City News

Women Free to Carry Condoms

Chinese women can breathe a sigh of relief: Police can no longer convict and punish them for prostitution based only on the fact that they carry condoms, Agence France-Press reported last month. While officials claimed condom ownership has not been considered adequate evidence ... Read more »

City Weekend News

Oh My Blog!

With the aim of providing an online venue for news, gossip, and interaction, City Weekend launched its very first blog and online forum in early November. In Beijing, a team of editors and bloggers are working together to bring you four blogs with discussion ... Read more »

Exhibition News

UCCA opens in 798

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) opens in a Bauhaus-style factory in the Dashanzi Art District on November 5. Aiming to be China’s most comprehensive institute for contemporary arts, UCCA will include three exhibition halls and exhibit cutting-edge contemporary art from China ... Read more »

Community News

Get British

There are two kinds of people in this world: British people, and those who want to be British. Both groups would be well advised to snap up tickets while they have the chance for British Ball 2007, an evening of fun and dancing with the British ... Read more »

Beijing’s new number 5 subway line opens late September with north-south service that cuts from south of the Third Ring to north above the Line 13. The new trains are equipped with LCD televisions, and platforms have touch-screen information programs. A massive step forward for a city aiming to ... Read more »

China

Beautiful Beijing

Beijing has been selected as the most beautiful city in China while Hong Kong has been deemed China's safest city in the most recent "Report on Urban Competitiveness in China." Hong Kong ranked as the second most beautiful city, followed by Shenzhen and Shanghai, while Macau ... Read more »

Club Culture

CJW

This bar has it all: wine, cigars and now a new jazz band, Just Us, playing nightly. Straight out of the Las Vegas lounge scene, this four piece plays a range of music from Chicago blues to easy listening jazz standards. They’ve been around forever and ... Read more »

Money Matters

ATM Unlimited

Very quietly in June the government raised the daily limit for ATM withdrawals. Even though you are still limited to a couple grand per transaction, now you can extract up to ¥20,000 per day. The purpose is to alleviate lines at banks. Be extra careful ... Read more »

Music News

2007 Beijing Pop Fest Line up Announced

This just in: Nine Inch Nails (left), Public Enemy, The Ramones and The New York Dolls have been announced as the headlining acts for the 2007 Beijing Pop Festival to be held September 8-9 in Chaoyang Park. Thin Man, The Honeys ... Read more »

Club Culture

The Old Man Moves the Mountain Another Inch

Word has finally come down about the fate of

Yugong Yishan, one of Beijing’s most beloved

party and live music venues. They’ll be shutting

the old location on Gongti Beilu sometime

next month (winding things up with

a ... Read more »

Club Culture

i-Ultra Lounge Hits the Scene

The highly anticipated new lounge from Allan Wong (of Hatsune fame) and Sebastian Noat (creative force behind Centro) opened with a champagne splashed bash on June 15. Beijing’s beautiful people now have a happening new spot to get down to nu-jazz electro ... Read more »

Club Culture

Zub Blub Blub: Shocking news as Zub, Wudaokou’s only legitimate club space, is closing down to be replaced by -gasp- a pizza joint. According to a source close to the owner, the club’s untimely demise is personal rather than financial. “[The owner] just didn’t recognize ... Read more »

Club Culture

Suzie Wong Gets Plastic Surgery

Not like they weren’t upscale enough already, but Club Suzie Wong, Beijing’s premiere dress-to-impress nightspot, has gone in for a boob job, face lift and full body scrub and is set to re-emerge as a classy, swinging dowager at the end ... Read more »

Cheap Eats

Full Bellies, No Empty Wallets

Eating in Beijing is now cheaper than ever, thanks to a recent boom in websites offering mobile discounts. Servicing both the English and Chinese-language crowds, FoneVillage offers discounts at a variety of local bars and restaurants. Memberships cost RMB200, but, afterwards, just text ... Read more »

Riding in Style

Subway Fares to Change

A more equitable fare system for the subway is likely to be adopted in Beijing early next year. Under the new system, passengers will pay for the ride depending on the distance traveled (as in Shanghai) instead of the current universal fare. Furthermore ... Read more »

Club Culture

Babyface Breaks Top 50

DJ Mag lists are notoriously unreliable, nevertheless, China’s finally made an appearance on the world Top 50 clubs list as Babyface breaks in at 42. The list is voted by DJs, so maybe it means more than the Top 100 DJ list voted ... Read more »

Sticky Fingers

Comptoirs on the Move

Lido residents may find themselves with another scrumptious bakery to tempt them off the couch and away from the gym. Exquisite bakery chain, Comptoirs de France, is currently on the hunt for a third location. Fingers crossed that plans come to fruition and they ... Read more »

We Love

That health and safety regs are actually getting enforced in Beijing

That giant cinema mega venues are mushrooming in Beijing

We Hate

When they close down Tongli Studios for a week to do it

That people still don't turn their mobile phones off during the show Read more »

Culture Focus

Francophone Week

The time for celebrating Francophonie has come again. The 2007 edition of this mini “festival” of cultural events brings its share of exhibitions, movies, authors, workshops and shows to town. So be ready to enjoy the best of French speaking culture in Beijing from March 9-23 ... Read more »

We Love

That spring is coming and we can happily go outside again

All the swanky wine events going on regularly in Beijing

The music at China Doll, always awesome

We Hate

The coming shachenbao from Inner Mongolia that will ruin our joy

That our livers are not as happy ... Read more »

House Band

Stars Go Live

Starlive has a huge spring line-up in the works: Bugz in the Attic, Ziggy Marley and The Roots. But that's just the foreign acts coming in. On March 12 the Starlive house band takes the stage. Assembled from different pop groups, the Star Band ... Read more »

We Love

That Spring appears to have sprung early

That Chinese New Year is coming and we have time off to relax and celebrate

The new express “bus” only lanes on the ring roads

We Hate

That it's most likely due to global warming

It means more eating, drinking ... Read more »

Kiss and Tell

Kissing Is Just a Handshake Anymore

We're going to keep hyping China Doll because they keep doing rad stuff. For example, above the second floor bar is a big red heart and if you and your mate French kiss for ten seconds underneath this icon of ... Read more »