Blog Tag - Mongolia

Wudaokou Watch: “I Found My Life's Purpose in Beijing”
Welcome to Wudaokou Watch! We'll meet a different Beijing-based international student each week, to hear about their life in China's capital... Tell...
Grassland Techno: Q&A With Mongolian DJ TMK Ahead of Apr 14 Lantern Set
The fringe. Far-flung. A new frontier. Such are the clichés usually espoused by outsiders about Mongolia. And yet, when it comes to the Asian nation’...
Ulaanbaatar Hard Rockers Mohanik Throw Shade at Other Mongolian and Nomadic Bands Ahead of Tonight's Yue Space Gig
Though there's no shortage of folk bands in Beijing with lyrics about northern grasslands delivered in that region's time-honored throat singing...
Hear Tales of Adventure from Bhutan, Mongolia, and Myanmar Tuesday Night at The Bookworm
Despite its status as a megacity, Beijing is still one of Asia's best bases for exploration, with some of the continent's remaining unspoiled areas a...
Where to Get Tickets for the Trans-Siberian Railway in Beijing (Without Paying a Hefty Agency Fee)
One of my cousins is in town. Beijing is only a pit stop because he wants to take the train all the way from Shanghai to where he lives in Rotterdam...
Mongolia Travel Troubles and Easier US Pre-Flight Checks
A friend of the Beijinger related an interesting travel story to us after a recent visa run. She or he said that after clearing China customs, and...
Talking Travel: Unsuspecting Ulaanbaatar
While you may never have thought beyond Inner Mongolia, China’s northern neighbor’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar presents an interesting mix of...
Wolf Totem Misrepresents Mongolian Culture
Wolf Totem, the popular film directed by French director Jean Jacques Annaud, has been criticized by Guo Xuebo, a renowned Chinese novelist and...
Interview With Hanggai Frontman Ilchi, Hanggai Music Festival Tomorrow
Exotic. Rustic. Untamed. These are the words that leap to mind as Hanggai unleashes its horsehead fiddle riffs, archaic throat singing solos, and...
Shortcuts to Adventure - Part 1/5
  This series, first published in beijingkids, highlights 15 travel destinations within a three-hour flight from Beijing, including South Korea,...
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...