Blog Tag - Holidays
In order to boost tourism within China, the Chinese government has encouraged a 2.5-day weekend, and a 4.5-day work week, China News reports.
The...
The long weekend is here, and what better way to spend it than to do a lot of the stuff that makes Beijing Beijing.
We've already offered up one...
[Update 5/13: China has revised the official holiday calendar to add an additional three-day weekend in September -- see details here] First, the bad...
The festive season is now upon us, but some of us mere mortals would rather hit a KTV than sing Christmas carols … whatever your reason for not...
Though Christmas itself is still 12 days away, Beijing's expat circles tend to clear out over the holidays and thus this weekend is the last big...
With Thanksgiving (both the American and Canadian varieties) safely out of the way, it's time to get into the Christmas spirit in full force -- and...
All set for the greatest human migration in recorded history? As we look forward to the Spring Festival holiday, already exceeding expectations for...
Friends Lottie Murphy and Wendy Chow have always been surrounded by baked goods, from enjoying them as children to learning how to make them as...
We know some of you are still searching for the very special gifts to bring home, although Christmas is less than two weeks away. Don’t panic,...
Blue means work, red means holiday.
Following an extensive public consultation regarding the onerous nature of working weekends to make up for...
Talking Travel is the Beijinger's weekly travel guide to great deals, interesting destinations, and weekend getaways.
If you haven't fully committed...
Bird bird bird, the bird is the word.
In case we hadn't made it abundantly clear, Thursday is American Thanksgiving. The holiday falls on the fourth...
If you're lucky enough to have an oven, a friend with an oven, or don't mind parsing your turkey into pieces to fit into the toaster oven, there are...
In the US, people try to mash together Christmas, Hanukkah, the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa, and occasionally Ramadan into a single “Happy...
Beijing is alive again with Christmas bazaars that commence this weekend till a week to Christmas, which means it time to put all wallets to the...
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