牙诗人，这便是花园名称的来源。贾梅士一生奔波不定，他出生在葡萄牙里斯本，成年后到过远东和非洲很多地方，在葡萄牙军队服役期间在摩洛哥一场战役中失去了一只眼睛。来到澳门后他为当地的葡萄牙政府服务。在公园里最重要的景观就是贾梅士铜铸胸像。贾氏由于激怒法院官员，从而导致他从葡国被流放到澳门两年。他经常来到公园构思他的诗作，在这里他也创作了代表作《葡萄牙之魂》。澳门人非常敬佩这位大诗人，6月10日是贾氏逝世日，每年的这一天，在澳门生活的葡萄牙人都会聚集在公园里来纪念贾梅士。公园的一山一石一草一木都会激发人们的想象力。沿着蜿蜒的路径走到位于最高点的凉亭，从这里眺望迷人的澳门内港，往北看去则是人造喷泉若隐若现的身姿。白鸽巢公园是

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Macau, the threshold between sea and land on the crossroad of East and West. Perhaps, Macau gives you not a home but a setting for a grand movie, or even for life – which is an epic gamble after all. Gambling in Macau has been legal since the 1850s when the Portuguese government legalized the activity in the colony. Macau casino revenue jumped 32 percent to a record of 36.5 billion patacas ($ 4.57 billion) in October 2013, boosted by mainland Chinese visitors who spent their Golden Week holiday in the world’s largest gambling hub – “A passion that gains when lost…”: Macau says golden hellos.

当地人做晨练、下棋、遛鸟或与朋友会面的地点，这真不愧是一个充满魔术的永恒景观！澳门是海洋与陆地之间的门槛，位于东西方文化的十字路口。也许，这座城市给你不是回家的感觉，而更像是一幕精彩的电影，充满史诗般的惊险和令人咋舌的赌注…… 在澳门赌场是合法的，从19世纪50年代以来，葡萄牙政府在其殖民地将赌博活动合法化至今，澳门是一座名副其实的赌城。2013年10月澳门博彩收入增长了32％，达到创纪录的高额365亿澳门元（ 45.7亿美元）, 这主要来源于中国大陆观光客,来到世界上最大的赌博中心,度过他们的黄金周假期。正所谓“激情就在于或得或失的那一瞬间”。

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ditions launched from western, Portuguese-ruled India; Macau, in the employ of the Portuguese government... Camoes Grotto, the most famous sight in the garden, houses the bust of the poet. Because of peeving the court officials, he was exiled from his country and lived in Macau for two years. He often came to the park and framed up his poems. Here he composed the epic poem Os Lusíadas (Soul of Portugal). People in Macau show great respect to the poet. 10 June, the day he died, was declared Portugal Day by the government. On this day every year, the Portuguese living in Macau assemble in the park to celebrate and remember Camões. The small mountains, trees, grass and flowers, every detail of the large tapestry captures your imagination as you walk along the winding paths to finally reach the highest point, the Gazebo. Here you can enjoy the striking views of the inner harbor, and to the north, a gushing fountain greets your eyes with plenty of shimmering, soft shadows. Camoes Garden is a popular spot for locals to do their morning exercises, to play chess, to walk their birds or to meet with friends. It’s a timeless vision of sheer magic! “lEt thEM hEar My loNg talE of trouBlEs aNd usE My sorroW to curE thEir oWN, siNcE grEatEr griEfs caN curE sMallEr oNEs.”

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marVEl! Five Claw Dragon Bowl in Green & Blue

The bowl has two five-clawed dragons running along the outside amongst flaming pearls and clouds. The inside of the bottom has another dragon. Each dragon has one finger of each claw colored in with black enamel to make it appear to be a four-clawed dragon! One theory for the phenomenon is that the porcelain was altered this way so it could be removed from the imperial palaces. Or that it was no longer considered destined for the use of the emperor. A saucer with a similar decoration and enameling and with the fifth claw removed can be found in the Bauer collection (Geneva) and a smaller dish is in the collection of Musée Guimet (Paris).

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SimiLar eXampLeS Two Kangxi dishes decorated with underglaze blue ground and green enamel dragons and clouds, one in the Baur Collection and one in the Musée Guimet, also have additional black enamel applied to obliterate the fifth claw on each of the dragon’s feet. This would have been done after the dishes had left the imperial palace. The Baur dish is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection Geneva - Chinese Ceramics vol. 4, 1974, no. A555. The combination of underglaze blue ground with overglaze green enamel dragons is relatively rare, but similarly decorated dish belonging to the Umezawa Kinenkan was exhibited in the Special Exhibition - Chinese Ceramics, Tokyo National Museum, 1994, no. 316. A Kangxi bowl with similar decoration is in the collection of the Shanghai Museum and illustrated by Lu Minghua in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Wood Publishing, Hong Kong, p. 300, no. 194. A copy of this technique and design was made in the Tongzhi period. A Tongzhi example, of the same size as the current Kangxi dish, was exhibited at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington D.C. and published in Joined Colors: Decoration and Meaning in Chinese Porcelain, Tai yip, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 83.

J. Ayres, Chinese Ceramics in The Bauer Collection, Vol. II, Geneva, 1999, pl. 161 J. Ayres, The Bauer Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Vol. IV, Geneva 1974, Plate A 555

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新派舌头 WiNE tours Portugal 葡萄牙酒洲行 HoNg KoNg PlaNEt food 很好吃！ asiaN food films 美食电影让你咽口水

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Douro, the most beautiful wine region of Europe

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Most people don’t know that the change of air pressure and air-co affect your taste buds. This is the case during the flight. As soon as I took off from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport, I noticed I tasted much less. That’s bad news to my glass of champagne. For wine it’s not getting better as aromatic fruits would taste much less strong and the acidity will rise up. Most of us don’t like that in a wine. Viognier, highly aromatic, and Carmenere, the powerhouse, may be reasonable choices during your flight, but to be honest I prefer some music in my ears while I sip my gin and tonic or a Screwdriver.

In the evening we arrived at Oporto airport. As I expected, we drove to Peso da Regua immediately. The town is close to the wine region; it would be easy for us to start early next morning by taking an old local train. And what an idyllic trip that was! The train station was decorated with blue tiles and old mosaics. This is the Portugal I know. The beautiful terraces of the Douro outside the window made a huge impression on me. It is the spectacle of nature that surpasses itself to become something cultural. The lines of the terraces, the sets of nature’s balconies, and the water. I wonder how Escher would have evolved if he had not found his inspiration in Italy but in Portugal…

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QuiNta VaL de meÃo In Pocinho we were welcomed by Francisco Javier Olazabal and Luisa Olazabal. The father and daughter are the owners of the famous winery Quinta do Vale Meão. Mr. Olazabal was once CEO of the port house Ferreira, but for romantic reasons (and if you meet his wife, you know why), he started this wine company in 1998. At present, there are two red wines and one porto, and Francisco Olazabal (brother) and Nicolau de Almeida (husband) are the makers of their own produces. • Meandro do Vale Meão - Meandro is Greek for Turkish river • Quinta do Vale Meão • Quinta do Vale Meão Vintage Port - There is also a special cuvee • Monte Meão - Single vineyard, 100% Touriga Nacional of granite soil

QuiNta do porto, barCa VeLha The largest wine of the Douro. An icon that is responsible for the fact that the winemakers of the Douro – which lies next to port – are producing red wines, some vineyards today are even venturing into white wines. Produced in the best years, so far they have only released 17 times since 1952, an exclusivity not to be missed! We tasted 2004. Too young, and the wine should rest for another 20 years before she is showing her full spectrum of promises. 1982. What a revelation! Depth. Complexity. yet I had the feeling that it needed more time to age gracefully...

SouL maKeS the WiNe Sandra Tavares da Silva made us truly feel why the wines of Douro are so special. It is not only the soil, the climate, the grapes or the vineyard. It is the passion of the winemaker plus Sandra’s charisma. Sandra is married to Jorge Borges Serôdio; both make their own wine. The husband and wife are running projects together at different wineries. We felt very honored by our visit; both took the time to teach us about their wines. 3 of their wines stayed with me. • Guru, White. Elegant, rich and powerful, yet subtle. Very refreshing • Pintas Character - A second wine of the company. Elegant, soft and smooth. Lots of fruit. Good for Chinese cuisine • Pintas - The top cuvee. A single vineyard with more than 30 different grape varieties. If I start telling you about the flavors, I would probably end up writing an encyclopedia.

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顶好吃！ Pork chop bone missing bun waxed paper wrapped sidewalk gone snack to travel, sweated onions bite sized bit & fallen. Fat duck’s cold fat, cabbage leaf pork belly crisp like snap-peas and rice waits willing to receive temporary blessings. Fish eyes floating, crab claws, shrimp shell steam, mahjong tiles chitterlings soyed in brackish black sauce. Into its greasy microwave maw the 7-11 welcomes you, Old Man. The moon hangs like a salted egg waiting for one sharp chop to free its bright yellow sun.

If I can lick this fish-split into wings cruelly --if I can lick this fish ginger for strength, scallion for speed, fresh steam and soy ready to lift off--if I lick with the tongue not of men but of angels fiery this finny sacred thing we can fish fly if not to heaven at least out this crowded box far over Victoria Harbor where we would love to explode amidst briny fireworks

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4. thE ProuD of MEi LonG toWn / four ChEfs anD a fEast

春风得意梅龙镇

Starring King Shih-Chieh, Sihung Lung, and Jordan Chan Siu-Chun. A film that tells the restoration of a Shanghainese restaurant, featuring Shanghai cuisine.

5. fLavor of haPPinEss 幸福的馨香

Directed by Mitsuhiro Mihara. A Japanese film that tells the story that happens at a family-style Shanghainese restaurant.

6. DEaDLy DELiCious 双食记

Starring Francis Ng, Nan yu, and yiyan Jiang. How women use delicious food to conspire and seek revenge.

7. Xiao Xiao DE yuE Lou 小小得月楼

A 1983 film that features Suzhou cuisine, in the beautiful city of Suzhou.

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1. Eat Drink Man WoMan 饮食男女

Directed by Ang Lee. Great cinematography, amazing shots of the cooking processes.

2. thE GoD of CookEry 食神

Starring Stephen Chow and Karen Mok. A classic Cantonese comedy, with a drop of sarcasm on the food industry.

3. thE ChinEsE fEast 金玉满堂

Directed by Tsui Hark 徐克, starring Leslie Cheung and Anita yuen. A comedy that hits the climax during the Manchu Han Imperial Feast (满汉全席) culinary competition.

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8. fLoWEry MarCh 烟花三月 9. PEkinG DuCk rEstaurant 老店

Starring you Ge. Tells the story of the Beijing restaurant 全聚德, famous for its Peking Duck (But Peking Duck is not the only dish that Beijing cuisine offers).

10. thE BiGGEst ChinEsE rEstaurant in thE WorLD, BBC four DoCuMEntary A documentary on West Lake Restaurant in Changsha, Hunan province. The restaurant boasts itself as the biggest Chinese restaurant in the world, with 1,000 staff and 5,000 tables.

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《新》是这样一个渠道，大家到这里来一道共享，一道学习，一道微笑，一道关爱，一道体谅，一道帮助，一道跳舞与歌唱，也一道成功。

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very once in a while we need to throw away old stuff and make space for new stuff. I am sure most of us have this kind of radical moments. From my own experience, I know it’s better to start cleaning before it has become an immediate urgency. What I’m trying to say here is that crises can bring us new perspectives and new opportunities. To leave our past behind in order to welcome a new idea, to build a new life or even a new home!

I’m talking about my digital home, my company’s home page – Recently I have been struggling with a few uncertainties, which didn’t make any sense to me in the first place. As I was forced to reexamine my goals and ambitions, I knew it was time to sort out my current mental settings and take charge of the future. It may sound more dramatic than it is, because all I did was looking at my old website and logo, and I wondered if these still corresponded with my idea of a purpose, if my home was still writing my vision... In my adult life I have always been carrying two worlds in me: two different mentalities and cultures. China vs. Holland. East vs. West. My intellectual interest vs. my commercial instinct. I am all these things. All these things have made me the entrepreneur that I am today. I discovered that my holding company and I are having the same lifecycles and carrying out one mission: Building bridges between worlds by bringing into play my enthusiasm for Chinese culture and my preference for beauty. At the moment, I am working on developing my holding company so we can attract talents and inspired and inspiring projects from different worlds. We help investors to find the next big thing. Sharing is becoming more and more important in today’s world. And to be able to share, we need a new channel to bring us to a new level of experience and make us all grow together. XiN magazine is the continuous effort that makes it all possible!

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日常生活中我们发现我们常常需要彻底扔掉一些旧东西来为新东西创造空间，我相信大多数人都过此类“过激”的时刻，而从个人经验中我知道清理一定要及时，否则就会后悔莫及。我想说的是，危机感会带来新视角和新机会。抛弃过去是为了迎接一种崭新的生活和创建一个崭新的家园！我这里所谓的家园是指我的Home page。最近我在冥思苦想一些乍看上去似乎毫无意义的问题，这迫使我重新审视自己的理想和雄心。这样的措辞听起来有些吓人，其实我仅仅研究了一下我的公司的网站和商标，我想弄清楚网站的内容是否还与我的目标和想法对应，是否体现我的价值观和我理想中的事业前途。我身上装着两个世界和两种不同的文化。包括中国与荷兰，东方与西方，还有就是我对知识的渴求与我与生俱来的商业直觉，这些构成我的元素促使我成长为今天这个颇具使命感的企业家。作为企业家我的使命是发挥我个人对中国文化的热情以及我对美的偏爱，以此为出发点来为不同的世界间搭建桥梁。我迫切希望能把投资者和新人才连接在一起，并能够同大家共享我们拥有的资源。目前我也正在发展我的控股公司，我想以此来吸引更多来自不同世界的人才，吸引那些新颖的、令人注目的好项目，帮助投资者寻找成功的机会。共享在世界上变得越来越重要，已成为当今生活中不可或缺的重要部分，而共享需要一个新的渠道来鼓励大家、连接大家。《新》就是这样一个渠道，大家到这里一道共享，一道学习，一道微笑，一道关爱，一道体谅，一道帮助，一道跳舞与歌唱，也一道成功。

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Cool! learn Chinese in 5 minutes

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衣 delineates the outlines of clothing: on the top, the outer garments with sleeves; at the bottom, the flowing robe. This pictograph serves as a radical for characters relating to clothing. Apparently, clothes do not make the man, according to the saying: “you can change the clothes but you cannot change the man.” 这个字很象形。上半部分是有长袖的外套，下半部分则是长长的衣襟。衣字也是所有与衣服有关的汉字的部首。中国古代很讲究衣俗，但无论怎样，“换衣不换人”，这句俗话却是说到了要害。

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ruthless Kekexili Text: Julie Oyang

Mountain Patrol is a film inspired by a true story and remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest nature reserve in China. Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, director Lu Chuan tells the tale of Tibetans who face death and starvation to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of ruthless hunters. Filmed on the actual locations, it is a grand mix of fatalistic Western and ravishing documentary. If your image of Tibet is one of praying, peace-loving monks, here’s your cure: these men fight for what they believe to be right and have altruistic motives. Brought to the screen with great, poetic details, white-knuckle tension and Hemingway machoism. Remember his name: Lu chuan, one of my favorites of the new Chinese cinema.

Mountain Patrol (2004) | 可可西里 Directed by Chuan Lu 85 min - Action | Drama

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On 2 December 2013, a Dutch film opens the Humans Rights week in Manila. Hopefully Filipino officials won’t be shocked being confronted with an ongoing tragedy looming over the archipelago. How can the world, our so-called civilization, shut its eyes for the appalling side effects of modern society? “Rome wasn’t built in one day”, is a saying that not only holds ground for architects. Independent filmmakers, more than any of the artists involved in the wide variety of the seven arts, are aware of the ruthless truth: it takes thorough efforts, if not a lifetime of suffering, to get a deal landed and finance a motion picture. Let alone a full-length feature about child prostitution in the Philippines. It took Dutch writer/director Jacco Groen (49) two decades to get his project off the ground: Lilet Never Happened, a moving story of an underage prostitute seeking a home, an oasis of love, a mere utopia for an abused child growing up in the slums of Manila. The film is based on true, disturbing, if not upsetting, facts. Most remarkable how a Dutch filmmaker swims against the tide, chooses a topic that few Dutch people are related to, and ends up receiving international acclaim across borders. After a handful earlier awards (amongst others in Auburn, Copenhagen, Los Angeles), the low-budget film, produced by Groen under his own outfit Springfilm, won three awards at this year’s Manhattan film festival in October 2013 and one at the Oaxaca film festival in Mexico. In total the film has been selected at 28 film festivals spread over all continents.

Lilet Never Happened tells the chilling story of a ten-year-old girl who runs away from home after being repeatedly raped by her stepfather. She ends up in a center for children in trouble where Claire, a sensitive activist – a role magnificently brought to life by Johanna ter Steege – tries to help her. However, Lilet never ceases her strong urge to burn all her bridges and seek for the ever-dark side of life on the edge.

For obvious reasons Groen went looking for actors instead of people living similar lives. A myriad of girls could have been brought in front of the camera to tell their gripping story, a life lesson in horror. But they weren’t ready, their storylines unfinished. With a background of numerous TV-documentaries and shorts, Groen gained most recognition with his 9-episode TV-series. Meiden van de Keileweg tells about the shady underworld of Rotterdam. Why this time did he choose the fiction genre to depict the atrocity of child prostitution in Asia? Clearly to reach even deeper inside the cave, where the public keeps its emotions locked up and to set off the bomb under certain circumstances. According to a script doctor from Tinseltown/Hollywood who helped polishing the script, the harsh reality of the true facts needed to be toned down. The original story was even darker. One can’t deprive the audience of any hope at the end of the road. Satisfied with his first feature finally under the belt, Groen counts on cashing in, primarily by having gained the long awaited respect of the Dutch Film Fund that has offered him the cold shoulder for over two decades. Lilet was judged “not sufficient Dutch”, according to the Oracle at the Dutch Ministry of Culture, sending him walking with a lousy 40,000 euro, after the film got selected at the A-list Warsaw film festival. Through the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and some Human Rights organizations, Groen went ahead with his stubborn plan by raising a modest 250,000 euro to realize his master plan.

Lilet Never Happened is internationally sold by Medialuna.

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the illustrious dynasty TEXT: IGOR NUIJTEN

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hen I was studying Sinology in Leiden, I was fortunate enough to have his eminence Professor Erik Zürcher around to introduce the students to the beauty of classic Chinese. Every week Professor Zürcherwould presentus with texts that give a better insight into the Chinese ancient history. I especially remembered one document. It was apetitionto the Emperor written by a patriotic civil servant, who complained about the Roman Catholic Church that was being built in the vicinity of the tomb of the first Ming Emperor, Hongwu. Apart from the fact that the construction did not look Chinese at all, the civil servant simply could not accept that “…a place where dragons and tigers stride has become a place where foxes and rodents crawl freely…”! Certainly foreign merchants and evangelists had no place here, and why should beautiful Nanjing deserve to be marred by that xenomorphic…thing! On a wintery day in 1988, I suddenly understoodwhere the civil servant came from, when I was walkingon Elephant Road that led to the tomb of Hongwu. Splendid Ming sculptures of lions, xiezhi, camels, elephants, qilin and horses still guardedboth sides of the road. The purple aura of the emperorwho ousted the yuan emperor and conquered his competitors. He established the dynasty that made China a strong empire again – as if I could feel the magnificent presence under my skin that cold day. The good news is, this winter we don’t have to travel all the way to Nanjing to feel what I felt: De NieuweKerk and Nomad Exhibitions have brought a rich collection of Ming artefacts to Amsterdam for you!

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Emperors, Artists and Merchants From 5 October 2013 to 2 February 2014, De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam presented Ming: Emperors, Artists and Merchants in Ancient China. This exhibition tells the story of China’s Ming dynasty (1368–1644). In collaboration with the Nanjing Museum, one of China’s leading museums, De Nieuwe Kerk hosted an exclusive collection of original Ming artefacts, complemented by classic delftware from the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague and a series of exquisite erotic drawings from the private collection of Ferdinand Bertholet.

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impressions 云南奇迹 from china’s hiddEn paradisE Linda Lin was born and raised in Kunming, southwest China’s capital of yunnan Province. Being a motivated traveller, she started working in the Dutch travel industry, and it was during this time that she realized the great potential of tourism in her hometown and the lack of travel agencies that take care of foreign travellers in Southwest China. In 2011 she moved back to Kunming where she founded her own tour operating business: Wonders of yunnan Travel.

By LINDA LIN

As a native of yunnan Province, I am proud of the rich natural beauty of the region’s rich natural beauty as well as the culture’s uniqueness. Out of China’s 55 ethnic minorities, 26 are calling yunnan their homeland. In this remote corner between the Himalayas and lush subtropical landscapes bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, yunnan’s hidden treasures are welcoming people from all over the world. Known as the City of Eternal Spring, Kunming is situated just north of the Tropic of Cancer, subtropical heat is rare though at an altitude of 2000m above sea level. It is not getting too cold either in the winter as the sun shines continuously during daytime. Being an important, bustling hub for economy, politics, infrastructure and culture, Kunming has become the well-established “Chinese Gate to Southeast Asia” during the last two decades. Outside of the modern cities of yunnan Province, the small towns are still keeping their ancient charms along with their well-preserved customs: people of ethnic minorities in characteristic dresses and their local cuisine. It is this distinctive mix that turns my homeland into a real pearl of China.

我的名字叫林勤业（Linda Lin），出生和成长在中国西南部的云南省省会城市昆明。我曾经在荷兰旅游行业工作了5年，在这期间，我对于旅游的热情逐年增长。我意识到我美丽的家乡云南，在入境旅游方面，还有巨大的潜力可以挖掘。因此，在2011 年，我搬回昆明，并成立了自己的旅游品牌- 云南旅游旅游（wondersofyunnan.com）。作为一个本土的云南人，我对家乡美丽的自然景观河独特的文化感到很自豪。在中国的 55 个少数民族中，26个民族把云南作为他们的家园。我们都共同生活在中国西藏的喜马拉雅山，和繁茂的亚热带风景区，毗邻缅甸、老挝和越南。我们坐落于这个世界独特的角落，而我的义务是，向来自世界各地的朋友一一展示云南的宝藏。虽然在过去的 2 年间，昆明已改变了很多。云南，作为中国通往东南亚重要的门户和中央枢纽，在经济、政治、基础设施和文化方面都逐渐走向繁华和成熟。但是，昆明之外的很多地区仍然保持其极为完好的文化，比如少数民族们色彩鲜艳的衣服、地道的菜肴等。正是这种独特的文化混合，早就了云南这颗中国的高原明珠。昆明，也被称为春城。它位于北回归线以北，亚热带气候，确实罕见的位于海拔近 2000 米的高原。在冬天不会感觉寒冷，全年都有温暖的太阳照耀着我们。 124

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itiNerarieS: Our tour packages include private transportation with our own drivers and multilingual tour guides on request. All arrangements are tailor-made and range from budget to luxury, from hiking to playing golf, from adventurous to laid-back and relaxing. Moreover, our staff and partners are specialized in taking care of foreign visitors to yunnan.

CLaSSiC YuNNaN tour

Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Tiger Leaping Gorge (8 days) A route combining yunnan’s most famous places with focus on ancient history, including visits to modern tourist attractions and various ethnic minority communities. There are lots of things to see along the road from the provincial capital to the highlands in the north!

(Example: 1.390 US$/person, 4* Hotels, travel group of 4 people)

photoGraphY tour to uNiQue LaNdSCapeS aNd miNoritY ViLLaGeS (7 days) This itinerary leads the traveller along yunnan’s mysterious landscapes – the Stone, Sand and Earth Forests. These three sceneries are characterized by columnar formations. They stand out by their remarkable colors and dimensions. The lake district with the surrounding villages furthermore offers the visitor unforgettable impressions!

(Example: 995 US$/person, 4* Hotels, travel group of 4 people)

CoNtaCt: Wonders Of yunnan Travel 86 Dongfeng East Road, Kunming, yunnan, P. R. of China (Zip code: 650041) T: +86-871-63311690 / F: +86-871-63349243 info@wondersofyunnan.com www.wondersofyunnan.com Skype: wondersofyunnan

行程: 我们为您精心设计的旅游套餐包括丰俭由人。从徒步游到高尔夫游，从冒险游到享受型度假游，我们都会根据客户提出的要求为您量身定制。此外，我们的工作人员和合作伙伴被是专业接待海外游客，了解您的喜好和文化。七彩云南8天经典之旅 - 昆明，大理，丽江，香格里拉，虎跳峡：此条线路结合了云南最有名的地方，包括古代历史，现代旅游景点和当地少数民族文化。云南旅游的亮点集中在云南的北部高原！（参考报价：1350美元/人，4星酒店，4人旅游小团）七彩云南7天摄影之旅，独享奇特的自然景观和少数民族村寨：此行程带您沿途欣赏云南的神秘风光 – 路南石林、元谋土林和陆良彩色沙林，他们被并称为云南三大天造奇林。梦幻般的场景一定是每一个摄影爱好者的极乐世界！（参考报价：995美元/人，4星酒店，4人旅游小团）

联系我们: 云南奇迹旅游中国云南省昆明市东风东路86号电话: +86-871-63311690 邮箱: info@wondersofyunnan.com W 网址（丰富多彩的线路和报价） www.wondersofyunnan.com Skype: wondersofyunnan X i N Ma ga zi N e

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Xin’s hot datEs 新日历 may 2014 aNNual gENErla mEEtiNg organized by the Netherlands Hong Kong society. visit Hong Kong society website for details: www.nhks.nl

27 may 2014 tHE 11tH iNtErCHam CoNNECtiNg PEoPlE CoCKtail, dutch Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

2-5 june 2014 iNtErNatioNal luXury travEl marKEt asia, shanghai, China

12-13 june 2014 arCHitECt @ WorK sHaNgHai, shanghai Expo Center

23-28 june 2014 NEdErlaNds CouNCil for tradE PromotioN trade mission to taiwan: sustainability

1 march – 5 september 2014 EXPEditioN silK road, treasures from the Hermitage, Hermitage, amsterdam, the Netherlands

24 april - 27 july 2014 tHE BluE rEvolutioN 400 years exchange, yuan Chonghuan memorial Park museum in dongguan

13 – 15 may 2014 sial CHiNa, dyNamiziNg food marKEt iN asia, shanghai New international Expo Centre, shanghai, China. Co-location with sial WiNE World.

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29 june 2014 lECturE: asiaN art aNd dutCH tastE, gemeentemuseum den Haag, the Hague, the Netherlands

28 june - 14 september 2014 History & royalty: a timE travEl, de Nieuwe Kerk amasterdam, amsterdam, the Netherlands

4-6 july 2014 luXury CHiNa 2014, Beijing Exhibition Centre, Beijing, China

14-16 august 2014 HoNg KoNg HomE dEligHts EXPo, lifestyle trends in homemaking. Hong Kong, China

in The spotlight 绝对抢眼 “新”派对 horasis gloBal Visions community thE haguE, thE NEthErlaNds 10-11 NovEMBEr 2013

中国达沃斯论坛 dutch fashion fEstiVal prEsEnts jow junior PrEsENtatioN to hEr MajEsty quEEN MaXiMa, 23 Nov. Pc hooftstraat iN aMstErdaM

“新”童装世界 dragons BusinEss award 2014 haPPy yEar of thE horsE! oN 14 fEBruary dragoNs BusiNEss cluB cElEBratEd thE chiNEsE NEW yEar at thE city hall of thE haguE

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dutch fashion fEstiVal prEsEnts jow junior Presentation to Her Majesty Queen Maxima, 23 November, PC Hooftstraat in Amsterdam

“新”童装世界 design: angelle Chang & winnie Chan phoTo: Chikin Tsang makeup: dainora dulCyTe hair: Caroline karTe sTage direCTor: buChelli www.jowjunior.Com

dragons BusinEss award 2014

Happy Year of the Horse! on 14 february dragons business Club CelebraTed The Chinese new year aT The CiTy hall of The hague

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Xin magazinE’s china EXpansion: risE to a NEW lEvEl of coNNEctEd gloBal coMMuNity “things arE so much gloBal and china-nizEd”

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