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Xi Dada Hits the Olympic Slopes Outside Beijing, While '08 Drug Testing Nets...
While we in Beijing keep looking towards Olympics 2022, the IOC is still sorting out the winners of 2008, and yesterday netted one of the biggest fish yet: Usain Bolt.Bolt himself was not caught for...
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Fun Day Trips to Make the Most of Spring Festival in Beijing: Part 1
If you're stuck in Beijing this Spring Festival, don't just spend it all at home sulking. Get out there and explore the city. Just remember that there will be crowds throughout town, and that you may...
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Why Do We Call it Spring Festival?: The Origins Behind the Name
Has there ever been a blander name for a holiday than “Spring Festival”? What the hell does it even mean? It’s held in the middle of winter. In North China we celebrate "spring" by huddling around in...
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Oscars 2017: How To Watch The Nominated Movies In China
Did anyone spot La La Land director Damien Chazelle and actor Ryan Gosling out last night in Beijing? They were here yesterday to promote their new film so it’s pretty likely they had a moment of...
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Fun Day Trips to Make the Most of Spring Festival in Beijing: Part 2
Our roundup of fun daytrips conintues (see part one here). If you still don't have travel plans for Spring Festival then be sure to check out both of these lists- from there you'll have no excuse to...
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Get Cooking Over the Spring Festival Break with these Chinese Recipes
It's no secret that many, if not most, of Beijing's esteemed dining establishments are about to close for Spring Festival (check out our handy guide here), but instead of panicking about how you'll...
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Revamped With 48 New Dishes, the Menu at Casa Talia By Tiago Still Impresses...
We believe that one of the key ways to keep people interested in Beijing is by revamping your menu with new, good dishes. Thankfully, we find that there is no shortage of new dishes, including, most...
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The Job Hunt: Work With Us as Senior Editor, Be an Art Director, Teach Art,...
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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Beijing Bucket List: Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall
Huanghuacheng Lakeside Great Wall (北京黄花城水长城) isn’t an ordinary hike of the world-famous attraction. It’s a retreat from the hustle and bustle of crowded and polluted Beijing. And for those who have...
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Beijing's PM 2.5 Hits 647 on Chinese New Year's Eve, but Beijingers Bought...
Beijing's PM2.5 concetration reached a mere 647 micrograms per cubic meter at its peak during Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) celebrations, down 7.6 percent from 2016's peak, as fireworks sales fell...
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Comforting Your Winter Depression with Comfort Dessert at Maoxishi
Situated opposite Lucky Lopez in the quiet yard of 34 Sanlitun Nan, Maoxishi Dessert Shop opened mid-August but it has come into its own in the colder months. That’s because this cozy 11-square-meter...
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Mandarin Monday: Learn the First Online Viral Phrase of 2017
Although it's still early enough in the new year for most resolutions to remain unbroken, the Chinese internet is already buzzing with the newest online viral phrase of 2017.Over the years, many...
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Street Eats: Delicious Lotus Root with Baby, Mediocre Hot Dry Noodles at...
We believe that it shouldn't be the end of world when your favorite Wuhan hot dry noodles (热干面, règānmiàn) Morning (at Chunxiu Lu) closes for Chinese New Year. That's why we went to find you (and...
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Stock up on These Korean Pantry Staples and Make Bulgogi at Home
Korean cuisine may seem daunting to make at home if you've never done it before, but trust me when I say that it's actually pretty easy. The basic ingredients needed to make simple Korean dishes like...
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That Cup of TCM Tea Ain't Gonna Help You Combat Smog, Says Chinese Medicine...
A leading expert in Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) says "anti-smog teas" are not a reliable method of dealing with China's numerous severe smog attacks.Liu Quanqing, president of the Beijing...
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It’s Neither One Ying or The Other At InterContinental Sanlitun
At the bustling heart of Sanlitun, the newly opened InterContinental Beijing Sanlitun has made a splash with its fabulous views over the neighborhood and several top-notch F&B venues. These include...
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Bioscarf: A New Player in Pollution Protection?
Masks – they’re a fact of life in Beijing on those high AQI days. But what if your kids, like many others, resist wearing one? Also for those with glasses, masks can be mafan, misting up your lenses....
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Inner Mongolia Provincial Government Restaurant: Mary Had a Lotta Lamb
Following an intense debate over whether Inner Mongolia should fall under “I” for Inner Mongolia or “N” for Nei Menggu, we decided to stop procrastinating and just head over to Meishuguan Houjie one...
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Beijing's January Air Quality Plummets 52% vs Same Period Last Year
Now that January 2017 is in the bag, how’d we do on air quality?Not good.Beijing’s monthly average AQI index, as reported by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, was 147, 52 percent worse than...
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Posh New Whisky Bar Atlas Hides in Sanlitun's Shadows
Sanlitun is saturated with bars. Think, for example, about all those near Taikooli, the Hidden House, Revolution, and Ming Bar near Yashow, Botany in Yoolee Plaza, and the new Canvas Bar in Yu … and...
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