Blog Tag - Health

BritCham Report Offers Helpful Insights into Wellbeing and Resilience in the Workplace
After more than two years of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention everything else that’s been happening in the world, it’s clear that...
These Beijing Hospitals Have Suspended Some (or All) Services
The first thing you'd think of doing if you catch Covid is head to the hospital. While a good idea, some insitutions have closed or suspended some of...
Why Are Beijingers Losing Sleep?
Mar 18 was World Sleep Day, and if there's one thing Beijingers aren't getting enough of, it's sleep. According to the National Health Commission,...
Spring Equinox: Traditions and A Healthy Diet
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms based on seasonal changes and the changes in weather that they encompass...
Here is a list of 24-hour Covid Testing Sites in Beijing
Starting from midnight on Jan 22 through the end of March, people entering or returning to Beijing from other parts of China will be required to take...
10 China Food Myths That You Should Know
If you've lived in Beijing long enough, you've probably heard all kinds of hackneyed food-related rumors. These old wives' tales span everything from...
Stay Healthy This Winter With These Nuggets of TCM Wisdom
Wait! Don't roll your eyes just yet. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may sometimes veer into strange territory (going bald? eat black foods!) but...
COVID Gourmand: Restaurant Guide Issued By Beijing CDC
Last Friday, both gourmands and restaurateurs on my WeChat moments were holding their breath after Beijing's CDC released the travel history of an...
Prepare Your Lungs for Flu Season with these 8 Tips
It's flu season again, and despite that other virus still hanging around, its best to protect yourself against this infection as well. But even when...
Where Foreigners can get booster shots&
In light of our previous piece on boosters for foreigners, a few of our readers asked where they could get first and second doses if they haven't...
Trending in Beijing: Power Cuts, Douying Volume and More
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags,...
Kapital Koopas: Video Games Can't Catch a Break
Last month we covered the controversy surrounding an article that dubbed video games the "mental opium" of young generations, and though this...
Why are Video Games Still Regarded as Electronic Heroin in China, 20 years on?
Recently, an article in Economic Information Daily broke the internet by taking a stand on video games with the sensational title “Why on the earth...
What's Brewing in Your Milk Tea? An Industry Abound with Controversy
According to the lunar calendar and 24 solar terms, we have already officially entered autumn, if you can believe that. And once again, the hashtag “...
Kapital Koopas: First Chinese Developed Game Highlighted in Nintendo Direct, First Tencent Switch Exclusive Game, and More.
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. Nintendo...