Blog Tag - catkins

Mandarin Monday: Tissues, Check. Medicine, Check. Useful Allergy Vocab, Check!
It’s that time of year again, the s… Ahchoo! The sneezing spring. Luckily, it has nothing to do with the coronavirus or seasonal flu, but rather the...
How To Prepare for the Upcoming Catkins Invasion
Achoo! I woke up one morning a few weeks ago with a stuffy nose and sneezing. My first thought was “Oh sh*t! I have Covid!” Then after a few deep...
DP Can Allergies Affect Your Bodies Response to the Coronavirus?
Spring is just around the corner, and while coronavirus watchers as credible as Donald Trump have conjectured that the warming of the weather will...
Trending in Beijing: More Fluff, Gaokao Preparation, and Met Gala Watching
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...
Curse of the Catkins: A Brief History of Cottonwood Poplars In Beijing
If you’re a newbie to Beijing in the spring then you might be mistaken for thinking that the oft-muttered ‘airpocalypse’ has actually stepped it up a...