''That's'' is a brand name used by a set of English-language listings magazines in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. They were owned by Shanghai-based publishing group, Urbanatomy Media; as of May 2020, the publisher was JY International Cultural Communications. The China "That's" brand was started by

Mark Kitto Mark Kitto is a British magazine publisher, writer and actor notable for living in the People's Republic of China. During his time in China he initially lived in Shanghai before relocating to Mount Mogan where he ran a coffee shop, restaurant ...

in 1998. ''That's'' magazines are now the biggest English magazines in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. The magazines are ''That's Beijing'', ''That's Shanghai'', ''That's PRD'', ''That's Shenzhen'' and ''That's Guangzhou''.

That's Beijing

''That's Beijing'' is a monthly English language magazine, distributed throughout Beijing, with a focus on news, current events, culture, art, music, fashion, nightlife and dining in Beijing.

That's Shanghai

''That's Shanghai'' is a monthly

English-language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

listings and entertainment magazine published in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. As of May 2020, the print magazine had a staff of 30 and a circulation of 62,500 with 40 percent of its readership being expatriates.

That's GBA

''That's GBA'' is an English-language magazine published in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

and

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

in the Greater Bay Area, Southern

. It was created in 1997 under the name ''Clueless in Guangzhou'', that's PRD. PRD stands for "Pearl River Delta". In January 2020, the magazine said goodbye to the ''That’s PRD'' moniker (which they’d published under for the past 13 years) and adopted the name ''That’s GBA'' to reflect their local coverage and the political and societal changes that have occurred in the region.

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