The Beijinger – September 2014: Healthy Living

Our September issue brings you a guide to healthy living in Beijing, with an emphasis on food, of course. We look at the burgeoning organic food market in the capital and the rise of Tootoo.com, one of the city's top online resources for organic food shopping. We also worked out how to build an aquaponic water feature for the garden and scouted out a selection of the city's best farmers' markets.

Elsewhere, we attempted to live for a week as a vegan, and investigated the best cures for a hangover according to those who would know best – city bartenders. We went back to the excellent Hua's Restaurant, and sampled hawthorn in some of its many guises.

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We report on a visit to Qufu and provide you with some inspiration for a last-minute October holiday getaway. We also have an excerpt from Chinese writer Hong Mei's travelogue of a voyage to India.

Meanwhile, in MEET we grabbed a word with local musician Jonathan Heeter, Beijing-based author Bob Blunt, Hong Kong band The Yours and singer-songwriter Jim Kroft.

As usual, we bring you our handpicked choices of the best things to do in the city in September.

Look for the magazine around town and don't forget: the Beijinger's latest incarnation is optimized for reading on iPads; you can download it directly from our website or browse this month's edition on Issuu.com.

Interview: Resident Upheavel – Jim Kroft's Extended Stay at Jianghu

Kyle Mullin | Sep 2, 2014 1:45 pm | Add a comment | 1036 reads

England. Germany. China. The stamps on Jim Kroft's passport keep accumulating, but the singer-songwriter has covered far more emotional ground. Kroft tells us about that journey, ahead of the start of his September residency at Gulou's Jianghu Bar.

NFL On Tour Comes to Beijing in September and October

Steven Schwankert | Sep 1, 2014 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 3239 reads

With football season just around the corner, the National Football League (NFL) announced their newest initiative in China: the NFL on Tour – a large-scale truck tour that will bring a mobile audio/visual NFL experience to at least 10 cities around the country.

What's Happening: The Most Important Dates in September

Kipp Whittaker | Sep 1, 2014 11:00 am | Add a comment | 1318 reads

What's Happening is a regular feature in the Beijinger magazine of the hottest upcoming events in the month to come ...

SEPTEMBER 5
BRAWL ON THE WALL
Brawl on the Wall returns for its third outing. Watch as a group of Beijing white collars swap their suits and ties for boxing gloves and a mouth Guard, then pummel each other in the name of charity.

Round of 64 closes in Burger Cup, 32 go on when survey resumes later Monday

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 08:40

The Round of 64 is now closed - we're now perusing the data to eliminate ballot stuffing and incomplete/ineligible votes. Stay tuned for an announcement of those that move on in the round of 32 later today (Monday, Sep 1)

 

 

Beijing Signs Up Sponsors for 2022 Winter Olympics

Steven Schwankert | Aug 31, 2014 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 1919 reads

Beijing isn't waiting around for next summer's decision on which city will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, signing up eight sponsors for the event.

Big corporate names including China's Tencent, big-four accounting and services firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), and Snow Beer. No financial terms were disclosed, but top Olympic sponsors for this year's Winter Olympics in Sochi paid between USD 40 million and USD 100 million.

Swinging in Beijing: A Visit to Chaoyang Kosaido Golf Club and Range

Kipp Whittaker | Aug 31, 2014 9:00 am | Add a comment | 3103 reads

Whether it’s located in an open field or a Soho basement unit, the range is a place where you can develop the skills needed to survive in this dog-eat-dog world. Whether you shoot, fling or whack, Beijing has a range for you, and they are all way more than we bargained for. Being denied entry at Beijing North International Shooting Range was a minor blip compared to being slammed in the mouth with a golf ball at Chaoyang Kosaido Golf Club. In short, the assignment was equal parts painful, informative and challenging.

City Driving: Beijing City Government Says September Still the Worst Month for Traffic

Steven Schwankert | Aug 30, 2014 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 4082 reads

The Beijing Municipal Government has declared that once again, September will be the worst traffic month of the year. 

As in 2013, the government has published a list of days in September when the traffic will be far worse than normal, mostly due to the beginning of the school year and two of the biggest holidays on China's calendar -- Mid-Autumn Festival and the October 1 holiday. 

Those days are indicated as September 1, 4, 5, 15, 22, 26, 28, 29, and 30.