The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general power of the internet.
At first glance, this year could be viewed in many ways as unexceptional, yet the first thing that struck us from conducting these interviews for The Year From Every Angle is that by and large 2018 was a year of progress.
Our sister magazine beijingkids dedicates its latest issue to the makers of Beijing – the entrepreneurs, crafters, and the movers and shakers who provide new ways of experiencing this great city.
The mysterious and masked Hangzhou producer GUAN has been busy recently, unleashing his harsh, abrasive strain of electronica on clubgoers while touring his debut EP Barbaric Kung. Ahead of his Dec 8 show at Fruityspace, the enigmatic artist and founder of one of "China's pioneering electronic music labels" FunctionLab, tells us more about his eerie creative process.
The best thing about IKEA is the abundance of on-trend and affordable home decor options packed within its huge warehouse-like space, but a trip to a local IKEA store can be off-putting because of either the distance or the hordes of customers vying for the cheap and practical goods within (as well as the beds).
What's Up in Beer is our weekly rubdown 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.
Looking for a surefire way to heat up your bod and get some blood flowing through those veins? Well, scroll on down boys and girls, cause this is one weekend you don’t want to snooze on – fire-bombing feminist punk out of Brazil, the blackest of black metal from Europe, along with some of Taiwan’s hottest indie acts plus a boatload of rock and roll acts that would make your Grandma blush, there’s no beating around the bush here – this weekend is red hot.
The eyeball-freezing Siberian winds, hunger for gallons of mulled wine, and the nagging stress that only delayed Christmas present shopping can bring means that it must be time once again for The Hutong Winter Fayre. Luckily, as with every year past, this Saturday's event (Dec 8, 11am-4pm) is the perfect panacea for all of the above ails, as shoppers huddle together on The Hutong's terrace sipping on steaming cups of spiced wine and browsing some of the finest goods from local sellers.
Generally speaking, the musical genres of disco and punk could not be more polar opposites – on the surface, one idealizes glamour and consumerism while the other holds dear to its gritty existence of disestablishment. However, their combination when done right can be a beautiful thing and Beijing has seen some exceptions to this throughout the years.
You’ve likely never heard of it, but once you try you’ll be raving about it for days. Justin is an upscale Singaporean fusion restaurant located in a nondescript office building between the CBD and the Silk Market, and yet you may have never even heard of it. That's likely because, in its year-and-a-half of operation, the eatery has done next to none of the marketing and promotion that has helped hype up its better-known competitors around town. And yet its pedigree is apparent from the moment you arrive.
