Burgeoning Swedish Jessie Granqvist has contended with many a set shut down by the police, something she'll no doubt be able to commiserate with Beijingers about during her Dec 21 Zhao Dai set.
As the year comes to a close, it's time for us to look back on some of the happy, the sad, and the downright weird happenings in Beijing over the past 12 months. Without further ado, here is your 2018 Year in Review.
World music has been infiltrating the electronic music scene for years, but in South Korea, it was only recently that instruments like the didgeridoo and hand pan had any sort of presence at all in the country. As Jo Hyun (pictured left above), the multi-instrumentalist behind Animal Divers expressed, “people in South Korea barely knew what these instruments were.”
Macau, the Chinese Special Administrative Region best known as the place mainland Chinese go to gamble away their cash, actually makes a great place to spend Christmas if you look beyond the casinos.
Well-to-do Beijingers eager to spend RMB 7,000 on Canada Goose parkas are sure to be disappointed by what appears to be the latest development in the ongoing China-America trade war.
Bringing a heavy dose of Shanghai expertise with them, Xingfucun gastropub Red Rose has been winning fans ever since their fall opening with excellent cocktails and innovative-yet-accessible pub grub. Now the relative newbie revamps their initial menu to include a plethora of brunch options available daily, 11am-3pm.
When Norah Jones sings one of your songs, and you win a Grammy in the process, it might seem like you have it made. However, when songwriter and veteran performer Jesse Harris won that award for penning “Don’t Know Why”, which jazz star Jones covered on her blockbuster 2002 breakthrough album Come Away With Me, his excitement and sense of accomplishment were swiftly followed by a more unexpected emotion: fear.
Anyone with a penchant for drinking cider – the refreshing apple-based alcoholic beverage with a sweetness that helps a bottle of the stuff to go down far quicker than it should – is likely to have noticed a new contender in Beijing's market this past summer: Ping Dynasty Cider.
The Chinese government has issued a set of standards to promote the use of sustainable packaging materials in the logistics industry, where companies including Alibaba-backed Cainiao, JD.com, and SF Express serve millions of online shoppers every day.
Newly opened on Baochao Hutong, Furongji serves a mix of classic and creative dim sum
