It’s almost like the holiday week never ended with this more than decent grouping of events ready to set things off this weekend. Yeah, we all probably have to work on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t get groovy with your buddies on Saturday.

This is probably not the weather from which you wanted to return from a holiday. Anyway, a nasty pollution spell is blanketing the capital, and here are a few practical tips to battle bad air while you are in Beijing, especially when it comes to air filters and other anti-pollution devices.

What can we say about Topshop? It is one of the most coveted, moderately-priced fashion outlets on the planet and until now Beijing has been sadly deprived of their hip threads. While there has been an on and off series of pop-up shops in 798 and Dazhalan over the past couple of years, there has yet to be a perpetually open storefront you can visit any day of the week, and get decked out in the same hip threads as Kate Moss or the Duchess of Cambridge.

Guangxi: a very popular tourist destination with its magnificent peaks, but not the most popular of cuisines. Apart from Guilin rice noodles, coming up with more Guangxi dishes was a challenge. All the more reason to dig into the food at Guangxi Provincial Government Restaurant to see what this is all about.

In the run-up to the 2015 Beijinger Pizza Cup (mark your calendars for the launch party on Oct 17-18), we've asked Beijingers to tell us about their favorite pizza places. Today we talk to Scarlett Lee, 21, a senior at Renmin University, who has by her own admission spent most of the last three years lolling around and blowing most of her money on coffee and pizza.

Megadeth's opening night of its Dystopia tour ended abruptly after only an hour in what seemed to be an abbreviated set by the American metal band in Beijing.

Signs indicate that the performance at the MasterCard Center's Huiyuan Space may have been shortened or stopped by officials. For example, one well-known Megadeth track, "Skin of My Teeth," was played instrumental instead of with its usual lyrics.

Ever been stuck in endless Second Ring Road traffic and daydream about hopping on a chopper and hightailing it out of there at record speed? Keep that fantasy in check: a biker was detained on Saturday for rocketing around the 34km (21 mile) circular roadway at an average speed of 237 km/h (147 mph), lapping it in a dizzying 14 minutes.

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