About What's On Xiamen...
The Beginning
Who knew that a bunch of women meeting at The Coffee Club in late 2003
would end up like this What's On Xiamen began as an idea, an effort
to help the linguistically-challenged laowai (here I mean non-Chinese
nationals who do not speak or read Mandarin, don't set the PC police
on me) get the best experience out of their stay in Xiamen.
A small website launch, 12-page magazine, and drunken launch party at
an obliging tea house later, What's On Xiamen shot into obscure
infamy. That's a long story and deserves an editorial in itself, but I
am not interested in opening old battle scars. So it'll have to become
the stuff of urban legend. Suffice to say one blonde and two brunettes
had a very unusual time and learned one heck of a lot about publishing
in China.
The Struggle
So, what's What's On Xiamen today? It is an online resource of tourist
and general intelligence about this coastal city - get all the
information you need here. There is an extremely strong and varied
team, deeply involved in the industries that are a part of Xiamen's
continued development.
Continual Support
Since I'm quite literally a world away, I'm going to be checking in
now and again, so it really is up to the community in Xiamen to show
support for the tireless What's On Xiamen crew (there never used to be
a crew!) and give them lots of information and feedback. With the help
of the community, What's On Xiamen can continue to shine.
From Andrea See
The What's On Xiamen Legend and Editor at Large
