Chinese President Hu Jintao has joined Premier Wen Jiabao in the quake disaster zone, arriving at Mianyang Airport at 10:30 this morning. Meanwhile, the Baocheng Railway Bridge is now back in service, and 600 people were rescued by the Beijing Fire Brigade. Some improvements in the quake situation -- on ... Read more »

This weekend, Beijingers are coming together to contribute what they can to earthquake victims in Sichuan. Tonight, Acupuncture Records is working with Yin Bar for a Sichuan Earthquake Charity event, and more than 20 DJs will throw next Wednesday at Beats For Life. Whether or not you can make it ... Read more »

It's difficult to think of any other Beijing-based DJ versatile in style and willing to push the musical envelope as Mael Thibaut. "I was long into reggae music, but I went really mental about it when I started going to drum'n'bass raves,"The Syndicate's co-director explains ... Read more »

The earthquake is still very much in the minds of many a Wanbao reader, even as the Games begin in only 85 days. News today tell of phone services being restored to Wenchuan, 6 km of National Highway 317 being restored to Wenchuan from Chengdu, Hong Kong coming in with ... Read more »

Now's the time to give, ladies and gentlemen. Being on Facebook and having attended a Boomtown Beijing screening (where all the entrance fees were used to build libraries for kids in rural China), your Beijingologist is more than aware of The Library Project, helping to help kids in China ... Read more »

Now is the time to give! The first 15 pages are all about how the capital and the nation are reacting in the wake of the horrible tragedy that has befallen Wenchuan. The Magnitude 7.8 quake prompted instant response from Zhongnanhai, as well as from all over the country ... Read more »

Borrowing its name from Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film profiling the exploration of cultural boundaries in several cities across the world, Night on Earth is a multiple-city festival promoting an exchange of both Chinese and international artists and acts, with a stop here in Beijing on Saturday, May 17 at ... Read more »

Effective June 1, 2008, the Chinese government’s newest anti-drug laws come into effect. And, yes, that means you, Mr Laowai. If you're caught buying, holding or using you are looking at criminal charges and an all-expense paid trip through the Chinese justice system. You know this is bad ... Read more »

The horrible tragedy that has befallen Sichuan, as well as areas next to the area, dominates the headlines 87 days before the Games. Virtually no mention of the flame in Quanzhou, Xiamen. No longer in a festive mood, the tremors dominated much of the discussion around the nation.

• Hu Jintao ... Read more »

Are our kids as safe as Beijing houses?

Living in Beijing is like having access to a safe house. I don’t think I’ve felt more comfortable anywhere in the world, and with a society that reveres kids and collectively fights to protect them from a comparably low level ... Read more »

Whether you were on the ground in Beijing or elsewhere in much of China (or even in Thailand), you felt the quake yesterday. People died -- and the figures are absolutely astonishing and awful; tweets on Twitter speak of a possible 100,000 in terms of the death toll. Just around ... Read more »

Forgive me for writing about the joys of eating, drinking and merry-making at a time when so many are suffering from yesterday’s earthquake in Sichuan Province. Rather, let me suggest this be an opportunity to remember the joys of ingesting and imbibing, and to count your blessings.

And there ... Read more »

Like many forms of "western"music in China, Jazz music has its share of challenges in gaining ground with local audiences. While DJs and rock bands may grumble about how few people “get”their music, Jazz in China has faced a longer and more difficult path to legitimacy than nearly ... Read more »

There are few fixtures of Beijing nightlife so iconic as Patrick Yu. From his first Beijing DJ gig at Bed Bar ("My brother, who’s a psychotherapist, used his skills of psychotherapy to talk Cho into letting me play one night. The night turned out to be one of my ... Read more »

No news of the earthquake on the Wanbao today -- it hit stalls just about when the earth was shaking. An aftershock was rumored by means of text messages, only to be denied by those at the top, but in this day and age -- better safe than sorry. Neglect the "maybes ... Read more »

Before we get romantic 89 days ahead of the Games, this important public announcement brought to you by your Beijingologist: Terminal 1 will be closed beginning May 20, 2008. If you're taking China Southern, Xiamen Airlines, or Chongqing Airlines flights, you'll need to relocate to Terminal 2 at ... Read more »

As the school year comes to an end, the ISB stress machine has reached new heights. Even with over a month left before summer vacation, student organizations have already begun preparations for next year. Each organization is swarming with opportunities for ambitious students - if they can beat the competition.

Students ... Read more »

The Olympic Flame continues to make headlines, with the flame being lit at the camp close to Mount Everest. 90 days before the Games, it looks like every last Wanbao reader must be in Olympic Mode. They've every reason to be cheerful -- just a few short days ago, they ... Read more »

If you happen to work, stay, or otherwise come within close enough contact with those fantastic trio towers at the "China Central Place" (they must have had better names to choose from, right?), life has been treating you awfully if you came by means of the Beijing Subway. You had ... Read more »

Ding dong (I think it only does "ding", not "dong") -- it's the Qianmen tram! 91 days before the Games, there it is, right on page 1 of the Wanbao! The pleasure of travelling in one of these things, however, was reserved only for CPPCC members this morning -- the average ... Read more »

If you've a car in Beijing (ack! traffic chaos!) with one of those shiny new ETC systems (ETC as in Electronic Toll Collect -- where you zip by the freeway toll gates without paying), you're in luck. All freeways in Beijing (except for the Jingjintang Freeway) are now ETC-friendly ... Read more »

Well that's it folks... yet another example of the wonderfully new Beijing curfew for the good of a harmonious society. Until next time! Kro's Circus, with the help of D-22, Gibson Guitars and City Weekend, will rise again!

12:12 Uh Oh... THE COPS HAVE COME IN AND ... Read more »

The May SATs have just passed. In what was supposed to be a relaxing week of vacation, many ISB juniors and sophomores felt overwhelmed by the pressure of studying for the most important standardized test for students applying to US colleges.

Chris Krueger, a junior, says that he ‘destroyed his ... Read more »