Blog Tag - Books
I miss public libraries. Like so many things in life, I didn’t realize how much of a privilege it was to have one until I didn’t anymore. Having free...
Every Beijinger knows that the Forbidden City, also called the Palace Museum, is the palace at the heart of the capital. A new book, Forbidden City:...
Back for its sixth installment this weekend, abC Art Book Fair is – Jul 9-11 at Today Art Museum – is bringing together a wildly diverse group of...
Press F to pay respects to all the fallen goombas. It's time for a deep dive into China's gaming culture in our column, Kapital Koopas.
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![Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/384518/destination_peking_front_and_back_cover_-_final.jpg "Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"")
Since the 2012 publication of the bestselling Midnight in Peking, Paul French has been linked to Beijing, or at least some historical iteration of it...
Like many people, we like to read and collect cookbooks but until recently we had never used one published more than 200 years ago. That has now...
Comic book stores are often associated with the cult characters that line the pulpy pages of the books within. Fans visit such havens not just to get...
Midnight in Peking author Paul French just can't resist a good crime story, whether it comes from Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, or anywhere else in...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our 11-year-strong blog archives to glance at the weird and wonderful of yesteryear...
China's growing dealings with Africa over the past 70 years remains one of the most controversial international relations talking points of the 21st...
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general...
It’s that time of year again, but have you done your Christmas shopping? Or are you still pulling your hair out trying to figure out what to gift? If...
![New Infamous Peking Murder of 1937 Conclusions "It's a Great Story, But He is Wrong" claims Graeme Shepard](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/349562/screenshot_2018-11-08_at_15.54.51.png "New Infamous Peking Murder of 1937 Conclusions "It's a Great Story, But He is Wrong" claims Graeme Shepard")
Our fair capital makes Beijingers feel relatively safe. If we decide to disregard the ferocious traffic, of course. In contrast to that, back in the...
Riddle me this: after three proud years in Beijing, your beloved mommy and daddy come to visit. You are marching down the streets with your chin up,...
Despite the increased popularity of e-reading devices, the paper book market in China has actually been on the rebound since 2014, according to an...
