汉语世界（2017年第4期）总第65期汉语世界（The World of Chinese）

At the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, TWOC watched China’s top players compete, determined to best, or at least understand, AlphaGo’s dazzling progress. That epic battle, and its full ramifications, are laid bared in this month’s equally epic cover story—along with battle between bots, the brave tale of Beijing’s “nail neighborhood,” a handsome history of ham, how a California city became the Chinese Beverly Hills, and of course, much more

 

封面故事：

乌镇围棋峰会上，世界冠军柯洁与AlphaGo展开大战却连输三盘。围棋的末日到来了吗？从古人的日常娱乐活动到八、九十年代中日交锋催生的 “围棋热”，人机对战引起了公众对围棋新一轮的关注。对于这一古老的文化来说，这也许是一个全新的契机。

 

主题故事：化石营是北京CBD的最后一个城中村，飙升的地价让拆迁难上加难；这里是许多民工和城市底层居民的最后栖息地，他们的生活状态如何，未来又将何去何从？

 

主题故事：洛杉矶郊外的小镇阿卡迪亚受到许多富裕华人的青睐，财富的到来改变了小镇的面貌：灰色地产交易、盗窃和枪支泛滥，这里远不是“世外桃源”。

 

寻真之旅：从浙江到云南，中国的火腿极具地方特色。美味的食材里有家族的记忆，工艺的传承，还有进军国际的雄心。

 

在路上：当地的年轻人纷纷外出打工，浙江舟山花鸟岛却意外成为了都市九零后最爱的海岛度假胜地。

 

采访、小说、书评、影评、艺术、语言……从国际视角欣赏中国文化，用地道英文讲述中国故事。有幽默，有泪水，有真知灼见……从封面到封底，想停都停不下来。

4/2017

NAIL ’HOOD
最后的城中村
Progress marches on, but one throwback neighborhood clings improbably to a precarious existence, in the shadow of some of Beijing’s most iconic structures: Huashiying, a poverty-stricken warren of shanties, shops, and local culture. As the forces of modernity and order rip the heart from historic hutong, the survival of this urban village seems even more impressive. But how long can it hold out?

THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF GO
开启围棋新纪元
The name of the three-day summit in Wuzhen between China’s top-ranked player and an AI machine developed by America’s Google said it all: This was The Future of Go. But beyond nationalism and anxieties over human limitations lay a far larger question. Is this the end of Go as we know it—or the beginning of something much greater?

ARCASIA  
失落的“美国梦”
As China’s rich realize their dreams overseas, an influx of cash and immigration has turned the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia into the “Chinese Beverly Hills”—but as property values rise alongside crime, some wonder about the future of this elite enclave
CIRCUIT BREAKERS
机器人对战：不只是娱乐
Meet the engineers and fans of one of China's most unlikely growth sports: robot fighting. After years playing catch-up to US electronic know-how, some of the country’s top hobbyists and tech entrepreneurs view bot battles not just as entertainment, but as incubators for future tech talent

KALEIDOSCOPE  
A LITTLE LEARNING
乡村“微小学”
A tiny school in rural China represents a growing problem for educators. As young country-dwellers increasingly favor urban migration, left-behind children and dwindling funds are seeing small schools shut at an astonishing rate. But for these neglected students, school is not just a place of learning, but a home away from home

DRAGON’S DIGEST
HOMECOMING QUEEN
《网红还乡》
They say home is where, when you go, they have to take you in. But as Zhu Xiao’ao, now a wealthy internet celebrity, discovers when she is invited back to give a speech at her old university, there are some places, and some people, you can never go back to

GROUP THINK
RED ALL ABOUT IT
红学爱好者：
永恒的谜题与魅力
It’s no surprise that one of China’s most revered books, Dream of the Red Chamber, has attracted the interest of hundreds of thousands of experts and analysts since its publication in the 18th century. Less well known are the many modern fan clubs that have sprung up across university campuses and cities to celebrate and study this unique, beloved, and still-controversial literary masterpiece

ZOETROPE
DREAM EMPIRE
《梦想帝国》
An award-winning documentary, Dream Empire lifts the lid not just on a little-understood industry—the hiring of foreigners to pose as brand ambassadors—but exposes a darker and deeper reality about the real-estate boom that is at the heart of China’s economy

JOURNEY TO THE BEST  
HAMSTRUNG
世界级的中国火腿
Many people in China—and more than a few outside it—consider Jinhua ham to rank among the best cured meats in the world, alongside Parma, Serrano, and Virginia. Yet despite its centuries-old tradition and domestic prestige, this premium dish shares little of the fame and recognition of European equivalents. TWOC tells the story that Chinese ham needs

ON THE ROAD  
NOWHERE LAND
东海上的度假胜地
On the archipelagos of the East China Sea, islanders catch China’s first rays of dawn. But while the sun may be setting on these fishing communities’ livelihoods, there’s new hope at the prospect of tourism from millennials who see their isolated existence as an alternate—and attractive—lifestyle choice

PIONEER
LEAP OF FAITH
给自杀救援者陈思拍纪录片
Chen Si is one of the few in China willing to tackle the growing problem of suicide head-on, patrolling the Nanjing Yangtze River bridge (the world’s top suicide spot) to comfort potential jumpers. TWOC chats with the two filmmakers who documented Chen’s efforts in Angel of Nanjing