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Beijing: Where Women Rule

If there is one city truly celebrating International Women’s Day, it must be Beijing.  This city, has increasingly given many

opportunities for women to rule.  Not in the sense of Empress Dowager, but in a legitimate business sense. In this month’s

issue of Metrozine we want to celebrate a new awareness of female power in China and salute any woman who chooses the

road less traveled.

As Beijing celebrates Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of two extraordinary women: one an athlete, the other

an artist. Both have turned their passions into successful business ventures.  They teach us that by doing what you love

doing most, there is no limit to what you can achieve. 

　

Ai Wan: China’s Multi-Media Doll Makes Ideas a Big Business

爱万，中国成功的百变娇娃

Ai Wan, charming yet confident, is truly one extraordinary woman.  She is multi-faceted and multi-talented.  What makes

her different from other jack-of-many-trades is that she achieves exceptional results in the endeavors she pursues.  Like

cream when milk is churned, she always rises to the top.

Born in Shanghai, she left China in 1987 to become one of the very few Asians to have made genuine careers in Hollywood. 

Despite the promising career, an invitation to appear in a TV series in her homeland and the opportunity it gave her to trace

her roots enticed her to leave her comfort zone and brave a comeback in China. 

In just four years since her return to Beijing, Ai Wan has dabbled in many things.  She has acted in a TV series, written a

screenplay, produced a movie, walked the runway, hosted prominent events, launched her own design company and opened

her own club, on top of many other outstanding achievements. It would be a gargantuan task to pinpoint what she can do

best, but one thing is for sure - she is an artist in the true sense.  An artist so creative she can transcend any medium.

Of late, Ai Wan has been kept busy with two of her passions, film and clubbing.  She is currently busy doing Phoenix

Brassiere, a black comedy which she is producing, co-writing and starring in.  Also very recently, through her own design

company, sheopened a new club, China Doll.

China Doll is the first, and so far only, club by Ai Wan, considered by many as Beijing’s club guru.  AS a Modern Weekly

columnist, Ai Wan built a reputation as an expert on the scene, writing about “the progressive party spirit and attitude”. 

Proof of her expertise in clubbing is that many Gongti Xilu Bars commissioned her company, Epic Designs, to re-

conceptualize their bars.  None came to form though, as they found her ideas too radical, wild and avant-garde for Beijing.

China Doll is, hence, the fruition of the bursting ideas in her mind.  Ai Wan expounds, “The bar is inspired by a mother’s

womb.  It’s supposed to make you feel like you are under water. The club exudes a positive energy as a whole rather than

just the lights, which other bars in Gongti Xilu focus on. Because of this, people can be their liberal and free selves.”

Judging from the beautiful, fun-loving, jam-packed weekend crowds, it seems to be living up to its expectations of being

Beijing’s next “it” place.

On the qualities that helped her succeed in her many undertakings, she says, “I consider myself a fun, fearless, female.” 

She believes these traits are an ideal match for the inherent values of Chinese women. “They should take on new

challenges,experience new things, always be curious to keep progressing and develop their inner soul power.”

“After all, success is all about self-challenge, it must come from within.  If women approach things fearlessly, they will

succeed.They shouldn’t be afraid to fail, because they are bound to learn something from it.  Don’t pack your bags and leave

and take the safe route.” Ai speaks from experience recalling a difficult period that made her want to retreat.

In closing, she encourages women to “just be yourselves, be beautiful.  If we can achieve this, we will have a happy life and

bring happiness to the people around us.  You have to find happiness yourself first, you cannot rely on others.  Find out who

you are, then you can bring beauty to the world.”  With such beauty inside-out, no doubt, she knows what she’s saying.

    北京可能是世界上能够真正庆祝国际妇女节的城市。这个城市正越来越多的关注女性，为她们提供更多的机遇去施展自己。当然所谓的

机遇并不意味着每个女人都是清朝的慈禧太后，而是在现今更多的时尚领域里，女人越来越展示出了她们独特的风采。本月Metrozine《都市

精粹》特地选出了两位优秀女性，她们的故事将让你领略中国新型女性的魅力。当然我们也不忘在北京生活的国际女性，两个颇具特色的女

子俱乐部带你走向一个不同于传统的女性世界。她们活着与众不同，然而精彩……

    本期所选的两位女性：一位是前国家运动员，一位是艺术家。从某种程度上讲，她们从事的事业也是她们的生活方式，却不期然碰撞出

了成功的火花，并且越来越艳丽起来。她们的经历告诉我们，做你最喜欢做的事，成功将无可限量。

 

Ai Wan: China’s Multi-Media Doll Makes Ideas a Big Business

爱万，中国成功的百变娇娃

　

    爱万，这个曾被美国主流男性杂志选为全球最具异国风情的美丽女人极具自信。她在自己的艺术之路上越走越广，并在多个时尚领域里取得

了超凡的成就。无论在哪个领域，她都是开得最艳丽的那朵花。

    爱万生于上海， 1987年离开中国来到美国，成为当时亚洲少数几位在好莱坞赢得自己事业的女性。虽然她的事业蒸蒸日上，但是当她收

到来自自己祖国的邀请，希望她参加一个电视剧的拍摄，她相信这同时也是她的机遇，于是放下了原先的舒适，回到中国。

    短短的四年中，爱万涉足了许多领域，电视剧表演、剧本撰写、电影制片人、模特、节目主持人，诸多角色加诸一身。她还开办了自己

的设计公司还有酒吧。很难定义她究竟在哪个领域做得最好，但是可以肯定的是，她是一位出色的艺术家，一位富有创意的艺术家以至于能

够在众多领域找到一席发挥之地。

    现在，爱万主要忙于制作电影和自己的酒吧经营。她正在制作一部黑色幽默的电影，并且准备自编自演。而且，爱万和她的Epic Design

公司搭档，开设了以玩转艺术和创意为大胆游戏的音乐俱乐部——中国娃娃。

    中国娃娃的开业场面火爆，被众多业界人士称为酒吧GURU。作为《周末画报》的专栏作家，爱万也是Clubbing Culture的最佳观察者。

她和她和她的Epic Design公司, 没有跟着一窝蜂的新店跑到工体落脚， 而是选择了相对“没落”的三里屯。落”的三里屯。

   “酒吧的灵感来源于妈妈的子宫，给人一种在水里的感觉。整个酒吧散发了一种力量，一种积极的力量，而不是像工体西路的那些酒吧，

只是突出灯光。在这里，你可以完全的释放，感受自由。”爱万这样解释。从开业到现在，每到周末都可看到拥挤的人群，成为北京酒吧夜

店的新亮点。

    作为女人，对于自己的成功，爱万认为：“我觉得自己是一个风趣而又无畏的女人。”她相信这些性格特点正是当今中国女性的内在价

值所在。“女人应该不断挑战自己，尝试新事物，保持好奇心，不断挖掘自己的潜力。”

    其实每个人都有苦心经营无力回天的时候，爱万这样总结，“毕竟，成功是一种自我挑战，一定来自于你自己。如果女人可以无畏地面

对自己，那她就可以成功。不要害怕失败，即使失败也可以学到很多东西。不要封闭自己，不要总是走最保险的路线。”

    爱万还想告诉其他女人，“做你自己，你是最美的。如果我们可以做到这些，那就会拥有开心的生活，同时也带给身边人快乐。你一定

要先让自己快乐，不要依赖他人。只要知道自己的位置，你的美就会自然而然的散发出来。”作为从内到外散发魅力的女性，毫无疑问，爱

万做到了。