Blog Tag - China

Capital Histories: How Beijing Came to Be China's Capital
While Beijingers claim a history dating back to 1045 BC, it would be more accurate to say that the past 3,000 years have seen a number of cities rise...
The Complete Beginners Guide to China-Africa Relations
China's growing dealings with Africa over the past 70 years remains one of the most controversial international relations talking points of the 21st...
2018 Year in Review: Our Five Favourite Domestic Travel Destinations
2018 was another busy year of domestic travel for the Beijinger team, taking us from the walled historical city of Pingyao in the north all the way...
Why China and the US Are Fighting Over 5G
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. This year has already seen 5G make a number of headlines. First, it came up in a White...
Could you be the Next WildChina Explorer?
Do you spend every free afternoon at your desk scrolling through Instagram and daydreaming about your next adventure? Do you read guide books...
Get Out: Xi'an
As a former capital of China for nearly 1,000 years until the Tang Dynasty and the eastern terminus of the Silk Road, you can barely move around Xi'...
Don't Feel Like You Belong in Beijing? You're Not Alone
Do you sometimes feel like you don't belong in Beijing? Well, you're apparently not alone, as a survey completed by the China Youth Daily discovered...
Perhaps We Spoke Too Soon on E-Channel Travel in China
We almost strained our arms high-fiving ourselves once the new policy that permits foreign holders of residence visas to register and use the e-...
My Beijing Landlord Fought The Law, But The Law Won
One of the most annoying frustrations about life in China when I first moved to Beijing was that electricity needed to be pre-loaded on to our house...
Watch a Beijinger Kick Ass in the New 'Star Wars' Movie, Opening January 6
Once described as "the Beijingiest of all Beijingers" (he was born in nearby Tangshan, technically), Jiang Wen's first major English-language role...
We Got Our E-Channel Authorization for China Immigration and You Can Too
About six weeks ago we reported that foreign passport holders with Z visas would be allowed to apply for permission to use the e-channel (the one...
Talking Travel: Another Look at Air China
Air China (CA) has been an occasional subject for this blog, in part because Beijing Capital International Airport is its global hub, and also...
The Subway Battles, Round 2: Beijing, NYC, Paris, London, Tokyo
We have been delving into investigations of metro systems around China in hopes of understanding how the Beijing Subway operates in comparison. Now,...
Things You Have to Know about The Ghost Festival
We've hardly caught our breath since Chinese Valentine’s Day, and now hot on its heels, threatening to destroy all of that romance, comes China's...
The Subway Battles, Round 1: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong
The metro is pretty much essential for Beijingers to make their way through our congested city of 22 million. It’s the most efficient transportation...