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This F&B Incubator Wants to Find China’s Next Starbucks
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.If you came to Beijing for the Summer Olympics in 2008, you would be hard pressed to find an affordable variety of palatable non-Chinese...
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Beijing Party People: Lexlay, Konrad Black, Jon Kennedy, DJ Norrisman
It's that time of year again: everyone is hoping to get one more great night out with their friends before we go our separate ways for Chinese New Year to explore the world. Either that or you're...
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Throwback Thursday: Every Day is an Overpopulation Party in Crowded Beijing
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and wonderful of yesteryear.This month nine years ago,...
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Lang Lang to Join Metallica for Beijing Show, Will Reprise Grammy Performance
Beijing Conservatory of Music graduate Lang Lang will reunite with unlikely collaborators Metallica when the latter comes to liberate local music fans on January 18. The classical pianist and the metal...
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Coffee Craft Offers Artisan Beans and a Space for Artists
Beijing's café scene is quickly becoming crowded, with Big Small making a huge splash in the hutongs earlier this summer, Basic becoming a standout in CBD, while Yu and Soloist opened cafes in Sanlitun...
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在吗?: Beijing F&B Opening Hours During Spring Festival (Jan 27-Feb 2)
[Updated Jan 12]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...
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Drug Re-Tests Net First 3 Chinese Gold Medal Dopers From 2008 Beijing Games
Relying on re-tests of eight-year-old urine samples, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has for the first time disqualified a batch of Chinese athletes from the results of the 2008 Olympic Games...
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Gulou's Bungalow Tiki Set to Expand, Serve Bar Snacks Fit for a Tropical...
Good news for fans of the quirkily themed, highly intoxicating Bungalow Tiki Bar: this Jiaodaokou favorite (and winner of the Best Cocktails and Best New Bar titles at our Bar and Club Awards) is set...
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Unseasonably Warm Weather Frustrates Outside Skating Venues in Beijing
Initially forecast to be the coldest winter since 2012, this winter turns out to be a warm one, according to BJ News, because of the warm winter, the outdoor skating venues at Summer Palace, Beihai...
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Noise Pollution, Jan 13-16: Mr. Miss, Jeff Lorber Fusion, Vieux Farka Touré
Another week put to rest. Another weekend of no rest. Cause when there’s this much musical mayhem corrupting the streets and venues of Beijing you know you’re in good hands. So indulge in those dark...
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Double up on Bad Luck This Friday the 13th With These Ongoing Chinese...
If you're among the cynics irked by the lingering fixation on superstitions in Chinese culture, then this is by no means your lucky day.Yes, it's Friday the 13th, and while we Westerners are by no...
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What’s Up in Beer: GLB Invitational Craft Beer Festival is Back, Deals at El...
It’s been a windy week, and finally we can see our surroundings clearly, having us asking, “What? There’s a mountain in the west?!” “Wait, I didn’t know there was a building there,” and, "I can see!...
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Something for the Family: Meet Peter Pan in Person at Beijing Global...
Honestly, my husband and I didn’t have high hopes when we made our way to Neverland to meet Peter Pan in the flesh. We live in the southern parts of Beijing, so we honestly hate traveling with our two...
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Good Riddance: Polluting Factories Surrounding Beijing May Be Forced to Relocate
Public awareness over Beijing's notorious air pollution usually is usually concerned with the risk towards public health. And yet, air pollution also turns out to be very expensive – albeit for the...
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China Revises University Entrance Exams to Get the Emoji Generation to Read...
The Gaokao is going back to the past in a bid to force a generation of emoji users to embrace their Classical Chinese roots. Beijing students will have to break out (or download) a copy of the...
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For Rent: Beijing's Most Haunted House, RMB 10 Million Annually
Beijing's most infamous haunted house has just been put on the rental market, for a mere RMB 10 million per year.The long-derelict century-old house at 81 Chaonei Avenue has been under renovation for...
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P.S. We Ate You: January/February 2017 Edition
Every issue, we like to shine a spotlight on the most delicious dishes we’ve stumbled upon recently. Chow down!seasonal abundance bowlObentos, RMB 68 Obentos’ latest seasonal abundance bowl (pictured...
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Beijing's Smoking Ban Cuts Nicotine Fiends, Though 22 Percent Still Toke
While Beijing residents accustomed to smoky restaurants, bars, and other hazy interiors doubted that the city's latest ban on lighting up would have any effect, it's actually been a slow but steady...
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Successful Peruvian Popup Pachakutiq Settles Down in SLT Soho
Though many of us might assume that Peruvian and Japanese cuisines have little in common, Francisco Chia is more than eager to take the uninitiated on a flavorful, educational journey through his...
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A Closer Look at the Bar & Club Awards: Beijing's Best Pub Quiz
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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