Beijing to Encourage Smokers to Quit With Contest Prizes
After initiating a city-wide smoking ban, raising cigarette taxes, and banning their depiction from TV and movies, Chinese authorities are redoubling their efforts to get people to stop smoke by...
View ArticleVista’s Pediatrician Warns Parents About These Common Kids’ Summer Diseases
Vista Medical CenterSummer is often linked to fun. However, it can also be a season of illness, especially when you consider the number of warm month-specific illnesses that occur in children, which...
View ArticleBeijing's Best Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Jul 31-Aug 6
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...
View Article20 Years of Hong Kong Cinema Pt. II
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider.This is the second part of a three-part series in which we take a look at Hong Kong cinema from the time of the 1997 changeover up...
View ArticleMark Your Calendars and Reserve Your Tickets, the 2017 Pizza Fest Cometh
Put that slice down! Or don't, and navigate to the weekend of September 16-17 on your calendar using those greasy mitts, and use God's greatest food creation as a makeshift cheese pen instead. Go on,...
View ArticleNew 144-Hour Visa-Free Entry to Be Introduced in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei
@all: Redirect your flights from Shanghai to Beijing and expand your mind and lose the contents of your wallet exploring the cultural heart of China's capital with a new 144-hour visa-free entry, to be...
View ArticleExplore Beijing's Local Microbrews With Lost Plate’s Boozy Brewery Tour
In a city famous for its more than 3,000 years of history, relics of the past offer stark and stunning contrast as a backdrop for Beijing's rapid changes. Today's developments are no less "Beijing"...
View ArticleLive to Sweat: Beijing's Best Gyms by Area
Are you looking to perfect your beach body for the remnants of Beijing's burning summer? If so, we got what you need. Below we list some of Beijing’s best gyms by location. SanlitunSpaceCyclePatronized...
View ArticleEAT: Arepa Social Club, Black and White Poke Bowls, Cocktail Dinner at...
Instagram's favorite dish, the poke bowl (although Instagram loves anything in a bowl, to be honest), is definitely catching on in Beijing, for which we are very grateful. In addition to their regular...
View ArticleFatal Accident on Motion Simulator at Fun Capital Amusement Park, One Dead
A fatal accident claimed the life of a woman riding a motion simulator at the Fun Capital vacation resort in Beijing's northern Changping suburb this past weekend.Reports say the woman, a 51 year-old...
View Article8 Qi Nian Cantonese Revamps A La Carte Menu at New World Hotel on Aug 1
Summer 'tis the season for our loved ones to travel miles to visit us and experience the city. After an exhausting day of visiting crowded tourist sites, some of us require a cool and calm respite from...
View ArticleA House Worth Staying For: Tips on How to Turn Your Fling With Beijing Into...
Concluding my interview with Italian architect Virginia Chiappa Nuñez, who has now lived and worked in Beijing for six years, our discussion naturally moves onto future plans and how long she intends...
View ArticleIs Beijing Really So LGBT Unfriendly? Recent Survey Prompts Soul Searching in...
Plenty of soul searching has been prompted in Beijing after the release of a survey called "100 best LGBT cities in the world,” conducted by German-based housing rental website Nestpick, which ranked...
View ArticleTurn the Page: The Bookworm Announces the Return of Its Annual Literary...
Though Beijing bibliophiles were broken hearted this past fall after The Bookworm announced it would not be holding its annual literary festival in 2017, we can all look forward to a promising new...
View ArticleNew Shops Weighing Heavily on Sportswear at China World Mall North Zone,...
You may be as excited as we are about the newly opened north zone of China World Mall, which just finished its final lick of paint in May. With over three dozen restaurants in the new area, such as...
View ArticleYet Another Sinkhole Opens Up on Third Ring Road , Causing Traffic Chaos
As has been the trend recently, Beijing's Third Ring Road has once again fallen victim to sinkholes, causing traffic chaos to the city's east downtown area.The latest sinkholes are a pair of...
View ArticleNew Executive Chef Alberto Becerril Brings Fusion Twist to Spanish Cuisine at...
Nali Patio, known as the hub of the delicious Spanish restaurants in Sanlitun, is always our go-to spot for breezy brunches or dressed-up formal occasions. After the former executive chef Jordi Valles...
View ArticleBudget Travel: Beijing Capsule Hotel Roundup
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, many of us operate on a budget. While it is important to, on occasion, treat yourself to a taste of the high life, all we actually need while on the road is...
View Article20 Years of Hong Kong Cinema Pt. III
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider.This is the third part of a three-part series in which we take a look at Hong Kong cinema from the time of the 1997 changeover up...
View ArticleChart-Topping Heartthrob Tom Odell to Perform At Beijing Exhibition Center...
There'll be nary a dry eye at the Beijing Exhibition Center on Aug. 18, after Tom Odell finishes serenading the crowd with one earnest, heartstring-tugging ballad after another.Even before the...
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