Yao Ming to Crowdfund New Financing for California Winery

One of our favorite people, former NBA star Yao Ming, isn't from Beijing (he's from Shanghai), but we like the guy so much that we're always interested in what he's doing, post-basketball. When Yao isn't teaching kids how to play his favorite sport, he's doing something more grown-up: making wine. 

A Few Words With: Daniel Urdaneta, Executive Chef at Mosto Group

This year our 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards have four personality-based categories: Best Chef, Best Manager, Restaurant Personality of the Year, and Food Entrepreneur of the Year. During the voting period that runs through March 8, we’re profiling a few of this year’s crop of nominees.

Ducks on the Way to CBA Finals in Attempt to Repeat as Champs

Stephon Marbury’s late game heroics helped the Beijing Ducks clinch an overtime thriller 109-107 against Guangdong Southern Tigers Tuesday night at the MasterCard Center.

With the epic win, the Ducks eliminated the heavily-favored Tigers in the best-of-five semifinals 3-1 and will go on to face the Liaoning Hunters in the 2015 CBA Finals.

A Few Words With: Max Levy, Owner and Chef at Okra

This year our 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards have four personality-based categories: Best Chef, Best Manager, Restaurant Personality of the Year, and Food Entrepreneur of the Year. During the voting period that runs through March 8, we’re profiling a few of this year’s crop of nominees.

This time around we present Max Levy, owner and chef at Okra and a nominee in the Best Chef category.

Get Back in the Nightlife Saddle with These Bucking Weekend Events

We bet everyone is still recuperating after a cornucopia of bacchanalian Lunar New Year shindigs and Southeast Asia vacations, but it's time to once again zip on your party armor for a weekend of disco mayhem and solid bar events that will be impossible to miss.
 

The Foxhole: Talk Birdy to Me

A sly, seductive curve of flesh greets you as you step towards the bathroom. Tracing the graceful nude spine upwards you are met with piercing black, soulless eyes. And feathers. An anthropomorphic menagerie of portraits featuring a naked dove, a wolf in a billowing ball gown, and a high-ranking monkey in full dress uniform, among others, grace the walls of Ritan’s newest watering hole, The Foxhole.

Femi-Win Celebrations for International Women's Day

Late 2014 appeared to be the catalyst moment for a resurgence in discussions about women equality, with campaigns like HeForShe making a global push for one half of the world to rise up as equals. March 8 is recognised as International Women's Day, and this year brings with it the same push towards female empowerment and celebrations of success across social, political, economical, and many other platforms that women have contributed to and c

Classified of the Week: Man Looking for Female Bigfoot or Fem-Hulk

A bunch of gimcrackery has passed through the Classifieds section today (not that I spent a good hour going through them or anything) but this guy needs a shout out because he really deserves a little bit of bloggin’/lovin’/footsie/a warning …

Andriac2000 not only has an arm wrestling fetish, but also a footsie fetish, clearly visible from his posts below.

A Few Words With: Ignace Lecleir, Proprietor at Temple Restaurant Beijing

This year our 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards have four personality-based categories: Best Chef, Best Manager, Restaurant Personality of the Year, and Food Entrepreneur of the Year. During the voting period that runs through March 8, we’re profiling a few of this year’s crop of nominees.