What’s Up in Beer: All-You-Can-Drink Party, Beer Brunch, Beer Run, New Brew...
The beer scene in Beijing is undoubtedly booming, and with these long and sunny summer days, there are plenty of chances to enjoy beer runs, pop-up brunches, all-you-can-drink parties, and (of course)...
View ArticleBeijing Beats: California Love, Ben Huang Returns, Sinjin Hawke, 算盘 Social,...
Beijing Beats brings you the best in Beijing nightlife each weekend so that you can soothe the woes of a long and stressful week with some out-of-body gyrating and some experiences you'd rather forget...
View ArticleIntroducing Xiong'an, the New Satellite City That Will Relieve Overcrowded...
Beijing will relieve overcrowding in its downtown core by creating a brand-new city from scratch to which it will relocate up to 500,000 of the capital's most talented residents from the high-end...
View ArticleFrom The Life of Pablo to Gulou Dajie: See Hotshot Hip-Hop Producer Sinjin...
Kanye West, Just Blaze and a member of Three 6 Mafia are but a few of Sinjin Hawke's all-star rap collaborators, an impressive lineup that the young producer has quickly wracked up as of late.That...
View ArticleGoing Big, Panda Brew Opens New Bar at Sanyuanqiao with Burgers and Brews
Okay, I promise you this is the last burger blog in our 2017 the Beijinger Burger Cup series. (Though at some point soon, you may start missing these lovely, greasy burgers when you are hit with the...
View ArticleHistoric Courtyards and Residences That Could (or Should) Be Opened to the...
Have you ever walked down a hutong past a grand gate and stopped to wonder just what was hidden behind those high brick walls? You might not have to wonder for much longer if Cai Qi, Communist Party...
View ArticleNoise Pollution: Neu Festival at UCCA, Ariana Grande at Wukesong, and Many...
Hip-hop parties aplenty, catalogs' worth of electronic wizardry and other cutting-edge sounds, and double-baked birthday parties! Looks like folks are finally putting the summer to good use (or the...
View ArticleNew Chinese Executive Chef Brings New Cantonese Dishes to Jia, Nuo Hotel
Opened just two years ago, Nuo Hotel Beijing is already renowned for the quality of its food and its premium location – not far from downtown, yet surrounded by gardens in Lido. You may already know...
View Article5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear, and See This Weekend
Beijing can be overstimulating, to say the least. Let’s be real, sometimes even our sixth sense gets a decent workout, the one where you know that stick of chuan'r will get you sick for the next two...
View ArticlePopular Hot Pot Franchise Haidilao Shuts Down Two Beijing Locations Exposed...
Popular Szechuan hotpot restaurant chain Haidilao (海底捞) has apologized to its customers and shut down two of its Beijing restaurants in response to food safety scandal brought on by an undercover media...
View ArticleFirefly Festival at Beijing Scenic Area Accused of Exploiting the Environment
A Beijing scenic area is under fire for holding a firefly festival that critics say could be causing irrevocable damage to the environment.Since July 7, the Tiankai Huahai scenic area has been hosting...
View ArticlePhotography Book 'People of Beijing' Captures the Spirit of the Hutongs
These are times of dramatic change for Beijing’s famous hutongs. Now a new book by a Beijing-based filmmaker preserves in photographs the historic alleys as they were before the bricklayers...
View ArticlePlenty of Good Reasons to Turn Off Your WeChat and Put Away Your Phone...
While I was on holiday in Thailand this Chinese New Year, I decided to turn my WeChat off (note: close the app, disable notifications, and not open the app again) for five entire days.The first day was...
View ArticleBaidu's Facial Recognition Solution Under Testing at Beijing Airport
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Chinese search giant Baidu has signed a strategic partnership with Beijing Capital International Airport, the world’s second-largest airport...
View ArticleHealthy Eats and Retro Decor On Offer at New FFC Restaurant Host
Worker bees looking to splurge on a healthy, fancy lunch in an equally flashy setting could certainly do worse than Host. The recently opened eatery, located on the second floor of the FFC building,...
View ArticleChina Bucket List: The Story of The "Eight Immortals" in Shandong Province
In this edition of the Bucket List, we’re going to Long Island. No, not that Long Island. We're going to (长岛 Chángdǎo), a county in Yantai, Shandong Province (山东省烟台市). I recently spent a long weekend...
View ArticleNew Intracity Express Train Will Take You From Beijing West Station to...
A new Beijing express train that will allow commuters to travel from Beijing West Railway Station to Tongzhou in just 42 minutes is set to open before the end of the year.The Municipal Development and...
View ArticleTrinkets and Sweet Teas Make Shiyu Vintage Feel Like Yonghegong's Most...
Is it tea time, or time for antiquing? You'll be hard pressed to tell at Shiyu Vintage, a recently opened, trinket-laden café located in a hutong between Yonghegong and Beixinqiao.That abundance of...
View ArticleMoxi Moxi Closes Yet Again, Owners Vow to Open Elsewhere Soon
Popular Israeli hutong restaurant Moxi Moxi suddenly closed its doors this past Friday morning (Aug 25)."It happened because the city engineer department decided to remove the second floor of our...
View ArticleScare the Pants Off Your Loved One This Qixi With These 5 Terrifying...
Today is 七夕(qīxì), the Chinese folklore-based equivalent of Valentine's Day. According to the legend, the 7th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar is the day that the celestial "Weaver Girl" and...
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