What’s Up in Beer: Jing-A's Pallet Cleanser, Slow Boat's Pirate Snap, Logsdon...
How’s your liver doing after Great Leap's Invitational Beer Fest (pictured above)? If it's anything like ours, you'll have one foot in the starting-to-crave-beer phase and one foot in the...
View ArticleBureaucratic Red Tape Prevented Red Alert Call for Beijing Sandstorm
Despite PM10 levels rising to nearly 2,000 and AQI measurements extending beyond scale, the bad air caused by Wednesday's sandstorm did not result in a red alert for the city because, according to city...
View ArticleCrystal Jade’s New China World Branch Upholds its Popularity for Excellent...
While the opening of a branch of the Crystal Jade chain obviously won’t draw as much fanfare as many of China World Mall’s other restaurants, it’ll nevertheless rank as one of the complex’s best...
View ArticleNoise Pollution: U.TA, Marthe, Terumasa Hino Quintet, Nocturnes, 330 Metal...
Almost missing winter at this point. Just saying. At this rate, the only thing getting me out the door at this point is the tunes – and let me tell you – there are some glorious tunes to be found this...
View ArticleBeijing Funeral Parlor Uses Virtual Reality to Demonstrate Existence of...
Throughout history, philosphy and religion have come up with their own answers to the ultimate question: Is there life after death? Luckily for us, a Beijing funeral home not only has the answer, but...
View ArticleWanda Vista Beijing Easter Celebration
Wanda VistaCelebrate Easter with your family at Wanda Vista Beijing, where their French Easter brunch and hearty afternoon tea buffet are ready to make your day.Begin an energetic day with the Héritage...
View ArticleJapanese Pan-Fried Dumplings Save the Hungry Lunch Masses at Xiaohe Gyoza,...
No matter how hard the mainstream media promotes the benefits of a slow, relaxed lifestyle, not everyone can sit down and enjoy a three-hour, five-course lunch every day. Most of us have to dash to...
View ArticleRick & Mortry Szchuan Sauce Debuts in China After "Conquering the West"
A trick to performing comedy (that we've heard of) is to retell a bad joke over and over until someone laughs. This layman's version of stand-up has been exploited to exponentially tragic-comic...
View ArticleFeel the Burn: Q&A With Hatsune's Alan Wong Ahead of the Hot & Spicy...
In the lead-up to our inaugural Hot & Spicy Festival on Apr 14-15 at Galaxy Soho, we'll Feel the Burn with a few of the vendors to see what fiery wares they'll be slinging come that rapidly...
View ArticleTo Your Health: This New Sanlitun TCM Cocktail Bar Will Cure All of Your Ails
Herbal's cocktails bring a whole new meaning to the old toast “To your health.” Yes, raising a glass at this new Sanlitun cocktail bar just might raise your life expectancy thanks to its TCM...
View ArticleBeijing School Uniforms: Rote Design for Rote Learners
Buoyed with a literacy rate of 96 percent and having created some eight million university graduates last year, China's education system is a wonder to marvel at ... except when it comes to its public...
View ArticleKim Jong "Numero" Un Spotted at Heaven Supermarket After Late-Night Set at Dada
Late night/early-morning revelers were shocked last night when Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's...
View ArticleiPhones Finally Recognized by Beijing Metro to Pay Subway Fares
Nine months after the same feature was first offered to Android users, Beijing commuters who own iPhones can finally use their devices to pay their fares when entering the Beijing Metro.The new feature...
View ArticleQ&A With Lauded "Northern Girls" Author Sheng Keyi Ahead of Apr 5 Great...
Despite all the lofty praise Sheng Keyi has received for writing novels like Northern Girls and Death Fugue, the author is by no means above a bit of crude humor. Indeed, a pile of excrement that...
View ArticleMandarin Monday: Test Your Chinglish Ability With the "Hot Pot" Rap Song
Pop quiz, expats of China: You may be an "old hand" when it comes to local customs and ordering food, but do you really know China?See if you can follow along with the English/Chinese pop song "Hot...
View Article"Music is Therapy": An Interview With Experimental Electronic Music Composer...
With our attention spans shrinking in this smartphone age, it can be hard to find the time to submerge yourself in the aural plains of experimental electronic music. But for Christopher Chaplin, it's...
View ArticleDirty Bar Street Shakeup Continues With Razing of Nightclubs, Forthcoming...
Dirty Bar Street continues on its march towards complete upheaval. During a recent visit, we noticed that the demolitions that kicked off roughly a year ago had extended further east on the once...
View ArticleBeijing's Best Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Apr 2-8
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 ArticleFeel the Burn: Slow Boat Sets Sail For Apr 14-15 Hot & Spicy Fest With...
In the lead-up to our inaugural Hot & Spicy Festival on Apr 14-15 at Galaxy Soho, we'll Feel the Burn with a few of the vendors to see what fiery wares they'll be slinging come that rapidly...
View ArticleHot Deal: 6 Pairs of Tickets up for Grabs for Our Hot & Spicy Festival, Apr...
The time is rapidly approaching when we all stand to discover what the true meaning of spicy really means. Many of us will reach for a beer, some of us will cry, and the vast majority look to enter the...
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