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Talking About Your Period: Is It Taboo in China?
As late as early 2012, expat females often informed incoming female coworkers to bring all they needed from home countries for their menstrual cycle. Though pads were available, tampons were hard to...
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The Job Hunt: Work With Us, Project Manager, Design Firm Manager, Copy Editor
The gray and dreary Beijing winter is here, and who wants to spend Beijing's frigid, dark days locked up in a boring, dead-end job, with horrible colleagues you'd rather never see? As our beloved...
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Bruno Anon: Conrad Beijing’s New Executive Chef Discusses Chinese Food and...
In this issue’s Chef’s Q&A we interview Bruno Anon, the new executive chef at Conrad Beijing, hailing from Valencia, Spain. Here we talk to him about his interest in China, Chinese cuisine, and the...
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Upgrade Your Snack Game By Making a Batch of Chinese Tea Eggs
I love eggs in all their forms but there is a special place in my heart for that most portable of Chinese breakfast foods: the tea egg. A humble tea egg (often with a side order of hot soy milk) has...
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Changes to Beijing’s Emergency Air Pollution Response System Due Dec 15
Adjustments to Beijing's four-tiered emergency air pollution warning system take effect December 15, raising the threshold of the most dire alert but increasing the number of cars to be banned from the...
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Hang on to your Baubles: The 2016 Beijing Christmas Dining Guide
Hang on to your Santa hats: Christmas is here and venues around town are doing their utmost to dish up the most festive meal for you and your extended family away from home. Many restaurants have...
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Nali Patio's Aurum Speak Crafts Customized and Sleek Gold and Jewelry
Recently we stopped by Jia Feng's Aurum Speak Jewellery Design Studio to get a glimpse of the metalsmith and jewelry designer's Nali Patio store. Upon entering, the confident but warm Feng jokes that...
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Events Watch: Beijing's Best Weekday Events That Won't Leave You Hungover,...
Our Events Watch series aims to highlight events 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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Mandarin Monday: Road Test This Christmas Vocabulary at The Hutong Winter...
It’s that time of year folks … tree lightings, special winter menus, and of course, the occasional Christmas carol 圣诞颂歌 Shèngdànsònggē:Oh the weather outside is frightful (and by that we mean the PM2.5...
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O'Bar Brings You New Boozy Festive Drinks This Holiday Season
There's nothing us Beijingers love more than a seasonal drink, otherwise why would all of our most frequented bars be putting out hot, festive drinks?RELATED: Fangjia Hutong's Mimi e Coco New Hot...
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Win Two Tickets to See Best Canadian Comedian 2016 Mike Ward, Dec 11-12
This weekend, Canadian standup comedian Mike Ward comes to Beijing for a two-gig stint. Despite his huggable appearance, if you've seen any of Ward's comedy you'll know that the bear muzzle in his...
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Beicology: We Can't Stop Staring at This Mesmerizing Visualization of Air...
Smog. Yuck. That grey, gritty, horizon filling mass of gunk couldn't be uglier, right?Well, despite our preconceptions about pollution, one Beijing firm has found a way to make those lung blackening...
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2016 Year in Review: The Best of Casual Dining
Well guys, it's about that time. As the year draws to a close, we're taking the opportunity to look back on the ups and downs of the Beijing dining scene in 2016. Below, we take a look at the biggest...
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Delicious High-End Dim Sum on Offer at New CBD Restaurant The Beijing Kitchen
This new restaurant might be called The Beijing Kitchen, but it actually brings a taste of fine Hong Kong dining to Beijing's CBD.Having recently opened in the Dawang Lu-adjacent SKP, the restaurant is...
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Skip Work and Spend All Day Friday Drinking Free-Flow Craft Beer (and Then Do...
Want to know what it's like to be a beer columnist? Come live my life by drinking all day Friday at the Second China Craft Beer Exhibition at the 1,600-square-meter space at 8 Gongti Xilu. Can't get...
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EAT: Make a Gingerbread House at East, Wellendorff Afternoon Tea at China...
Starting this Saturday and Sunday, and every weekend until the end of December, East's Domain will run a Gingerbread House Workshop from 10am to 11am and from 2pm to 3pm. For those who'd rather put the...
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Homestyle Cocktail Bar Whisper Bar Opens on Jianchang Hutong
You've got to be pretty confident in your abilities to open a cocktail bar in a quiet, hidden mansion. Finding Whisper Bar feels like following a secret code: walk in to quiet Yonghe Bieshu, turn...
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Show Your Support for Syrians From Beijing: Artists for Syria at DDC, Dec 11
With atrocities continuing throughout Syria, civilians are now having to start battling winter too, with many lacking access to housing, medical care, food, or sufficient clothing. A group of...
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Blue Frog’s Winter Menu: Hot Drinks, and Special Christmas Menu Bring...
After revamping their seasonal menu with six dishes including chargrilled veal tenderloin and grilled mixed sausages, Blue Frog is no longer only about burgers. And to make things even more...
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2016 Year in Review: The Year's Craziest Meteorological Phenomenon
As always, this year went from cold, to hot as balls, and back to cold. But we loved the changes, and so did you, apparently. Below are the year's most popular weather-related stories.Smog, Snow, and a...
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