Friday night kicks off with the Limited Express China Tour playing experimental punk sounds at YYT's stage for their first show in China. They've toured the US and Australia and for some reason have decided to come see us last – just a little jealousy here. Across town at ... Read More
It's another smoking hot weekend in Shanghai. The sun is shining. The temperature is clement. S.T.D at Not Me looks good tonight, with the Eli Smith of So Sweet Records on the decks. Start there, then move to Dada where B6 has promised to oil up and ... Read More
Tonight sees the national final of the DMC World DJ Championships at Zhijiang Dream Factory. The best scratchers and beat jugglers will be going all out to impress for their chance to represent this great nation at the world final later in the year. Aftershow party is at The Shelter ... Read More
Tonight sees the opening of Zone+, a new bar on Tongren Lu taking up the space formerly known as Mint. Various drink deals are on offer for the opening, including free shots for the earlybirds, RMB15 beers and free Champagne for those who stick around until 4am. There's more ... Read More
Count them! Three whole awesome parties will fight for what's left of your paycheck Thursday evening - the Antidote Crew hold their monthly night at C's, with J Alexander, Fish, Kid Plastik and Ozone dropping random stuff they found down the back of the sofa. Meanwhile, Heart Attack, our ... Read More
Island Town
Surrounded by five lakes, cut into patchwork by canals and crisscrossed by cobblestone alleys, Tongli is the quintessential Jiangnan water town. Cross the stone bridge spanning across the lakes to the placid old village and find yourself in a world rooted in the past, where cars are blessedly ... Read More
Of the Garden Variety
People come to Suzhou, see the famous gardens and inevitably walk away thinking, "Wouldn't it be great to actually stay overnight in one?" At the newly refurbished Garden Hotel Suzhou (Nan Yuan Fandian), you can do exactly that. Spread over half a dozen buildings and ... Read More
Five Falls Hike
The bamboo clad hills of Zhejiang are what Shanghai-bound expats dream about when sunny Saturdays roll around. But there is much more down there than Moganshan or West Lake. The Five Falls of Shaoxing are one of the delightful gems of the area. And now with the ... Read More
Temple in the Cloud
The Temple of King Yu, the founder of Chinese civilization, is one of Shaoxing's top draws, but it pales in comparison to Kuaiji Mountain which is located just beside it. It is a strenuous hike up into the clouds, but you'll be rewarded by ... Read More
Zhejiang | Moganshan
Last time Bohdi ventured to Moganshan for this bike, hike and swim overnighter, David Hasselhoff was the theme. For their Aug. 23-24 overnighter, naturally, the theme is William Shatner. What Captain Kirk has to do with leisurely hikes through bamboo forests and challenging mountain biking on single track ... Read More
Mission Possible
Xitang is rightly-known as one of Shanghai's most famous water towns, not the least of which is because Tom Cruise beat up bad guys there in the film Mission: Impossible III. It's as quaint as you imagine, with stone-paved sidewalks edging windy little canals. On August ... Read More
Water Town Idyll
It's not easy to find a good water town anymore, so we were excited to hear about Anchang. Situated in the heel just under Hangzhou Bay, it's just out of the way enough to keep the thronging hordes at bay.
Anchang was once a thriving ... Read More
Little Suzhou
In keeping with the Weekender's philosophy of going off the beaten path, we give you Mudu, a scaled-down, compacted version of Suzhou with the Mingyue Temple in place of the Hanshan and Yanjia Garden replacing Master of Nets. Our favorite garden, though, is Gusong Garden (Gusong Huayuan ... Read More
Daoist Tricks
What? You're going to Huangshan and not visiting China's number one scenic mountain? Absolutely. In the high season, the Weekender heads to nearby Qiyun Mountain, one of China's "Big Four" Daoist mountains. No people, no flag-following tour groups, just you and a gentle range of ... Read More
Cliffs and Buddhas
Earlier this year, we wrote about a different part of Shaoxing's Keyan Scenic Area called Jinghu. While Jinghu is basically a bunch of reclaimed land which has been landscaped, greenified and turned into a park replete with its own Disneyfied water town, Keyan is more rugged-Call ... Read More