The pub quiz has caught on like wildfire in Beijing, and the city’s bars are making this quintessentially British tradition their own. There’s a quiz for every weekday where you can work your brain—and boozing—muscle while showing off your smarts.
Serious quiz players head to The ... Read More
This week our local love doctors, Joe Schaefer (right) and Ginger Rong Chen (left), are dishing out sex advice on sexting.
I’m a Chinese girl dating a laowai. He loves to text me dirty things when he’s at work and I love it. But my replies always seem ... Read More
All hail the great robo-cat. Chinese money is altogether pretty boring, what with the same guy on every note. But now, Chinese netizens are "claiming" that there a series of six robot cats floating around Mao's head. Check it out:
See it? Yeah, neither do we, although we DO ... Read More
Valentine's Day. It makes February a little more bearable (or just that much more awful). Most of Beijing's hotels and restaurants are gearing up for the most over-the-top romantic date night of the year. We've got the usual assortment of fine restaurants breaking out the candles and ... Read More
Did you know that proper dental hygiene could be a leading factor in keeping your heart healthy? That’s precisely what several researchers, doctors and health organizations around the world are saying.
“Teeth are not just there to help us chew food, speak better and look better,” says Dr. Diane ... Read More
Taking the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) is a rite of passage—and an excellent way to prove your linguistic superiority over FOB laowai (just kidding, we hate those guys). But don't think it's just for eternal students hanging out in the Wu. The HSK is essential if you ... Read More
Confucius may have said something about studying the past--but we're utterly unsure how the last six Dragon Years will define China's future. A baby boom in 2000, a literal boom (the atomic bomb) in 1964, a devastating earthquake and China's very first beauty pageant are just a ... Read More
Chunjie—where Beijing turns into a vast wasteland devoid of people, riddled with gunfire (er, fireworks) and starving laowai looking for the nearest KFC. For those left behind, we’ve got our big list of holiday events to get out of the Chunjie blues.
PARTIES
Chinese New Year at Haze ... Read More
Alright guys, it's time to take a break and smile. The City Weekend team goes nuts over panda videos, so we were pretty happy when this new video appeared in our inbox. Check out this footage of a baby panda as it tries to escape from its crib at ... Read More
Beijing TV doesn’t air re-runs of Friends, the sitcom revolving around six zany friends living in Manhattan, but that has not stopped Beijing audiences from going wild over it. Need proof? Just head over to Central Perk, the Friends-themed café in Chaowai SOHO.
Beijing’s Central Perk boasts an ... Read More
We're not big political watchers here, but we still feel somewhat obliged to report that the ex-American ambassador to China has all but dropped out of the GOP primaries. Cue the howls of the China-watching blogosphere now.
While Huntsman charmed a lot of us in Beijing, he never attracted ... Read More
A big win for traditional Chinese medicine. University of California researchers have found that a certain extract from the Chinese raisin tree apparently used since the seventh century in Asia stops rats from getting totally wasted. It prevents the intoxicating effects of alcohol on the brain--though not, of course ... Read More
The cream of the crop for Beijing dry cleaners? 2010 Hydrocarbon (6597-0401). Located in Central Park, this place really stands out. They clean with a type of eco-friendly hydrocarbon which is less harmful to the environment. The English-speaking staff is incredibly careful, attentive and knowledgable about the services they offer ... Read More
Are Beijing girls gold diggers? Well, a recent survey conducted by The Committee of Match-making Service Industries of China Association of Social Workers just reminded us that there must be some truth in that stereotype, and that it might also apply to the rest of China.
According to the 2011 ... Read More
Crazy bad air--err, off the charts bad yesterday morning. Although laowai have long complained about Beijing’s bad air (usually between cigarette puffs), we’ve never seen the Chinese public so alarmed about the shameful state of our polluted skies … until now.
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
The government says ... Read More
Luo Xiao Yuan is the consummate employee. She’s bright, friendly, assertive and knows the Bethel school campus, where she works, like the back of her hand.
But that’s only to be expected given that Luo, who also goes by her English name, Christina, grew up there. Bethel is ... Read More
One month after the great winter smog cloud, authorities are backing down from the previous air-quality calculations (PM 10) due to netizen hounding and will start releasing PM2.5 measurements hourly starting January 23.
Read more on the growing Chinese awareness of the poor air-quality situation in Beijing
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New Year’s has come and gone, which means resolutions have been made (and possibly already broken). For those who have decided to make 2012 the year to shed unwanted pounds, you need to learn much more about your metabolism.
Metabolism is the biochemical process through which our body converts ... Read More
This week our local love doctors, Joe Schaefer (right) and Ginger Rong Chen (left), are dishing out advice on what to do when you get tired of waiting for your partner to pop the question:
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for almost three years and told him I wanted ... Read More
Want more advice on how to kick-start 2012? We've got a few more words of wisdom from China-side life coaches about getting to know yourself, setting a rhythm to your life--and not letting "perfect" be the enemy of good.
Date Yourself
Making connections in Beijing is often ridiculously easy ... Read More
The Lazy Guide to Finding Love
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Fabulous article Nikkia! Made me chuckle. The filter option online is definit... >>