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Pie Squared, Eatalia Score Upsets as the 2017 Pizza Cup Reaches its Final Four
Whew, that was intense! The Elite Eight of the Beijinger's 2017 Pizza Cup had plenty of surprises, including last year's runner-up, Annie's, being set aside by juggernaut Tube Station, and multi-year...
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Kowloon Ice House Brings Cantonese Street Eats to Sanlitun Taikooli
Squeezing itself into that beacon of Beijing's capitalistic urges, Sanlitun's Taikoo Li, it's worth mentioning off the bat that Kowloon Ice House is not a literal ice house. What it is, however, is a...
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Throwback Thursday: A Throwback to a Throwback, When We Spoke to a Historian
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and wonderful of yesteryear.This week, we throw you way, way...
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What’s Up in Beer: Bottled Arrow Factory Beers, Seasonal Brews From GLB,...
Hey beer-lovers! How was your holiday? Did you binge-drink exotic beers on the beach, or indulge your liver with local brews at home? Either way, you must have noticed that Beijing chilled out a bit –...
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Beijing Bans Airbnb Bookings, Forces Clubs and Bars to Shut, and Boosts...
As important as the 19th Party Plenum will be for the future of China, it will mean weeks of disruptions and inconveniences for Beijing residents.Newly announced security measures will make traveling...
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Noise Pollution: FAT Music Festival, Cassette Store Day at Yue Space, and...
Autumn gets downright frigid this week and the only medicine is live music shot directly into my veins. We've got some top-grade stuff this week too – from Cassette Store Day to the FAT Music Festival...
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The Deep Dish: Tube Station Might Be the Most 'Beijing' Contender for the Cup...
As online voting continues for the 2017 Pizza Cup, The Deep Dish will be previewing a few of the restaurants vying for the title of Beijing's most beloved pie. So take a look, grab a slice, and pick...
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Beicology: Haze From Napa Valley Blaze “Bringing Beijing to the Bay Area”
An all but everyday occurrence in Beijing is causing considerable anxiety in San Francisco, as the raging Napa fires push the AQI into the 151-200 in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley.Local news outlet...
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State of the Arts: Liu Yujia’s Beach, Constellations and Experimental Films...
State of the Arts is our regular arts column whereby we take a look at the newest moves in Beijing's creative scene and highlight art news as well as exhibitions, artists, and openings that you should...
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Activists in Beijing and Wuhan Successfully Spike Art Exhibit That Compared...
Racism was not just permitted, but instead elevated to an art form at a recent Hubei Provincial Museum exhibit in Wuhan (首都博物馆). The showing of works by Chinese photographer Yu Huiping featured photos...
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The Job Hunt: Executive Chef, Wine Brand Ambassador, and ... an Old Man
Who wants to spend their Beijing days locked up in a boring, dead-end job, with horrible colleagues you'd rather never see again? As our beloved reader, you should know that you don't have to submit...
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With Nothing Left to Report as Plenum Approaches, Chinese News Settles for...
We get it: the 19th Plenum is such an important event that it needs to be hosted in Beijing, thereby inconveniencing 23 million local residents with increased security restrictions.While we'll have to...
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A Brickening Survivor, Tiny Taproom Goes Bigger with Izakaya and Café
Remember Tiny Taproom, which was formerly at Xinyuanjie near Great Leap Brewing #45 with beers from Wuhan Bubble Lab? Well, they survived the Great Brickening and have relocated to the ground floor of...
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Happiness In a Glass: On Emotions' Coffee Cocktails Will Warm Your Heart
Though it’s a café by day, On Emotions is sure to soon be known as a cozy evening lounge. That’s because the low-key but steadily busy two-year-old Sanlitun venue is serving some of the best coffee...
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Cup One Welcomes You With Food and Space in Hectic, Crowded Pacific Century...
As we’ve been saying, the basement at Pacific Century Place is getting popular. Don’t believe us? Go and stand there for two minutes during the lunch rush, and watch how people line up in front of the...
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The Deep Dish: Biting Into Old World-Style Pizza at Radici
As online voting continues for the 2017 Pizza Cup, The Deep Dish will be previewing a few of the restaurants vying for the title of Beijing's most beloved pie. So take a look, grab a slice, and pick...
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Now Less Than 24 Hours to Vote Your Favorite Pizza Through to the 2017 Pizza...
There's now less than a day left before our Final Four pizzas are cut down to a mere two competitors in this year's Pizza Cup, which makes it more important than ever to show the venue that has kept...
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Warm up for Winter at Vin Vie's New Sanlitun Location with Hearty Yakitori...
Good news for those of us who don't like to leave the comfortable bubble of Sanlitun. Our favorite hidden Liangmaqiao izakaya, Vin Vie, has opened a second location just south of Sanlitun, on the same...
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China Makes Progress on Its National Facial Recognition Surveillance System
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.China is making progress on a surveillance system that will connect security cameras nationwide via a cloud to a database of every person’s...
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Beijing's Best Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Oct 16-20
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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