Blog Tag - coronavirus

DP How to Taobao Your New Stay-At-Home Hobby
If you've already failed to make good on your Western New Year's resolution, now's the time to seize the second chance that is Chinese New Year's...
Travel Journey Card to be Officially Scrapped From Tomorrow (Dec 13)
There’s good news for those hoping to do some traveling this winter, with it being announced that the Travel Journey Card (行程卡 xíngchéngkǎ) will be...
In-House Dining Gradually Returning But 48hr Test Still Required
It looks like Beijing has been granted a Christmas miracle with reports of many restaurants across the capital finally being allowed to resume in-...
Stuck Working From Home? Improve Your Workspace With These Simple Tricks
None of us want this work-from-home period to go on for too long, but the reality is that it could continue for another couple of weeks. Therefore,...
Covid Lockdown Prep: What to Stock Up On, Just in Case
With another outbreak making the rounds in Beijing, it feels like Spring all over again -- if this was Spring in bizarro world where, in the cases of...
What You Can Cook With Limited Ingredients
The last time Beijing went into "soft" lockdown earlier this year, we stumbled across a recipe website created by a Chinese college student in...
Where To Get Reliable Covid Information
It feels like 2020 – and, more recently, the Spring of 2022 – all over again, when the world was just learning about Covid and no one was quite...
Mandarin Monday – A Little Poem About When to Get Tested
To pretty much enter anywhere nowadays you need to have gotten a Covid test within 72 hours (although it's unclear on whether or not this will change...
Tune in To Nugchella This Saturday – Beijing’s Very Own Online Music Festival
As the majority of events in Beijing still remained banned, the capital’s various restaurants, bars and entertainment venues continue to create new...
Daily Delivery Deal: Journey Across the Middle East with These Dishes
The options to take your taste buds for a trip around the world are pretty amazing here in the capital – so we’re taking it upon ourselves to focus...
Daily Delivery Tour: Beer From Some of Beijing's Best Brewpubs
Despite an ease in restrictions being announced recently, there is still no sign of when in-dining might resume, so it’s just as important as ever to...
Hopelessly Tatiana Brings Entertainment to Your Home With Lock-in Listen
We are now almost one month into this semi-lockdown where, while most people are still able to go outside, pretty much every “fun” activity has been...
Drink Delivery: Cocktails
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: making cocktails is not my forte. But, luckily for me, despite the ongoing ban on in-house dining there...
Keep Fit at Home with These Live Online Fitness Classes From Beijing Fitness Centers
There are plenty of workout classes available online, however working out by yourself while following along with a YouTube video just isn’t the same...
Book Recommendations From Some of Beijing’s Resident Bookworms
With recent reports of many communities no longer allowing waimai and deliveries to enter (you've gotta treck to the gate to get anything) it looks...