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Beijing's Best Restaurants for a Party
We've all been there: the days are ticking down to your birthday and you're struggling to pick a spot that will accommodate you and your rag-tag group of friends. Rather than plumping for "drinks at...
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From Impoverished Merchant to Globetrotting Troubador: Q&A With Nigerien Band...
Goumour “Adam” Omar’s dreams of rock stardom were even more distant those of most artsy youngsters. After all, he was bound by the traditions of his Nigerien Tuareg tribe, which demanded he follow in...
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Dirty Bar Street and Numerous Other Sanlitun Alleys to Be Cleaned up by...
Brick piles have been spotted yet again in a popular Beijing alley, leaving owners of its street level businesses to sweat. This time it's Sanlitun Houjie, the alley directly north of Taikoo Li,...
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Go Fly a Kite at the Beijing Kite Festival This Week
Beijing residents used to having their skies filled with air pollution, flying catkins, and sandstorms can look up to something new with this week's 4th annual Beijing InternationalKite Festival, held...
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What’s Up in Beer: Home Brewing Class, Tour de Jing, Hitachino Nest Beer Tasting
How do you get rid of the annoying catkins that get stuck in your throat after accidentally swallowing them? You flush them down with beer, of course! Where exactly are you going to do that? Read on,...
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Boost Your Foodstagram Game With Hatchery's Food Photography and Styling...
If you're one of those foodies who loves snapping shots of your dinner as much as tucking into it, then you're in luck because Hatchery is helping Beijing diners become pro shutterbugs this Sunday...
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Karaoke Saturday: Get Some Soul Into Your Life with JJ Lin's ”Twilight“
Welcome to Karaoke Saturday, a regular feature on the Beijinger where we help fill out your karaoke repetoire by recommending some of today's best Chinese pop songs as well as the musicians that make...
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Susu's Second Location Brings Delicious Vietnamese Dishes to the CBD Crowd
We've been stalwart fans of Vietnamese restaurant Susu since it first opened in 2011 (so much so that we included it in our recent list of essential restaurants for visitors to Beijing) so we were...
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Weekend Workshop “Intro to Yoga” at Yoga Yard
Always ready to try new things and go to new places, I was excited to try out the Intro to Yoga workshop one weekend.I had never been to the Yoga Yard before, but I had heard great things about it....
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Dolce & Gabbana Fashion Shoot on Streets of Beijing Upsets Locals
It only makes sense that a city as cosmopoitan as Beijing serve as a backdrop for today's latest fashion. However, Chinese netizens are reacting with anger to a series of Dolce & Gabbana...
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852 Suds: A Guide to Hong Kong’s Craft Beer Scene
Hong Kong is a little like a diamond: you may think you’ve seen its sparkle, but turn it over and there are even more shiny facets to find. This is certainly the case when it comes to the city’s craft...
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Stephon Marbury No Longer a Beijing Duck After Contract is Terminated
Weeks of rumors and debate that divided the city finally came to an end Saturday afternoon when the Beijing Ducks basketball team agreed to terminate the contract of its star player, Stephon...
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Make the Most of Beijing's Seasonal Produce: A Fresh Take on Xiangchun and...
Spring has very decidedly sprung in Beijing, bringing with it a whole host of interesting vegetables denied to us throughout the winter months. In this spring and summer series, the Beijinger will seek...
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Drift Off With Awa's New Dead Sea Floating Therapy and Isolation Tanks
Unable to stop mulling over work when you leave your office, glued to your WeChat, and experiencing muscle or joint aches? The latest solution in the arsenal of fighting off the woes of modern day life...
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Events Watch: Beijing's Best Weekday Events That Won't Leave You Hungover,...
Our Events Watch series aims to highlight happenings that aren't focused on alcohol and drinking, but instead take a more educational or productive approach. Events include comedy, talks, networking...
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Get Ripped and Go Toe to Toe With Former UFC Fighter Albert Cheng; Classes in...
Have you ever wondered what it's like to go toe to toe with a pro MMA fighter? Well, now's your chance to dabble (and potentially regret) in exactly that by heading to Shaoyaoju or Shuangjing, where...
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Mandarin Monday: Avoid Pulling Teeth With These Phrases to Use at the Dentist
There’s always been a shroud of fear when it comes to dentists. Maybe it’s the pain or the sound of the drill or the sight of a massive needle entering your precious mouth. Who knows. Either way, when...
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What to Wear and Where to Buy Costumes for This Year's Wild West Themed...
We'll assume by now that you've already got your presale tickets to the Burger Cup in hand and are chomping at the bit to get a taste of all those juicy burgers on May 20-21. But wait! Aren't you...
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Beijing to Stop Red Light Runners by Making Children Dance in the Middle of...
Beijing is hoping to stop commuters from rushing red lights with a new traffic safety campaign that features children dancing in traffic. One hundred street intersections in six Beijing districts have...
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Street Eats: RMB 8 for a Tray of Cheap, Juicy, and Ever-So-Enticing Pan-Fried...
We love baozi, and while we can’t afford high-end Din Tai Fung every day, that doesn’t mean that we can’t still stuff our delighted and podgy faces with these heartwarming balls of meat and dough...
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