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What’s Up in Beer: Say Goodbye to This Crappy Year With Lots and Lots of...

Since you're currently reading this, it means that you've survived the Christmas binge-eating and drinking sessions from last weekend, and are no doubt ready to celebrate and say goodbye to this...

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We Just Got Our First Closeup of the New China Work Permit, Complete With...

We just got our first look at the new foreign work permits that now replace the brown books that all of us laowai previously required to call ourselves street legal in China.The flashy new permits are...

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2016 Year in Review: Beijing's Biggest Assholes

Just as we were compiling our list of the biggest jerks of the year, along comes a contender for the Top 10 with this clip:Yes, this shameful drunkard dropped his drawers and relieved his bladder on...

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Fast Food Watch: My Face Screams Curry Chicken, According to Beijing KFC's...

One branch of KFC in Beijing is getting a lot of press from lazy bloggers these days (see here and here) for being outfitted with a face recongition-based ordering system that allegedly guesses what...

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2016 Year in Review: The 5 Best and 5 Worst Beijing Street Eats

I know some of you can’t wait to say goodbye to 2016. The same goes for me, but one of the main reasons I can't wait to send off this year is to finally put some of Beijing's worst terrible street eats...

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A Closer Look at the Bar & Club Awards: Best Place to Take a Date

With the "A Closer Look" series, we raise our glasses in recognition of the Beijinger 2016 Bar & Club Award winners, before giving a toast (in text form, of course) about why they were selected by...

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Pop the Cork on 2017: Beijing's Best New Year's Eve Parties

[Updated: Thursday, December 29]With just a little left of 2016, it's time to think about where you're going to go to send off this *ahem* interesting year. Whether you're looking for a classy...

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Healthy Winter Eats: A Dutch Delicacy in Beijing

Stamppot (mash pot) is a traditional Dutch dish of potatoes and vegetables, mashed together as the name implies. The Dutch eat it with brown gravy, sausage, and sometimes bacon. I decided to cook my...

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2016 Year in Review: Our Most Read Blogs on the Beijinger in 2016

Taking a look back through the records, we present to you the blog that got the most hits in 2016, both starting and ending with stories about the Zuck-Up himself. Unfortunately for him, Facebook still...

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Back for More: Competent Katsu and Insane Happy Hour at Kato-Ya

For our Back For More blog series, we revisit the great and the good (and rarely, the not so good) of the Beijing F&B scene, those restaurants that we feel deserve to be brought back into the...

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Mandarin Monday: A Story Only China Expats Will Mingbai

Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where – similar to our Mandarin Month series earlier this year – we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters. Have a...

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Have Your Finger on the Pulse (and Have a Warm, Safe Place to Hide in the...

At the Beijinger we are always on the look out for talent. If you want to get involved in media and publishing, then interning at thebeijinger.com will give you all that and more.As an editorial...

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Comforting French Cuisine With a Chinese Twist at Jomi in Lido

Eateries are popping up around Lido, an area quickly growing in popularity, especially with families looking for something a little more relaxed than the fast-paced heart of Beijing. Jomi is no...

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Trump Hotels in China; Fly Virgin to Australia; Air China's New No-Check Baggage

Will Trump Hotels come to China? While the US' new Hotelier-in-Chief has talked tough about and to China both before and after his election, Donald Trump may still want his hotel company to expand here...

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Events Watch: Beijing's Best Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Jan 3-6

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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How to Get Your iPhone Screen Fixed in the Comfort of Your Own Home

We've all experienced it, the slow motion horror as your treasured iPhone (or other indispensable mobile device) tumbles out of your hand and plummets towards the floor. Cringing, you bend to retrieve...

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Hydroponic Dining: Tasty Sustainable Eats Served at Leaf In Restaurant and...

Beijing is not the thoroughly arid, entirely polluted concrete wasteland that so many of us are prone to dismiss it as during its drawn-out winters. A lush, innovative escape to that stifling city...

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EAT: Tube Station Wudaokou Branch Opening and 40 Percent Off, Baozza on...

We hope you had a happy start to 2017 and are ready to stuff your faces with the best food news Beijing has to offer this week.First off, Pyro Pizza receives some unwelcome competition in Wudaokou...

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Visitors to Beijing Palace Museum Topped 16 Million in 2016, An Average of...

The Forbidden City is known for its overwhelming crowds during peak periods. Last year, visitors to Beijing’s famous Palace Museum topped 16 million, an average of over 40,000 tickets sold each...

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To Bi or Not to Bi: Beijing's Beloved Curse Word is a Winning Sports Tradition

Have you been told that you don't understand Chinese culture? Likewise, have you been called a shǎbī? In Beijing, the two have more to do with each other than you might think.Shǎbī (傻逼, "stupid c*nt")...

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