Tderz/WeiQi Tiandi

围棋 天地 - Weiqi Tiandi

Wéiqí Tiāndì
= the game of Go + heaven and earth (= World) = "Go World", which is of course
= Weiqi World

It's predecessor was simply called "WeiQi" and in almost DIN A5 format.

Now a bimonthly Chinese go magazine with some 70 pages. The basic level is set higher than in Western Go magazines.
Interesting already for some in-depths courses on fuseki or Joseki etc. which last for around 20 issues. [1]

Just recently (Q1/2005) the issues seem to have got more pages (100 every 2 weeks). Even the binding is different: from the folded, then stapled type, it changed to a (very thin of course) type as for pocket books.

• Here are some covers:
  WQTD 2004.05.15 WQTD http://www.sportsol.com.cn/news/weiq/weiq.shtm

杨莲 Yang Lian (Go journalist, TV moderator etc.) reading Weiqi Tiandi 围棋 天地 (?) and using Yunzi, all upside down:

Impressum:
ISSN1002—8706
fixed price 4.80 ￥
tiandi@vip.sina.com Tel.: +86-10-63583128 and 63583098

^[1] tderz Subscription in Western countries is possible via eastview.com for a stiff Annual subscription price of $309.00 as of 18 October 2004 (that's factor 300 (!) over simply buying it there if we assume 1$ = 8.3 Yuan (￥, 人民币) RMB, Renminbi, and one copy at 4.80 ￥.

Here comes a slightly better one tangula.com for 2.49 to 3.95 USD to continantal US, China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan (Europeans don't read?).

115.2 Yuan/year preferential subscription (in China, I guess) via gotoread.com or
used, for only 1,5 Yuan (0.18 $) in China at 旧书摊.com jiushu.com

http://www.tangula.com/magazine/magazine_imagebig.jsp