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Your Ideal Escape from Beijing: Cuandixia
Your Ideal Escape from Beijing: Cuandixia
Aug 05, 2011 Comments (0)

If you need a break from fast-paced city life, there’s nowhere better than Cuandixia for really winding down and regaining your energy. Cuandixia is a tiny village in the mountains of Mentougou district in Beijing Municipality. Read More>>

Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Jinshanling to Simatai Great Wall Trek
Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Jinshanling to Simatai Great Wall Trek
Jul 01, 2011 Comments (1)

If you are tired of the maddening hordes of tourists in the most popular stretches of the Great Wall like Badaling or Juyonguan, then maybe it is time to try out some of the city’s less crowded alternatives. Read More>>

Beijing’s Parks are Bursting to Life this May Day Holiday
Beijing’s Parks are Bursting to Life this May Day Holiday
Apr 29, 2011 Comments (0)

This May Day holiday, Beijing’s parks have planned a series of special events and activities related to nature and flowers, so get out of your concrete enclave and enjoy the outdoors! Read More>>

Haunted Beijing: the City’s Spookiest Sites
Haunted Beijing: the City’s Spookiest Sites
Oct 18, 2010 Comments (0)

Beijing has some spooky places that are thought to be haunted by the remnants of the past. Here are five of the spookiest haunted sites in Beijing – representing only the tip of the iceberg of what’s out there. If you get spooked out easily then don’t read on! Read More>>

History’s Modern Society: Beyond the Walls of Ancient Dashilan Hutong
History’s Modern Society: Beyond the Walls of Ancient Dashilan Hutong
Oct 15, 2010 Comments (0)

Dazhalan Street is one of Beijing’s oldest remaining hutongs. While it has been faced with much destruction, the commercial street has been well preserved throughout its 600 years of operation. This article looks at what the street has to offer and the history it represents. Read More>>

Get Pampered: Safe Nail and Waxing Practices in Beijing
Get Pampered: Safe Nail and Waxing Practices in Beijing
Oct 08, 2010 Comments (2)

Before you decide on a nail or waxing spa in Beijing, be it a hole in the wall or a top notch spa, consider these useful tips and suggestions that will guide you to a safe and healthy nail pampering or wax treatment. Read More>>

5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do in Beijing
5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do in Beijing
Oct 05, 2010 Comments (1)

It is very easy to feel a kind of malaise when living in Beijing. Here's a list of things that you probably didn’t know you could do in Beijing. The possibilities are endless: go wild, rediscover that inner child and have an adventure. Read More>>

Alternative Activities in Beijing
Alternative Activities in Beijing
Oct 01, 2010 Comments (4)

From time to time people get bored of their normal routine in the city, this sometimes leads to a kind of stagnant feeling. Whether you’re a couch potato or an adrenaline rush thrill seeker we’ve got new activities for you to help spice up your normal routine. Read More>>

Five of the Best Temples in Beijing
Five of the Best Temples in Beijing
Sep 16, 2010 Comments (0)

With dipping temperatures and Autumn fast approaching there has never been a better time to explore the wealth of culture that Beijing's ancient temples provide. Here are five of Beijing’s must-see temples. Read More>>

Adrenaline Anyone? Where to do Extreme Sports in Beijing
Adrenaline Anyone? Where to do Extreme Sports in Beijing
Aug 03, 2010 Comments (0)

Expat life can be one long succession of indulgent evenings out wining and dining, interspersed with evenings of DVD box sets. Those feeling that their life has lost some of its previous luster may wish to seek out an adrenaline rush as provided by extreme sports. Read More>>

Same Name, Different Game: 5 Ugly Facets of the Chinese Workplace

Same Name, Different Game: 5 Ugly Facets of the Chinese Workplace

Every office has the same basic feel, right? The same code of ethics, the same unspoken definition of decency, right? Wrong. Read on for five unscrupulous practices largely accepted in Chinese offices that would normally get you fired. More>>