agenda July 31st to August 13th

The latest issue of agenda is our first of two covering the Olympics - for these issues, our focus remains providing the best restaurant, nightlife and shopping recommendations, but we couldn’t ignore the summer’s main event. For visitors and regular readers who are following the Games, then, we’ve given a chunk of our event listings over to comprehensive Olympic schedules, with full venue addresses and an Olympic map pointing you in the direction of the venues. In our regular sections, meanwhile, we’ve got a roundup of Beijing duck restaurants, a quick tour of the breadth of dining options available in Beijing, tips on bargaining courtesy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, interviews with master chef Brian McKenna of Blu Lobster and ChinaDoll’s Ai Wan, and much more besides!