the Beijinger - November 2011: For The Record Out Now

If you've got access to CCTV you'll likely have seen the endearing lunacy of its official Guinness World Records show. Rubik's Cube manipulation, tiny-wheeled unicycling and eating M&Ms with chopsticks - almost anything is legitimate to become the best in the world at. Our November Cover Feature explains everything you need to know about China and Guinness World Records. We've gone straight to those who know - the record breakers and recorders themselves.

China's been going crazy for World Records and Beijing is at the center of that. As proud Beijingers we're pretty crazy about World Records too. When Guinness World Records challenged us (and you, our readers) to get in their good book we couldn't turn it down. This issue is the start of that quest and we hope that you are coming along with us.

Elsewhere in the magazine there's plenty more to keep you entertained between record attempts. Our Dining Feature eats its way around the Indian subcontinent right here in town, we reveal the Sea Gypsies of Borneo in our Explore Feature and we challenge some of the city's bartenders against the best in the world in Party Like A ...

We've also got an Ecology Feature on the surprising environmental impact of China's golf courses, we take on capoeira with TV chef Jun Trinh in Playdate and we introduce the replacement for Ich Bin Ein Beijinger (Auf Weidersehen, Kaiser Kuo) in Peking Man (Nihao, George Ding).

As ever we've got all the content that matters. The best in events, new bars, restaurants and shops and more prizes than ever, including tickets to the British Ball.

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