Beijing Articles - City Weekend Guide

Easy Being Green: Meet Five Expats Committed to Saving China’s Environment
Posted Nov 19th 2008 11:21a.m. by leemack (Expat Affairs)

November a weird time to talk environment? Not really when you consider how much energy is chewed up keeping us all warm in winter. Below meet five people committed to saving China’s environment and learn about how you can make an individual contribution.

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It's Ramadan, so Blogger Michael Armstrong Finds out What Beijing's Muslim Community Is Up To
Posted Nov 10th 2008 5:26p.m. by leemack (Expat Affairs)

My friend Shan Hui fasted for Ramadan this year. Shan is of Hui ethnicity, a race of Chinese-speaking Muslims that make up most of Beijing's Islamic population. He's 26, but this was his first fast. I met up with him one night at a Xinjiang restaurant. We sat ... Read more »

Beijing Braces for the Ripple Effect as the World Financial Crisis Plays Out
Posted Nov 6th 2008 4:22p.m. by leemack (Expat Affairs)

The sky may not be falling but all the stock markets are. But in the past month, we Beijingers might as well have been living in the mountains of Fragrant Hills with CW Day in the Life yoga guru. Commodity prices are the same, banks are stable—no Bank of ... Read more »

How Beijing Expats Are Preparing for the Historic American Election
Posted Nov 6th 2008 4:18p.m. by leemack (Expat Affairs)

Many American expats in Beijing enthusiastically get involved in the upcoming election, others remain cynical

It’s hard not to notice the Barack Obama campaign posters over an otherwise standard collection of wall art at Beijing’s Bridge Café. Venues like Bridge Café, the Saddle Cantina and Paddy O’Shea’s have regularly given up their bar stools and café tables to presidential debate viewing ... Read more »

Tina Shi of Kilimanjaro Bar African Culture and Art Center on why she loves the Massai
Posted Nov 3rd 2008 12:33p.m. by lilkuo (Expat Affairs)

Out of Africa: Beijing local talks about life in Kenya, witnessing the country's bouts of violence, civil unrest and an outbreak of the Rift Valley fever and what Beijingers can learn from African culture.

The sign outside Kilimanjaro Bar says African Culture and Arts Center. So is this a bar or a cultural center? Well, I like African culture and I myself studied art and at first, I wasn’t planning on opening a restaurant or bar. But I’ve found that in China ... Read more »

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Get Cozy and Get Ready for Winter at These Essential Shops
Posted Sep 27th 2008 6:10p.m. by leemack (Expat Affairs)

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Rukka in the basement of Beijing APM carries authentic, imported Rukka brand winter jackets, thermal tops and knit hats. Don this stuff and you will be prepared to weather the harshest Finnish winter. RMB2,000 for a down-stuffed winter coat.

Ozark on the fourth floor of Pacific Department Store ... Read more »

American Expats, Get the Vote!
Posted Aug 30th 2008 3:12p.m. by lilkuo (Expat Affairs)

We hope you're still feeling competitive because the US presidential election this 2008 is looking a lot like some of those Olympic matches we've been watching. VP picks are in and now no one knows what's going to happen. Your vote's important and absentee ballot registration is NOW.

The other day a friend asked who the governor of Alaska was to prove that American's don't know anything about their country. Well, now everyone knows exactly who Governor Sarah Palin is, the VP pick for GOP candidate McCain, and the woman who's now stolen the spotlight ... Read more »

Reworking the network scene
Posted Aug 26th 2008 7:29p.m. by lilkuo (Expat Affairs)

The Olympics are over and you're allowed back in town. CW has compiled the best ways to get re-networked in your favorite city. Read on and then leave your own tips on how you managed to get so hooked up in Beijing.

The Fortune Connection Club in Beijing meets the last Tuesday of every month. This club is very popular in Shanghai and has just started events in Beijing this past year. Organized by a group of volunteers and the head of China Expert International, the themed gatherings draw different crowds. This ... Read more »