As part of the Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series ahead of today's (June 25) Mandarin Mixer, we present Hao Laoshi, a series of Q&A's with teachers and students at various Mandarin learning centers around town. Today we speak with Yuanxin Hu, a Beijing-born Chinese teacher at Beijing Information Technology College (BITC).
As part of the Beijinger’s daily Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we're bringing you some handy tips and tricks to make living in Beijing all the more enjoyable. This post focuses on digital language proficiency tests.
On Sunday (Jun 26), there will be a pizza and beer pairing at Gung Ho Pizza in Lido. Beers and being brought in especially are from Ballast Point Brewing, an American brewery founded in San Diego, California in 1996, making it the first microdistillery in the city since prohibition and going on to become San Diego's second largest brewer in 2015.
First, a big congratulations to one of our frequently-visited breweries Slow Boat on winning the 2016 Burger Cup for the second time in a row on Monday with their signature Fryburger. Things can only get better with their new Sanlitun space on the horizon.
Now, let's take a look to see what's on tap in Beijing's beer news in the coming days.
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It's the can't miss event of the month – a boozy, snack rife occasion brimming with experts that can help make your life in Beijing far more hassle free and engaging. Yes, of course we're referring to TBJ's first ever Mandarin Month Mixer. Held at Home Plate BBQ from 2-5pm, the event will feature booths manned by teachers and reps from a dozen top language learning centers. You can schmooze and booze with each of them easily, and quickly find the right fit for all your learning needs and finally overcome the language barrier that has hampered stay in Beijing.
As part of the Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series ahead of Saturday's (Jun 25) Mandarin Mixer, we present Hao Laoshi, a series of articles featuring input from teachers and representatives at various Mandarin learning centers across town. Today we hear from Luna Xing, senior marketing executive at Shuoba Chinese Centre.
Dear friends, welcome to the victory lap article to the Beijinger’s hallowed hamburger issue, in which the contestants for Best Hamburger in Beijing are celebrated. The Best Hamburger, incidentally, is available now at the city’s Best Restaurant period: the Burger King at the Beijing South Train Station. But you’ve read this far, so keep going.
HBO has just released a new Chinese trailer for the highly anticipated new sci-fi drama series Westworld 《西部世界》, and it may just give you nightmares.
The upcoming 10-episode drama series is inspired by the 1973 motion picture of the same name, which was written and directed by Michael Crichton. This version has been executive produced by The Dark Knight screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, and J.J. Abrams.
East Hotel's executive chef Rob Cunningham will be leaving Beijing this summer, after having spent seven years cooking up delectable fare in Beijing, the past five spent at Chaoyang's Feast (Food by East). We will most certainly miss Cunningham, who won an Outstanding Award in our 2016 Restaurant Awards' Best Chef category, and took numerous other awards at our previous ceremonies.
As part of the Beijinger’s Mandarin Month series ahead of our June 25 Mandarin Mixer, we present Hao Laoshi, a series of articles featuring input from teachers, students, and content creators at various Mandarin learning centers and Chinese language teaching tools. Today we hear from Sarah Aberman, co-founder of Ninchanese language education web app.
