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.

The Tables are Set: Restaurant Week is Back

Grab those fluorescent yellow markers; March 11-22 needs to be highlighted in your calendar because the mouth-watering week (or rather 11 days) of feeding frenzy known as Restaurant Week is back. Over 60 establishments have signed up to offer you the chance to dine on their fabulous food at very reasonable prices.

Cross Currents: Studying Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University


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A Few Words With: Shi Xinzhong of Mr Shi's Dumplings

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 Shi Xinzhong, proprietor of Mr Shi's Dumplings, who has been nominated for Restaurant Personality of the Year.

Live from Beijing, It's Saturday Night! Sohu, Lorne Michaels to Produce Chinese version of SNL

This sounds like a recipe for the opposite of success. 

China portal Sohu.com, which already streams American television institution Saturday Night Live via its popular video site, will produce its own version of the show with SNL producer Lorne Michaels. That's something that wasn't included in the 40th anniversary episode.

Bianyifang: Beijing Duck Laozihao and in Running for Best Duck

Duck is a Beijing classic, and everyone has their favorite, but which one is really the best? We went to try Bianyifang, a laozihao, or time-honoured brand, that serves up some mean duck, and has been doing so since 1416. Hence the impressive time-honored brand label. It is also in the running for the Beijinger 2015 Reader Restaurant Awards in the category Best Duck (Casual).