The Beijing Subway is expanding its network with three new lines (or parts of lines) opening for trial runs later this month. David Feng, our expert on all things related to the Beijing's rapidly expanding subway system, gives us a quick outline of what's going to open soon--and ... Read More
We all need a dose of Christmas cheer to get us through these chilly days. So we ventured all over the city, snapping photos of Christmas at its very best--in a huge lobby of a first-class hotel, with plenty of space for giant Christmas trees and choirs from local schools ... Read More
There are still a few days of October holiday left, and if you're enjoying a nice staycation like we are (and you've already visited the Museum of Natural History), you might want to check out some of these cool, weird, interesting museums around the city.
The China National ... Read More
In late July, café and bar owners in Nanluoguxiang were summoned to the Jiaodaokou Police Station and presented with an option: either stop offering Wi-Fi to customers, or shell out ¥20,000 for government monitoring software. As of August 1, they were told, fines would begin to be issued to ... Read More
Yesterday, a shocking internet rumor has spread like wildfire among Chinese netizens. Apparently, Jiang Zemin, the former President of PRC, has been checked into a hospital and is near death. Also, it's said that foreign journalists are waiting for an update outside the People's Liberation Army 301 Hospital ... Read More
Around 4pm on the first day of the Modern Sky Beijing Strawberry Festival, an unexpected ban on booze kicked in, leaving in its wake a ghost town of empty Absolut pavilions and confused rock fans. Similar problems recurred at the INTRO rave in 798. Do the authorities delight in spoiling ... Read More
On May 1, another government ban on smoking in public places took effect throughout China, but few of the country’s 300 million smokers seem to have noticed, and only a handful of venues are actually enforcing the ban.
One of them is the CJW Jazz Bar at The Place ... Read More
Beijing’s Fengtai District grabbed headlines in April when the ground beneath Shiliuzhuang Lu opened up suddenly and swallowed a passing truck. This isn’t the first time sinkholes have appeared in the capital. In 2007, and again in 2009, sinkholes opened up near Dawang Bridge in the CBD, leaving ... Read More
When the renovated National Museum of China reopened to the public in April, Beijing’s architecture buffs had a flashback to the heady days of 2008, when every other week seemed to bring a new “iconic” venue, each with its own superlatives. The new National Museum, for its part, is ... Read More
New car regulations may ease traffic woes, but for many expat drivers, they are proving an unexpected headache.
In January, officials implemented a monthly vehicle license plate “lottery” to cap the number of cars on the capital’s gridlocked streets. Roughly 20,000 plates are doled out per month. Buyers ... Read More
German designer Janine Grosche talks about her menswear label PATH, what kind of men wear her designs and finding fashion inspiration in China. She'll be displaying her designs at Nuyishu, along with a host of other great art by women, which will be going on at the Loop, April ... Read More
Beijingers have long complained about not affording anywhere to live—but it looks like they won't be able to afford anywhere to die either. A burial for cremated remains can cost RMB70,000 here in the city—and it looks like that's just the twenty-year rental fee.
Just ... Read More
Josh Feola of Pangbianr gives CW a peek at the upcoming roster of music and film events lined up for spring. Check out a list of Pangbianr’s upcoming music and film events, or find out how to get involved with the group at pangbianr.com
With so many events ... Read More
Beijing’s known around the world for its contemporary art scene, and now our streets are giving rise to a different kind of art: graffiti. Taggers bearing cans of spraypaint have been busy marking up the capital. From huge cartoon dogs on the walls of construction sites on Chaoyangmenwai Dajie ... Read More
Translator and Paper Republic co-founder Cindy Carter discusses Yan Lianke’s latest work Dream of Ding Village and what it takes to translate great works of literature.
•Can you talk a bit about the content of Dream of Ding Village?
It’s the first mainland Chinese novel about blood-selling and ... Read More
Yep, there is life south of Tian'anmen Square and Qianmen.
Songjiazhuang. Most know it only as the southernmost terminus on Line 5. A few who work in Yizhuang, "officially" known as the "Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area", also know it for being the city end of the still-new Yizhuang Line ... Read More
This has to be a question that must be asked.
Just today, your Beijingologist read something that just scared the heck out of him: there was a guy who wanted to get on a Line 4 train at Xizhimen. The train, of course, was full.
The guy forced his way ... Read More
The city's Subway Line 6 will be a godsend on the rails when it opens late next year (late 2012). Running parallel to, and just north of, Line 1, Line 6 is a three-stage act designed to ultimately extend from Pingguoyuan (which it shares a station with Line 1 ... Read More
Take a look around Haidian and it's easy to see that China is crawling with geeks. However, these folks just spent too much time studying too hard at their tiger mother's behest. They didn't geek up the right way -- by reading too much Asimov and Herbert and ... Read More
From a few small, lonely blogs, the number of online Chinese has exploded to reach 457 million users. Through the internet, everyday Chinese get an uncensored peek into the outside world. But the reverse is also true. The sound and the fury of the Chinese netizen population offers a revealing ... Read More
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