Blog Tag - coronavirus
Spittoon Presents: A foreigner is placed in quarantine in a small housing compound in Shanghai. The neighbors are frightened—they do not approve....
Vaccines took a while to get to foreigners in Beijing, but now that the process has begun it seems to be moving quicker than a hutong weasel. In fact...
Following the Spockian observation that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few,” the city of Beijing was sure to get locals...
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...
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics.
Iranian Paralympic athletes...
Hey! I’ve been seeing more and more articles about something called a Vaccine Passport, or a Health Passport, or an International Travel Health...
Spring Festival may be over, but if you're planning on traveling before Mar 15, you may still need to get a nucleic acid test for COVID-19, both...
While some foreigners may find themselves frustrated by being placed on the back burner in the wait for a vaccine, the delay will mean that some...
Last May, as Beijing was deep in the throes of the coronavirus, Avi Shabtai found himself stuck outside the country, unable to return to the helm of...
The past year has seemingly turned us all into mini-epidemiologists, forced to learn the science behind how one particular virus spreads in order to...
Train ticket alternation goes online
Many of our readers have chosen to call off travel plans for this year’s New Year holiday, but that doesn’t keep...
There’s been a lot of rumors going around about Beijing requiring anally administered COVID-19 tests, with unfounded claims a-whirling that a medical...
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,...
With Didi and express courier (aka kuaidi) services to Shunyi suspended for several weeks due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the district,...