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DJ Chozie’s album, “Walking Backwards,” hits Beijing
Amidst the minions of Beijing DJs understated as a minimal tech party in a basement, a man with diamond-encrusted turntables hanging from his neck will surely catch your attention. DJ Chozie (aka Timothy Kin-Hing) certainly isn’t trying to keep a low ... Read More
How Kool-Aid Man bust through the Great Wall
Who would have thought last January that in 2007 we’d see such a cavalcade of top notch international acts coming through the capital? Ziggy Marley, The Roots, Killa Kela, Goldie, Laurent Garnier, Sonic Youth and Public Enemy all gave Beijing audiences ... Read More
Four restaurants to launch your epic night out
Anyone who has spent some time on the Beijing nightlife circuit knows how unlikely it is that the average club denizen, on weekend reconnaissance missions from dance floor to dance floor, would ever pack on the pounds. Even if you factor in ... Read More
But culinary innovation is ramping up in Beijing
There was a time when El Bulli, the world’s most famous restaurant, couldn’t have been farther from Beijing’s culinary reality than the geographical distance that separates its mountainous Spanish Costa Brava home from the hutongs of our home city ... Read More
PTE brings HIV education to China's schools
The teacher started from scratch in a recent lesson on AIDS to sixth-graders: “Nobody ever dies of AIDS or HIV; they die of a common illness because their body is too weak to fight anymore.” Twelve-year-old hands shot up to answer questions ... Read More
Chad Lager, US: Manager, Rickshaw
My event is the New Year’s Party at the Rickshaw. I’m psyched because our party will be totally cool this year. Most New Year’s parties are all the same, so we’re really going to try to mix it up. We’re ... Read More
Matilda Bragnatz: France
Suzie Wong’s is the best place in Beijing. I like it because it’s between a nightclub and a bar. You can talk to people easily there and there’s always good music. I like the terrace, and also all the different rooms with different music ... Read More
Tim Wieringa: Switzerland
My favorite place in Beijing is Bellagio (Taiwanese). The food is very simple but also very good. And compared with normal Beijing food it looks very healthy and not greasy at all. I like the kung pao shrimp, and they have a delicious mango dessert. The atmosphere ... Read More
Kody Hennessey: Canada
As the global leader in office furniture, Steelcase International is a great company to work for. There’s more to office furniture than you think and I like being able to sell a product that is creative and unique while creating an innovative work environment for our ... Read More
Fusion - Trader Vics
Beijingers now have a place to indulge their exotic culinary fantasies as this popular, Oakland-based restaurtant chain makes its way to Beijing, bringing with it the sights and sounds of the South Pacific. Amidst hand-crafted tikis, Polynesian prints and live music we happily sipped our Trader Vics ... Read More
Fusion - Olio
Olio’s clean lines and open, inviting seating arrangement advertise a streamlined, relaxed dining experience. This design ethic extends even to the attractive appearance of the menu, whose contents skip nimbly across countries and regions. Upon first glance such a dizzyingly diverse variety of dishes and flavors looks ... Read More
Fusion - Amigo
Bottom line: Amigo is a relaxing comfortable environment with good, fresh food, but it’s the wines that will keep us coming back. Inside, its soothing colors and soft chairs provide an ideal venue to sample a bottle or two. The wine list is overwhelming, with a huge ... Read More
Heat
From the brushed metal crossbones above the door, it’s evident that the latest addition to Sanlitun’s Courtyard 4 area (Nanjie, Salsa Caribe) has paid attention to its décor. Inside this two-storey, gangsta’s paradise, Sanlitun booze hunters find black walls, black couches and a black bar, all ... Read More
Sure the newest hip kid on the Beijing electronica block has a shopping mall (The Place) sitting on top of it, but Song won’t suffer commercial suffocation. Neebing, one of the founders of the Chinese techno scene, has tentacles spread throughout the global art-osphere. He wears designer glasses and ... Read More
1 Acupuncture Records Genesis 2008
Acupuncture Records, with a whirlwind six months of minimal tech parties, has swiftly made its mark on Beijing. They’re looking to make 2008 the year for Acupuncture by celebrating the brand-spanking new year in the Bauhaus-style 4000 square meter gallery of 798 Originality Industry ... Read More
“There are a lot of things that you don’t necessarily have an answer for, but I have expressed a meaningful line of thought, a kind of uncertainty. It’s not necessarily clear, but it is truly a mental state of mine. I am always looking for an appropriate method ... Read More
Champagne News
Soviet Secrets
Hidden on the shelves of Jenny Lou’s across the city, disguised perhaps by its Cyrillic label, is Sovetskoye Shampanskoye, AKA “Soviet Champagne.” This generic brand of sparkling wine was produced as a state-run initiative all over the Soviet Union as “champagne for the people,” and ... Read More
Snowgazing at Asia’s OTHER breathtaking winter festival.
For seven days every February, Sapporo, Japan, transforms into a winter wonderland for its annual Snow and Ice Festival. Now in its 59th year, this celebration of snow attracts two million visitors annually, easily outdoing Harbin’s famous ice festival, with its ... Read More
Chinese performance comes of age as Paul Andreu’s egg finally hatches.
Paul Andreu’s vision has become reality. His masterpiece, The National Center for the Performing Arts, or NCPA, the giant silver dome west of Tiananmen Square, has been brilliantly lit for its December debut and ticket sales are ... Read More
DIRECTORS: Wong Kar-wai
It’s criminal of a critic to give a Wong Kar-wai film less than four stars, the famed Hong Kong director is a legend, perhaps one of the last few standing. This year he was chosen to head the jury at Cannes, the first director from the ... Read More
Steve Zdarsky takes us on a 540 double twist spin through last year’s Red Bull Nanshan Open qualifier.
6:30 a.m.
Home—Miyun, near Beijing
I wake up because my phone alarm is ringing like crazy. Then it's straight to the bathroom.
6:40 Get cleaned up ... Read More
AUTHOR: Adam Kern
There are few Sinophiles out there without a healthy respect, even envy, for the vibrancy of Japanese culture, especially its all-powerful manga comics which have permanently emblazoned the Barbie Doll sex babe and the unstoppable ninja warrior on the popular imagination. These constructs have antecedents and Adam ... Read More
ARTIST: Mary J. Blige
In her first new album since 2005’s multiple Grammy-Award winning "The Breakthrough," Mary J. Blige makes the artistic admission that, despite all the success, she is still human. While sincere, the album isn’t painful, and the first single “Just Fine” proved an instant hit ... Read More
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Used to be you needed thousands of kuai of equipage to spin mad tracks. No longer. Pianographique turns your QWERTY keyboard into an audio/visual sampler, with every letter and number setting off a snippet of music and an animated visual. Different sets give you a separate collection ... Read More
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