Blog Tag - Foreigners

When Family Can't Come: How to Invite Strangers to Your Beijing Wedding
Having strangers show up to your wedding may seem like a recipe for disaster, or a ploy to recreate a scene straight out of Wedding Crashers. But for...
Foreign Affairs Office Announces Vaccine Roll Out for Foreign Vaccine Recipients
At long last, Beijing’s Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) officially announced today that COVID-19 vaccines will soon be made available for the city's...
Throwback Thursday: When Foreigners Taught, and Were Taught, the Rules of the Road
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our 12-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Facin' Expiration: What You Need to Know If Your Visa Is About to Expire
It’s now coming on two months since the 60-day visa extension policy was announced, which allowed foreigners to stick it out in China rather than...
Trending in Beijing: Foreign Health Volunteer, Hive Box Kicked in the Rear, Tears Over Bird Poo Smears
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, ...
Mandarin Monday: Navigate Growing Scrutiny as a Foreigner With These COVID-19 Phrases
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends. With...
China to Close Border Temporarily at Midnight on Saturday, March 28
The People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Thursday night that it would temporarily suspend entry of most foreign...
Throwback Thursday:  How Foreigners Pushed Through the Spring Festival
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our ten-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
DP Beijing as Portrayed by Foreign Photographers: National Week Exhibit at Chaoyang Park
This week, Beijing takes a look in the mirror held up by its foreign friends, providing an extra something-to-do for those of us stuck without travel...
Everything You Need to Know About Sponsoring Your Own Visa
Traditional channels to apply for a work visa in China require a job offer and sponsoring company in mainland China. However, as of Apr 1, 2017, the...
Beijingers Scoff at WSJ Claim Foreign Entrepreneurs Are “Heading Home”
Beijing entrepreneurs have responded with skepticism to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article suggesting foreign businessmen were "heading home...
Throwback Thursday: Foreigners Making it Big in China
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
How to Check Your Work Permit Classification and Visa Application Status via WeChat
On Thursday, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs launched their newfangled WeChat platform, allowing visa applicants to check the...
Foreigners Are Out-WeChatting China's Most Active WeChatters
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. A WeChat report shows expats use the service more than the most active local users....
Foreigner Details Attack Outside of Beijing Bar
[UPDATED Mar 17, 1.45pm] The victim involved in the attack has contacted the Beijinger directly and would like it to be known that her assailants...