Trending in Beijing: Hot Pot Quests, Fully Electronic Train Tickets, and the D&G Shitstorm

The Beijingers | Nov 24, 2018 9:00 am | Add a comment | 2358 reads

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. 
 

1) If you can only choose three ingredients to put in your hot pot, what would they be?

The Chinese internet is asking truly important questions this week, and what is a more essential element for getting through Beijing winter than steamy and fiery hot pot?

Now Online!: The Beijinger November/December Issue

Tom Arnstein | Nov 23, 2018 5:30 pm | Add a comment | 2345 reads

I’ll start by saying that this issue – the last before we breach the murky waters of 2019 – was a pleasure to put together. An exercise in recollection, dissection, and reconsolidation, we chose the 16 people that make up this issue’s cover feature for their first-hand knowledge of their individual scenes.

The Beijinger – November/December 2018: The Year From Every Angle

I’ll start by saying that this issue – the last before we breach the murky waters of 2019 – was a pleasure to put together. An exercise in recollection, dissection, and reconsolidation, we chose the 16 people that make up this issue’s cover feature for their first-hand knowledge of their individual scenes.

As with any year, there were small triumphs and big losses, which have impressed on our subjects both a quiet confidence and renewed vigor to fight for what’s to come. It was our intention to capture these moments and create a tidy collection of wholly personal accounts of the past year as well as a summary of where you should be looking for the action in 2019.

We hope you too had a memorable trip around the sun and that you’ll join the Beijinger next year in taking pleasure from the opportunities that this fine city continues to provide.

Tom Arnstein – Managing Editor, the Beijinger

Read the issue via Issuu online here or as a PDF here. Otherwise, grab a hard copy at your favorite outlet around town in the coming days!

Photo: Uni You

What's Up in Beer: Hutong Pub Crawl, Peiping Machine Gongti Anniversary, Dongli Brewery SLT Location

Tom Arnstein | Nov 23, 2018 4:00 pm | Add a comment | 2539 reads

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.

5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear, and See, Nov 23-25

The Beijingers | Nov 23, 2018 2:50 pm | Add a comment | 2288 reads

Beijing can be 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.

No Half Measures at Sanlitun's Hottest New Cocktail Bar 50/50

Kyle Mullin | Nov 23, 2018 1:00 pm | Add a comment | 2790 reads

Though it’s only been a few months since Scarlet A was swallowed up in the umpteenth round of Beijing’s hutong renovations, the co-manager behind the popular cocktail bar has not lost heart. Instead, Zhang “Mark” Wei has found new partners and resurfaced with a fresh new venture in a far different locale.

Visit the Capital's Sights by Motorbike With Gael Thoreau of Beijing Sideways

Andy Penafuerte III | Nov 23, 2018 11:30 am | Add a comment | 2520 reads

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.
 

Gael Thoreau, Beijing Sideways