Give Taobao a Rest, and Offer These Cute Christmas Cookies as Gifts Instead

Despite what every advertisement, shop, song or movie about the festive season in the world has ever told you, gift giving does not = buying a heap of stuff online. A gift can take many forms, such as doing somebody a favor, spending time together, or making them something from the heart. Homemade Christmas cookies like these ones are an especially wonderful gift to make and receive. Plus, they're simple! Here's how: 
 

Sugar Cookie Recipe (makes approx. 36 cookies)

Ingredients

Cafe Flatwhite's New Zhongguancun Location is a One-Stop Shop for Work, Rest, and Play

For long-term denizens of downtown Beijing, Zhongguancun may seem like the ends of the earth but it is an essential destination for anyone involved in tech or science. In fact, the only regular complaint regular visitors to the area have to make is the relative lack of good dining options, particularly for Western food.

Get Trapped in an Eddy of Time at Beijing's Dried-Up Olympics Kayak Course

Ride out of the city smog into the suburban haze, push through the thick shroud of Shunyi mist, and that is where you will find the Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (click here for a pin). Built for the rowing, canoeing, and 10km open-water swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the open water still attracts visitors looking to waterski, wakeboard, and take windsurfing lessons.

Three Months On, Royal Stacks Continues to Stack up Fans With Their Creative Menu

Breaking into Beijing’s crowded burger market is no mean feat (at the Beijinger’s last rough count there are literally hundreds of restaurants in the city that serve burgers) but that wasn’t going to stop Aussie chain Royal Stacks, which opened its first northern China location in the Vanke Times Center near Shilipu in September.