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China Censors Slash ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at China Film Insider.Masses of zombified humans lurch towards the viewer. Milla Jovovich and her co-stars, dwarfed in the bottom right-hand corner of...
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Transitioning at 69: The Heartwarming Story of a 72-Year-Old Transgender...
After decades of dreaming about it, Xin Yue has finally transitioned into womanhood. Better still: 69-year-old Leng Rui, Xin's wife of over 40 years and their daughter are both supportive of the...
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Spring Arrives Early in Beijing With Peach Blossom Subway Advertisement
While the West prefers to follow the authority of a burrowing rodent, China has its own way of forecasting the end of winter. For Beijing commuters, the signs of an early spring can be seen at Xidan...
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Where You Should Eat in Shanghai Based on Your Favorite Beijing Restaurants
If you're about to make your Nth trip to Shanghai and you're getting bored of your usual haunts or perhaps taking your first trip and struggling to choose from the frankly mind-boggling range of...
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EAT: London Long Table at Hatchery, Pasta Weekend at Ramo, Cartoccio at Mimi...
In this week's foodie news, Hatchery and the Distillery come together February 23-26 to bring you London Long Table by the Australian Chef Simone Thompson. Thompson herself is passionate about all...
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Italian Restaurant Tiago Opens a Fourth Outlet at Joy City, Xidan
What would make a person stand for one hour on the subway, hungover, to get to crowded Xidan?Well, it definitely wasn't for these tacky pink flowers that currently line Xidan station as part of...
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Jane Su: Wisconsin Native Discusses What it Was Like to Move to China in 1957
Jane Su, a Wisconsin-native, made the move to China long before it was cool.Su first came to Beijing in 1957, after marrying a Chinese heart surgeon in the United States, and excluding years spent in...
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Olympics Bring Business Boon to Chongli, But Housing and Environmental...
The days of Chongli being a sleepy rural Hebei district are quickly coming to an end, and the area becomes a focal point for both good and bad news ahead of its hosting of 2022 Olympic skiing...
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Avoid Wilderness Brew on Xindong Lu Like You Would Do a Bear in the Woods
Another week, another brewpub – can you feel my excitement? Bare with me if I sound a little done in but it's places like the newly opened Wilderness Brew, located to the north of Heaven Supermarket on...
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Cost of Marrying One of China's Outnumbered Women Continues to Skyrocket
Do you fancy marrying a Chinese wife? Well, get ready to open your wallet: The average cost of a betrothal gift in China has skyrocketed as women become a rarefied commodity in a country dominated by...
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Mastermind: Italian Film Lover Gianluigi Perrone Takes Our Oscars-Themed Quiz
“And the winner is …”Movie buffs will instantly recognize that phrase, which is uttered by every presenter before they hand out Oscar trophies. And as the February 26 date for this year’s 88th Academy...
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From Comfort Zone to “In the Zone”: How Jim Fields Transformed His Body With...
Jim Fields’ story is one that will be familiar to many Beijingers. He arrived in Beijing for the first time in 2009 as a fit, fresh-faced 20-year-old and spent the next seven years making Beijing his...
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Smog Makes 70 Percent of China Unhappy (the Other 30 Percent Probably Own...
Seven out of 10 China residents are unhappy about smog and 71 percent claim to wear masks on smoggy days, a recent survey detailed in the Global Times reports.One can only surmise the remaining 30...
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Rock Meets Rhyme at Inaugural Spit-Tunes Night at DDC This Thursday, Feb 23
Spittoon is fast becoming a familiar brand in Beijing, having already branched out from a poetry night to a fiction night, then a literary magazine. Now their latest venture brings music into the mix,...
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Are “Vertical Forests” the Solution to Beijing's Pollution?
Beijing authorities’ previous attempts to control the pollution problem have focused on reducing emissions from factories and power plants. However Nanjing is now pioneering an alternative approach,...
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Groovy Schiller's Takes Over Nearby the Tree's Old Spot, Reopens in Sanlitun
After 19 years of Groovy Schiller's, owners Jack Zhou, Ah Jian, and Collie Gowran closed their co-run Liangmaqiao River-adjacent restaurant and bar on April 20 of last year, which rendered a lot of...
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Is Your Rice Cooker Poisoning You?
Food safety concerns in China are nothing new. However a recent experiment has demonstrated that a mainstay of Asian kitchens – the rice cooker – may be leaving dangerous levels of arsenic in our...
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Final Nail in the Coffin for Long Beleaguered Alien Street; Set to Close by...
Hou had not only resorted to selling the luggage at her stall at half price – she'll also soon have to pack up some bags of her own and move on. The vendor at Chaoyangmen's Alien Street Market said she...
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O2O Bike-Rental Deposits in China May Not be as Secure as Users Think
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode.You must have noticed the boom bike-rental companies in China as an increasing array of rainbow colored bikes mushrooming on streets across...
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Slow Boat SLT Revamps Menu With Focus on Healthy Sides
Ever since Slow Boat Brewpub released its new brunch menu last November, Chef Clement Rol has kept himself busy with a whole bunch of new dishes, most recently playing with flavors and combinations...
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