Snap a Pic, Win an iPhone with HiChinese's Photo Contest

Purple Bamboo Chinese School | Dec 29, 2018 9:00 am | Add a comment | 2093 reads

As the old saying goes: “There are one thousand Hamlets in the eyes of one thousand audience members.” But are there millions of Beijings in the eyes of the millions who live here?

Soon we will find out with the HiChinese photography contest, which will run between Jan 1-9. The Chinese language learning platform is offering an iPhone and gift cards for other products to the top shutterbugs in town.

Here all the simple steps to get started:

What's Up In Beer: Jing-A's LuLu Almond Porter, Slow Boat's NYE Bash, Great Leap's Hearty Holiday Dishes

Kyle Mullin | Dec 28, 2018 8:00 pm | Add a comment | 2291 reads

What's Up in Beer is our weekly rundown of all things ale and suds. Lather yourself in the latest beery news, gossip, and openings all the while forgetting what exactly it was that you were meant to be doing. Don't worry, beer can fix that too.

5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear, and See, Dec 28-31

The Beijingers | Dec 28, 2018 6:30 pm | Add a comment | 2181 reads

Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that stick of chuan'r will make you sick for the next two days) gets a decent workout. With such a wide variety of events, restaurants, and gigs to attend, we suggest bathing each of your five senses in one, if not all, of the nourishing goings-on below.

Noise Pollution: Hedgehog at Omni Space, Dungeon Beijing at Yue Space, Slow Pulse Two Year Anniversary at Fruity Space

Will Griffith | Dec 28, 2018 11:00 am | Add a comment | 2038 reads

Final stretch of 2018! Time to indulge yourself one last time before your New Year’s Resolutions must be half-heartedly carried out. So sin away! Go out too late! And plunge into the riotous live music scene with reckless abandon.

Friday, Dec 28

Double-Fist Coffee and Beer at Baiziwan’s Best-Kept Secret: Craft Secret

Patrick Flanary | Dec 27, 2018 4:00 pm | Add a comment | 1998 reads

You could easily start your morning with a latte at Craft Secret and finish off with an IPA at Happy Hour. And with action movies screening on the walls, is there really any reason to leave?

This hybrid taproom/coffee house off Baiziwan Road east of Shuangjing is among an untapped, expat-free crop of killer spots. Nearby you’ll find the charming coffeeshop Ono’s Cafe, craft-bottle haven Pink Elephant Beer House, and the new whisky-and-wine lounge GoldenDrop.