Tis the season to wantonly treat yourself, my favorite method of which is the odd indulgent lunch here and there. Luckily, Bottega have recently updated their set lunch menu with some new wintery options such as cream of chickpea soup garnished with mozzarella-stuffed squid and pollo al forno (baked chicken with sautéed and creamy dijon mustard sauce). Two courses will set you back RMB 88 and the menu is available at both branches of Bottega in Xinyuanli and Nali Patio.

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Beijing has suspended issuing business licenses to new companies using a virtual address in their filing, according to several people familiar with the matter.

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Temperatures tonight are forecast to fall to as low as -8 degrees centigrade, culminating in the coldest day of the 2017 winter so far tomorrow, according to China Weather Network.

For the remainder of the week, temperatures will hover around -5 to -8 degrees centigrade with a nipple-tickling high of 0 to -1 between Tuesday and Thursday – get it while it's hot, folks.

Winter is rarely a time to relish in Beijing – hellish smog, freezing temperatures, and globules of frozen spit aren’t usually present in Santa’s depiction of a winter wonderland. But the city’s least hospitable time can be weathered with some good old preparation, and these few essentials will make it that much easier to get out of bed in the morning.

Sam Voutas knew he'd made it in the movie business not after winning a golden statue or having one of his flicks screened at a prestigious premiere. No, instead the Australian-born, Beijing-raised independent filmmaker found his first bit of validation, and the inspiration for his next flick, on the shelves of a dirty bar street DVD shop.

The shakeup to Beijing’s food and beverage industry in 2017 was unprecedented, even to those most seasoned and hardened to the fluid nature of the scene. For those of us who watched on, it was difficult to keep up with the closures, fatality after fatality squeezing owners and taking away their projects of love as authorities swept through the city with a vow to “beautify” and reclaim.

One of the challenges for international touring companies presenting theater in China is the question of language. However, this is no problem for German company Familie Flöz, as they bring their acclaimed show Teatro Delusio to Beijing. Their performances are entirely wordless and use masks and mime to cut across the language barrier.

There are creative pizza toppings, and then there’s battered fish. Well, battered cod, to be precise. Lievito’s “south flavors” gourmet pizza is so offbeat that it shouldn’t work, and yet it does. The success of that creative choice is due to none other than Omar Maseroli, a veteran Beijing restaurateur who assuredly entered the scene back in 2012 with his rustic Italian fare at the hutong staple Mercante, following it up with Fiume in Liangmaqiao in 2014.