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2017 Dining Hall of Fame: Honoring the Best of Beijing’s F&B Businesses
We started our Dining Hall of Fame back in 2015 as a means to bring light to the unsung heroes of Beijing’s F&B scene. Sure, it’s likely that we are already familiar with the places being voted in,...
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Beijing's Best Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Dec 19-24
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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Free Time in Smaller Cities Behind Rapid Growth in China's Entertainment Market
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Young workers in China’s sprawling metropolises peck at their computers, worm through ugly commutes, and sometimes come home to find that...
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EAT: Joe Schofield at Equis, Gung Ho! Winter Menu, Mosto After Dinner Happy...
Tis the season for warming winter dishes and Gung Ho! have jumped firmly on the bandwagon with their new seasonal menu. The new menu makes full use of excellent produce from Gung Ho! co-owner Jade...
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The Rug's Revamped Winter Menu: A Chicken-Duck Mashup and a Focus on...
It’s only been a couple of months since The Rug's Chaoyang location reopened after one-year long renovation, but management was obviously not satisfied to use the occasion as an excuse to rest on their...
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Biteapitta and Migas Clinch Victory as 2017’s Dining Hall of Fame Venue...
Our Dining Hall of Fame began back in 2015 as a means to bring light to the unsung heroes and longtime venues of Beijing’s F&B scene. Read how this year's restaurants and personalities were chosen...
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Fuzz and Static: Nasty Wizard Take Us Back to the '80s With a VHS Release at...
As part of their ongoing mission to dig up obsolete mediums from around the world (and force music lovers to purchase yet another piece of playback equipment), the Beijing-based and self-described...
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Beicology: Making Conservation Fun With Zero Waste Founder Bea Johnson Ahead...
Reducing, reusing, and recycling doesn't haven't to be a chore. Carrie Yu (余元) is working to make that process fun and a regular part of Beijingers' regular routines via The Bulk House, which she...
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2017 Year in Review: Get Buzzed at These Top 5 New Beijing Cafés
Beijingers could hardly throw a rock – or better yet flick a coffee bean – without hitting a new artisan café in 2017. A few too many emphasized elegant atmospheres, or worse still faux homey...
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Shaanxi Provincial Government Restaurant: Hearty Food Lacking the Love it...
If Xinjiang cuisine is the perfect accompaniment to hazy summer nights accented with cheap beer and lamb and fragments of cumin lodged deep under the nail to be excavated the next day, then Shaanxi...
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Beijing Beats: Alison Wonderland at One Third, Moscoman at Lantern, Shinedoe...
This week, hit the rewind button for a throwback party at Dada celebrating cutting-edge music released on VHS, or look ahead with burgeoning up-and-comers like Alison Wonderland and Moscoman. It's an...
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Alio Olio No More: Chaoyang Park Italian Stalwart Switches Its Name to La...
What's the recipe for success when running a restaurant in as volatile and competitive a town as Beijing? Whatever it is, Alio Olio seemed to certainly have it down pat for much of its decade-plus run,...
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Jingle All the Way: Where to Eat Christmas Dinner and Avoid the Hassle of...
Christmas holidays might just be the most complicated time of year; the pleasure of gift giving and eating copious amounts of chocolate and meat comes with the pain of an empty wallet and the sadness...
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Drunken Beijing Street Spat Inflames Chinese Anger Towards Expat Man
A late-night, seemingly drunken spat in Beijing has inflamed Chinese public anger as reports show that the physical altercation involved a threatening expat male and a crying Chinese woman.The couple...
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Matcha Meets Modern Art at Matcha Village Café in Sanlitun Soho
Sanlitun might already be too saturated for yet another matcha shop, but Matcha Village is not just any other matcha shop – it's comparatively special. Sharing the venue with the Liahona Art Living...
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2017 Year in Review: 10 Prominent Beijing Expats That We Said Goodbye to This...
As we approach the end of the year, it's time to look back on those familiar faces that bid Beijing goodbye. As is obvious to anyone who lives here for several months, the city is in a continuous cycle...
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Wokipedia: Y is for ... Yin'er, Youpoumian, Youtiao, Yuenyeung
Wokipedia is a regular magazine column in which we introduce aspects of Chinese gastronomy, one letter at a time. This issue, 'Y' gets the treatment.… yin’er银耳Jelly-like yin’er (or “silver ear”)...
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Bike Rental Companies Aren't Collecting Abandoned Bikes Because It's Too...
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.Despite the transport commission’s demands that impounded bikes be collected by hire bike companies, the cost of doing so, potential...
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Troubadour Todd Clouser Talks Breaking Down Walls With Music Ahead of Dec...
A border under threat of becoming a wall, inciting bitter division and fear of the other.Though these current US domestic affairs loom large, Todd Clouser is having none of it. Yes, the Kansas-born,...
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Queenie's Sandwiches Recruits Ron Mexico's Adam Gottschalk, Crowns...
Yonghegong regulars are sure to be familiar with Queenie's Sandwiches & Bar, a pub grub hotpot that has outlasted many of its bricked-up neighbors to become a surprisingly resilient Dongcheng...
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