The weather's finally turned and the holiday is staring us square in the face. MIDI, Strawberry, The Great Electronic Party--it's all happening. There's even a Health Rave going down on Sunday. We've got tickets to give away to all of these events.
We've got ... Read More
As promised, we've taken a look at the numbers after a week of voting. A goodly number of votes have come in, actually, considering last week was a holiday and that's even discounting the spammers who were out in full force. Yes, we know who you are. When ... Read More
We launched our new homepage on February 22. Since then we’ve had a ton of positive feedback and virtually no complaints. The page loads faster and has a boatload of new features. We have even come to like that vague sense of vertigo from the slider up top of ... Read More
Despite China's vehement disapproval, a convicted criminal currently serving an 11-year prison sentence in a Chinese jail, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. It's no surprise that China is going mental over it.
China responded furiously last night after the country's most famous dissident won the prize ... Read More
ChinaBounder Press Release - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: ChinaBounder Press Release
With a title like "ChinaBounder" in it, it's gotta be good. However, this press release turns out to be nothing more than a crafty book announcement (probably by none other than the author ... Read More
Since we're playing around with more multimedia stuff here at CW, I thought I'd show off City Weekend's 2008 media kit. We made it easy to view on the web via Scribd. Cool program.
So flip through the pages and learn more about CW's advertising rates ... Read More
SHANGHAI | Soaked in vanilla scented candles and wearing a glittery frock of impenetrable diamond sheen, Canadian diva and pop star, Celine Dion made her China debut at Shanghai Stadium tonight. She sang her hit song “My Heart Will Go On”, despite weeks of bilateral meetings between event organizers and Celine ... Read More
National News
The Empire Strikes Back
Chorus of criticism against Western media bias becomes crescendo
There has been one story burning up the global bandwidth of late which has drawn clear lines in the cyber sand, and one interesting knock-on effect in China has been a torrent of criticism against ... Read More
National News: The Torch Arrive
Official arrival of the flame ignites Olympic fever in China
On Monday, March 31, the Olympic flame makes its China debut, exactly 130 days before the Opening Ceremony. Beijing will party for a day, with all the action broadcast live by CCTV, before the torch ... Read More
Unleash your inner Tiger Woods at Asia's best golf courses. by Sienna Parulis-Cook
Mission Hills | Shenzhen, China
The Everything Course
This mother of all golf resorts—with no fewer than 12 celebrity-designed 18 hole courses spanning 25 sq. kilometers—is the largest golf club in the world. The courses ... Read More
In a recent issue of City Weekend, we ran a cover feature entitled "Clicked On: Websites you need to know to get the most out of your city". We've received a bit a of flak for not mentioning That's BJ or Local Noodles in it. I think it ... Read More
Sex, Lies and Video Clips
Edison Chen career is ruined but that's just the start of his troubles
The annual Spring Festival TV variety show, which attracts more viewers than the Super Bowl, had little to offer audiences again this year, save heroic footage of Wen Jiabao climbing a ... Read More
How Yellow Are You?
China’s campaign against smut yields up some unusual bad guys
It’s no secret the Chinese government has taken an increasingly firm stance against all-things-spiritually-polluting, anything from deviant films, to mentions of deviant films in the press, to online porn. The latest twist is the ... Read More
Since last Saturday, Shanghai has been gripped in the icy cold embrace of a winter snow storm, taxing power grids, crippling transportation, causing schools to take "snow days" and generally prompting many local residents and expats alike to wonder, "just when was the last time it snowed so much in ... Read More
Help us design or choose the next cover of CW. Our next issue is about Beijing online, more or less. The editorial idea is to highlight those dining, art, nightlife, entertainment and city-centric sites you might not already know about - to start the process of highlighting those sites that help ... Read More
Government outlaws free plastic bags, will expats even notice?
The Chinese government has announced a ban on free plastic bags. Starting June 1, supermarkets will cease giving out the ubiquitous little buggers, though they will still be available for a fee. Meanwhile ultra-thin plastic bags (the kind used bag your ... Read More
Check it out. This is what the new Oriental Mandarin hotel will look like when it opens late this Spring. The hotel will be next door to the CCTV tower and boast all the five start amenities expected of a landmark hotel plus a couple new surprises. Read More
I've been giving and taking a lot flak on the local live music scene in Beijing. First, I admittedly know little about a scene that I'm supposed to be an expert on by title. But that's why CW hired Blake. Lately, however, he like the rest of ... Read More
I don' think it's a secret that CW has the smallest editorial teams amongst the English listings magazines. Small teams and scarce resources force us all to think creatively about how we should plan, edit and source our content. So lately it's been very refreshing to see how ... Read More
We haven't put out full page ads for it, but for the last three years we've been begging our boss man about redesigning CW to have the local city guides on the outside and the national edition on the inside. In 2008, we finally get our wish. (You ... Read More
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