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Where is home?
by Tania McCartney (Family Matters) The expat family shuffle When we flew back into Beijing last week, it struck me like a gong on the chest that we were flying Home. Of course, when we arrived in our barren apartment with its echoing gaps between ceiling, floor and walls, it felt decidedly not like Home ... Read more »
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Best Discounts and Deals for Jan 6 to Jan 13
by Feer Han (Beijing Style) Joy City UNIQLO gives up to 50 percent off, Women Cotton Windcoat costs RMB199(The oriental price is RMB399), Men Cotton Coat cost RMB199(The oriental price is RMB299). French Connection offers RMB300-500 off for shopping over RMB1,500-2,000. Muji prepares 30 to 50 percent discount for selected clothing ... Read more » |
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What's Your New Year’s Resolution? Drew John Campbell, Managing Director & Founder of World Health Store LTD Gives His Detox Diet Strategies
by silcharles (CW Radar) Living in China, sometimes the Western New Year comes and goes without noticing. But for many - myself included - there is one thing I never forget when ushering in the New Year – setting my New Year’s Resolutions! The only problem is sticking to them after the first few weeks of ... Read more » |
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Four New City Express Roads To Be Built in 2009
by David Feng (Beijingologist) Time to zip your way across the Jing faster than before... • Puhuangyu Road: This road will be extended further south to reach the start of National Freeway 3 (the Jingtai Freeway). Plans for this one were in as early as 2004 but this one seems to have dragged its feet ... Read more » |
Everything At Once
by silcharles (CW Radar) Jue Festival ties together threads of Beijing art culture At first glance, the line-up for the 2009 Jue Festival seems to bring little new or unusual to the Beijing stage. The festival features artists, musicians and performers of various stripes in an attempt to make Beijingers look beyond their usual ... Read more » |
Your Beijing Fling New Year Resolutions!
by Nikki Aaron (Jing Flings) Resolutions for singles … DON'T LOOK FOR IT Everyone knows that if you’re searching really hard for something, you never find it. Your other sock, the car keys, a perfect party outfit, and most frustratingly, you’re perfect guy/girl. But when you finally relax, you’ll find that ... Read more » |
Zara Gives 20 to 50 Percent Discount
by Feer Han (Beijing Style) Zara is holding a store-wide sale of up to 50 percent off. The sale starts Jan 2 and lasts all month. All three Zara's are participating. Check them out: The Place Solana and Joy City Read more » |
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Wanbao: Gas Prices: Any Lower In The Jing?
by David Feng (Beijingologist) With the days of CNY 6 petrol over, the question is -- how low can our gas prices go? If you're on the Jingshun Highway, look out for gas stations offering you RON gas as low as CNY 5.20 per liter. (Most "biggies" give it to you only for ... Read more » |
Beijing Weekender :: Mr. Soon | Lang lang | DJ Slackerton
by Blake Stone-Banks (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) FRIDAY Wudaokou boys Alt. Senior amp up their distortion pedals and croon heartfelt lyrics of true emo conviction at D-22. Violinist Chai Liang and pianist Tan Xiaotang join the China Film Symphony Orchestra in performing Chinese classics “Butterfly Lovers” and “Yellow River” at Beijing Concert Hall. Instituto Cervantes screens Amenabar ... Read more » |
Travel: The Fastest Way to Improve Your Mandarin
by Thomas Talhelm (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) With it being the time for new year's resolutions, many foreigners living in China are taking stock of their Mandarin and remembering that it's far worse than it should be for the time they've spent in China. City Weekend's new year's issue takes stock of ... Read more » |
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Happy New Year from the Beijingologist!
by David Feng (Beijingologist) 万事如意，合家欢乐，恭喜发财，事业有成... yeah, whatever. I replaced all my mass SMS deluge with a few phone calls that actually mattered. (I know I still owe quite a few folks with a phone call!) Anyways, 2009 AD it is. PRC at 60, Beijing Subway at 40 (>beep< YEAH!), and Line ... Read more » |
COVERstory: Learn Chinese
by silcharles (CW Radar) It’s resolution time, and you swear 2009 is the year you’ll finally master Mandarin. But where to start? CW hits the streets to find out which options are right for you. By Thomas Talhelm, Blake Stone-Banks and Larissa Zhou Private Language Schools Time: 6-20 hours per week “You ... Read more » |
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT...
by silcharles (CW Radar) Maggie’s Bar, a Beijing institution, re-opens its doors after months of Olympic year renovations and fire code inspections ... but what do Beijing expats think? More than half a year after closing its doors in the lead up to the Olympic Games, Beijing monument Maggie’s Bar is ready to ... Read more » |
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THE BEAT: Foam Follows Function
by silcharles (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) Claire Dong, Pyro Pizza’s top draught talent, pours a high score Expecting service in our developing Beijing nightlife market to be like it is back home is one of the most hackneyed of expat clichés. Get a few expats together in one room, and a conversational competition on who ... Read more » |
MIXOLOGY: Zombified
by silcharles (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) “We’re taking it back to basics,” tells Block 8 GM Daniel Webster-Clamp. In a city that worships all things new, Block 8 is mastering the classic. The club’s new menu emphasizes perfectly mixed, old-school cocktails at reasonable prices (¥45 and up). Our favorite on the new menu is ... Read more »
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BEHIND THE MUSIC: Megaclub Megaman
by silcharles (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) GM Mark Zhang tells us what Banana has in store for 2009 Three of the world’s biggest DJs—Armin van Buuren, John Digweed and Above and Beyond—performed at Banana in November. How do you follow that up? Most big DJs come in November, but things will pick up ... Read more » |
Break in the New Year: Science Of Sounds beams Beijing breaks across the globe
by silcharles (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) On New Year’s Eve, big events are a dime a dozen, but this year, Science of Sounds (SOS)—the local breakbeat and drum ‘n’ bass artist management and production agency—has its eyes on something bigger: making world history. The SOS crew will live-stream their White Rabbit party worldwide ... Read more »
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THE BEAT: Year of the Rat
by silcharles (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) Dan Stephenson gives us his year in review This was the year we all waited for; the year in which Beijing stepped onto the world stage. Music and nightlife in Beijing expected a big boom during the Olympic year, but the combination of post-Bjork live performance constraints and Olympic security ... Read more » |
Best Discounts and Deals for New Year from Dec 23, 08 to Jan 6, 09
by Feer Han (Beijing Style) Intime Lotte Department Store For celebrating New Year, Intime Lotte Department Store gives 30 percent off at most for all counters, and shopper also can get ¥150 off for shopping over ¥500. More than ten big names give a sale top to 80 percent off, including Kenzo, Boss, Tods, Calvin ... Read more » |
New Year’s Capital Resolutions
by Tania McCartney (Family Matters) Making Beijing promises––to yourself We’re all talk. We all say it, we all think it. But do we really do it? Sure, we have good intentions, but life gets in the way sometimes, and suddenly you’re staring down the barrel of No More Beijing and you realise ... Read more »
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Interview: Yen Countdown DJs sound off
by beijunglist (The Beat - BJ Nightlife) The only problem with New Years Eve is the inevitable build-up and sky high expectations held by party-goers for the last night of the year. I can count many NYE experiences back home in the US where my friends and I chose the party-hopping program, only to find midnite arriving ... Read more »
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