JWhite's picture JWhite Submitted by Guest on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 13:29

eventsinbeijing,
We've corrected the error. Thanks for pointing it out to us. I hope you won't have to do so too of ten.

Jonathan White, Managing Editor the Beijinger/TheBeijinger.com

delsin1000's picture delsin1000 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 14:12

my god
u r stupid
u really expected the coloring and perm would be included with the 35 rmb haircut, yes that is spelled H A I R C U T, hairCUT
999 out of a 1000 people would ask about the extra costs of hair dye and perm, BESIDES THE HAIRCUT
idiot

2012.beijinger's picture 2012.beijinger Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 11:35

I have been living in China for 6years now, and I am gonna leave this country in less than 3 weeks. Difficult to express my exact feelings toward my departure, since I have grown love and hate relationship with China, especially Beijing.

"Another issue is that Chinese people are very exclusive. After five years here, I’ve come to see that I’ll never be Chinese, no matter how many funny hats I wear. Chinese people will always be dismissive of my ideas just because I’m a foreigner." ---> Don't even try. I am practically Chinese (since I am Chinese descendants with thick Chinese culture in my family), speaks fluent Chinese, yet my boss and colleagues who are local Chinese treats me differently because for them, I'll never be Chinese.

Good luck for your new journey. I will miss reading your articles.

Alex1981's picture Alex1981 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 11:18

haha! "It’s hard for them to understand me, especially when I’m yelling in their face about how I asked for ice water, not room temperature water."

TommyUK123's picture TommyUK123 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 10:15

I know how you feel about the frustrating nature of China. I've been here nearly 8 years now, and I too am planning on leaving very soon. From 2005 to 2009, I really felt I made incredible progress in my own development. Things during that time were so awesome for me here. But since 2011, I have accomplished absolutely nothing. It's been a year of utter stagnation. I go to work mon-fri, get wasted at the weekends, and then do it over and over again. I've wasted countless thousands on pointless endeavours, and all I have to show for it is probably 1,000 less words in my Chinese vocabulary because I'm hanging out with expats too much and speaking English all the time, haha. It's good to get out, get home and re-assess things. It will give us time to get to grips with what we really want to do with our lives.
And as for people not understanding you - Chinese language doesn't help. They just plain refuse to accept anything that foreigners think, as you point out. It doesn't matter how much you experience and explain back to them - even a know-nothing 19-year-old will dismiss you as "just a foreigner". Good luck to you in your future travels and experiences!

Herbz's picture Herbz Submitted by Guest on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 17:19

Why do you think it's difficult for Chinese acts to get international recognition?

That was an easy one... very few people are willing to pay to stand for 90 minutes and listen to a language they can't speak a word of + Ethnic East Asians abroad are usually deeply into music that's non-Asian while also not being able to understand the lyrics. Your product has to be musically/melodically rock solid and compete in the territories you are targeting, not merely marketed as "a band from China".

Yours Faithfully

Principle castanet player in "The Inflatable Maos"

marilynmai's picture marilynmai Submitted by Guest on Tue, 10/02/2012 - 15:54

Thanks cowboy123 for reading our post and commenting. You're right in pointing out what this post is not: A comprehensive guide to all the different kinds of mooncake one might look for in the city. What we did do was list all the places that we knew mooncake was readily available. I did a quick search and Wing Wah is not distributed in Beijing as widely as it is in Hong Kong, but I did come across this blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_48ffaa830100takf.html.

Also, as for Beijing-style mooncakes, some of the gift boxes listed above may include Beijing-style (as well as Suzhou-style, Yunnan ham, etc.), but we felt it would get tiresome to list all the options for each. If you're looking specifically for the Beijing type, I would suggest the old standby for Beijing snacks, Dao Xiang Cun.

elzorro's picture elzorro Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 21:26

I invited a friend for dinner here a few days ago. I ordered a big portion of noodles with chiken -looking at the pic on the menu- and I couldn't believe the few amount of pieces of chiken I got in the dish.... it was all noodles! I called the waiter -very servicial- who tried to explain to me that the portion was right... I showed him the pic on the menu... but he had no words to add.
Sanlitun Bar st seems to be made for tourists... the quality is not good and the prices are high in comparison to any other typical chinese restaurant... where we went back with my friend to enjoy real chinese or japanese meals out of the tourist area... Pho Pho... never again.

antfarmks5's picture antfarmks5 Submitted by Guest on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 18:24

Beijing Shots is pirate site that simply steals content from others, including photos. You probably should NEVER link to them, and on the above, switch the attribution to China Daily (if not the more technically correct "Asian News Photo"): http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/19/content_15513173.htm

Caferacer's picture Caferacer Submitted by Guest on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 21:38

What should I say? I was really disappointed and pissed off in this restaurant.
I would like to be fair, the service, food and drinks were ok.
But the music hit me deep.
Me, (German nationality)had to listen to NAZI songs from the Hitler Area, especially SA and SS songs.
"Die Fahnen hoch, die Reihen fest geschlossen, SA marschiert.... and so on.
The Nazis were potential murders during the period of 1935 and 1945
and million of people lost their life as well million of people suffered from the second World War and terror.

As German nationality I feel really embarrassed and sad.
Please landlord change your mind and music.

Thanks