At the base of Baiwang Mountain in western Beijing, right at the back of the Military Field Hospital where soldiers occasionally patrol and ruined army ambulances sit rotting, that’s where you’ll find the Catholic School. Despite being completely gray, the brick building itself looks pretty youthful for being 99 years old. A tarnished bronze plaque on the front of the building proclaims that it is protected as part of the Beijing Cultural Relics Project.

Beijing Beats brings you the best in Beijing nightlife each weekend so that you can soothe the woes of a long and stressful week with some out-of-body gyrating and some experiences you'd rather forget come Monday. Check the weekend's full list of nightlife events here.
 

Charging trombone, turbulent sax, bellowing keyboards and thundering drums; Sergeant Pepper-esque military get-ups and political-enraged diatribes amidst beautifully arranged anarchy – the London-based troupe WorldService Project (WSP) isn’t your typical jazz outfit. In fact, after one listen to their delightfully deranged and commanding fourth full-length release Serve, which dropped earlier this year, you might be more inclined to lump them together with the loonies at your local dive bar.

Less than a week after the last Beijing luxury hotel scandal, The Rosewood Beijing has come under fire for an Instagram post by its hotel manager that has been perceived to be racist.

Regional government bodies at Zhongguancun, a district in Beijing which is well-known for software innovation and R&D, aim to help introduce over RMB 15 billion (USD 2.2 billion) private capital to tech projects in the area by providing pilot government financial support.

A time for family, food, and football, the American holiday of Thanksgiving can be hard to replicate so far away from home. Luckily, there are plenty of venues willing to try to.

Beijing is soon to be the proud owner of the world's biggest airport. Well, the southern suburb of Daxing, bordering Langfang in Hebei province, to be precise. The terminal with all the trimmings (AKA runways and other essential bits) is expected to be completed on Jun 30, 2019, and the airport should be open to the public in September.

Finally, after 11 years, Mandarin Oriental will open its first hotel in Beijing. At last. Maybe. 

The Maovember good times keep on rolling throughout this week with a number of events that are not only fun but also far-ranging.

The Syndicate is a reassuring pillar in Beijing's sea of change. Now going on 14 years, the rotating team of DJs has seen members come and go but at its heart, they still have one overarching goal: to provide China with no-pretense nights of unbridled drum 'n' bass and dubstep ecstasy.

Starting out as a Wudaokou-based motley crew back in 2004, the past several years have seen the team coalesce into something more mature on account of consistently fun monthly Syndicate Sessions as well as regular fixtures at the capital's legendary Yen parties.