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Aug 21, 2012

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Aug 21, 2012

Runners with a Conscience: Join the Starfish Project

The Starfish Project is many things: a jewelry brand, a shelter, a business and a charity. Their core purpose is to help and empower exploited women...

Aug 21, 2012

Playlist: Paul Mathew, Drinks Consultant, Flamme

What would be your dream cover of a song? For me it doesn’t get much better than the Reel Big Fish cover of A-Ha’s “Take on Me.”

Aug 21, 2012

Rifling Pleasure: Pop-up Shop in 798 This Weekend

We know a good event when we see one, and The Pop Shop 2012 offers the whole package: tantalizing wares (vintage clothes for under 100 kuai) and...

Aug 21, 2012

Capital Bites: Birthday BBQs at Tim's Texas, Terra, New Switch! Cafe and Sanlitun Sushi

This week, there's lots of new sushi in Sanlitun, not to mention celebrations galore: Terra hits two years with a summer party, Tim's is blowing...

Aug 21, 2012

Hair Raisers: Martha Makuena, Owner of Paulma Hair Salon

Hair’s a big deal to most people. (That’s what our balding friends tell us.) The problem in Beijing is that hair care, with its myriad local...

Aug 20, 2012

Another Day, Another Shirt

One can never have too many well-designed T-shirts – Plastered and NLGX have based their business model on it. Creative Culture took the idea and...

Aug 20, 2012

View From Gongti: Beijing Guoan 1-1 Liaoning Whowin

On Friday night under the lights of Worker’s Stadium, Beijing Guoan was only able to manage a 1-1 draw against Liaoning Whowin. With rumors flying...

Aug 20, 2012

Noodles Squared: Sanlitun Noodle Bar's New Branch in 3.3

The first Sanlitun Noodle Bar location on Sanlitun Bar Street was one of the worst kept secrets in Beijing – it was almost always packed. They've...

Aug 20, 2012

Mr. Mystery: Huang Weiyu, Escape Room Gamemaker

We never saw the man who locked us in his escape room game – he had communicated with us over the phone. The game itself was chaos – only afterwards...

Aug 20, 2012

Hair Raisers: Eric Constantino, founder of Eric Paris Salon

Hair’s a big deal to most people. (That’s what our balding friends tell us.) The problem in Beijing is that hair care, with its myriad local...

Aug 20, 2012

News You Might Have Missed: Flood Prevention, Buy Clean Air and a Bit More Olympics

Now that the potholes and washed-out roads from July's storm are getting filled authorities are working on preventing another series of flash...

Aug 19, 2012

Cycle Style: Serk Offers Bikes and Beers

Beijing has seen a glut of multifunctional imbibing establishments recently. We now have places where you can sip a martini as you get your nails...

Aug 19, 2012

Mongolian Nights: Beef, Lamb and Kitsch at Ao Bao Hui

There are some kitschy extravaganzas that you just can’t stay away from, and Ao Bao Hui is one of them. This is for all of you who long for that...

Aug 19, 2012

Qixi: Ways to Celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day

Unless you’ve decided to go traditional (i.e. praying and sending up offerings to find a husband or get pregnant), this summertime Valentine’s Day...

Aug 18, 2012

Talking Balls: Lingerie Football, Maradona Madness & Sports Shorts

Aug 18, 2012

Noodles and Pancakes: Fun Fast Food from J&E

When J&E Mansion spins off its high-quality culinary concepts into approachably priced fast food, everybody wins – except that guy who has to...

Aug 18, 2012

Talking China: Kaiser Kuo’s Social Media

Aug 17, 2012

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 3)

Just one day to go until the Beijinger's New Music Showcase. Did you get your ticket yet? No need, you can pay your RMB 150 on the door. Not a bad...

Aug 17, 2012

McDonald's Burgers Matter If They're Black or White

What's black and white and weird all over? McDonald's new Black and White burger set with a black-bunned beef hamburger and a white-bunned chicken...

Aug 17, 2012

Art Attack: Joe Dunthorne, Malaysia or Bust and Batman and Spiderman Coming

Coming up, there are not one but two chances to hang out with East London author Joe Dunthorne, Malaysian eats and cinema, more sports movies and...

Aug 17, 2012

Stone Pot Star: Bibimbap at Bibigo

Nothing satisfies quite like the sound of rice crackling against a stone pot. And Bibigo’s bibimbap doesn’t just sizzle – it hisses and sputters,...

Aug 17, 2012

Living La Vida Local: Test Your Wits, Join a Startup and Watch Chinese Women

Ever watch that show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” This week, anyone up for the challenge gets the chance to participate. In other news,...

Aug 17, 2012

Win Tickets To The Beijinger's New Music Showcase!

Aug 16, 2012

Everwines: The Everyman's Wine Bar

The city’s exploding with wine bars – venues that range from “we serve a full menu of food but we really care about wine” to “nobody here but us...

Aug 16, 2012

Talking Tunes: New Music Showcase Prepares for Blast Off

Do you have your tickets for the Beijinger New Music Showcase yet? If not, why not? But there's no time to waste with excuses, quick, head along to...

Aug 16, 2012

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 2)

Only two days left until the inaugural the Beijinger New Music Showcase at 2 Kolegas on Saturday – and it's shaping up to be a ripsnorter of a show...

Aug 16, 2012

Going Underground: Tuanjiehu, Line 10

“Going Underground” is a regular magazine column in which we explore the neighborhoods surrounding subway stations. SELLING POINT Tuanjiehu may be...

Aug 16, 2012

He Was a Skater Boy: Detonate Opens in Jiaodaokou

He’s an animation director, she a game designer. Together they mourned the absence of American streetwear shops around town. Luke, who hails from...

Aug 16, 2012

Mastermind: Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, CRI Host

“Mastermind” is a regular magazine column in which we quiz a Beijing personality on general knowledge as well as on a subject in which they...

Aug 15, 2012

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 1)

The countdown has well and truly begun to the inaugural the Beijinger New Music Showcase at 2 Kolegas on Saturday August 18. As part of the build up...

Still Fat? Signup For Free HeyRunning Workshops!

Runners with a Conscience: Join the Starfish Project

Playlist: Paul Mathew, Drinks Consultant, Flamme

Rifling Pleasure: Pop-up Shop in 798 This Weekend

Capital Bites: Birthday BBQs at Tim's Texas, Terra, New Switch! Cafe and Sanlitun Sushi

Hair Raisers: Martha Makuena, Owner of Paulma Hair Salon

Another Day, Another Shirt

View From Gongti: Beijing Guoan 1-1 Liaoning Whowin

Noodles Squared: Sanlitun Noodle Bar's New Branch in 3.3

Mr. Mystery: Huang Weiyu, Escape Room Gamemaker

Hair Raisers: Eric Constantino, founder of Eric Paris Salon

News You Might Have Missed: Flood Prevention, Buy Clean Air and a Bit More Olympics

Cycle Style: Serk Offers Bikes and Beers

Mongolian Nights: Beef, Lamb and Kitsch at Ao Bao Hui

Qixi: Ways to Celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day

Talking Balls: Lingerie Football, Maradona Madness & Sports Shorts

Noodles and Pancakes: Fun Fast Food from J&E

Talking China: Kaiser Kuo’s Social Media

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 3)

McDonald's Burgers Matter If They're Black or White

Art Attack: Joe Dunthorne, Malaysia or Bust and Batman and Spiderman Coming

Stone Pot Star: Bibimbap at Bibigo

Living La Vida Local: Test Your Wits, Join a Startup and Watch Chinese Women

Win Tickets To The Beijinger's New Music Showcase!

Everwines: The Everyman's Wine Bar

Talking Tunes: New Music Showcase Prepares for Blast Off

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 2)

Going Underground: Tuanjiehu, Line 10

He Was a Skater Boy: Detonate Opens in Jiaodaokou

Mastermind: Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, CRI Host

The Beijinger New Music Showcase: Meet the Bands (Part 1)

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