Don’t Panic, Your Instant Noodle Savior Master Kong Isn't Going to Shut Down
Before the delivery era, Master Kong (康师傅 Kāng shīfu), alongside jiānbing and bāozi, served as a life saver when it came to having burnt through all your money at the end of the month. I’m not talking...
View ArticleIt's Official: You've Just Lived Through the Worst Week of Bad Beijing Air in...
Congratulations, contemporary Beijing residents: You now have new pollution bragging rights, as you have survived the worst week of air on record over the past three years!Yes, you've toughed it out...
View ArticleStylish New Canadian Craft Beer Bar Out of Step Opens in Sanlitun, and Count...
Over on the quiet Dongsanlitun Lu, right next to our favorite Hainanese chicken rice Ji Kun Café and near the New Zealand Embassy, Canadian craft beerpub Out of Step opened its doors just as we...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Beer: New Bar, New Imports, and ... New Tea?
Happy Friday, beerheads! How was your first week of 2017? Depressed from all the crappy weather? Still trying to get rid of the New Year's hangover? Food delivery’s taking more than one hour?...
View ArticleTech Check: We Can't Wait to Try This New High Tech Air Pollution Tracker
For those of us Beijingers who keep our eyes constantly glued to AQI apps and monitors, neurotically checking for updated readings to keep our precious lungs as pink and protected as possible, a...
View ArticleAir Purifiers Finally Coming to Beijing Classrooms
Beijing has taken a giant step forward torwards equipping public schools with air purification machines, thereby providing students a breath of fresh air during one of the city's many smog attacks for...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the Bar & Club Awards: Best Whisky Bars in Beijing
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...
View ArticleCall Ahead if You're Headed to Wudaokou, As Many Bars and Restaurants Are Shut
Wudaokou party people and foodies are dropping tears in their beers today as a number of the more popular bars and restaurants in the area were closed last week after an unannounced check, according to...
View ArticleUrban Dance Community in Beijing: Where to Take Dance Classes?
No matter how old you are or how much experience you have dancing, you can find your home for dance somewhere in Beijing. There are especially many studios specializing in hip hop and urban/street...
View ArticlePassable Noodles and Instagrammable Ramen Burgers at Bear's Kungfu Noodles
I'm not saying I would do anything for a great Instagram shot but I'm definitely not not saying that. So when I heard that a restaurant in Beijing was serving a ramen burger, a short-lived trend that...
View ArticleBathe in Beer: The Beer Spa on Xindong Lu Provides Relaxing Beery Times
Are you feeling tired of drinking beer and would now like to potentially drown in it instead? Well, the beer gods have heard you: the first Beijing beer spa has opened on the second floor of the Star...
View ArticleHow to Save Money With Deals on Dianping (Plus Deals at Popular Beijing...
Often called "the Yelp of China," consumer review app Dazhong Dianping 大众点评 is not without its flaws (chief among them being the questionable legitimacy of some of its reviews and rankings), but it...
View ArticleBeicology: Smog is Ruining Beijing's International Image
Beijing's hazy horizons have not only become an obsession for those dwelling in the Chinese capital, but also for onlookers from abroad who have trouble seeing the city as anything more than an air...
View ArticleKeep Cozy and Full With This Winter Warmer Recipe For Bouncy Biangbiang Noodles
Freezing weather. Airpocalypse. Netflix addiction. Laziness. They’re all fantastic reasons not to leave your house this winter. And not leaving the house provides a great opportunity to try this recipe...
View Article在吗?: Beijing F&B Opening Hours During Spring Festival (Jan 27-Feb 2)
Spring Festival is coming up, and if you didn't jump onto the flight or train-booking bandwagon early enough, you may find yourself stuck in Beijing for the week.To make sure you aren't left pouting...
View ArticleTechNode's Top 10 WeChat Stories of 2016
We're pleased to announce that the Beijinger has partnered with TechNode to bring you the latest news and stories about China-related advancements in technology and IT. To get a feel for what kind of...
View ArticleFreeze Your Bum Off at the World-Renowned Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Until...
Figuring out how to escape Beijing's cold is always a challenge, but one way to escape it is to completely freeze your limbs off in what is basically Siberia so that cold doesn't even register as a...
View ArticleGet Your Suits and Drinks Fixed at JW Tailor Bar, Yoolee Plaza
We’ve recently been gladly bemoaning the fact that there can't possibly be room for yet another cocktail bar in Sanlitun. Well, apparently there's no such thing, and Jeff Ji, the man behind Mai Bar and...
View ArticleNow Online: the Beijinger Jan/Feb 2017 Issue!
We decided to do things a little bit differently this issue, and were honored to get to know some old China hands: foreigners who have lived in Beijing for longer than most of us expats have been...
View ArticleBeijing Tech Exec Jailed for Fondling Woman on Flight
The top executive of a Beijing-based tech company has been jailed for five days and subsequently resigned for allegedly groping the breast of a woman while she was sleeping in the airline seat next to...
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