Go community overran Starbucks coffee shop in Shanghai

Go社区占领了上海星巴克咖啡店

Round Table China

2024-02-20

27 分钟
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Tables in a Starbucks in Shanghai have been occupied by a group of Go fans. Why did this make the news, since people have been bringing their laptops to work in coffee shops every day? What's the charm of the game of Go? / Let's unravel the mysterious phenomenon where you feel tired and depleted although you have got nothing done after a whole day at work (19:23). On the show: Laiming, Niu Honglin & Brandon Yates
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is round table.

  • They come from all walks of life and range in age from adolescence to retirees.

  • They meet at a coffee shop, and they start playing the game of go.

  • They form a community which lately has become under the spotlight of public attention, was their story.

  • Hello, I'm Lei Ming, and this is roundtable.

  • Today, with my colleagues Neil Holling and Brynton Yates, we present the story of a go community that has overrun a Starbucks coffee shop in Shanghai.

  • And to begin with, what is go?

  • Well, it's kind of a board game.

  • You have a go board.

  • You have two colors of gold stones.

  • There are white ones and black ones.

  • And you basically try to, I would say, surround your color.

  • Encircle.

  • Encircle your color.

  • Conquer.

  • Yeah.

  • And replace the other color and try.

  • And take up as much space as you can.

  • As you can.